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- The rich and ancient history of the Harrison family name dates back to the time of the Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. It comes from the personal name Henry. The personal name
Henry arrived in England after the Norman Conquest of 1066, when William the Conqueror won the Battle of Hastings, killing King Harold, the last Saxon King of England. It is of Germanic origin, and arrived with the wave of immigration
that followed King William into England from continental Europe. The surname Harrison is
derived from a diminutive form of the name, Harry. The name means "the
son of Henry." Harrison is an Anglo-Saxon surname which has survived the rigorous course of
history to the present day. Emerging from the shadows of time, the records reveal the
earliest origins of this distinguished family.
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- Historians have researched such ancient manuscripts
as the Domesday Book compiled in 1086 A.D., by Duke William of Normandy, the Ragman Rolls(1291-1296) collected by King Edward 1st of England, the Curia Regis Rolls, the Pipe Rolls, the Hearth Rolls, parish registers, baptismals, tax
records and other ancient documents. Researchers found the first record of the name Harrison in Lancashire where they were seated from very ancient times, some say well
before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.
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- Your name, Harrison , occurred in many manuscripts and from time to time the surname was spelt Harrison, Harryson, Harieson with
these changes in spelling occurring, even between father and son. In the 16th
century even literate people such as William Shakespeare varied the spelling of their
own names. There are many reasons for these spelling variations, for instance
official court languages such as Latin and French had their influence on how a name was
recorded. In general, church officials and scribes recorded a name as it was told to them,
rather than follow any spelling rules or conventions.
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- The Anglo-Saxon tribes produced many surnames such
as Harrison . These founding cultures settled in England in about the 5th century A.D., displacing the ancient Britons who populated the area in Roman
times. The Angles and the Saxons established several independent kingdoms, Northumbria, Mercia, Wessex, Kent, Essex Sussex and East Anglia, collectively known as the Heptarchy. All of these
rival kingdoms were unified in the 9th century by Egbert,
King of Wessex.
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- In 1066, the relative peace which the country had
been existing under was shattered. The Norman invasion from France and their victory at the Battle of Hastings meant that many Anglo-Saxon landholders lost their
property to Duke William and his invading nobles. Under oppressive Norman rule many
families decided to move north to Yorkshire and beyond the border to Scotland
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- The Harrison
family emerged as notable Englishmen in the county ofLancashire where they were recorded as a family of great
antiquity seated at Atcliffe with manor and estates in that shire. Within two
centuries they had branched to Cumberland at Linethwaite, Newcastle, and Acastor Caton in Yorkshire. They also settled in Ambleside in Westmoreland. The name
during this period was almost exclusively north country, and they even moved into
Scotland where Sir Lawrence Harryson traded freely with England. In the south they acquired Burgh Castle in Suffolk, and estates at Hendon in Middlesex, and Ripley in
Surrey. Distinguished members of the family at this time include Harrison
of Cumberland.
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- Throughout the Middle Ages the Harrison family flourished and contributed to English society. Later, during the 16th, 17th
and 18th centuries England was
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- devastated by religious and political conflict.
Conflicts between religious sects and between parliamentary and royalist forces created
an unstable society. Many families were banished by the prevailing powers for
dissention, other families chose to leave the turmoil behind.
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- In Ireland, Protestant settlers and soldiers in Cromwell's
army were granted lands which had been confiscated from the native
Catholic owners. In Ireland they settled in Dublin, Limerick,
and in Ulster.
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- Upheaval at home forced some families to risk the
perilous journey to the New World in order that they might build a better
future for themselves. Members of theHarrison family were among the settlers who boarded ships bound for Canada, the United States, Australia and the other colonies held by the British crown.
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- Settlers bearing the surname Harrison , or a variable spelling of that family name include Harmon Harrison settled in Virginia in 1607; 13 years before the "Mayflower," along with Easter Harrison in 1684; Edward in 1654; Elizabeth in 1650; Francis in 1643; George in 1636; Hugh in 1635; John
in 1635; Joseph in 1653; Rafe in 1623; Richard in 1652; and Thomas in 1653. The
family also settled in New York, Barbados, Philadelphia, Carolina, San Francisco, and Maryland.
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- Many migrants chose Canada as their destination after the British conquered the territory in 1763. But large numbers of English
speaking migrants did not arrive in Canada until the American War of Independence.
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- From recent history, distinguished individuals of
the Harrison family include William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), American
General, Ninth President of the United States in 1841; Albertis Sydney Harrison Jr. (1907-1995),
American politician, governor of Virginia from 1962-1966; Thomas Alexander Harrison
(1853-1930); American painter; Wallace Kirkman Harrison
(1895-1981), American architect, who designed the UN headquarters and the Lincoln Center; as well as George Harrison (1943-2001), English musician, singer, and
songwriter, member of the Beatles 1962- 1970.
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- The Motto for the Coat of Arms translates as: He
conquers who endures.
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