Background
Harrison was born in 1673, the son of Benjamin Harrison and Hannah Churchill.
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Harrison was born in 1673, the son of Benjamin Harrison and Hannah Churchill.
He was the great grandfather of 9th United States. President, William Henry Harrison and the great-great-great grandfather of 23rd United States. President, Benjamin Harrison. He purchased a portion from the land patent of Berkeley Hundred from Giles Bland, where he would raise his family after marrying Elizabeth, daughter of Lewis Burwell II and Abigail Smith. In 1697, at just 24, he became the Attorney General of the Virginia Colony, serving until 1702, before moving onto the House of Burgesses between 1703–1706, where he was the Speaker in 1705.
He became Treasurer of the colony in 1705, serving until his death in 1710.
Harrison began to compile the history of the colony shortly before he died, leaving it unfinished. Benjamin Harrison IV, who married Anne Carter, daughter of Robert Carter and Betty Landon
Elizabeth Harrison, who married John Calvert, son of George Calvert and Elizabeth Doyne
Nathaniel Harrison, who married Mary Cary, daughter of John Cary and Jane Flood.