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- He came to New England, and took the oath of allegiance at New Haven 5 A ug 1644. He removed with his children to Branford, where he died 25 Oc t. 1653.
After the death of his parents, Richard and Margaret migrated with thei r children to New England, arriving in New Haven in 1640. He took the o ath of allegiance at New Haven Colony in 5 Aug. 1644
Richard was among the earliest proprietors of Branford, New Haven in th e 17th century, or "Totoket " as it was still called for some years, wh o were named in town records from 7 July 1646 (dividing up the meadows) a nd 16 September 1646 (constructing a 5-mile fence around the core part o f the town). Totoket was part of the land bought from the Mattabesech I ndians in 1638 by the first settlers of New Haven.
He came to New England, and took the oath of allegiance at New Haven 5 A u g 1644. He removed with his children to Branford, where he died 25 Oc t . 1653.
After the death of his parents, Richard and Margaret migrated with thei r c hildren to New England, arriving in New Haven in 1640. He took the o a th of allegiance at New Haven Colony in 5 Aug. 1644
Richard was among the earliest proprietors of Branford, New Haven in th e 1 7th century, or "Totoket " as it was still called for some years, wh o w ere named in town records from 7 July 1646 (dividing up the meadows) a n d 16 September 1646 (constructing a 5-mile fence around the core part o f t he town). Totoket was part of the land bought from the Mattabesech I nd ians in 1638 by the first settlers of New Haven.
He came to New England, and took the oath of allegiance at New Haven 5 A ug 1644. He removed with his children to Branford, where he died 25 Oc t. 1653.
After the death of his parents, Richard and Margaret migrated with thei r children to New England, arriving in New Haven in 1640. He took the o ath of allegiance at New Haven Colony in 5 Aug. 1644
Richard was among the earliest proprietors of Branford, New Haven in th e 17th century, or "Totoket " as it was still called for some years, wh o were named in town records from 7 July 1646 (dividing up the meadows) a nd 16 September 1646 (constru cting a 5-mile fence around the core part o f the town). Totoket was part of the land bought from the Mattabesech I ndians in 1638 by the first settlers of New Haven.
He came to New England, and took the oath of allegiance at New Haven 5 A u g 1644. He removed with his children to Branford, where he died 25 Oc t . 1653.
After the death of his parents, Richard and Margaret migrated with thei r c hildren to New England, arriving in New Haven in 1640. He took the o a th of allegiance at New Haven Colony in 5 Aug. 1644
Richard was among the earliest proprietors of Branford, New Haven in th e 1 7th century, or "Totoket " as it was still called for some years, wh o w ere named in town records from 7 July 1646 (dividing up the meadows) a n d 16 September 1646 (cons tructing a 5-mile fence around the core part o f t he town). Totoket was part of the land bought from the Mattabesech I nd ians in 1638 by the first settlers of New Haven.
Possible first marriage of this Richard Harrison
While I have yet to see any period record to support the claim that this Richard Harrison had a first wife before marrying Margaret Picke in 1619 in West Kirby, Cheshire, England, there was a marriage recorded between a "Rychard Harrryson" and a "Marye Heywarde" only 7 miles distant from West Kirby in St. Mary's Church, Neston, Cheshire: see "Cheshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812", database with images, Ancestry (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Lehi, UT, USA; 2024), Marriage record for Rychard Harryson and Marye Heywarde, 26 January 1610. Citing Cheshire West and Chester Council; Cheshire, England; Bishop's Transcripts; Reference: EDB 154 (Box 1).
Did this Richard Harrison sign the estate inventory of his father-in-law?
The estate inventory for Thomas Picke, dated 17 August 1644, claimed to be the father of Margaret Picke, the wife of this Richard Harrison, was signed by a Richard Harrison. But, this Richard Harrison's signature also appeared on his "oath of allegiance" in New Haven Colony dated 05 August 1644. Those two signatures could not be for the same Richard Harrison. Therefore, could it be possible that the Richard who married Margaret Picke remained in Cheshire, England (with his wife and family) and signed that estate inventory? If so, the Richard Harrison of New Haven Colony, and later Branford, was not married to Margaret Picke.
Richard's Wife
One of the sources attached to this Richard Harrison (MHRP-WML) titled, "Donald Lines Jacobus, "The English Origin of the Connecticut Harrisons," The American Genealogist (TAG), vol. XXV (1949) pp. 263-272, im. 600-605/1230 of film 1425625." adds doubt to Margaret Picke being this Richard's wife.
Page 271 of vol. XXV:
"... It may be concluded that the ancestors of Richard Harrison of Branford, Conn., lived for many generations in West Kirby, particularly in the hamlet of Greasby. It is also clear from the overlapping of baptisms that there were contemporary Richard Harrisons in successive generations. The colonist Richard had sons Richard and Thomas, and daughters Ellen and Elizabeth, and perhaps other daughters. The Thomas son of Richard baptized 2 Dec. 1627 may be the son of the colonist, though the date varies by a good two years from a statement of his age made by Thoms himself. Either of two Ellens, baptized in 1630 and 1631 respectively, is suitable in age for the daughter of the colonist.
The most aggravating phase of the problem is the marriage of Richard Harrison in 1619 to Margaret Picke, and the mention of Harrison grandchildren in the will of her father, Thomas Picke. The grandchildren were named, it would seem, in groups, for first we set four Harrisons (Ann, Ellen, Robert and Elizabeth), then some Heyes prandchildren and a Sparke grandson, then four more Harrison grandchildren (Thomas, Ellen, John and Margery), then Warton, Suger and Picke grandchildren. Each of the twenty-three grandchildren was to have ten shillings, and the only grandchild named out of order or not in a group was Thomas Warton who was to have twenty shillings. In each group of Harrison grandchildren an Ellen appears, and that makes it certain that Picke had two daughters who married Harrisons. Since the will was made only a year before our Richard first is mentioned in Connecticut records, and a Richard Harrison was one of those who took the inventory in 1644, seems rather doubtful whether Picke's son-in-law was the Richard who emigrated.
Of course both Harrison sons-in-law may have been named Richard, but we do not know that. Two of the four names in each group of grandchildren bore the same names as children of the emigrant Richard. One serious obstacle to believing that the wife of our Richard was any daughter of Thomas Picke is the fact that Richard's son Richard, jr., was not named in either group of Harrison grandchildren. On the other hand, despite the large number of grandchildren named, we do not know that it is a complete list, and one or more grandchildren may have been omitted from the small legacy which the others were to receive. Hence no certain conclusion can be reached either way on the basis of present knowledge."
WATCH OUT FOR WIKITREE THAT MIXES 2 UNRELATED HARRISON FAMILIES. REV. THOMAS HARRISON was NOT SON OF RICHARD HARRISON & MARGARET PICKE.
Official biographies for Rev. Thomas Harrison show he was born at Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire to a father named Robert who is the end of the line ancestor for Rev. Thomas Harrison. I invite you to read the sources for both families that clearly show there is no relationship. Please read the explanations and warnings that there is NO relationship between the Rev. Thomas Harrison, D.D. and Richard Harrison who married Margaret Picke. Both families have been well documented and there is no relationship between them. Rev. Thomas Harrison's various biographies state he was from Hull, Yorkshire, England and that his father was a Robert whose lineage is not known by any credible source. Watch out for the fanciful lineages that people are creating that are mixing up many unrelated Harrison families. This article has 45 pages, fully footnoted that includes a lengthy biography for Rev. Thomas Harrison, D.D. based on historical fact, and data about some others that people try to mix with him.. https://scudder.org/appendix-c-part-1-who-was-the-father-of-isaiah1-harrison-the-enigmatic-blacksmith-of-long-island/
The next article shows the facts about the Richard Harrison/Margaret Picke family and how they are not related to Rev. Thomas Harrison. https://scudder.org/appendix-c-part-2-rev-thomas-harrison-and-his-so-called-siblings-and-supposed-parents/
Richard Harrison and Margaret Picke had a different son Thomas who was about a decade younger and is documented with his family in CT and NJ.
This Richard Harrison's baptism and parentage
Is there any other period record that links this Richard Harrison to a father Richard Harrison other than the 31 March 1593 baptism (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F75N-GJC)? Because there is another baptism record for a Richard Harrison, son of "Robart Harisonn" in the same church on 30 October 1590 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F75N-2PX).
Wife's name was Picke not Pilkington
I think I have resolved the Margaret Picke vs. Margaret Pilkenton or Pilkington problem. They each now have their own christening records with their correct fathers and they were distinctly different families from different towns. Margaret Picke, daughter of Thomas Picke, was christened in 1598, daughter of the second wife Margery Rathbone. This Margaret Picke was the wife of the Richard Harrison who went to Branford, New Haven, Connecticut. There is no proof that her parents went there but they are clearly documented at West Kirby.
A Margaret Pilkington or Pilkenton of Winslow, Cheshire, England was christened in 1592, daughter of a Thomas Pilkenton, but these were clearly different people and families from different towns once the Pickes were put together by the available church sources on Family Tree's record sources.
Various Margaret Pilkingtons remaining on Family Tree still have multiple other Richard Harrisons for husbands. The original such combination appears to be from a family from Lancashire that was perhaps the one connected to the immigrant Richard Harrison who went to Accomac, Virginia who looks like he was from Lancashire. These two Richard Harrisons were not the same person although they were both immigrants to America and some people have mixed them up before. She is probably the original Margaret Pilkington that actually belonged to a real Richard Harrison before the merging messes began.
There was also allegedly a Richard Harrison or Richard James Harrison from London married to an alleged Margaret Pilkington from London that some people try to make the man who went to Branford, New Haven, CN. That does not fit the Connecticut man's profile. His history is well known by the sources I cite on the pages for him and his children and he was from West Kirby, Cheshire. I spent a number of hours to get his family corrected properly by reliable sources done from primary research. The Margaret Pilkington from Cheshire is probably the one that married Thomas Hartley in 1611, but I will spend my time protecting the Branford family from being mixed up with all sorts of other Richard Harrisons and Thomas Harrisons rather than working on Pilkingtons. Online Internet tree have now undoubtedly made a hash mixing and merging all these families like they have been on Family Tree but it is clear they were not the same. So the Cheshire Pilkingtons may have been of a superior class to be included in the Visitations, but if you did not find the Pickes, they must not have made the qualification cut. Their family is well documented by the church records attached and Margaret Picke is clearly specified on her christening record in 1598 and that as her name on her marriage record to Richard Harrison who went to Connecticut. Which is your family of interest?
PLEASE DO NOT WRONGLY MERGE OR DUPLICATE OR CONFUSE HIM WITH OTHERS OF SAME NAME. He married MARGARET PICKE and not Margaret Pilkington who was a completely different person
CAUTION: PLEASE DO NOT WRONGLY MERGE OR DUPLICATE OR CONFUSE HIM WITH OTHERS OF SAME NAME. He married MARGARET PICKE and not Margaret Pilkington who was a completely different person married to a different Richard Harrison. See this Richard's christening record attached to him and to his father's family. HE WAS NO RELATION TO REV. THOMAS HARRISON. THE RECORD SOURCES & MEMORIES of RICHARD HARRISON of West Kirby, Chester, England and Branford, New Haven, Connecticut NOW REFLECT SPECIFIC, PROVABLE DATA AND RELATIONSHIPS RATHER THAN AN UNPROFESSIONAL MIXTURE OF PEOPLE WHO HAD THE SAME NAME or surname. It has taken a long time to correct his family which is now done according to reliable sources cited.
His origin was revealed in a court record in reference to a grandchild which said, "Richard Harrison of West Kerby, Cheshire, is still alive as sworn to by Richard Harrison" and others.* This family is now corrected as found in Mrs. Francis Harrison Corbin, "Five Generations of Connecticut Harrisons," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 70[1916], page 69. This Richard Harrison, Sr. was "from West Kirby, co. Chester, England; He came to New England, and took the oath of allegiance at New Haven 5 Aug 1644. He removed with his children to Branford, where he died 25 Oct. 1653.
4 children died young in England: Elena, Margareta, Margeria & Anna. These children are on the PR but not inc. in some articles.
6 children made it to America: Sgt. Richard, Elizabeth, Ensign Thomas, Ellen, Samuel and Maria.
Children born in England: RICHARD, JR. md. Sarah Hubbard; THOMAS; MARY or Maria, md. Thomas Pierson, Sr.; Elizabeth md. 1) Henry Lyne and 2) John Lampson; 3) as his second wife, John Morris. They removed to Newark in 1675; SAMUEl (prob) and ELLEN (prob). With the exception of Samuel, the same children are given by Richard Cook, "Richard Harrison of Newark," in "Genealogies of New Jersey Families: Families A-Z," pg. 250. *Page 251 had the reference to Richard Harrison, Sr.'s place of origin. Neither source gives wife's name but there is a marriage record at West Kirby, Chester, for marriage to Margaret Picke. See citing of marriage to Margaret Picke at "Marriage Licenses Granted Within the Archdeaconry of Chester in the Diocese of Chester," v. 56, page 89.
See also genealogy for his posterity prepared by Richard W. Cook, "Richard Harrison of Newark," [meaning this person's son who went to Newark], in Genealogies of New Jersey Families: Families A-Z," page 250.
Another submitter wrote:
Richard Harrison, was born in West Kirby, co. Chester, England[1] Baptism. 31 MAR 1593 Place: West Kirby, Cheshire, England [2]
Richard's first wife's maiden name is uncertain. A marriage between a Richard Harrison and Mary Roue was found in London, England. Church of England records, no date. [3]
Richard married second Margaret Picke. July 28, 1619 in West Kirby, Cheshire. Marriage record : Harrison, Margaret, of Matley, Chesh. Inv. 1616-17 Book Marton
He came to New England, and took the oath of allegiance at New Haven 5 A ug 1644. He removed with his children to Branford, where he died 25 Oc t. 1653.
After the death of his parents, Richard and Margaret migrated with thei r children to New England, arriving in New Haven in 1640. He took the o ath of allegiance at New Haven Colony in 5 Aug. 1644
Richard was among the earliest proprietors of Branford, New Haven in th e 17th century, or "Totoket " as it was still called for some years, wh o were named in town records from 7 July 1646 (dividing up the meadows) a nd 16 September 1646 (constructing a 5-mile fence around the core part o f the town). Totoket was part of the land bought from the Mattabesech I ndians in 1638 by the first settlers of New Haven.
He came to New England, and took the oath of allegiance at New Haven 5 A u g 1644. He removed with his children to Branford, where he died 25 Oc t . 1653.
After the death of his parents, Richard and Margaret migrated with thei r c hildren to New England, arriving in New Haven in 1640. He took the o a th of allegiance at New Haven Colony in 5 Aug. 1644
Richard was among the earliest proprietors of Branford, New Haven in th e 1 7th century, or "Totoket " as it was still called for some years, wh o w ere named in town records from 7 July 1646 (dividing up the meadows) a n d 16 September 1646 (constructing a 5-mile fence around the core part o f t he town). Totoket was part of the land bought from the Mattabesech I nd ians in 1638 by the first settlers of New Haven.
He came to New England, and took the oath of allegiance at New Haven 5 A ug 1644. He removed with his children to Branford, where he died 25 Oc t. 1653.
After the death of his parents, Richard and Margaret migrated with thei r children to New England, arriving in New Haven in 1640. He took the o ath of allegiance at New Haven Colony in 5 Aug. 1644
Richard was among the earliest proprietors of Branford, New Haven in th e 17th century, or "Totoket " as it was still called for some years, wh o were named in town records from 7 July 1646 (dividing up the meadows) a nd 16 September 1646 (constru cting a 5-mile fence around the core part o f the town). Totoket was part of the land bought from the Mattabesech I ndians in 1638 by the first settlers of New Haven.
He came to New England, and took the oath of allegiance at New Haven 5 A u g 1644. He removed with his children to Branford, where he died 25 Oc t . 1653.
After the death of his parents, Richard and Margaret migrated with thei r c hildren to New England, arriving in New Haven in 1640. He took the o a th of allegiance at New Haven Colony in 5 Aug. 1644
Richard was among the earliest proprietors of Branford, New Haven in th e 1 7th century, or "Totoket " as it was still called for some years, wh o w ere named in town records from 7 July 1646 (dividing up the meadows) a n d 16 September 1646 (cons tructing a 5-mile fence around the core part o f t he town). Totoket was part of the land bought from the Mattabesech I nd ians in 1638 by the first settlers of New Haven.
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