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Mary Harrison (Digges)

Also Known As: "Mary Driggs", "Mary Diggs"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wakefield, Surry, Virginia Colony
Death: November 12, 1743 (26)
Brandon Plantation, Prince George, Virginia
Place of Burial: Denbigh Baptist Church Cemetery, Newport News, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Lt. Col. Cole Digges and Elizabeth Folliot Digges
Wife of Nathaniel Harrison, Esq., of Stafford County
Mother of Elizabeth Page Fitzhugh; Digges Harrison; Col. Benjamin Harrison; Nathaniel Harrison, III and William Henry (Diggs) Harrison
Sister of Susannah Harrison; Col. Edward Digges; Hon. Dudley Digges; William Digges and Johannah Digges (Hudgins)
Half sister of Henry Hiden Digges

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About Mary Harrison

Daughter of Cole & Elizabeth (Power) Digges.

Inscription:

Here lieth The Body of MARY HARRISON Daughter of the Hon. COLE DIGGES, Esq. President of his Maj. Councillor of this Colony And Late Wife of Colonel NATHANIAL HARRISON of Prince George County By whom she had four children viz NATHANIEL who was born May 27, 1739 and died June 23, 1740 DIGGES who was born October 22 & died Nov 12, 1740 (both interred near this Place) also ELIZABETH born July 30, 1737 BEJAMIN born February 13, 1743 She so discharged the Several Duties of a Wife, Mother, Daughter, Neighbour that her Relations & Aquaintances might justly esteem them (?) insupportable was it not chastified with Remembrance That even Virtue which adds weight to the loss Augments her Reward Obrit Nov 12 1744* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jan 18 2020, 15:38:24 UTC


References

  1. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20516099/mary-cole-harrison
  2. Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Nov 28 2021, 18:29:31 UTC
  3. https://services.dar.org/members/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=fu...
  4. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/M725-Q87
  5. Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702–1981 for Mary Digges < AncestryImage >
  6. "Family Bible" < FamilySearch >; (document attached)
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Mary Harrison's Timeline

1717
August 23, 1717
Wakefield, Surry, Virginia Colony
1737
July 30, 1737
Brandon, Prince George, Virginia Colony
1739
May 27, 1739
1741
October 22, 1741
Brandon, Prince George, Virginia Colony
1743
February 15, 1743
Brandon, Prince George County, Virginia, Colonial America
November 12, 1743
Age 26
Brandon Plantation, Prince George, Virginia
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Denbigh Baptist Church Cemetery, Newport News, Virginia, United States