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Personal data Col Benjamin Harrison 

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Household of Col Benjamin Harrison

(1) He had a relationship with Anne Randolph.


(2) He has/had a relationship with Elizabeth "Betsy" Page.


(3) He is married to Evelyn Taylor Byrd.

They got married December 1789 at Virginia, Verenigde Staten, he was 47 years old.

They got married December 1789 at Charles City County, Colonial Virginia, he was 47 years old.

They got married December 1789 at Virginia, Verenigde Staten, he was 47 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. George Evelyn Harrison  1797-1839 
  3. William Byrd Harrison  1800-1870 
  4. Anne Harrison  1802-1842 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Col Benjamin Harrison

Nathaniel Harrison
1677-1727
Mary Cary
1680-1753
Col Cole Digges
1692-1744
Elizabeth Folliot Power
1697-1728

Col Benjamin Harrison
1742-1807

(1) 

Anne Randolph
1740-1767

(2) 

Elizabeth "Betsy" Page
1751-1782

(3) 1789

Evelyn Taylor Byrd
1766-1817

Mary Evelyn Byrd Taylor
1790-1850
George Evelyn Harrison
1797-1839
William Byrd Harrison
1800-1870
Anne Harrison
1802-1842
Elizabeth Page Harrison
1804-1836

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    3. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    Birthday February 13, 1742

    • The temperature on February 13, 1742 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
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      Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
    • In the year 1742: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 24 » Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
      • February 16 » Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes British Prime Minister.
      • April 13 » George Frideric Handel's oratorio Messiah makes its world-premiere in Dublin, Ireland.

    Day of death August 7, 1807

    • The temperature on August 7, 1807 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: omtrent betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
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      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
    • In the year 1807: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 5 » HMS Blenheim and HMS Java disappear off the coast of Rodrigues.
      • May 22 » A grand jury indicts former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a charge of treason.
      • June 14 » Emperor Napoleon's French Grande Armée defeats the Russian Army at the Battle of Friedland in Poland (modern Russian Kaliningrad Oblast) ending the War of the Fourth Coalition.
      • August 17 » Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York, on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world.
      • August 29 » British troops under Sir Arthur Wellesley defeat a Danish militia outside Copenhagen in the Battle of Køge.
      • September 2 » The British Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon.
    

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    Source: Wikipedia


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