In the book"Harkey History" Ancestors and Descendants compiled by O. B. Harkey there is a timeline on page 2. 1716 Birth of Johannes Herche Strassburger & B.W. Cruse. 1743 Johannes Herche lands in PA Same source ca 1750 David Harkey born who signed petition in 1779 1768 Jacob Harkey b 28 nov m. Catherine Tearor 1769 Martin Harkey bought land in April in Meklenburg Co. NC. 1769 Mathias Barringer sells 130 a. land on Dutch buffalo creek to Martin Harkey 1755 to 1774 According to the 1800 census Cabarrus Co Three Martin Harkeys were born in the co or somewhere else 1775 to 1784 A fourth Martin was born according to 1800 census of Cabarrus 1778 Book "Mecklenburg Signers and their Neighbors" shows Martin Harkey as a Public Official 1779 David Harkey signs a petition to form Montgomery from Anson Co. 1779 N.C. Heads of Families shows a Widow Harkey annd John Harkey in Mecklenburg Co. 1789 Martin Luther was born, son of John. He is too young to be one of the 4 Martins of 1800 census of Cabarrus and all four of the Martins in the 1800 censes of Cabarrus are too young to have bought land in Mecklenburg in April 1769. None of them were born before 1775 The deduction from this is --The oldest Harkeys we know about in North Carolina are Martin of Mecklenburg and David of Anson-Montgomery so he said Lacking evidence to the contrary I do conclude that all us Cabarrus Co. Harkeys are descendants of Martin. This page was signed by Lillian Lawrance ----------------------------------------------------- I think this is full of holes and I think they start with Johannes. I hope some of us can get somewhere to dig out the facts on our immigrant ancestor. Mary Russell [email protected] [email protected] Glasgow Kentucky