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John Harrison 1480 – 1551 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1480

Birth Location: Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 28 APR 1551

Death Location: Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Father: William Harrison

Mother: Jane Columbell

Spouse(s): Eliza Nynesor

Children(s): George Harrison

According to available records, John Harrison was born in 1480 in Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, United Kingdom, the child of William FitzThomas Harrison and Jane Columbell. Following those early years, John Harrison married Eliza Elizabeth Nynesor, and their family grew to include George Harrison. In the later years of life, John Harrison died in 1551 in Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, United Kingdom.

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Parents

William Harrison
1460 – 1550
Birth Location: City of York, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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Jane Columbell
1465 – 1548
Birth Location: Darley Abbey, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Eliza Nynesor
1484 – 1555
Birth Location: Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
EN

Children(s)

George Harrison
1505 – 1548
Birth Location: Barnard Castle, Teesdale, Durham, England
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1480
    Event Place: Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 28 APR 1551
    Event Place: Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: MAY 1551
    Event Place: Saint Lawrence, Essex, England, United Kingdom
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