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30 de nov. de 2018 · Benjamin Harrison IV (1693-1745) Colonel Benjamin Harrison IV, of Berkeley Plantation, Virginia. Father. Benjamin Harrison III (1673-1710) Mother. Elizabeth (Burwell) Harrison (1677-1734) Spouse. Anne (Carter) Harrison (1702-1743) Children.
Harrison was born ca. 1756 in Charles City County, Virginia, the son of Benjamin Harrison V and Elizabeth Bassett (1730–1792), the daughter of Colonel William Bassett and Elizabeth Churchill, daughter of burgess William Churchill (1649—1710). He was born at the Berkeley Plantation, also known as Harrison's Landing.
Benjamin (III) Harrison, attorney general and treasurer of Virginia turned Berkeley into one of the country's first commercial shipyards at Harrison's Landing. Benjamin (IV) Harrison built the plantation’s Georgian mansion in 1726 for his wife Anne Carter, who was the daughter of Virginia's wealthiest colonial, Robert “King” Carter.
Benjamin Harrison IV and one of his daughters died on July 12, 1745. They were struck by lightning on the 2nd floor of Berkeley's manor house. Benjamin Harrison IV was the builder of Berkeley’s...
Benjamin Harrison IV (1693–1745) became a member of the House of Burgesses, but did not otherwise pursue politics. He notably married Anne Carter (1702–1745), daughter of Robert “King” Carter (1662/63– 1732), and built the family homestead, Berkeley Plantation.
Berkeley Plantation. Benjamin Harrison IV and two of his daughters died on July 12, 1745. They were struck by lightning on the 2nd floor of Berkeley's manor house. Benjamin Harrison IV was the builder of the Georgian home. He married Anne Carter and they had 11 children.
Benjamin (V) Harrison was born in 1726 on Berkeley, the family plantation beautifully situated on the banks of the James River overlooking the seaport of Petersburg and Richmond. He was a descendant of a family long established in Virginia, his father, Benjamin (IV) Harrison , having married the eldest daughter of the King's surveyor general (Anne Carter).
