Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Harper was born on 26 May 1728, in Sedgley, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Harper, was 26 and his mother, Jane Turner, was 29. He had at least 1 daughter with Ann Giblett. He died on 11 December 1809, in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 81.
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- Tho. Harper, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Thomas Harper in entry for Hannah Harper, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
Name Meaning
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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