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John Harrison 1500 – 1549 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1500

Birth Location: Waltham Abbey, Essex, England

Death Date: 28 JAN 1549

Death Location: Waltham Abbey, Essex, England

Father: William Harrison

Mother: Jane Columbell

Spouse(s): Eliza Nynesor

Children(s): Peter Harrison, Hugh Harrison, George Harrison, Richard Harrison, John Harrison

According to available records, John Harrison was born in 1500 in Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, 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 Peter Harrison, Hugh Harrison, George FitzJohn Harrison, Richard Harrison and John Harrison. In the later years of life, John Harrison died in 1549 in Waltham Abbey, Essex, England.

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Parents

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

Eliza Nynesor
1500 – 1555
Birth Location: Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
EN

Children(s)

Peter Harrison
1520 – 1595
Birth Location: Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
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Hugh Harrison
1524 –
Birth Location: Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
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George Harrison
1528 – 1548
Birth Location: Barnard Castle, Durham, England, United Kingdom
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Richard Harrison
1530 –
Birth Location: Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
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John Harrison
1532 –
Birth Location: Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1500
    Event Place: Waltham Abbey, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 28 JAN 1549
    Event Place: Waltham Abbey, Essex, England
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