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Col. Levin Powell married in 1763, Sarah Harrison, dau of Colonel Burr Harrison of "Chippawamsic", Prince William Co., VA, a justice of the peace and member of the House of Burgesses from Prince William Co, where his great-grandfather, Burr Harrison had settlen in 1655, having fled from England, a refugee from the royal army to escape the vengence of Cromwell. Burr Harrison of Chippawamsic, was a son of Cuthbert Harrison, Esq of Acaster, Canton and Flaxby, m com Ebar(Arms."Az three demi lrons ramp. or" Crest: "A demi lion ramp or holding a laurel branch, vert.") and his wife, a daughter of Lord Hangdale, of Holme and was baptized in the parish of St. Margaret's, Westminister, Dec 28, 1627. While a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses in April, 1699, he with Mr Giles Vauderville, was sent as an Ambassador to the Piscataway Indians. His name appears, July 10, 1700, with those of John Washington, Rice Hooe, George Mason, etc, of his Majesty's Officers both Civil and Military, to a petition to Governor Sir Henry Nicholson for protection against the Indians. (C. P. I, 631-Id 70) Cuthbert and William Harrison Powell, two of the sons of Levin and Sally Harrison Powell, were, like their father, members of United States Congress.