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Benjamin Harrison V (April 5, 1726 – April 24, 1791) was an American planter, merchant, ... The other children were Elizabeth Harrison (1751–1791), ...
Benjamin Harrison V also served in the Continental Congress, was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and later was Governor of Virginia. The James River branch produced President William Henry Harrison, Benjamin V's son, and President Benjamin Harrison, William Henry's grandson, as well as another Virginia governor, Albertis Harrison.
Harrison was born ca. 1756 in Charles City County, Virginia, the son of Benjamin Harrison V [1] and Elizabeth Bassett (1730–1792), the daughter of Colonel William Bassett and Elizabeth Churchill, daughter of burgess William Churchill (1649—1710). [2] He was born at the Berkeley Plantation, [3] also known as Harrison's Landing. [4]
4 children William Henry Harrison Jr. September 3, 1802 – February 6, 1838 [25] Jane Findlay Irwin: 3 children John Scott Harrison: October 4, 1804 – May 25, 1878 Lucretia Knapp Johnson 3 children Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin Mother of 10, including 23rd president (1889–1893) Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901) Benjamin Harrison 1806 – June 9 ...
Richard Randolph II (born c.1725), a slave trader and planter-merchant, married Anne Meade, the daughter of David Meade of Nansemond and had ten children. One child, Susanna, married Benjamin Harrison VI, son of Benjamin Harrison V, signer of the Declaration of Independence. [1] [7] Mary Randolph (born ~1727) married Archibald Cary on May 31, 1744.
Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was the 23rd president of the United States, serving from 1889 to 1893.He was a member of the Harrison family of Virginia—a grandson of the ninth president, William Henry Harrison, and a great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison V, a Founding Father.
In May, the Harrison Presidential Site in Indiana revealed $6.8 million in upgrades including renovations on the home of President Benjamin Harrison.
[nb 1] – April 1757) married Lucy Harrison of Berkeley (the daughter of Benjamin Harrison IV, the sister of Benjamin Harrison V, the sister-in-law of Peyton Randolph and William Randolph III, and the granddaughter of Robert "King" Carter) in the late 1740s and had two children. [4] Harrison's sisters were married to Peyton Randolph and ...