Kleiboeker Family Tree - Person Sheet
Kleiboeker Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameJohn Harrison 
Birth25 Sep 1691, Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York
DeathMay 1771, Augusta, Rockingham, Virginia
Birth25 Sep 1691, Suckscall's Wigwam, Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York
DeathMay 1771, Rockingham, Virginia
BurialMay 1771, Smith's Creek, Rockingham, Virginia
FatherIsaiah HARRISON (1666-1738)
MotherElizabeth Wright (1668-1698)
Spouses
Birthabt 1686
Marriageabt 1720
Notes for John Harrison
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AFN 9BTJ-XL In The Salt Lake Family History Library
"SETTLERS ALONG THE LONG GRAY TRAIL". Book 975.51 R68Ha5 by HoustonHarrison (1935) found i n the Family History Library Salt Lake City.page 23,24, 123.
The boyhood of John Harrison Sr. was passed at Oyster Bay until he waseleven
years old, when his father removed to Smithtown, Long Island. When hewas
about seven years of age his mother died, and a few years later, whilestill
living at Oyster Bay, his father married a second time. Their newhome was on the western ba nk of the beautiful Nissequoque river,where the boy grew to
manhood. In 1721 the elder Harrison removed to Delaware: thus Johnand his
full brothers and sisters came of age while the family was on LongIsland.
As Smithtown was only a short distance from Oyster Bay, no doubt John
frequently returned to his birthplace during his youth to visit hismother's
people, and there are many indications that he was attached to them bytender
ties. On December 2nd, 1729, or some eight years after his father'sremoval
to Delaware, he bought land near Maiden Plantation, his father's home,and
settled on Broad Creek in the same county. Close by his brotherGideon had
also previously located, in 1722.
Phoebe Harrison, the wife of John, was about five years his senior.Three,
at, least, of their children were born before he purchased his land in
Delaware.
NOTES:Greater Tallman Family Newsletter Autumn Issue No.7 1986 TheHarrison's were the firs t to locate in the region in which theysettled in the Shanandoa Valley, which was the centra l region of nowRockingham County, Virginia.
This is the beautiful and fertile section. The lands were finelywatered.
Several of the largest and most noted springs in the county were firstowned
by the Harrisons.
That John Harrison and his sons were settled in the Dry Fork of SmithsCreek
region of Old Augusta by 1742, is shown by a reference found in theVirginia
Magazine. The first Court records in Orange, Virginia where thefamily is
mentioned is under the date of 20 July 1736. Although they settledthere
earlier but to get to Orange, Virginia Court and record their deed wasa great distance an d a journey they did not take very often.
From page 23 "SETTLERS ALONG THE LONG GRAY TRAIL". Book 975.51 R68Ha5by Houston Harrison (19 35) found in the Family History Library SaltLake City.
John Harrison, of Augusta, returned to Oyster Bay between 1744 and1756 to be baptized; ther e he had been born, there he had grown up inchildhood, there many of his relatives were livi ng, there ministeredthe venerable Feek, two of whose children had married his firstcousins , and who was no doubt an old friend of the family, and therehis mother had died and was bur ied. Thus the tender ties ofsentiment and association explains his selection of the old tow n asthe place of his baptism, and the undertaking of the long difficultjourney at his age f rom Virginia to Oyster Bay and return.
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
John Harrison 1691-1771
In the name of God Amen--written the 30th day of July 1769 in the yearof our
Lord God one thousand seven hundred and Sixty Nine.
I John Harrison of Augusta County and Colony of Virginia--Cordwinderbeing of
Perfect Mind and Memory & no disorder but that of old age thanks begiven unto God for his Me rcy and therefore calling unto mind themortality of my body and knowing that it is Appointe d unto all menonce to dye do make ordain this my last Will & testament in writingthat is t o say Principally and first of all I recommend my soul intothe hands of God that who gave i t and as for my Body I recommend tothe earth to be buried in a Christian like and decent Man ner at thediscretion of my executors nothing doubting but at the Generalresurrection I shal l receive the same again by the Mighty power ofGod and as touching such worldly estate where with it hath pleased Godto bless me in this life I give devise and dispose of the same in th efollowing manner and form imprimis it is my Will & I ordain in thefirst place that my wel l beloved wife Phebe Harrison enjoy myPlantation on which I now dwell without Disturbance du ring hernatural life together with my Movable estate and which my slaves andin increase o f them to works for her maintenance during her Naturallife. And it is further my Will an d I do order my land whereon I nowdwell being a part of two surveys which had been divide d I do leavemy well beloved son Zebulon Harrison his heirs and Assigns forever.
And further my survey which is also patented known by the name of thelong
Meadow which is part thereof and is described in the patent I givemy son
Reuben Harrison and his heirs and assign forever which land abovenamed shall
be freely possessed and enjoyed by my above named sons and their heirsafter
their above named Mother decease and not before I furthermore I willthat
after her decease all my movable estate be appraised and soldaccording to law except my Negr o wench Jenny if my daughter PhebeMoore shall see cause to take her at the praisment for s o much of hershire of my estate as she shall be appraised to if it shall amount tomore tha n her shire she shall pay the overplus to the other heirs andif she does not see cause to ta ke her she
shall be sold with the rest of my slaves in being in the first partthe half
of my movable estate is to be equally divided between Zebulon Harrisonand
Phebe Moore and the other half on my movable Estate to Reuben Harrisonand for my daughter An n Langdon I leave her one shilling sterling.
And I do make constitute and ordain my well beloved sons ZebulonHarrison and
Reuben Harrison that is above mentioned my sole Executors of this mylast will and testamen t And I furthermore ordain my said Executorsthat they provide a Baptist Minister if they ca n so do withconvenience to preach my funeral sacrament if none of them is to behad that the n they provide some other Christian Minister for it asProposed for that Service to pay him t wenty shillings.
I furthermore order that they pay all just debts and funeral chargesout of my movables and s uch charges shall be levied before suchestate suffers division as aforesaid.
And I do hereby disallow revoke & disannul all and every other andformer
wills Legacy & Executors by me before this time named willedBequeathed
ratifying & confirming this & no other to be my last and only will and
testament.
In Witness whereof I have set my hand this day & year above written.
John Ha rrison (Seal)
From page 24 John, of Augusta, had a son Zebulon Harrison, who nodoubt was named for his cou sin Zebulon Wright, who died at Oyster Bayin November, 1746. Of the other Harrisons whose b irth dates aregiven on page 23 of "SETTLERS ALONG THE LONG GRAY TRAIL". Book 975.51R68Ha5 b y Houston Harrison (1935) found in the Family History LibrarySalt Lake City. the court reco rds of Augusta County, Virginia, showthat Isaiah (Jr) settled in Augusta before 1748, and b y 1750 had"removed to Carolina"; thus the brother of the tradition, "who wentsouth," is ide ntified.
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proven. Will dated July 30, 1769
AFN 9BTJ-XL In The Salt Lake Family History Library
"SETTLERS ALONG THE LONG GRAY TRAIL". Book 975.51 R68Ha5 by HoustonHarrison (1935) found i n the Family History Library Salt Lake City.page 23,24, 123.
The boyhood of John Harrison Sr. was passed at Oyster Bay until he waseleven
years old, when his father removed to Smithtown, Long Island. When hewas
about seven years of age his mother died, and a few years later, whilestill
living at Oyster Bay, his father married a second time. Their newhome was on the western ba nk of the beautiful Nissequoque river,where the boy grew to
manhood. In 1721 the elder Harrison removed to Delaware: thus Johnand his
full brothers and sisters came of age while the family was on LongIsland.
As Smithtown was only a short distance from Oyster Bay, no doubt John
frequently returned to his birthplace during his youth to visit hismother's
people, and there are many indications that he was attached to them bytender
ties. On December 2nd, 1729, or some eight years after his father'sremoval
to Delaware, he bought land near Maiden Plantation, his father's home,and
settled on Broad Creek in the same county. Close by his brotherGideon had
also previously located, in 1722.
Phoebe Harrison, the wife of John, was about five years his senior.Three,
at, least, of their children were born before he purchased his land in
Delaware.
NOTES:Greater Tallman Family Newsletter Autumn Issue No.7 1986 TheHarrison's were the firs t to locate in the region in which theysettled in the Shanandoa Valley, which was the centra l region of nowRockingham County, Virginia.
This is the beautiful and fertile section. The lands were finelywatered.
Several of the largest and most noted springs in the county were firstowned
by the Harrisons.
That John Harrison and his sons were settled in the Dry Fork of SmithsCreek
region of Old Augusta by 1742, is shown by a reference found in theVirginia
Magazine. The first Court records in Orange, Virginia where thefamily is
mentioned is under the date of 20 July 1736. Although they settledthere
earlier but to get to Orange, Virginia Court and record their deed wasa great distance an d a journey they did not take very often.
From page 23 "SETTLERS ALONG THE LONG GRAY TRAIL". Book 975.51 R68Ha5by Houston Harrison (19 35) found in the Family History Library SaltLake City.
John Harrison, of Augusta, returned to Oyster Bay between 1744 and1756 to be baptized; ther e he had been born, there he had grown up inchildhood, there many of his relatives were livi ng, there ministeredthe venerable Feek, two of whose children had married his firstcousins , and who was no doubt an old friend of the family, and therehis mother had died and was bur ied. Thus the tender ties ofsentiment and association explains his selection of the old tow n asthe place of his baptism, and the undertaking of the long difficultjourney at his age f rom Virginia to Oyster Bay and return.
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
John Harrison 1691-1771
In the name of God Amen--written the 30th day of July 1769 in the yearof our
Lord God one thousand seven hundred and Sixty Nine.
I John Harrison of Augusta County and Colony of Virginia--Cordwinderbeing of
Perfect Mind and Memory & no disorder but that of old age thanks begiven unto God for his Me rcy and therefore calling unto mind themortality of my body and knowing that it is Appointe d unto all menonce to dye do make ordain this my last Will & testament in writingthat is t o say Principally and first of all I recommend my soul intothe hands of God that who gave i t and as for my Body I recommend tothe earth to be buried in a Christian like and decent Man ner at thediscretion of my executors nothing doubting but at the Generalresurrection I shal l receive the same again by the Mighty power ofGod and as touching such worldly estate where with it hath pleased Godto bless me in this life I give devise and dispose of the same in th efollowing manner and form imprimis it is my Will & I ordain in thefirst place that my wel l beloved wife Phebe Harrison enjoy myPlantation on which I now dwell without Disturbance du ring hernatural life together with my Movable estate and which my slaves andin increase o f them to works for her maintenance during her Naturallife. And it is further my Will an d I do order my land whereon I nowdwell being a part of two surveys which had been divide d I do leavemy well beloved son Zebulon Harrison his heirs and Assigns forever.
And further my survey which is also patented known by the name of thelong
Meadow which is part thereof and is described in the patent I givemy son
Reuben Harrison and his heirs and assign forever which land abovenamed shall
be freely possessed and enjoyed by my above named sons and their heirsafter
their above named Mother decease and not before I furthermore I willthat
after her decease all my movable estate be appraised and soldaccording to law except my Negr o wench Jenny if my daughter PhebeMoore shall see cause to take her at the praisment for s o much of hershire of my estate as she shall be appraised to if it shall amount tomore tha n her shire she shall pay the overplus to the other heirs andif she does not see cause to ta ke her she
shall be sold with the rest of my slaves in being in the first partthe half
of my movable estate is to be equally divided between Zebulon Harrisonand
Phebe Moore and the other half on my movable Estate to Reuben Harrisonand for my daughter An n Langdon I leave her one shilling sterling.
And I do make constitute and ordain my well beloved sons ZebulonHarrison and
Reuben Harrison that is above mentioned my sole Executors of this mylast will and testamen t And I furthermore ordain my said Executorsthat they provide a Baptist Minister if they ca n so do withconvenience to preach my funeral sacrament if none of them is to behad that the n they provide some other Christian Minister for it asProposed for that Service to pay him t wenty shillings.
I furthermore order that they pay all just debts and funeral chargesout of my movables and s uch charges shall be levied before suchestate suffers division as aforesaid.
And I do hereby disallow revoke & disannul all and every other andformer
wills Legacy & Executors by me before this time named willedBequeathed
ratifying & confirming this & no other to be my last and only will and
testament.
In Witness whereof I have set my hand this day & year above written.
John Ha rrison (Seal)
From page 24 John, of Augusta, had a son Zebulon Harrison, who nodoubt was named for his cou sin Zebulon Wright, who died at Oyster Bayin November, 1746. Of the other Harrisons whose b irth dates aregiven on page 23 of "SETTLERS ALONG THE LONG GRAY TRAIL". Book 975.51R68Ha5 b y Houston Harrison (1935) found in the Family History LibrarySalt Lake City. the court reco rds of Augusta County, Virginia, showthat Isaiah (Jr) settled in Augusta before 1748, and b y 1750 had"removed to Carolina"; thus the brother of the tradition, "who wentsouth," is ide ntified.
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proven. Will dated July 30, 1769