Brief Life History of Martin Alexander
When Lieutenant Martin Alexander Harper was born about 1761, in Saint Helena, Saint Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, his father, Gabriel Alexander Harper, was 21 and his mother, Sarah Bagley, was 17. He married Charlotte Price on 16 December 1786. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died in 1798, at the age of 38.
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- Martin Alexander Harper, "World Miscellaneous Births and Baptisms, 1534-1983"
- Martin Harper, "World Miscellaneous Marriages, 1662-1945"
- Martin Harper in entry for Elisha Gabriel Harper, "World Miscellaneous Births and Baptisms, 1534-1983"
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English (Staffordshire), Scottish, Irish (Antrim and Down), and Dutch: occupational name for a player on the harp, from Middle English harper(e) ‘harper’ (Old English hearpere) and Middle Dutch harper, herper. The harper was one of the most important figures of a medieval baronial hall, especially in Scotland and northern England, and the office of harper was sometimes hereditary. The Scottish surname is probably an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Chruiteir ‘son of the harper’ (from Gaelic cruit ‘harp’, ‘stringed instrument’). This surname has long been present in Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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