Joseph HARRISON

  General Notes:

" Joseph 3rd live on, what is known as, the August Becker farm, between Roseland and Livingston, and must have had extensive holdings of land - judging from the scattered remnants in possession of his descendants. having twelve children of this own and annexing eightothers by marriage - establishing a record for the family. He was a man of small, slight stature which is said to be a characteristic of the Josephs who preceded him and it is stated on excellent authority that all of the Harrison menof colonial days were men of small stature. When he enlisted in the Revolutionary Army, he was considered to small to carry a flint lock musket; hence was given a flag which he carried, as color sergeant, through his term of service. Hedrew his back pay as a soldier of the Revolution three months before he died,$836.66, a very considerable sum of money for those times."
"His three wives were Rhoda Freeman, Phoebe Tompkins and Mary Kirk."


BIOGRAPHY: Children of Joseph 3rd,
by his first wife:-
(a) Demas, born September 10, 1773, died April 27, 1849
(b) Tamer, born October 14, 1775, died May 6, 1835
(c) Rufus, born August 28, 1778, died July 25, 1848
(d) Jared, born September 5, 1780, died in infancy
(e) Samuel, born September 15, 1782, died March 5, 1849
(f) Abigail, born December 28, 1784, died September 10, 1854
(g) Joanna, born March 28, 1787, died November 21, 1850
(h) Jared F., born October 28, 179-, died July 2, 1862

BIOGRAPHY: by his second wife:-
(i) Joseph, born February 8, 1793, died August 24, 1878
(j) Rhoda, born September 16, 1795, died October 13, 1853
(k) Harvey, born April 1,1798, died September 30, 1869
(l) Phoebe, born November 26, 1802, died June 2, 1847

Joseph married Phebe TOMPKINS, daughter of Jonathan TOMPKINS and Unknown, circa 1790. (Phebe TOMPKINS was born on 31 Mar 1759 in South Orange, Essex, New Jersey, USA and died on 21 Feb 1827 in Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey, United States.)