Benjamin Harrison, V 5th Governor of Virginia

1726 - 1791  (65 years)

• Name	Benjamin Harrison  [1]
  Suffix	V 5th Governor of Virginia
  Birth	5 Apr 1726	Berkeley Hundred, Charles City, Virginia, Colonial America   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	9705
  Burial	1791	Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Death	24 Apr 1791	Berkeley, Charles City, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I9705	KLD Genealogy
  Last Modified	3 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Harrison, IV,   b. 1693, Berkeley Hundred, Charles City, Virginia, Colonial America d. 12 Jul 1745, Charles City, Virginia, Colonial America (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	bio
  Mother	Anne Carter,   b. 1704, Lancaster, Virginia, Colonial America d. 12 Aug 1745, Berkeley, Charles City, Virginia, Colonial America (Age 41 years)
  Relationship	bio
  Family ID	F3441	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Bassett,   b. 1730, New Kent, Virginia, Colonial America d. 1792, Charles City, Virginia, USA (Age 62 years)
  Children	1. William Henry Harrison, Sr 9th President of the US,   b. 9 Feb 1773, Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, Colonial America d. 4 Apr 1841, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA (Age 68 years)  [Father: bio]  [Mother: bio]   2. Fairleanah Eleanor Harrison,   b. 1771, Charles City, Virginia, Colonial America d. 1851, Blaine, Lawrence, Kentucky, USA (Age 80 years)  [Father: bio]  [Mother: bio]   3. Benjamin Harrison, VI Signer of Declaration of Independence,   b. 1755, Charles City, Virginia, Colonial America d. 11 Aug 1799, Charles City, Virginia, USA (Age 44 years)  [Father: bio]  [Mother: bio]   4. Carter Bassett Harrison,   b. 1756   d. 18 Apr 1808 (Age 52 years)  [Father: bio]  [Mother: bio]
  Family ID	F3442	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jun 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 5 Apr 1726 - Berkeley Hundred, Charles City, Virginia, Colonial America Burial - 1791 - Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA Death - 24 Apr 1791 - Berkeley, Charles City, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Sources

  [S19] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).