Life

He was the son of Rev. William Harison, Rector of Cheriton

Cheriton

-England:*Cheriton, Hampshire, a village and parish near Winchester**The Battle of Cheriton, a battle in the English Civil War*Cheriton, Kent, a one-time village, now a part of the urban area of Folkestone**Cheriton Halt railway station closed in 1947...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. He came to New York about 1710.

On October 5, 1721, Harison was appointed Judge of Admiralty for New York, Connecticut and the Jerseys, in place of Caleb Heathcote

Caleb Heathcote

Caleb Heathcote was a Mayor of New York . His estate in Westchester County, New York is the site the present-day town of Scarsdale and was granted on March 21, 1701 or 1702 by Lieutenant Governor of New York John Nanfan. A neighborhood and an elementary school in present-day Scarsdale are named...

, deceased. Harison was Recorder of New York City

Recorder of New York City

The Recorder of New York City was a municipal officer of New York City from 1683 until the early 20th century. He was at times a judge of the Court of General Sessions, of the Court of Special Sessions, and the New York Court of Common Pleas; Vice-President of the Board of Supervisors of New York...

 from 1725 to 1735 when he returned to England.

His son George Harison was the father of U.S. Attorney Richard Harison

Richard Harison

Richard Harison was an American lawyer and Federalist politician from New York.-Life:...

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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)
• Harison genealogy at North County website