When John Earp was born in 1744, in Melbourne, Derbyshire, England, his father, William Earp, was 38 and his mother, Sarah Toone, was 31. He married Elizabeth Asher on 14 October 1770, in Melbourne, Derbyshire, England. They were the parents of at least 1 son.
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1744– Male
1743– Female
1775–1851 Male
1706– Male
1713–1800 Female
1737–1799 Female
1739– Male
1742– Male
1744– Male
1747– Female
English (Staffordshire, Warwickshire, and Derbyshire): nickname from Middle English erp, irpe, orp, an unrecorded survival of Old English earp, ierpe, and eorp ‘swarthy’.
Americanized form of German Erp .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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