Kleiboeker Family Tree - Person Sheet
Kleiboeker Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameJeremiah Harrison 
Birth1707, Smithtown, Long Island, New York
Death1777
FatherIsaiah HARRISON (1666-1738)
MotherAbigail Smith (~1669-)
Notes for Jeremiah Harrison
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"SETTLERS ALONG THE LONG GRAY TRAIL". Book 975.51 R68Ha5 by HoustonHarrison (1935) found i n the Family History Library Salt Lake City.
Pages 269-270
Jeremiah Harrison, born at Smithtown, Long Island, New York, the sonof Isaiah Harrison, th e immigrant, and his second wife Abigail Smith.On October 10, 1732, was deeded by his fathe r 210 acres of land inSussex, Delaware, as his share of Maiden Plantation. On the 7th of June, 1737, Jeremiah conveyed this land, by deed of bargain and sale, toSamuel Black, and at a bout the same time, in the little party ofsixteen---including his brothers John, Daniel Thom as, and Samuel setout for the country of the Shenandoah.
Jeremiah and Samuel Harrison, with Alexander Herring, theirbrother-in-law, were among the fi rst landowners in the Linville Creekneighborhood, one of the oldest settlements in present R ockinghamCounty, Virginia. It was to this community that John Lincoln removedon his migrat ion from Berks County, Pennsylvania, and it was herethat fate thus began to weave the thread s of that half-forgottenromance--so beautifully described by Herring Chrisman in his Memoir sofLincoln--which was destined to infuse two new strains of highspirited ancestry into th e veins of a future native of OldRockingham-Thomas Lincoln, the father of the President.
Of these families, the Harrison, Herrings, Lincolns, and the Tallmans,the Harrisons were th e first in the Linville Creek community.Manifestly, several of the brothers of this named w ere familiar withthe lay of the land here as early, at least, as 1740, the date of thedispo sal of their last lands in Delaware. Following SamuelHarrison's settlement on the creek, Al exander Herring came into theValley, from Delaware also, and finding that Samuel had alread yreserved more land than he was in any immediate need of, acceptedHarrison's offer allowin g him to take up a part of the said Samuel'ssurvey.
"SETTLERS ALONG THE LONG GRAY TRAIL". Book 975.51 R68Ha5 by HoustonHarrison (1935) found i n the Family History Library Salt Lake City.
Pages 269-270
Jeremiah Harrison, born at Smithtown, Long Island, New York, the sonof Isaiah Harrison, th e immigrant, and his second wife Abigail Smith.On October 10, 1732, was deeded by his fathe r 210 acres of land inSussex, Delaware, as his share of Maiden Plantation. On the 7th of June, 1737, Jeremiah conveyed this land, by deed of bargain and sale, toSamuel Black, and at a bout the same time, in the little party ofsixteen---including his brothers John, Daniel Thom as, and Samuel setout for the country of the Shenandoah.
Jeremiah and Samuel Harrison, with Alexander Herring, theirbrother-in-law, were among the fi rst landowners in the Linville Creekneighborhood, one of the oldest settlements in present R ockinghamCounty, Virginia. It was to this community that John Lincoln removedon his migrat ion from Berks County, Pennsylvania, and it was herethat fate thus began to weave the thread s of that half-forgottenromance--so beautifully described by Herring Chrisman in his Memoir sofLincoln--which was destined to infuse two new strains of highspirited ancestry into th e veins of a future native of OldRockingham-Thomas Lincoln, the father of the President.
Of these families, the Harrison, Herrings, Lincolns, and the Tallmans,the Harrisons were th e first in the Linville Creek community.Manifestly, several of the brothers of this named w ere familiar withthe lay of the land here as early, at least, as 1740, the date of thedispo sal of their last lands in Delaware. Following SamuelHarrison's settlement on the creek, Al exander Herring came into theValley, from Delaware also, and finding that Samuel had alread yreserved more land than he was in any immediate need of, acceptedHarrison's offer allowin g him to take up a part of the said Samuel'ssurvey.