Christopher Harper

1730 - 1820  (90 years)

• Name	Christopher Harper
  Birth	1730	Sledmore, Yorkshire, England, UK
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	May 1775	Fort Cumberland, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Reference Number	7391
  Death	17 Sep 1820	Sackville, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada
  Person ID	I7391	peers
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2016

  
  

  Father	Thomas Harper,   b. 1705, Sledmore, Yorkshire, England, UK d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2518	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Leppington,   b. 1737, Yorkshire, England, UK d. 14 Jul 1808, Sackville, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	15 May 1759	Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK
  	Harper, Christopher; age 45, farmer Elizabeth; age 40, wife, Hannah; age 15, child, Elizabeth; age 14, child, John; age 13, child, Thomas; age 12, child Catharine; age 7, child, Charlotte; age 6, child, William; age 4, child King, Thomas; age 21, nephew, blacksmith sailed on the ship 'Jenny' MARR: SOUR @C28542@ MARR: SOUR @C28544@
  Children	1. Ann Hannah Harper,   b. 1760, Sledmore, Yorkshire, England, UK d. Sep 1825, Sackville, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 65 years)   2. Elizabeth 'Fannie' Harper,   b. 1761, Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK d. Yes, date unknown   3. John Harper,   b. 1762, Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK d. Yes, date unknown   4. Thomas Christopher Harper,   b. 1763, Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK d. Yes, date unknown   5. Catharine Harper,   b. 1768, Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK d. Yes, date unknown   6. Charlotte Harper,   b. 1769, Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK d. Yes, date unknown   7. William Harper,   b. 1771, Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2517	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2017

  
  

• Event Map		Death - 17 Sep 1820 - Sackville, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  house and barn were burned by the Eddy rebels, and soon aft er theLoyalists came to Nova Scotia he sold his property a t the fort to hisson-in-law Gideon Palmer and moved to Sac kville, New Brunswick, havingpurchased land near Morris' s Mills. It is said he came into possesionof this propert y through prosecuting one Ayer and others for settingfir e to his building at Fort Cumberland. In 1809 he obtaine d a grantfrom the Government at Fredericton of the mill-po nd, and some twohundred or three hundred acres of wilderne ss land at Sackville,including about forty acres of mars h on the east side of the TantramarRiver, above Cole's Isl and. Mr. Harper had three sons and fourdaughters. His so n Christopher, who was a captain in the army in earlylife , left for Quebec, via Richibucto and Miramichi, and was no t heardfrom after leaving Miramichi. John married Miss Tho rnton (whose fatherwas a Loyalist). and after living at th e mill for a time moved toDorchester. William married Phoe be Haliday, from Cobequid, and built onthe place where I . C. Harper, of Sackville, now lives; Catherinemarried Gid eon Palmer; Annie married Major Richard Wilson, a north o fIreland man; Fannie married Thomas King, and Charlotte ma rried BedfordBoultonhouse. Christopher Harper owned the fi rst two-wheeled chaisethat was run in Westmoreland County . He was a magistrate and used tosolemnize marriage, and s ometimes officiated in the Church of Englandin the absenc e of the rector. The Harpers of Sackville and Bay Verte are descendants of the two brother, William and John.Date:1777 NAME: SOUR @C28534@ BIRT: SOUR @C28535@ DEAT: SOUR @C28536@