Benjamin Harrison was born in 1695 in Charles City County, Virginia, to Benjamin Harrison (1673-1710) and Elizabeth Burwell Harrison (1677-1734). He attended the College of William and Mary. Harrison represented Charles City County in the House of Burgesses from 1736 to 1742. Harrison was a large landholder, owning land in Charles City, Prince George, Surry, Sussex, Brunswick, and Amelia Counties, and Petersburg, Virginia. Harrison built the plantation house "Berkeley." He married Anne Carter in 1722 and they had 10 children, including Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791) who served as governor of Virginia and signed the Declaration of Independence. Harrison and two of his daughters were killed 12 July 1744 by a lightning strike at Berkeley and were buried there.

Harrison family. Papers, 1646-1862. Accession 27394. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Va. 23219.

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• Married: 1722 in Lancaster, Virginia, USA

1. Anne Harrison b: ABT 1723
2. Elizabeth Betty Harrison b: ABT 1725
3. Signer Benjamin5 Harrison b: 1726 in Charles City, Charles, Virginia, USA
4. Carter Henry Harrison b: 22 AUG 1726
5. Robert Harrison b: ABT 1728
6. Charles Harrison b: ABT 1730
7. Henry Harrison b: ABT 1734
8. Nathaniel Harrison b: 30 SEP 1742
9. Maria Harrison b: 1744
10. Lucy Harrison b: 1744

1. Author: Robert Bolling Batte
   Title: Electronic Card Files of Robert Bolling Batte
   Publication: Name: http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/bio/BA.html;
   Repository:
   Name: Library of Virginia
   
   Note:
   Source Medium: Electronic
   
   Robert Bolling Batte was born in Norfolk, Virginia on 13 August 1906. He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1928. He later earned an LL.B. degree from Virginia College of Law. Batte wa s an engineer with the C & P Telephone Co. and a resident of Richmond. Batte died in Petersburg on 3 June 1996 and is buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia.
   
   Batte compiled an extensive collection of genealogical and historical research notes and files. Part of the collection consists of more than 30,000 index cards containing biographical information comp iled from a variety of original and secondary sources. Each entry contains information on date and place of birth, full names of parents, date and place of marriage(s), spouse's name, education, publi c offices held, profession, military service, date and place of death, and place of burial. A second card image contains extracts from pertinent documents, tombstone inscriptions, obituary notices an d a listing of the subject's children. Each entry also contains codes referring to an index of the sources used in the compilation of the card file.
   
   Text: #15 of Harrison, B http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/bio/BA.html
2. Author: Louise Pecquet du Bellet, Edward Jaquelin, Martha Cary Jaquelin
   Title: Some Prominent Virginia Families
   Publication: Name: J. Bell & Co. Lynchburg, Virginia. 1901;
   Note:
   Source Medium: Book
   
   Page: p. 535
3. Author: Robert Bolling Batte
   Title: Electronic Card Files of Robert Bolling Batte
   Publication: Name: http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/bio/BA.html;
   Repository:
   Name: Library of Virginia
   
   Note:
   Source Medium: Electronic
   
   Robert Bolling Batte was born in Norfolk, Virginia on 13 August 1906. He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1928. He later earned an LL.B. degree from Virginia College of Law. Batte wa s an engineer with the C & P Telephone Co. and a resident of Richmond. Batte died in Petersburg on 3 June 1996 and is buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia.
   
   Batte compiled an extensive collection of genealogical and historical research notes and files. Part of the collection consists of more than 30,000 index cards containing biographical information comp iled from a variety of original and secondary sources. Each entry contains information on date and place of birth, full names of parents, date and place of marriage(s), spouse's name, education, publi c offices held, profession, military service, date and place of death, and place of burial. A second card image contains extracts from pertinent documents, tombstone inscriptions, obituary notices an d a listing of the subject's children. Each entry also contains codes referring to an index of the sources used in the compilation of the card file.
   
   Text: #12 of Harrison, B http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/bio/BA.html