Nielsen Hayden genealogy
John Harrison
1671 - 1746 (75 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
1. John Harrison was born on 1 Mar 1671 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut (son of Ensign Thomas Harrison and Elizabeth Stent); died on 20 Sep 1746 in North Branford, New Haven, Connecticut. John married Rebecca Truesdale on 24 Dec 1702. Rebecca (daughter of Samuel Truesdale and Mary Jackson) was born in 1678; died on 3 Oct 1755 in North Branford, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Jerusha Harrison was born in 1706 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut; died on 2 Jun 1786 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut.
2. Ensign Thomas Harrison was born about 1630 in England (son of Richard Harrison); died in 1704 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut. Ensign married Elizabeth Stent. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Elizabeth Stent Notes:
Court records of New Haven show that Elizabeth Stent, wife of Thomas Harrison of Branford, and her brother Eleazar Stent, were step-children of Thomas Beaumont, who married their mother after the death of their father. Neither their mother's nor their father's identity has been established.
Children:
- 1. John Harrison was born on 1 Mar 1671 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut; died on 20 Sep 1746 in North Branford, New Haven, Connecticut.
Generation: 3
4. Richard Harrison was born in of West Kirby, Cheshire, England; died on 25 Oct 1653 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut. Children:
- 2. Ensign Thomas Harrison was born about 1630 in England; died in 1704 in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut.