John HARRISON married Milboran BRESSIE 1699 Isle Of Wight, Virginia ----------------- The Marriage License Bonds of Mecklenburg County, Virginia from 1765 to 1810 page 6 Bressie,Francis & Sarah Royster, dau.Jos.,13 Apr.1778,Jos.Royster sec. ----------------- Researchers: THE GENEALOGY RESEARCH ASSOCIATES INC 2600 GARDEN ROAD SUITE #224 MONTEREY CA 93940-5322 Harmon HARRISON Born: Bef 1589 <Of, Isle Of Wight, Va> Married: Unknown Child: 1) John Harrison born Bef 1615 Of, Isle Of Wight, Va Married: Unknown Children: a. William HARRISON born Abt 1642 <Of, Isle Of Wight, Va> Married: Bef 1700 Unknown BRESSIE Isle Of Wight, Va born Abt 1642 Isle Of Wight, Va> b. John HARRISON born Abt 1640/1650 Of, Isle Of Wight, Va Married: Bef 1700 Unknown BRESSIE Isle Of Wight, Va born Abt. 1622 <, Isle Of Wight, Va> ---------------- Tennessee Cousins Author: Worth S. Ray Call Number: F435.R3 Page 537 HARMON HARRISON, son of JOHN HARRISON, of LONDON came to Virginia, with the first colonists. Francis Burton Harrison thinks he probably was killed in the first Indian masacre. There is no proof, except by inference. LATER RECORDS, however, show a HARMON HARRISON - in fact two or three of them - in VIRGINIA and North Carolina. I have not counted him among the dead YET. --------------------- Re: harmon harrison of jamestown Posted by: Albert Nason Date: January 29, 1999 at 07:17:12 In Reply to: harmon harrison of jamestown by frank collier albert.nason@carter.nara.gov Worth Ray in his "Lost Tribes of North Carolilna", p 252, writes that "Harmon Harrisonb, according to Capt John Smith, came to Virginia in 1608 on Chris. Newport's third voyage. It is believed that he died of fever or some ailment. It is established that Harmon Harrison was a brother of Jeffrey Harrison, Mariner, who died leaving a will proven in London in 1605....Hugh Blair Grigsby advanced the theory that Harmon Harrison may have been the father of Benjamin Harrison of the Council." p 257 Gen. Francis Burton Harriosn (gov general of the Phillipines in the administration of Woodrow Wilson...in one of his "footnotes" (51 Va Mag p.160) wrote in 1943 that an abstract of the will of Jeffrey Harrison, proved in London Dec 17 1605 mentions his mother Susanna and the following sibling. 1 William Harrison 2 Robert Harrison 3 Harmon Harrison 4 Thomasine Clere 5 Ann Reynolds Worth Ray goes on to theorized that Harmon Harrison did not die of disease or get killed by Indians but instead became ancestor of some of the Harrisons troublesome to explain by genealogists. Once such descendant was John Harrison of Halifax Co Virginia who married sarah Daniel. Ray says that Harmon married sister of Andrew Hill. Harmon and wife had children 1 John m Marlborough Hill 2 Thomas Harrison 3 James Harrison 4 Andrew 5 Hannah m James Hill 6 Willliam 7 Thomasine Harrison m Richard Whitehead 8 Elizabeth Harrison m John Hill (p 259 Lost Tribes of NC) ---------------- MKHarrison <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/toofem/myhomepage/heritage.html">Our Family Trees</A>