Thomas Harmanson, Sr. (Burgess)

1631 - Bef 1702  (< 71 years)

• Name	Thomas Harmanson
  Suffix	Sr. (Burgess)
  Birth	1631	Brandenburgh, Germany   [1]
  	His deposition in 1653 shows him as age 22.
  Gender	Male
  Anecdote	1650  [2]
  	According to a deposition he gave in Feb 1695/96 Thomas Harmanson came to Northampton Co, VA 46 years before.
  Deposition	5 Jul 1653	Northampton Co, Virginia   [1, 2]
  	Thomas Harmanson and John Severne depostions taken before Stephen Charlton on this date. Thomas Harmanson, aged about 22 years, sayth that about 11 June this year, he being present at the meeting of some of the inhabitants at Dr. Hacks old fields where Capt. Johnson did read unto the people an order of the court that the commissions had granted (upon the reprisal of) Mr. Gyles his ship. In the reading where he of he made stop (demanding of the people) if any man there was able to judge weather the ship were a prize or not, and there upon Steph. Horsey replies, I know no man in the court able to judge her a prize, but though their wrong, they did detain the mans right, like a company of villians.
  Land patented	12 Jun 1654	tract A6, Neville's or Bell's Neck, Northampton Co, Virginia   [3, 4]
  	1300 acres was granted to Tho. Harmanson (Hermanson) in N'hamp Co, being a neck or island, bounded Easterly by Matchepungo River for the transportation of 26 persons. On the list was Joan Andrew & her son (no named). Whitelaw notes that this area had several early patents granted for it, but the patentees were slow in seating it, so the title became a little involved in the first stages. The first was the 1654 patent to Thomas Harmanson for 1,300 acres, being a neck or island. Then a 1662 patent patent to James Nevil for the same land. Then in 1684 a reissue of the 1654 patent to Thomas Harmanson. Then in 1685 a patent to Capt. William Whittington as having been patented to Harmanson in 1654 and to Nevell in 1662, but deserted by both. In the same year Harmanson gave a quitclaim deed to Whittington for any interest he might have in the land. However, before some of the later patents had been granted, James Neville, mariner, had disposed of his interest, as follows: in 1678 he sold a half-interest to Isaac Foxcroft, and in 1690 the later and his wife Bridgett resold to Thomas Harmanson, who thuse came back into the story. In 1681 Neville sold his other half to William Whittington, and the situation thus became static, with Whittington holding the north half and Harmanson the south half.
  Deposition	21 Sep 1658	Northampton Co, Virginia   [5]
  	Thos. Harmanson, aged about 27 years, sworne in open court that in the lifetime of Edw: Neal, he told the deponent his service to Mrs. Ann Charton was to satisfy a bill due to Rich Jacob in the first place & after the said Edw: Neal was dead, the widow of the said Neal desired me to go unto her to demand of her some poultry of hers left in the mill and satisfaction for the remainder of her husbands service, who told the deponent there was nothing due to him for the the stoale meat and other things.
  Anecdote	1660  [6]
  	Ann (8) Andrews was placed under the care of Thomas Harmanson after her mother's death which was before 19 Feb 1659/60.
  Land patented	1661	Northampton Co, Virginia   [7]
  	It contained 500 acres of land "by right of my marriage to the daughter of Wm. Munns."
  Land certificate	28 Feb 1661/62	Northampton Co, Virginia   [8]
  	Whereas a Certificate was granted 20 Dec 1643 to William Munns for 500 acres of land and not having taken up land for the same belonged to his daughter who hath intermarried with Thomas Harmanson, it is therefore ordered that a Certificate be granted to the said Thomas Harmanson for the above 500 acres due for rights underwritten: John Webster, Thomas Newton, James Johnson, Susan Johnson, Joane Srinder, Italy Hodgkins, Joane Lang, John Merrydeth, John Pannuell & Edward Jenkins.
  Land leased	31 Jan 1664/65	tract N46, between Eastville & Cherition on Seaside, Northampton Co, Virginia   [9, 10]
  	William Andrews (II) gave a 1,000 acre lease, lately in the possession of Thomas Taylor, son & heir to Capt Phillip Taylor dec'd, to Thomas Harmanson and his wife Joane for their lives and then it was to be distributed among their 4 sons as follows: 300 aces to Thomas Junr, 250 acres each to William (2nd son) & John, and 200 acres to Henry (4th son). If all 4 sons died in their minority then to "my loving Neice Susanna Harmanson." (NOTE: Whitelaw shows Joane as a daughter of the William Andrews (1600-1656) who bought the land from Thomas Taylor in 1643, but he had died in 1656, so it must have been his son William Andrews (1630-1673) who gave the lease and he was giving it to his sister Joane who was not named in William Andrews' will in 1656, as the lease mentions that if all 4 of the sons die, then the land was to go to "my niece Susanna Harmanson.")
  Naturalized	8 Jun 1680	Northampton Co, Virginia   [7]
  Burgess	Between 1688 and 1692  [7, 11]
  	He was shown as Thomas Harmanson who represented Northampton Co, VA.
  Deposition	10 Feb 1695/96	Northampton Co, Virginia   [2, 7]
  	He was shown as age 70 and he arrived in N'hamp County, VA 46 years before.
  Reference Identifer	Burgess
  Record ID	53761
  Will	26 Mar 1696	Northampton Co, Virginia   [12]
  Death	Bef 28 Nov 1702	Northampton Co, Virginia   [13]
  	It was on this date that his will was probated.
  Person ID	I53761	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2019

  
  

  Father	(father of Thos & Ann) Harmanson,   b. Abt 1590   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F42272	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Susan Munns,   b. Abt 1634, Northampton Co, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1652	Northampton Co, Virginia   [8, 14]
  	According to Mrs. John McNabb's 1929 articale in the VA Mag of Hist & Bio, Thomas Harmanson married first Susan Munns, the daughter of Wm. Munns; married second Jane Andrews daughter of (-----) Andrews, and married third Elizabeth Daniels, no children by this marriage. (NOTE: This is the only reference found showing the daughter of Wm. Munns was named Susan.)
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F27800	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Joane Andrews,   b. Abt 1635, Northampton Co, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1655  [10, 14, 15]
  Children	1. Susanna Harmanson,   b. Abt 1657, Northampton Co, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown + 2. Thomas Harmanson, Jr.,   b. 1659, Northampton Co, Virginia d. May 1709 (Age 50 years)   3. William Harmanson,   b. Bef 29 May 1661, Hungars Parish, Northampton Co, Virginia d. Bef 30 Nov 1709, Northampton Co, Virginia (Age < 48 years) + 4. John Harmanson,   b. 1663, Northampton Co, Virginia d. Bef 20 Oct 1719, Northampton Co, Virginia (Age < 56 years) + 5. Henry Harmanson,   b. Abt 1664, Northampton Co, Virginia d. Bef 28 May 1709, Northampton Co, Virginia (Age < 45 years) + 6. Isabel Harmanson,   b. Abt 1667, Northampton Co, Virginia d. Bef 4 Oct 1707, Northampton Co, Virginia (Age < 40 years) + 7. George Harmanson,   b. Abt 1669, Northampton Co, Virginia d. Sep 1735 (Age 66 years) + 8. Alicia Harmanson,   b. Abt 1671, Northampton Co, Virginia d. Bef 20 Aug 1726, Northampton Co, Virginia (Age < 55 years)   9. Benjamin Harmanson,   b. Abt 1673, Northampton Co, Virginia d. Barbados
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023
  Family ID	F18293	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

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