Muncy Family Data (MFD)

Isaiah Harrison

Isaiah Harrison

Male 1666 - 1738  (71 years)


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  • Name Isaiah Harrison  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
    Birth 25 Sep 1666  Chester, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 6
    Gender Male
    _UID 8923E612BFBD494FA0ED0F5319F538B4A1AA 
    Death 1738  Rockingham County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID I2907  Francis Muncy Descendants
    Last Modified 11 Dec 2016

    Father Rev. Thomas Harrison, DD,   b. 1 Mar 1619, Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1682, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    Mother Katherine Bradshaw,   b. 10 Sep 1637, Chester, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1682, Chester, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
    Marriage 28 Feb 1660  Chester, Cheshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID 79183AAA2E134A9182F0C2B036BF7DE3CA4A 
    Family ID F2495  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth Wright,   b. Dec 1668, Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Oct 1697, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years)
    Marriage 1688  Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8
    _UID 0D545D548F184E5F8D2867A62480442E3E23 
    Notes 
    • Marriage
      Date: 1705
      Place: NY
      Marriage
      Place: United States, [1, 9]
    Children 
     1. Isaiah Harrison,   b. 27 Sep 1689, Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. John Harrison,   b. 25 Sep 1691, Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Gideon Harrison,   b. 25 Jun 1694, Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Mary Harrison,   b. Abt 1696, Charles County, Maryland, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Aug 1781, Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     5. Elizabeth Lydia (Liddie) Harrison,   b. 30 Mar 1698, Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 1771, Yadkin County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Family ID F1890  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jul 2018

    Family 2 Abigail Smith,   b. 22 Jun 1678, Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1732, Sussex County, Delaware, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
    Marriage 1700  Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _UID 0685976FC220476B94CDD01EF46E299594C3 
    Children 
     1. Thomas Harrison,   b. 1704, Smithtown, Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1785, Harrisonburg, Harrisonburg County, , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     2. Jeremiah Harrison,   b. 1707, Long Island, Queens County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1777, Greene County, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     3. Abigail Harrison,   b. 1710   d. 1780 (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F1891  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jul 2018

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 25 Sep 1666 - Chester, Cheshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1688 - Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1700 - Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1738 - Rockingham County, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Find A Grave Memorial# 150128513
    • Isaiah Harrison (1666-1738) came to America from England about January 2, 1687. This is the date of the first mention of his name in the Oyster Bay, Queen's Co., Long Island records. He was a blacksmith. According to "Settlers by the Long Gray Trail" he was the son of Rev. Dr. Thomas Harrison, chaplain to Henry Cromwell. About 1689 or near after, Isaiah's first wife died and then about 1700 he married second, Abigail Smith. On April 20, 1702, he sold all of his Oyster Bay lands, his wife Abigail joining him in signing the deeds. The same day he bought 500 acres of land on the western bank of the Nissequogue River, at Smithtown, Long Island, to which he removed with his family. There he bought 200 acres more, September 23, 1708; this land being on the eastern side of the river opposite his home tract. His second wife is thought to have been of the Smithtown family. The children of Isaiah and his wife Abigail, were all born at Smithtown, Long Island.

      Isaiah sold his home place at Smithtown, June 12, 1721, and very shortly therafter removed with his family to Sussex County, Delaware, where he bought 900 acres of land known as Maiden Plantation---about eight miles west of Lewes---June 22, 1721. After his removal to Delaware he sold his remaining 200 acres at Smithtown, April 28, 1722, his wife Abigail also signing the deed. She is thought to have died about 1732. This year, on October 10th, for a nominal sum, he deeded to each of his sons, Daniel,Thomas, and Jeremiah, 250 acres of Maiden Plantation, her name being missing from these deeds. Later, on May 7th, 1736, he disposed of his remaining 150 acres of Maiden Plantation, also without her signature.

      About 1737, Isaiah Harrison and his family of five sons and two of his daughters set out for Virginia. (son, Gideon died; son, Isaiah Jr. and Elizabeth may have remained behind). The family probably camped for about two years on the South Fork of the Shenandoah River before "taking up" land. During this time, Isaiah died and was buried near the "White House".

      Houston Harrison, "Settlers Along the Gray Tail"

  • Sources 
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    6. [S273] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 1,60525::124251609.

    7. [S108] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Birth year: 1668; Birth city: Oyster Bay; Birth state: NY.

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    9. [S111] Ancestry.com, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), 1,3824::152584.