Elizabeth Patterson, First Wife of ‘Old Jeremiah’ Harrison, from Sussex County, Delaware to Linville Creek, Augusta County, Virginia
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From this original version [of the 1744 Will of Margaret Addams], it is evident that the third signer was NOT Esther Harrison, but her mother, Elizabeth Harrison. Elizabeth was the daughter of Margaret Addams, thus she could be included in the “we, the children of …” statement. Furthermore, Daniel Love would have known what his sister-in-law’s name was. This single document is the only existing proof this writer knows of which shows that Elizabeth, the daughter of Margaret Addams, was in fact the mother of Esther Harrison. It also means Elizabeth was the first wife of Jeremiah Harrison – not Catherine.
More about this Article published in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 48, Number 2, Jan-March, 2004
This article was written and submitted in October 2003 to John Frederick Dorman, editor of The Virginia Genealogist. This was a quarterly publication, and this article was published in the first quarter of 2004 (Volume 48). It was printed on pages 3-15 of that edition.