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Photocopies and photographs

Reference: D/Ph 368 Catalogue Title: Photocopies and photographs Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Harrison Family of Barnard Castle

Covering Dates: 1788-2020

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Harrison family of Barnard Castle (Ref: D/Ph 368/)Mary Harrison of Barnard Castle (Ref: D/Ph 368/1-8)

Mary Harrison (1736-1792) was the daughter of Thomas Colpitts (c.1728-1755), land agent to George Bowes Esquire.
Mary married Swainston Harrison, who was set up in the wine business in Barnard Castle by Thomas Colpitts.
The Harrisons later established a Liverpool branch of their wine business and a descendant was Norman Harrison, second engineer on the Titanic.


Photocopy of the diary of Mary Harrison, née Colpitts, of Barnard Castle, 5 February 1788 - 25 February 1792; copy made 2000
(27 papers)


Transcript of D/Ph 368/1, made and edited by Mrs. S. Harrison, 2000
(7 papers)


Transcript of accounts at the end of the diary, made by Mrs. A. Cordell, c.1990
(9 papers)


Notes made by Mr. I. Petherick concerning the method of transcribing the diary, the life of Mary Harrison, and a brief pedigree of the Colpitts family, 8 August 2000
(2 papers)


Notes concerning the diary of Mary Harrison made by I. Petherick, 2002
(2 papers)


Pedigree showing the children of Thomas Colpitts I and II, compiled by I. Petherick, 2002
(1 paper)


Photographs of the exterior and pages 2 and 3 of the original diary by Mary Harrison, 2002
(1 paper)


Transcript of the diary of Mary Harrison, 5 February 1788 - 22 January 1792; transcript made by I. Petherick, 2002
(9 papers)

Swainston Harrison, son of Swainston and Mary Harrison (1768-1828) (Ref: D/Ph 368/9)

Portrait of Swainston Harrison, son of Swainston and Mary Harrison, photograph of a reproduction received by Mary Harrison from London as noted in her diary on 29 September 1790 On the reverse is written 'Swainston Harrison (born 1768) Print taken by Mr John Elgood in London. Received it the 29th Sept 1790. Taken when he was 21 years old'. The sketch is possibly by Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), who became Sir Thomas Lawrence PRA FRS, who was in the patronage of the Allnutt Family of London, wine merchants, at the same time as Swainston. The photograph of the reproduction was taken by W & D Downey, c.1900
(1 photograph,)


Notes on the portrait of Swainston Harrison, by Ian Petherick, August 2020
(3 papers)

Harrison family (Ref: D/Ph 368/11)

Harrison family tree, compiled by Ian Petherick, March 2002
(1 paper)


'The Harrisons: A Family History', written for his children and grandchildren by Ian S. Petherick, May 2002 Ian, born 1928, is from a Petherick line from Cornwall and the Harrisons from County Durham
(1 file)