The following is an entry in the list of supplies granted by Parliament in that year: "June 14.

To John Harrison, as a further reward and encouragement over and above the sums already received by him, for his invention of a timekeeper for ascertaining the longitude at sea, and his discovery of the principles upon which the same was constructed, 8570 pounds 0s.

0d." John Harrison did not long survive the settlement of his claims; for he died on the 24th of March, 1776, at the age of eighty-three.

He was buried at the south-west corner of Hampstead parish churchyard, where a tombstone was erected to his memory, and an inscription placed upon it commemorating his services.

His wife survived him only a year; she died at seventy-two, and was buried in the same tomb.