Francis Harison (died 1740) was a lawyer and politician in colonial
New York.
Life
He was the son of Rev. William Harison (died 1694), Rector of
Cheriton, England. He came to New York in 1708.
On October 5, 1721, Harison was appointed Judge of Admiralty for New York, Connecticut and the Jerseys, in place of
Caleb Heathcote
Caleb Heathcote (March 6, 1665 – February 28, 1721) served as the 31st Mayor of New York City from 1711 to 1713.
Early life
Heathcote was born on March 6, 1665, in his father's house in Chesterfield in Derbyshire, England. Caleb was the sixth ...
, deceased. Harison was
Recorder of New York City
The Recorder of New York City was a municipal officer of New York City from 1683 until 1907. He was at times a judge of the Court of General Sessions, the Court of Special Sessions, and the New York Court of Common Pleas; Vice-President of the Boar ...
from 1725 to 1735 when he returned to England.
His son George Harison was the father of U.S. Attorney
Richard Harison
Richard Harison (January 12, 1747 (O.S.)He was born on January 12, 1747, in the then used Julian Calendar; this date corresponds to January 23, 1748, in the Gregorian Calendar which has been used in America since 1752. in New York City – De ...
.
Sources
''The New York Civil List''compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (page 428; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
''The Council of Revision of the State of New York''by
Alfred B. Street (Albany, 1858; page 75)
''And the Walls Came Tumbling Down''by Michael S. Lief & Harry M. Caldwell (pages 212f)
at North County website
Year of birth unknown
1740 deaths
New York City Recorders
People of the Province of New York
New York (state) lawyers
British emigrants to the Thirteen Colonies
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