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Harrison, James 1628-1687


  • [The family of James Harrison and Ralph Pemberton left Bolton, Lancashire, England for the colonies in September 1682 on the ship "Submission." They were settled in Bucks County, Pennsylvania by the spring of 1683.]
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    • Birth Date

        1628
    • Death Date

        1687-10-06
    • Has Affiliation

    • Associated Locale

        Lancashire (England)
    • Associated Locale

        Bolton (Greater Manchester, England)
    • Associated Locale

        Pennsbury (Pa. : Township)
    • Associated Locale

        Bucks County (Pa.)
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        London (England)
    • Associated Locale

        Chester (England)
    • Associated Locale

        Worcester (England)
    • Associated Language

        English
    • Occupation

      Merchants

  • Additional Related Forms

    • Pemberton family
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  • Sources

    • found: PRINT Migration Network: Pemberton Correspondence. 1641-1880.letter dated 1655 from Ann Harrison to James Harrison, page 2 (OCoLC)1242425810
    • found: University of Central Florida, Showcase of Text, Archives, Research & Scholarship (STARS) website, viewed March 19, 2021:Pemberton Correspondence, Ann Harrison, James Harrison, 1655 (Copy of an excerpt of a letter from Ann Harrison to James Harrison.) - https://stars.library.ucf.edu/printmigrationnetwork-pemberton/1/
    • found: University of Central Florida, Showcase of Text, Archives, Research & Scholarship (STARS) website, viewed March 19, 2021:Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions, James Harrison, Ann Harrison, June 22, 1677, [page 1] (London 12 of 4 mo: [month] 77 [1677])... thou [you] may see it in ye [the] Pchment [parchment] Couered [covered] Book as I think it is placed to the account of Arthur Kouk [Arthur Cooke] it is 4[L] 17s od pence [4 pounds 17 shillings odd pence] as I remember but I am not sure, send me it P [per?] first yt [that] I may order my busenes [business] & [and] soe [so] return, thou [you] may have recd [received] mine wherein I ordred [ordered] the [thee] [you] to send those goods of Margery Longworth doe [do] it with what expedition thou [you] can, soe [so] with deare [dear] Love to thee [you] as before, & [and] to all friends...) - https://stars.library.ucf.edu/printmigrationnetwork-pemberton-transcriptions/22/
    • found: University of Central Florida, Showcase of Text, Archives, Research & Scholarship (STARS) website, viewed March 19, 2021:Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions, James Harrison, Ann Harrison, October 28, 1666, [page 2] (James Harrison Chester Castle 8 mo [month] 18 1666 to Anne Harrison) - https://stars.library.ucf.edu/printmigrationnetwork-pemberton-transcriptions/28/
    • found: University of Central Florida, Showcase of Text, Archives, Research & Scholarship (STARS) website, viewed March 19, 2021:Pemberton Correspondence Transcriptions, James Harrison, Judge Thomas Wild, [April 1663], [page 2] (James Harrison Worcester Jail to Judge Wild 1663) - https://stars.library.ucf.edu/printmigrationnetwork-pemberton-transcriptions/14/
    • found: Bolton Mansion website, viewed March 19, 2021 :History of the Pemberton Family (Phineas Pemberton was William Penn's chief administrator in Bucks County and Falls Township's most prominent citizen. He and his father-in-law, James Harrison and his own father Ralph Pemberton and families arrived from Bolton, Lancashire, England in 1682 on the ship 'SUBMISSION.' They settled on 300 acres opposite Bordentown, NJ, on the bend of the Delaware River just below Biles Island and the 13 farms shown on the 1690 map, and just outside the tract of Pennsbury that Penn reserved for himself... [Phineas] Pemberton was the presiding officer of the annual gathering of Quakers, known as Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends... From Pennsbury Manor cemetary... within these walls are buried AGNES - Wife of Immanuel Harrison Born 1601 - Died August 6, 1687. Her Son - JAMES HARRISON Born 1628 - Died October 6, 1687...) - https://boltonmansion.org/history-of-the-pemberton-family/
    • found: Pennsylvania House of Representatives website, viewed March 19, 2021 :House Speaker Biographies: Phineas Pemberton 1698-1699 (In September 1682, Pemberton, his family, his father, servants, and the family of James Harrison, left for the Colonies. By the spring of 1683, he and his family were settled in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.) - https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/SpeakerBios/SpeakerBio.cfm?id=118
    • found: Wikidata, viewed March 19, 2021:James Harrison (Q102115513) (date of birth 1628, date of death 6 October 1687 ... WikiTree person ID Harrison-15676) - https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102115513
  • General Notes

    • [The family of James Harrison and Ralph Pemberton left Bolton, Lancashire, England for the colonies in September 1682 on the ship "Submission." They were settled in Bucks County, Pennsylvania by the spring of 1683.]
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    • 2021-10-04: new
    • 2021-10-05: revised
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