Martha

Female 1743 - 1815  (~ 72 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Martha was born ca 1743, Ulster, Ireland; died 01 Jan 1815, Lancaster Co. SC; was buried , Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Riverside, Lancaster Co. SC.

    Notes:

    U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
    Charles Town, South Carolina; Year: 1767; Page Number: 93

    Name: Martha Harper
    Birth Year: abt 1743
    Arrival Year: 1767
    Arrival Place: Charles Town, South Carolina
    Age: 24
    Source Publication Code: 7343
    Primary Immigrant: Harper, Martha

    Annotation: From the Journals of the Council of the Colony of South Carolina. Names and land allotments under the Bounty Act of 1761.

    Source Bibliography: REVILL, JANIE. A Compilation of the Original Lists of Protestant Immigrants to South Carolina, 1763-1773. Columbia [S.C.]: State Co., 1939. 163p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1981.
    Page: 93

    Arrival Date: December, 1767
    Ship: The Earl of Donegal
    Shipmaster: Duncan Ferguson
    Listed on the ship included:
    Benjamin Harper, age 30
    Martha Harper, age 24, his wife
    William Harper, age 4, his son

    Plus her in-laws:

    William Harper, age 63
    Margaret, age 56, his wife
    John Harper, age 14, his son
    Jane Harper, age 11, his daughter

    Daniel Harper, age 21
    William Harper, Jr., age 18
    James, age 16

    Robert Harper, age 25
    Agnes, age 24, his wife
    John, age 6, his son

    Buried:
    Grave location and tombstone photo:
    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Harper&GSiman=1&GScid=2131051&GRid=10224870&
    Inscription:
    In Memory of
    Matha Harper Who
    DeParted This Life
    January 1st 1815
    Age 74

    Martha married Benjamin Harper. Benjamin (son of William Harper and Margaret Knox) was born ca 1737, Ulster, Ireland; died 12 Jun 1801, Lancaster Co. SC; was buried , Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Riverside, Lancaster Co. SC. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. William Harper  Descendancy chart to this point was born ca 1763, Ulster, Ireland.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William Harper Descendancy chart to this point (1.Martha1) was born ca 1763, Ulster, Ireland.

    Notes:

    U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
    Charles Town, South Carolina; Year: 1767; Page Number: 93

    Name: William Harper
    Birth Year: abt 1763
    Arrival Year: 1767
    Arrival Place: Charles Town, South Carolina
    Age: 4
    Source Publication Code: 7343
    Primary Immigrant: Harper, William

    Annotation: From the Journals of the Council of the Colony of South Carolina. Names and land allotments under the Bounty Act of 1761.

    Source Bibliography: REVILL, JANIE. A Compilation of the Original Lists of Protestant Immigrants to South Carolina, 1763-1773. Columbia [S.C.]: State Co., 1939. 163p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1981.
    Page: 93

    Arrival Date: December, 1767
    Ship: The Earl of Donegal
    Shipmaster: Duncan Ferguson
    Listed on the ship included:
    Benjamin Harper, age 30
    Martha Harper, age 24, his wife
    William Harper, age 4, his son

    Plus his grandparents, aunts, and uncles:

    William Harper, age 63
    Margaret, age 56, his wife
    John Harper, age 14, his son
    Jane Harper, age 11, his daughter

    Daniel Harper, age 21
    William Harper, Jr., age 18
    James, age 16

    Robert Harper, age 25
    Agnes, age 24, his wife
    John, age 6, his son