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Cokie Roberts

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Cokie Roberts

Author and TV Journalist


    Burr Calvert alias Harrison

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    • 6th Great-grandfather of Cokie Roberts — 9th Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 480 
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    • Birth Date:
    • ABT 1709 
    • Birth Location:
    • prob. Stafford County, Virginia 
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    • Death Date:
    • ABT 1787 
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    • BEF 1732 
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    • Notes: 
    • Burr Calvert alias Harrison's surname is also seen as Harris and Harriss.

      Burr Calvert alias Harrison should not be confused with the Burr Harrison who married Mary Haynie.

      Burr wrote his will 26 AUG 1783 which was proved in 1787.

      It has been speculated that Burr Calvert alias Harrison, and his two siblings George and Thomas, were illegitimate children of Burr Harrison Jr. and a Calvert woman. Burr Calvert alias Harrison, his siblings, and their children use the surnames Calvert, Colvert, Colbert, Harris, Harriss, Harrison and Calvert Harris. Descendants use Harris, Harriss, Harrison and Calvert.

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  • Sources for Burr Calvert alias Harrison

    • 1 Alcock, John P., Five Generations of the Family of Burr Harrison of Virginia, 1650-1800, Westminster, Maryland: Heritage Books (2008), 173-183.
    • 2 O'Gorman, Ella Foy, Descendants of Virginia Calverts, Los Angeles, California: n. p. (1947), 516-519.

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