Samuel Harper

Male1773–15 April 1802

Brief Life History of Samuel

When Samuel Harper was born in 1773, in Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Harper, was 42 and his mother, Jean McGaa, was 38. He married Sarah Patterson on 17 March 1801, in Cumberland, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 15 April 1802, in his hometown, at the age of 29.

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Samuel Harper
1773–1802
Sarah Patterson
1768–1848
Marriage: 17 March 1801
Andrew Harper
1799–1827

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    Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    17 March 1801Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Children (1)

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    Siblings (7)

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    World Events (7)

    1776

    Age 3

    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

    1776

    Age 3

    The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.

    1783 · A Free America

    Age 10

    The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.

    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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