Brief Life History of Jean
When Jean Harper was born in 1725, in Topsham, Sagadahoc, Maine, United States, her father, William Harper, was 28 and her mother, Rachel Robinson, was 25. She married Alexander McFarland in 1737, in Oakham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. She died in 1775, in New York, United States, at the age of 50.
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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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