The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-24

Motto-"Vlrtus Onnlum lnstar"
5sS55s8 OF the many prominent families DUR
Ing virginia's colonial period which have
III been given in our Genealogical Column
3& there 8is yet to be brought forward one
&s OF the most brilliant &nnd distinguished
Y during all the eventful scenes of the
Revolution, as we'll as In the formation
,sa$ OF the general government Of oilr colln-
a try, and that Is the name of Harrison.
u which adorns the pages II OF Virsl11in's5 8
u history from Its early colonial period
4l even to tho present time. There nrc.
few families, II any, In America better
n entitled both by birth and BY service to
siE their country, to being considered among
1.-THE best&of the broad land"
sg35sg& The Harrison nncesary In England Is
II somewhat In doubt, a number of differ
ent origins being given by different aus
R, thorities. but enough Is known that they
sprang from the best OF old Englnnd'sS
Il. stock. the namo Itself being derived from
1.-THE Harrys of the Plantagenet days,Fwltn
their long listaof monarchs. lin giving.
38 the descent Of this most celebrated fam
II ily we can but mention briefly It's many
4 brilliant members, who have occupied
y some OF the highest posi- tions our coun-
4 try could bestow, especially by the Stnte
&$of Virginia, III gratitude, for the great
" services rendered By this patriotic FAM
ily. N fl W ia t3i. .j
S55i The first OF the name to settle in Nir-4
sginia was Herman Harrison, who came
III over 4 in & what was called the5s.'second
81 supply as given in Smiths history
Is though some. say II was "Alaste Jolln
II Harrison, who was Governor in ] 62S,
4 and had enIgrated just previous to that
rs date or the family OF the en1igrantS
II whom he married, or tho names Of his
q children, little can be obtained. II is
8 known, however that one Of his sons
# Benjamin, was born In Southwark Par
III tsh, Surrey county, Va. 1915, and died
ii inI171OB He married Elizabeth, daughter
;S OF Lewis Burwell, OF Gloucester county,
III and became eminent at 3san early age as
a lawyer and Sometime Speaker OF 4
the House OF Burgesses, lie left but
two children, n son. BENJAMIN, and 4 a
Sis daughter, Elizabeth. 81 Ills son BENJAMIN.
81 married Anne. 4 the eldest daughter & Of
s Robert Carter, the famous So called
King: Of Lancaster county who was
$Sthe Kings Surveyor General. and who
q poss essed more land and negroes /; than
IS man in the colony 3 this S5illlolng5
SIX sons and four daughters. Two
58b of ySt the latter with their father were
sF{ killed by lightning during thunder
ssst torn at Berkeley. the old homestead, on
{ named Benjamin. became the slgner Of
1.-THE Declarati ton ct Independence; Charles
was a general In Reyolution; then came
Nathaniel. Henry. Colin and Carter Har-f
4 rison from whom descended the Harri-
E sons OF Cumberland county. Thes eldest,
81 Benjamin (3d), Or Benjamin Harrison,
d Jr.. married Miss Bassett. of New Kent
5&8 their children being, BENJAMIN (ith),4
IA Carter Braxton. member of Congress-
tHrytti ale Iyrac iIat
OF the United States. One OF his daugh-.
IL tiers, Anne, married William Randolph of
and another married a Mr.,
81 Copeland. The second son OF Benjamin
#$( 1st) OF Surrey. Nathaniel. also had a son
& Nathaniel, whose only son, Benjamin Har-E
4 rison of Brandon. James River, was mem
Der of the Virginia Council at the same
time OF Benta,Mn IIaErison Of Berkeley.
which was about The beginning of the
4 Revolution. This Benjamin Of Brandon
"a married a daughter OF Colonel Byrd OF
MISSIONER, and was the father Of William
Harrison Of Upper Brandon. and of George
4 Harrison of Lower Brandon, the large
= Brandon estate having thus been divided.
y Carter Henry Harrison, OF Clifton, Cum
berland county, married Susanna, daugh-
n ter of Isham Randolph OF "Dungeness."
n whose son, Robert Carter Harrison. was
y the father OF Carter Henry Harrison. Of
= Kentucky; who. In turn. was the father
OF tho late Garter Henry Harrison, and
grandfather OF the recent Mayor OF Chi
cago. Carter n. Harrison.
III OF all the different members OF the
a Harrison family perhaps none was OF
u moro interest to the country than Ben
i 3amin t2d), sgner OF Declaration. Gov
ernor OF Virginia, and the holder nf SO
Y many offices during and after the Reyo-
Griggsby. IN his history OF the
4 Convention Of 1875 gives the most au-
III thentlc sketch of him and the family, to
which we refer the reader. Next TO him
stands in prominence his SON. William
# Henry Harrison the ninth President, who
Il X died suddenly Just one month after be-
n ing inaugurated. General Harrison mar
q rIed daughter OF John Cleye Symmes,
OF Ohio, They had a son. John Scott
~ IIarrison, who was the father OF Benjn-
ssirnin Harrison, born at North Bend, Ohio,
s 1888. who became the twenty third Presi-
dent OF the United States After a long
Nj struggle with the Law and many set
n backs, he entered the army and rose to
XII General and In 1883 was elected Iresi-
Isl dent He died, 1896. being the last Of
the OK Presidents TO die out OF office,
or the many Benjamns In the Har-
&, rison family, there are few to be now
an found. the Christian name becoming al-
most extinct; but the many descendants
left are scattered over our entire conn-
54 try, those connected with the Bollings
81 and Rendolphs claiming descent from
I'ocahontas, The family were consplcn-
& our for their firm adherence to the Eps
. ropaI Church. Benjamin Harrison, Of Sur
n ~ rey. who WAS buried az the chapel neal
@ Cabin Point, says In hlS VIII; II give twen
" pounds sterling to buy ornaments fol
the chapel. and that my executor take care
~ TO provide them SO soon as may be ate
the new chapel Is built; and my viii Is
that five acres Of my land be laid out
q whore the old chapel now stands ana
Il that " be hold for that Use forever
,gg The date OF the building Of the first on
is rot known; the second one, referre'
n 70 above. Was built In if54 Nathanie
ss Harrison was Yestryman In Bristol Par
SlS ist IN l7sf and his brother Edmund n
17pi. We find III the OLD Bristol Parisi
record tina BENJAMIN. son Of Richard q
IN Harrison. was born January 2S'h' ans