DESCENDANTS OF CAPT. JOSEPH HARRISON 1750-1804

 

Copyright 2004 Kathleen Bloxsom Wagner

 

 

1.        Joseph Harrison #293 b. 1750, England, m. 1790, in MA, Sarah Giles #294, b. 1767, Sandwich, ON, CAN, d. 1841, Detroit, Wayne Co., MI.  Joseph died Feb 22 1804, Detroit, Wayne Co., MI,^[1] Bur: Detroit, Wayne Co., MI.

 

            NOTES FOR JOSEPH: As a boy of 17, he was given a tour of a ship bound for the East Indies. His father, sensing Joseph's interest in seamanship, gave him a sound thrashing. The next year (before 1775), Joseph sailed to America, landing in Virginia. Joseph served in the Revolutionary War starting June 28, 1775 as a member of Capt. Joel Pratt's 10th Co., New York Battalion under Colonel Goose VanSchaik. This company was known as an Albany County Company. Joseph was commissioned as Captain on June 16 1780.

 

            He married Sarah, who had some connection with George and Martha Washington. It is not known exactly when Joseph came to Detroit, but some time before 1801 he and Sarah settled in Detroit. He became Supervisor of the Township of Detroit. In March 1802, he petitioned for a tavern license, which was granted by the Detroit Board of Trustees. In May 1803, at renewal time of the license, he declined, probably because he was made Coronor of the County in 1803. Also, on May 2, 1803, he and Joseph Campau were appointed inspectors of the ladders and buckets, fire bags, water barrels and the like.

 

            Joseph was a member of the St. Patrick Lodge of Masonry of Johnstown, NY as late as 1791. Because of this membership, he was accepted as a member of the Zion Lodge in Detroit on December 29, 1801.

 

            He engaged in real estate and at one time owned 500 acres, which later became part of the Ford property. With others he signed a petition to the US Congress to have Michigan organized into its own territory. This came about in 1805.

 

            Joseph died Feb. 22 1804 and was buried by the Masonry Lodge somewhere in Detroit. Sarah left for her father's home in Sandwich, Essex Co., Ontario, Canada with her three minor children. Sarah left her property in the hands of an agent, but found that the land was no longer listed as belonging to the family. On Nov. 27, 1810, the US Congress was petitioned to give the heirs clear title to the property. This was accomplished in 1824, though Conrad TenEyck had purchased the property in the meantime from the children in 1812. Sarah, by 1810, had married a man by the name of Reynolds and little else of her life could be found. She died in 1841 in Detroit.

 

           

 

            Denali Porter writes (Apr 2002): This information was on a scrap of paper that we inherited that had some very early Harrison names and dates on it. It was in the handwriting of Elsie Alvina Minnis, mother of James Richard Porter. It came from a Mr. Kelley, who had married into the (Harrison) family and was very interested in genealogy. After he died, his work seems to have been lost.

 

           

                 James P. Harrison       22 February 1667       England

                 William A. Harrison   14 December 1745     England      Joseph Harrison            Nov 11 1767

                 Charles - (3rd son)   born in Detroit

                      Dec. 13 1799 - Apr ll 1887

                 Sarah E. Harrison  (Minnis)

                      Friday, June 1, 1838

                     Monday Sep. 23, 1878

                        Inkster's Cemetery

 

           

                                       Children:

                             i        James Harrison #295 b. 1790,^[2] d. 1794.

                2.          ii      Leonard G. Harrison #296 b. 1791.

                             iii     Sarah Harrison #297 b. 1793,^[3] d. 1795.

                3.          iv     Marenus Harrison, Sr.. #107 b. Sept 06 1795.

                4.          v       Charles Harrison #298 b. Dec 13 1799.

 

Second Generation

 

2.        Leonard G. Harrison #296 b. 1791,^[4] Occ: Township Clerk, m. Jun 20 1815, Mary Haynes #299, b. Nov 28 1792, d. 1844.  Leonard died Sep 25 1845, Wayne Co., MI.  Was a sergeant in Capt. Antoine Dequindre's Co. of Maj. Witherell's detachment of Mich. Volunteers & Riflemen in the War of 1812. Was 1st Clerk of newly formed Nankin Twp. in 1835. Served as an assessor in Nankin Twp. in 1832. Also a farmer and dealt in real estate. Mary: Daughter of David Haynes and Margaret Ewart.

                                      Children:

                5.          i        Jane Harrison #300 b. Mar 14 1816.

                6.          ii      Joseph Harrison #301 b. Jun 21 1818.

                             iii     David Harrison #302 b. 1821, d. 1847.

                             iv     Hannah Harrison #303 b. 1823, d. 1824.

                             v       Sarah Harrison #304 b. 1825, d. 1837.

                7.          vi     Margarette Harrison #305 b. 1827.

                8.          vii    Lucinda Harrison #306 b. 1829.

                9.          viii   Jonathan W. Harrison #307 b. Nov 05 1832.

                10.        ix     John J. Harrison #308 b. Nov 05 1832.

                             x       Thomas Harrison #309 b. 1836, d. bef Jun 26 1870.

 

3.        Marenus Harrison, Sr.. #107 b. Sept 06 1795, NY,^[5] Occ: School Insp., Nankin Twp., m. Mar 29 1817, in Wayne Co., MI,^[6] Hannah Chamberlain #108, b. Aug 22 1797, NY,^[7] d. Feb 10 1869, Nankin Twp., Wayne Co., MI, Bur: Union Chapl Cem, Inkster, Wayne Co., MI.^[8]  Marenus died Mar 13 1849, Nankin Twp., Wayne Co., MI,^[9] Bur: Union Chapl Cem, Inkster, Wayne Co., MI.^[10]  Hannah: Sister of Laura Chamberlain, wife of Charles Harrison.

                                      Children:

                             i        David Harrison #160 b. Feb 18 1819, Dearborn MI, Occ: Hwy. Commissioner, d. 1912, Bur: Union Chapl Cem, Inkster, Wayne Co., MI.

                11.        ii      William Henry Harrison #161 b. Jan 16 1821.

                             iii     Emily (Emma) Elizabeth Harrison #162 b. Dec 10 1824, Nankin Twp., Wayne Co., MI,^[11] d. Apr 02 1917, Inkster, Wayne Co., MI, Bur: Union Chapl Cem, Inkster, Wayne Co., MI.  Emily was born a half mile north of Inkster on the River Rouge, known as the Old Indian Trail. When about one year old, she was stolen by squaws. Her mother followed them through the woods and got her child back, after giving the squaws a good thrashing. Never married.

                12.        iv     Marenus Harrison #163 b. Nov 06 1825.

                             v       Ephraim Harrison #164 b. Jun 27 1827, Nankin Twp., Wayne Co., MI, d. Sep 10 1857, Bur: Union Chapl Cem, Inkster, Wayne Co., MI.  Never married.

                13.        vi     Martin L. Harrison #95 b. Oct 08 1829.

                             vii    Sarah Ann Harrison #165 b. Jan 14 1832, Nankin Twp., Wayne Co., MI,^[12] m. Oct 03 1855, in Nankin Twp., Wayne Co., MI,^[13] Joseph W. Hill #171.  Sarah died Jun 29 1857, Nankin Twp., Wayne Co., MI, Bur: Union Chapl Cem, Inkster, Wayne Co., MI.

                             viii   George M. Harrison #166 b. Mar 11 1834, Nankin Twp., Wayne Co., MI, d. Dec 29 1858, Nankin Twp., Wayne Co., MI,^[14] Bur: Union Chapl Cem, Inkster, Wayne Co., MI.

                             ix     Hannah Catherine Harrison #167 b. Aug 12 1836, Nankin Twp., Wayne Co., MI, m. Dec 29 1855, in Nankin Twp., Wayne Co., MI,^[15] Henry C. Porter #172.  Hannah died Jun 03 1857, Polo, Ogle Co., IL.^[16]

                14.        x       Mary Jane Harrison #168 b. 1838.

                15.        xi     Alexander E. Harrison #169 b. May 17 1841.

                16.        xii    Samuel J. Blanchard Harrison #170 b. April 25 1846.

 

4.        Charles Harrison #298 b. Dec 13 1799, Detroit, Wayne Co., MI,^[17] m. Apr 1823, Laura Chamberlain #343, b. c 1809, Canada, d. Aug 13 1866, Inkster, Wayne Co., MI, Bur: Union Chapl Cem, Inkster, Wayne Co., MI.  Charles died Apr 01 1887, Dearborn, Wayne Co., MI, Bur: Union Chapl Cem, Inkster, Wayne Co., MI.^[18]  Served in the War of 1812 from May 20, 1812 to Nov 30 1815. Laura: Sister of Hannah, wife of Marenus.

                                      Children:

                17.        i        William H. Harrison #344 b. 1825.

                18.        ii      Joseph D. Harrison #345 b. 1826.

                19.        iii     Meribah (Mary B) Harrison #346 b. 1828.

                20.        iv     Levi Harrison #347 b. 1830.

                             v       Edmond Harrison #348 b. Jan 13 1833, MI, d. Sep 28 1863, Bur: Union Chapl Cem, Inkster, Wayne Co., MI.

                21.        vi     Charles Harrison #349 b. May 08 1836.

                22.        vii    Sarah E. Harrison #350 b. Jun 06 1838.

                23.        viii   George A. Harrison #351 b. 1842.

                24.        ix     Margaret L. Harrison #352 b. 1843.

                25.        x       Warner (Warren) S. Harrison #353 b. 1845.

                             xi     Armenia R. Harrison #354 b. 1848, MI, m. Sep 21 1867, in Nankin Twp., Wayne Co., MI, William Hannon #561, b. c 1845.  Had one child: Charles Hannon, b 1881, d 1895.

                26.        xii    Alma (Alinine) J. Harrison #355 b. Mar 06 1851.