Benjamin Harrison

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  • Name Benjamin Harrison 
    Born Abt. 1718  Westmoreland, Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I440  Mackley
    Last Modified 24 Mar 2019 

    Father George Harrison,   b. Abt. 1680, Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 28 Jan 1734, Westmoreland, Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 54 years) 
    Mother Anne Rust,   b. Abt. 1691,   d. Bef 5 Dec 1748, Richmond, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 57 years) 
    Married 1715  Westmoreland, Westmoreland, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Family ID F135  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ellen 
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2018 
    Family ID F138  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
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  • Documents
    Anne Harrison (maiden name Rust) Estate Will and who was the Executrix for her husband George Harrison Estate.
    Anne Harrison (maiden name Rust) Estate Will and who was the Executrix for her husband George Harrison Estate.
    Date: 2 November 1748
    Location: Richmond, Virginia, USA

    This document denotes her children being Samuel, George, Benjamin, Jeremiah, James and Mathew Harrison. Note that in the Last Will and Testament of her husband, only four of the children are mentioned due to the creation of the Will in 1725/6, prior to his death and prior to the two remaining children being born, James and Matthew Harrison.

    Source: Rust of Virginia : genealogical and biographical sketches of the descendants of William Rust, 1654-1940
    James Harrison Will Specifically to his Brothers
    James Harrison Will Specifically to his Brothers
    Date: 27 December 1756 (Executed)
    Date: 3 January 1757 (Proved)
    Location: Farnham Parish, Richmond, Virginia, USA

    This document denotes that James Harrison did a verbal Will and provided overall estate to his brothers' Matthew, Benjamin, George Harrison and to his god-daughter Martha Moor. Matthew is names as executor.

    "Virginia, Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GPFH-ZG?cc=1932510&wc=MD1F-ZTG%3A229206701%2C229206702 : 22 May 2014), Livingston collection, Will records > Richmond County, Wills, 1751-1867, Alloway to Yeatmen > image 138 of 339; citing Virginia Historical Society, Richmond. Image 138.

    URL: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GPFH-ZG?i=137&cc=1932510&cat=1878868
    George Harrison 1680-1734, Last Will and Testament
    George Harrison 1680-1734, Last Will and Testament
    Date: 7 February 1725/6
    Date: 28 January 1734/5 (Recorded)
    Location: Hampshire, Virginia, USA

    This document mentions the four sons Samuel, George, Benjamin and Jeremiah Harrison. Also his wife Anne Harrison (maiden name Rust) is mentioned in the Will. Later in his wife's Will, the two additional sons James and Matthew Harrison are mentioned. They were born after George Harrison created his Will.

    Source: FamilySearch.org Film 34328 and images 309-310.
    George Harrison 1680-1734, Last Will and Testament
    George Harrison 1680-1734, Last Will and Testament
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  • Sources 
    1. [S112] Pedigree Resource File, Database, FamilySearch.

    2. [S49] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900.