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Benjamin Harrison III

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Benjamin Harrison III

Birth
Wakefield, Surry County, Virginia, USA
Death
10 Apr 1710 (aged 36)
Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Charles City, Charles City County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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"Memoriae Sacrum Hic situs est in Spem Resurectionis Benjaminus Harrison de Berkeley Benjamini Harrison de Surrey filius Natu, Maximus Uxorem Duxit Elizabetham Lodovici Burwell Glocestriensis Filiam E Qua Filium
Reliquit Unicum Benjamin et unam Filiam Elizabetham. Obijt Apr x Anno Dom MDCCX Aetatis xxxvii,plurimum Desideratus
Prolocutor Domus Burgentium Causidicus Ingenio Doctrina, Eloquentia Fide et à insignis Viduarum Orphanorum omniumque Pauperum Oppressorum Patronus Indefessus Controversarum Et Literum Arbiter et Diremptor Auspicatus Ed Pacificus, In Administratione Iustitiae Absque Tricis Et Ambagibus comitatus Hujus Iudex Aequissimus Ibidemque Impietatis Et
Nequitiae Vindex Acerrimus Libertatis Patriae Assertor Intrepidus Et Boni Publici Imprimis Studiosus Hunc Merito Proprium Virginia Iactet Alumnum Tam Propere Abreptum, sed Querebunda Dolet. Publicus Hic Dolor Et Nunquam Reparabile Damnum Det Deus Ut Vitae sint Documenta Novae."
He was an eminent lawyer, and assisted in the revision of the laws of the Colony, 1700; served as Treasurer, Attorney General and Speaker of the House of Burgesses; and was a loyal supporter of the Established Church.
"Memoriae Sacrum Hic situs est in Spem Resurectionis Benjaminus Harrison de Berkeley Benjamini Harrison de Surrey filius Natu, Maximus Uxorem Duxit Elizabetham Lodovici Burwell Glocestriensis Filiam E Qua Filium
Reliquit Unicum Benjamin et unam Filiam Elizabetham. Obijt Apr x Anno Dom MDCCX Aetatis xxxvii,plurimum Desideratus
Prolocutor Domus Burgentium Causidicus Ingenio Doctrina, Eloquentia Fide et à insignis Viduarum Orphanorum omniumque Pauperum Oppressorum Patronus Indefessus Controversarum Et Literum Arbiter et Diremptor Auspicatus Ed Pacificus, In Administratione Iustitiae Absque Tricis Et Ambagibus comitatus Hujus Iudex Aequissimus Ibidemque Impietatis Et
Nequitiae Vindex Acerrimus Libertatis Patriae Assertor Intrepidus Et Boni Publici Imprimis Studiosus Hunc Merito Proprium Virginia Iactet Alumnum Tam Propere Abreptum, sed Querebunda Dolet. Publicus Hic Dolor Et Nunquam Reparabile Damnum Det Deus Ut Vitae sint Documenta Novae."
He was an eminent lawyer, and assisted in the revision of the laws of the Colony, 1700; served as Treasurer, Attorney General and Speaker of the House of Burgesses; and was a loyal supporter of the Established Church.


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