Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Harper was born on 11 May 1607, in Assington, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, her father, Sir William Harper, was 33 and her mother, Susan Pickering, was 33. She married John Proctor on 1 June 1630, in Groton, Suffolk, England. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 13 June 1667, in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Martha Harper - Published information: birth-name: Susannah Peabody
- Martha Harper Proctor, "Find A Grave Index"
- Martha in entry for John Procter, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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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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Martha Harper Proctor
Birth: 1607, England Death: 1672 Ipswich Essex County Massachusetts, USA John Proctor married in Groton, Suffolk, 1 Jun 1630, Martha Harper. She predeceased her husband, dying between 28 Aug 1672 ( …
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