6. Benjamin³ Harrison (Benjamin², Benjamin¹) (#1263) was born in Berkeley County, Virginia, United States 1673.⁽³⁷¹⁾ Benjamin died 1710 at 37 years of age.⁽³⁷²⁾

He married Elizabeth Burwell BEF. 1700. (Elizabeth Burwell is #1264.) Elizabeth died 1734.⁽³⁷³⁾ Benjamin III made numerous additions to the family estate in several counties. He became a prominent merchant and public servant. Before his untimely death in 1710 from a stroke, he held the offices of acting attorney general of Virginia, speaker of the House of Burgesses, and treasurer of the colony. At the time of the birth of his son Benjamin IV in 1700, it is recorded that he owned 80 slaves at Berkeley and at least 20 more elsewhere, besides his extensive land holdings.

Benjamin Harrison and Elizabeth Burwell had the following children:

7 i. Elizabeth⁴ Harrison (#1265) was born on (birth date unknown).

+ 8 ii. Benjamin Harrison was born 1700.

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