Miranda AKA Marinda married Benjamin Harrison, the son of Richard Harrison. Her gravestone says, "Wife of Benjamin Harrison of Rchd" plus see the 1870 census below).
On the 1850 Dist. 3, Calvert Co., Maryland census, I found farmer & Planter Benjn Harrison, 51, with $6K in real estate; Marinda, 45; Hester A, 18; Benjn F, 16; Margaret, 14; Joseph Edward, 12; Louisa, 8; Norvel, 4; Christiana, 2 and Richard, 13, all Maryland born. Nearby was a James Harrison, 60 with a Benjn, 7.
On the 1860 Dist. 3, Calvert Co., Maryland census, I found farmer & planter, Benjamin Harrison, 57, with $15K in real estate; Miranda, 53; farmer Joseph, 21; Newell, 14; Christine, 12 and Louisa, 17, all Maryland born. He lived near suspect son(s): Benjamin Harrison 25, with $1K in personal property; Ellen, 23; Lewis, 5; Emily, 3; Emma, 1, farmer Richard, 23 with $1K in personal property; farmer William, 18 with $1K in personal property; Ben, 16 and laborers, all Maryland born. (Note: They lived near Daniel Hardesty, 49 and his family who lived in Huntingtown, on or near Cox Road where the Robert Harrison family lived for generations).
On the 1870 Dist. 3, Calvert Co., Maryland census, I found farm labor Benjamine Harrison of R, 68, with $6K in real estate; Marinda, 65; Christiana, 21 and Joseph, 22; plus a domestic and her 2 children, all Maryland born. Nearby (previous page) Wm T Harrison, 65 and his family resided.
Mrs. Maranda Harrison, wife of Benjamin Harrison died at her residence near Huntingtown on the 18th inst. after a short illness aged about 70 years. The 27 Jan 1877 issue of the Calvert Journal.
About seven years after she passed, the former church by this cemetery was renamed: "Around 1870, the southern Methodists left Manor Woods to meet in a blacksmith shop and in member's homes. In 1873 this congregation erected a building called Calvary on Hunting Creek Road, at the site of our present church. In 1884, the Manor Woods Church was renamed MIRANDA MEMORIAL, in honor of MIRANDA HARRISON, whose son gave a large memorial window to the church... The Miranda building was dismantled and donated to another congregation" in Pennsylvania. Per Huntingtown United Methodist Church (.com) and the History of Huntingtown United Methodist Church.
The hard to read last line on her grave marker may be from Shakespeare's Macbeth, Act 3, scene 2, lines 19–23, "After life's fitful fever he sleeps well."
C kindly shared: "According to my records Marinda Wilhelmina (Leitch) Harrison was the second child of Benjamin A. Leitch (1780-1815) and Mary (Mitchell) Leitch (1782-1836). Marinda's younger brother Edward George Leitch (1812-1868)." Seeking documentation.
On the 1850 Dist. 3, Calvert Co., Maryland census, I found farmer & Planter Benjn Harrison, 51, with $6K in real estate; Marinda, 45; Hester A, 18; Benjn F, 16; Margaret, 14; Joseph Edward, 12; Louisa, 8; Norvel, 4; Christiana, 2 and Richard, 13, all Maryland born. Nearby was a James Harrison, 60 with a Benjn, 7.
On the 1860 Dist. 3, Calvert Co., Maryland census, I found farmer & planter, Benjamin Harrison, 57, with $15K in real estate; Miranda, 53; farmer Joseph, 21; Newell, 14; Christine, 12 and Louisa, 17, all Maryland born. He lived near suspect son(s): Benjamin Harrison 25, with $1K in personal property; Ellen, 23; Lewis, 5; Emily, 3; Emma, 1, farmer Richard, 23 with $1K in personal property; farmer William, 18 with $1K in personal property; Ben, 16 and laborers, all Maryland born. (Note: They lived near Daniel Hardesty, 49 and his family who lived in Huntingtown, on or near Cox Road where the Robert Harrison family lived for generations).
On the 1870 Dist. 3, Calvert Co., Maryland census, I found farm labor Benjamine Harrison of R, 68, with $6K in real estate; Marinda, 65; Christiana, 21 and Joseph, 22; plus a domestic and her 2 children, all Maryland born. Nearby (previous page) Wm T Harrison, 65 and his family resided.
Mrs. Maranda Harrison, wife of Benjamin Harrison died at her residence near Huntingtown on the 18th inst. after a short illness aged about 70 years. The 27 Jan 1877 issue of the Calvert Journal.
About seven years after she passed, the former church by this cemetery was renamed: "Around 1870, the southern Methodists left Manor Woods to meet in a blacksmith shop and in member's homes. In 1873 this congregation erected a building called Calvary on Hunting Creek Road, at the site of our present church. In 1884, the Manor Woods Church was renamed MIRANDA MEMORIAL, in honor of MIRANDA HARRISON, whose son gave a large memorial window to the church... The Miranda building was dismantled and donated to another congregation" in Pennsylvania. Per Huntingtown United Methodist Church (.com) and the History of Huntingtown United Methodist Church.
The hard to read last line on her grave marker may be from Shakespeare's Macbeth, Act 3, scene 2, lines 19–23, "After life's fitful fever he sleeps well."
C kindly shared: "According to my records Marinda Wilhelmina (Leitch) Harrison was the second child of Benjamin A. Leitch (1780-1815) and Mary (Mitchell) Leitch (1782-1836). Marinda's younger brother Edward George Leitch (1812-1868)." Seeking documentation.
Miranda AKA Marinda married Benjamin Harrison, the son of Richard Harrison. Her gravestone says, "Wife of Benjamin Harrison of Rchd" plus see the 1870 census below).
On the 1850 Dist. 3, Calvert Co., Maryland census, I found farmer & Planter Benjn Harrison, 51, with $6K in real estate; Marinda, 45; Hester A, 18; Benjn F, 16; Margaret, 14; Joseph Edward, 12; Louisa, 8; Norvel, 4; Christiana, 2 and Richard, 13, all Maryland born. Nearby was a James Harrison, 60 with a Benjn, 7.
On the 1860 Dist. 3, Calvert Co., Maryland census, I found farmer & planter, Benjamin Harrison, 57, with $15K in real estate; Miranda, 53; farmer Joseph, 21; Newell, 14; Christine, 12 and Louisa, 17, all Maryland born. He lived near suspect son(s): Benjamin Harrison 25, with $1K in personal property; Ellen, 23; Lewis, 5; Emily, 3; Emma, 1, farmer Richard, 23 with $1K in personal property; farmer William, 18 with $1K in personal property; Ben, 16 and laborers, all Maryland born. (Note: They lived near Daniel Hardesty, 49 and his family who lived in Huntingtown, on or near Cox Road where the Robert Harrison family lived for generations).
On the 1870 Dist. 3, Calvert Co., Maryland census, I found farm labor Benjamine Harrison of R, 68, with $6K in real estate; Marinda, 65; Christiana, 21 and Joseph, 22; plus a domestic and her 2 children, all Maryland born. Nearby (previous page) Wm T Harrison, 65 and his family resided.
Mrs. Maranda Harrison, wife of Benjamin Harrison died at her residence near Huntingtown on the 18th inst. after a short illness aged about 70 years. The 27 Jan 1877 issue of the Calvert Journal.
About seven years after she passed, the former church by this cemetery was renamed: "Around 1870, the southern Methodists left Manor Woods to meet in a blacksmith shop and in member's homes. In 1873 this congregation erected a building called Calvary on Hunting Creek Road, at the site of our present church. In 1884, the Manor Woods Church was renamed MIRANDA MEMORIAL, in honor of MIRANDA HARRISON, whose son gave a large memorial window to the church... The Miranda building was dismantled and donated to another congregation" in Pennsylvania. Per Huntingtown United Methodist Church (.com) and the History of Huntingtown United Methodist Church.
The hard to read last line on her grave marker may be from Shakespeare's Macbeth, Act 3, scene 2, lines 19–23, "After life's fitful fever he sleeps well."
C kindly shared: "According to my records Marinda Wilhelmina (Leitch) Harrison was the second child of Benjamin A. Leitch (1780-1815) and Mary (Mitchell) Leitch (1782-1836). Marinda's younger brother Edward George Leitch (1812-1868)." Seeking documentation.
On the 1850 Dist. 3, Calvert Co., Maryland census, I found farmer & Planter Benjn Harrison, 51, with $6K in real estate; Marinda, 45; Hester A, 18; Benjn F, 16; Margaret, 14; Joseph Edward, 12; Louisa, 8; Norvel, 4; Christiana, 2 and Richard, 13, all Maryland born. Nearby was a James Harrison, 60 with a Benjn, 7.
On the 1860 Dist. 3, Calvert Co., Maryland census, I found farmer & planter, Benjamin Harrison, 57, with $15K in real estate; Miranda, 53; farmer Joseph, 21; Newell, 14; Christine, 12 and Louisa, 17, all Maryland born. He lived near suspect son(s): Benjamin Harrison 25, with $1K in personal property; Ellen, 23; Lewis, 5; Emily, 3; Emma, 1, farmer Richard, 23 with $1K in personal property; farmer William, 18 with $1K in personal property; Ben, 16 and laborers, all Maryland born. (Note: They lived near Daniel Hardesty, 49 and his family who lived in Huntingtown, on or near Cox Road where the Robert Harrison family lived for generations).
On the 1870 Dist. 3, Calvert Co., Maryland census, I found farm labor Benjamine Harrison of R, 68, with $6K in real estate; Marinda, 65; Christiana, 21 and Joseph, 22; plus a domestic and her 2 children, all Maryland born. Nearby (previous page) Wm T Harrison, 65 and his family resided.
Mrs. Maranda Harrison, wife of Benjamin Harrison died at her residence near Huntingtown on the 18th inst. after a short illness aged about 70 years. The 27 Jan 1877 issue of the Calvert Journal.
About seven years after she passed, the former church by this cemetery was renamed: "Around 1870, the southern Methodists left Manor Woods to meet in a blacksmith shop and in member's homes. In 1873 this congregation erected a building called Calvary on Hunting Creek Road, at the site of our present church. In 1884, the Manor Woods Church was renamed MIRANDA MEMORIAL, in honor of MIRANDA HARRISON, whose son gave a large memorial window to the church... The Miranda building was dismantled and donated to another congregation" in Pennsylvania. Per Huntingtown United Methodist Church (.com) and the History of Huntingtown United Methodist Church.
The hard to read last line on her grave marker may be from Shakespeare's Macbeth, Act 3, scene 2, lines 19–23, "After life's fitful fever he sleeps well."
C kindly shared: "According to my records Marinda Wilhelmina (Leitch) Harrison was the second child of Benjamin A. Leitch (1780-1815) and Mary (Mitchell) Leitch (1782-1836). Marinda's younger brother Edward George Leitch (1812-1868)." Seeking documentation.
Inscription
In Memoriam
MARINDA W. HARRISON
Wife of
Benjamin Harrison of Rchd
Born March 26, 1804,
Died January 18, 1877.
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_If ? life's fitful fever she sleeps well.
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Marker was flat on the ground and broken in the 2011 and 2013 photos
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