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Personal data John Harrison 

  • He was born in the year 1721.
  • He was christened on May 2, 1721 in St. Dunstan, Stepney, London.
  • Occupations:
    • Director in the Honourable East India Company Service.
    • Director of the Bank of England.
  • Resident: Chigwell Row, Essex.
  • He died on August 5, 1794, he was 73 years old.Source 1
  • He is buried on August 13, 1794 in St. Matthias Churchyard, Tower Hamlets, London.
    NAME: John Harrison BIRTH DATE: 1721 DEATH DATE: 05/08/1794 (5 Aug 1794) CEMETERY: St. Matthias Churchyard
    BURIAL OR CREMATION PLACE: Poplar London Borough of Tower Hamlets Greater London England HAS BIO?: Y SPOUSE: Charlotte Harrison
    Merchant, Director HEIC and Bank of England Of Chigwell, Essex, UK http://www.justd.com/lyne/

    The tomb is set into the floor near the entrance to St Matthias's Church, Poplar, London, formerly the chapel of the East India Company. The inscription reads: '[Coat of arms] Here Lyeth Interr'd the Body of MR JOHN DEANE late of Popler Grasier who departed this Life
    March the 19th 1708 Aged 74 years. Here also lyeth Interr'd ye Body of ANN DEAN Daughter of MR IOHN and MRS ANN DEANE who departed
    this Life the 20th of October 1699 in the jjth year of her Age.

    Here also lyeth interr'd ye body of MRS ANN COOK of Popler widdow who departed this Life ye 11th of Ianuar[y] 1710 aged 81 years & 15 dayes
    In this Vault which belongs to the Family of HARRISONS)

    Lies inter'd th[e bo]dy [of] JOHN HAR[RISON] who died the [5th of August 1]794 Age[d 73] MRS CHARLOTTE HARRISON Widow [of?]
    JOHN HARRISON ESQ.R who di[ed the 24th da]ye of January 1797 Aged 7[2]'
  • Probate on August 20, 1794.
  • This information was last updated on November 5, 2020.

Household of John Harrison

He is married to Charlotte Branfill.

They got married on July 28, 1747 at Upminster, Essex, England, he was 26 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. John Harrison  1755-1818


Notes about John Harrison

From the Peerage page 62398

John Harrison M, #623975, b. 1721, d. 5 August 1794 Last Edited=5 Sep 2016
John Harrison was born in 1721.1 He was the son of Benjamin Harrison and Sarah Deane.2 He married Charlotte Branfill, daughter of Champion Branfill, on 28 July 1747.1 He died on 5 August 1794.1 His will was proven (by probate) on 20 August 1794.1
He was Director in the Honourable East India Company Service.1 He was director of the Bank of England.1 He lived at Chigwell Row, Essex, England.1
Children of John Harrison and Charlotte Branfill Charlotte Harrison2 b. 11 Jan 1748, d. 14 Jan 1836 Mary Harrison1 b. 6 May 1750, d. 25 Jul 1822
Sarah Harrison+2 b. 15 Aug 1751, d. 2 Feb 1818 Anne Harrison2 b. 25 Oct 1752, d. 1 Apr 1808 Amelia Harrison2 b. 9 Jan 1754, d. Oct 1843
John Harrison2 b. 30 Oct 1755, d. 22 Aug 1818 Sophia Harrison2 b. 28 Mar 1757, d. 9 Mar 1829 Catherine Harrison2 b. 14 Feb 1759, d. 14 Apr 1760
Benjamin Harrison+2 b. 30 Aug 1760, d. 25 May 1841 Elizabeth Harrison2 b. 9 Aug 1763 William Harrison2 b. 6 Sep 1763, d. 8 Dec 1766
Citations
[S47] BIFR1976 page 556. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S47]
[S47] BIFR1976. [S47]

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Harrison

John Harrison
1721-1794

1747

Charlotte Branfill
1724-1797

John Harrison
1755-1818
Mary (Ellen) Harrison
1750-1822

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Historical events

Christening day May 2, 1721

  • The temperature on May 2, 1721 was about 11.0 °C. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1721: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 6 » The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings, revealing details of fraud among company directors and corrupt politicians.
    • March 24 » Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated six concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-1051.
    • April 4 » Sir Robert Walpole becomes the first British prime minister.
    • April 26 » A massive earthquake devastates the Iranian city of Tabriz.
    • August 18 » The city of Shamakhi in Safavid Shirvan is sacked.
    • October 22 » Russian Empire is proclaimed by Tsar Peter I after the Swedish defeat in the Great Northern War.

Day of marriage July 28, 1747

  • The temperature on July 28, 1747 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem IV (Huis van Oranje) was from 1747 till 1751 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1747: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 31 » The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital.
    • May 14 » War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre.
    • October 25 » War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral Edward Hawke defeats the French at the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre.

Day of death August 5, 1794

  • The temperature on August 5, 1794 was about 13.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    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 1794: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 26 » The first Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen burns down.
    • April 26 » Battle of Beaumont during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition.
    • May 8 » Branded a traitor during the Reign of Terror, French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, who was also a tax collector with the Ferme générale, is tried, convicted and guillotined in one day in Paris.
    • June 30 » Northwest Indian War: Native American forces under Blue Jacket attack Fort Recovery.
    • September 15 » French Revolutionary Wars: Arthur Wellesley (later Duke of Wellington) sees his first combat at the Battle of Boxtel during the Flanders Campaign.
    • November 19 » The United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign Jay's Treaty, which attempts to resolve some of the lingering problems left over from the American Revolutionary War.

Day of burial August 13, 1794

  • The temperature on August 13, 1794 was about 15.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north west from. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    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 1794: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 24 » In Kraków, Tadeusz Kościuszko announces a general uprising against Imperial Russia and the Kingdom of Prussia, and assumes the powers of the Commander in Chief of all of the Polish forces.
    • May 8 » Branded a traitor during the Reign of Terror, French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, who was also a tax collector with the Ferme générale, is tried, convicted and guillotined in one day in Paris.
    • July 28 » French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just are executed by guillotine in Paris, France.
    • August 7 » U.S. President George Washington invokes the Militia Acts of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.
    • August 20 » Northwest Indian War: United States troops force a confederacy of Shawnee, Mingo, Delaware, Wyandot, Miami, Ottawa, Chippewa, and Potawatomi warriors into a disorganized retreat at the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
    • September 17 » Flanders Campaign: France completes its conquest of the Austrian Netherlands at the Battle of Sprimont.


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