Editing Benjamin Harrison V (section)

===Marriage and children===
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In 1748, Harrison married Elizabeth Bassett (1730–1792) of [[New Kent County, Virginia|New Kent County]]; she was the daughter of Colonel William Bassett (1709–1744) and Elizabeth Churchill (1709–1779), daughter of burgess [[William Churchill (burgess)|William Churchill]] (1649–1710). Harrison and his wife had eight children during their 40-year marriage.{{sfn|Smith|1978|p=8}} Among them was eldest daughter Lucy Bassett (1749–1809), who married Peyton Randolph (1738–1784). Another daughter, Anne Bassett (1753–1821), married David Coupland (1749–1822). The eldest son was [[Benjamin Harrison VI]] (1755–1799), a briefly successful merchant who served in the Virginia House of Delegates but who died a self-indulgent, troubled, young widower.{{sfn|Dowdey|1957|pp=291–300}} Another was [[Carter Bassett Harrison]] (c. 1756–1808), who served in the Virginia House of Delegates and the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=H000266|title=Carter Basset Harrison|publisher=U. S. Congress|access-date=May 8, 2020}}</ref> The other children were Elizabeth Harrison (1751–1791), who married physician [[William Rickman]] (c. 1731–1783) and Sarah Harrison (1770–1812), who married John Minge.

The youngest child was General [[William Henry Harrison]] (1773–1841), who became a congressional delegate for the [[Northwest Territory]] and also was governor of the [[Indiana Territory]]. In the [[1840 United States presidential election]], William Henry defeated incumbent [[Martin Van Buren]] but fell ill and died just one month into his presidency. Vice President [[John Tyler]], a fellow Virginian and Berkeley neighbor succeeded him.{{sfn|Dowdey|1957|pp=301–308}} William Henry's grandson, [[Benjamin Harrison]] (1833–1901), was a brigadier general in the [[Union Army]] during the [[American Civil War]]. Benjamin served in the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] and was [[1888 United States presidential election|elected president in 1888]] after defeating incumbent [[Grover Cleveland]].{{sfn|Dowdey|1957|pp=308–315}}