Harrison
“From the Virginia Mag. of Hist. and Biog. P 160 (Swem’s Index can furnish the volume number) . According to Capt. John Smith, Harmon Harrison came to Virginia in 1609 on Christopher Newport’s third voyage. He arrived in time to witness Capt.
Newport present to Powhatan the red robe and crown sent him by the Virginia Co. of London in 1609 with the subscription of
“When our forebear George Harrison died, he divided his real estate among his sons and directed that if any of them should
$25, which would have entitled him (Harrison) to some 900 acres of land if he had lived to claim them. There is no proof he ever
wish to sell, they must sell only to their brother or brothers. These deeds of sale help to prove the relationships among family
returned to England. It is mere conjecture that he died in an epidemic of malaria or yellow fever.” - Page 12 of Christine South
members.The earliest land Westmoreland Co., VA record found for George Harrison: On 1697, he received a 354-acre grant
Gee’s Daniel Family Book
by Margaret Lady Culpeper and Thomas Lord Fairfax, Proprietors of the Northern Neck of Virginia:
“From the Virginia Mag. of History and Biog. Vol. 54 P 46, we get the following: ‘On his return to the colony the new
George’s son James sold his land to his brother and went to neighboring Richmond Co. James died in 1726 leaving a
Governor (Gov. Yardley) found the usual shortage of food and almost his first official act was to send Capt. John Martin in the
uncupative (verbal) will.
shallop to trade for corn with the Indians on the Eastern shore. On this expedition, Martin took with him Ensign Harmon Harrison
GEORGE HARRISON is said to, or MAY have been the son of JOHN HARRISON, whose brother was Dr. JEREMIAH
and Ensign Edmund Rossingham, the first of whom may have been his kinsman, while the latter (whose surname was originally
HARRISON, both described as members of a large family widely spread through the Eastern counties of England. “This family
Van Rassegham) was Lady Yardley’s nephew.’ The date of this action is dated 1619 in an article on Capt. John Martin of Brandon
had already furnished two emigrants at least, who had founded Harrison Families in Virginia – BENJAMIN HARRISON,
on the James by James P. C. Southall. Jan 1946” - Page 12 of Christine South Gee’s Daniel Family Book (An investigation is avail-
whose descendants furnished two Presidents of the United States, and RICHARD HARRISON, ancestor of the accomplished
able on the internet detailing a complaint against Capt. Martin is is available to Ancestry.com members in the Virginia Colonial
scholar Burton N. Harrison, private secretary to Jefferson Davis. “
Records database by searching for Harmon Harrison within that database. This record only uses the name ‘Ensign Harrison).
— http://ourtexasfamily.com
In his book “The Lost Tribes of North Carolina”, Ray Worth quotes General Francis Burton Harrison’s article in the
John Harrison ?
Virginia Magazine of History and Biography “Ensign James Harrison lived in Viginia from the time of his arrival in 1618
George Harrison ? (NOT the Beatle)
until his death on March 22, 1682. He first entered Virginia as one of Capt. John Martins ‘people’ and was sent out by Martin with Ensign Rossingham to trade for corn with the Indians of the Eastern Shore. His wife was Anne Cliff, and after 1 James Harrison 1641 - 1712 b: 1641 d: 1712 in Essex County, Virginia
the death of Ensign James Harrison, his widow Anne (Cliff) Harrison became the wife of the famous Justinian Cooper.”
.. Elizabeth Pigg 1645 - 1697 b: 1645 in Old Rappahannock Co., Va. d:
Hugh Blair Grisby believed Harmon may have been the father to Benjamin Harrison of the Council Further research is
03/27/1697 in Richmond County, Virginia
needed to confirm Harmon’s survival past 1609. Ray Worth also believed Harmon survived and left children - one of which 2 Jael Harrison 1674 - 1733 b: Bet. 1674 - 1675 in Essex Co.,
was Andrew, age 23, who was living in Norfolk in 1638. This would mean Harmon must have been married and had a child
Virginia d: 1733 in Spotsylvania Co., Virginia
in 1615.
William Williams 1665 - 1712 b: 1665 in Wales> Essex,
“ Gen. Fancis Burton Harriosn, Gov. General of the Philippines in the administration of Woodrow Wilson, in an article Stafford Co., Virginia d: 1712 in Essex—intestate
in Vol. 51 P 160 of the Va. Mag. of History and Biog. makes public for the first time in 1942 an abstract of the will of Jeffrey 3 Sarah Ann Williams 1690 - b: 1690
Harrison, proved in London, Dec 17, 1605 in which he mentions his mother, Susanna, and several brothers and sisters. This will Philemon Kavanaugh 1690 - 1744 b: Abt. 1690 in
of Galfriden (Jeffery) Harrison of London, mariner, proved in London Dec. 17, 1605 says ‘ To my mother, Susanna Harrison all Leinster, Ireland d: 1744 in Orange Co., Va.
the money I left in her hands at my departure out of England. To my brothers William, Robert, and Harmon Harrison all my parts 4 Mildred “Winifred” Kavanaugh 1712 - 1797 b:
of the good ship ‘The Guift of God’ equally between them. To my brothers Robert and Harmon my clothiers, etc.’ He mentions Abt. 1712 d: Aft. 1797 in Culpeper Co., Virginia
sisters Ann Reynolds and Thomasine Clere”. - Page 12 of Christine South Gee’s Daniel Family Book
Lewis David Yancy 1689 - 1784 b: 1689 in
The ship ‘The Guift of God’ can be cross referenced on the web at “www.primenet.com/~langford/ships/shpnameg.htm” and New Kent Co., Virginia? d: 1784 in Culpeper Co., Virginia
will list many voyages she made.
The ‘Guift of God is mentioned in Ivor Noel Hume’s book “Martin’s Hundred” on page 5, 205, and 257. Here we learn the Harmon Harrison (b. Bef. 1608, d. date unknown)
Guift of God left England in 1618 carrying 220 settlers “to populate a 20,000 acre tract, a hundred acres for each share purchased by the London investors. Following the latter’s instructions, the new Virginians began to build themselves an administrative center to be named Wolstenholme Towne, after the Society’s most prominent shareholder.” This puts The Guift of God, which Harmon Harrison was born Bef. 1608 in England, and died date unknown.
Harmon owned a portion, in Virginia in 1618.
Notes for Harmon Harrison:
The ship ‘The Gift of God’ is mentioned in Ivor Noel Hume’s book “The Virginia Adventure” as well on pages 113, 118,
Immigration: Abt OCT 1608 Jamestown, Virginia
and 381. Here we learn that the ‘Guift of God’ was commanded by George Popham was in voyage with the ‘Mary and John’
Note:
and together they carried 120 persons - 65 were to remain in the New World. Because of rumors of an attack by the French from In the book “Colonial Granville County and Its People” by Worth Ray, we learn on page 258 that Harmon Harrison, the son of Canada, the ‘Gift of God’ stayed in Kennebec (the New World settlement) while the “Mary and John sailed to Plymouth, England.
Susanna, came to Jamestown on Christopher Newport’s third voyage in 1608-1609 and did not die of disease. He survived the She stayed longer than was good for her, leaving on Dec 16 with 50 men and boys. and arriving in Plymouth, England on Feb Indian troubles, probably away from the colony at the time, married and left children.
7, 1608. The return voyage was commanded by John Elliott [Eliot] who was to be allowed to sell the cargo of the ship when the
“This Harmon Harrison is believed to be the immigrant ancestor of Robert Harrison. From Henning’s Statutes Vol. 1 P. 84, reached the Azores because the ship could not be fully supplied in Kennebec for the unexpected large number of returning pas-we learn that the Second Charter to the Treasures & Co. for Virginia erected them into a Corporation and Body Politic and for the sengers. Any attempt to do so would endanger the remaining settlers - ( one of which was George Popham who did not live until further enlargement and explanation of the privileges of the said company and the First Colony of Virginia. Dated May 23, 1609.
the next ship arrived in the summer of 1608.
Signed 7th of June, 1609. Harmon Harrison was one of the signers.” - Page 12 of Christine South Gee’s Daniel Family Book.
( This can be crossed referenced on the internet at The Jamestown Society’s web page)
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