Benjamin Harrison, VI Signer of Declaration of Independence

1755 - 1799  (44 years)

• Name	Benjamin Harrison  [1]
  Suffix	VI Signer of Declaration of Independence
  Birth	1755	Charles City, Virginia, Colonial America   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	9716
  Burial	1799	Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Death	11 Aug 1799	Charles City, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I9716	KLD Genealogy
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Harrison, V 5th Governor of Virginia,   b. 5 Apr 1726, Berkeley Hundred, Charles City, Virginia, Colonial America d. 24 Apr 1791, Berkeley, Charles City, Virginia, USA (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	bio
  Mother	Elizabeth Bassett,   b. 1730, New Kent, Virginia, Colonial America d. 1792, Charles City, Virginia, USA (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	bio
  Family ID	F3442	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Susanna Randolph,   b. 1752   d. 1781 (Age 29 years)
  Family ID	F3444	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Anna Mercer,   b. 1769   d. 1787 (Age 18 years)
  Annulled	1776
  Children	1. Benjamin Harrison, VII,   b. 1787   d. 1842 (Age 55 years)  [Father: bio]  [Mother: bio]
  Family ID	F3445	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1755 - Charles City, Virginia, Colonial America Burial - 1799 - Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA Death - 11 Aug 1799 - Charles City, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Benjamin Harrison VI (1755-1799) Artist Charles Willson Peale, 15 Apr 1741 - 22 Feb 1827 Sitter Benjamin Harrison, Jr., 1750? - 1799 Formerly alleged Benjamin Harrison, Sr., 1726 - 1791 Date 1783 Type Painting National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the National Gallery of Art; gift of the A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, 1942

  
  

• Sources

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