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• Reference Number: 7449

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Died:
Y

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• Reference Number: 7391
• Immigration: May 1775, Fort Cumberland, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada

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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@

Christopher married Elizabeth Leppington on 15 May 1759 in Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK. Elizabeth was born in 1737 in Yorkshire, England, UK; died on 14 Jul 1808 in Sackville, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Harper
• Reference Number: 7392

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NAME: SOUR @C28538@
NAME: SOUR @C28543@
BIRT: SOUR @C28539@
DEAT: SOUR @C28540@

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Married:
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@

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• Reference Number: 7393

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NAME: SOUR @C28545@
BIRT: SOUR @C28546@

Died:
Y