I guess I have messed up in my research. I thought I had these folks related to Marsha Fuller's group. Adam Harper and Mary Vance don't go back to Philip Harper and Anna Elisabetha Kaufmann? The Harpers have been the biggest ball of yarn to untangle! I guess I need to see more than the children of the immigrant. What does the next generation look like? Jeff Carr of TX On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 08:08:42 EST Bvmiller@aol.com writes: > Hi. I have several Harper connections in Pendleton County, WV. One > of them > is your Joshua Harper and Catherine Conrad. Joshua was the son of > Adam > Harper a Mary Vance, da. of John Vance (my ancestor). Catherine's > parents were > Jacob and Madlean Conrad. > > I have the following children listed, Sarah who married Enos > Tingler, Mary > Magdalene who married Wilson Vance(I have a good bit of info on this > line) > Elias who married Delilah Hinkle, Amos who married Sarah Ann Flynn, > Noah who > married Susan ?, Christina who married Martin Judy, Miles E., > Margaret J. (who is > probably your Peggy Jane), Asenath J., and Elizabeth who married > Valentine M. > McDonald. > > Mary Harter, the late historian for the Hinkle Family Association > did some > research on this family which I have copies of. > > Maybe we should put this information on the new Pendleton County web > page and > see what happens. > > Marsha Fuller listed these Harpers in the front of her book as a > separate > group of Harpers from the family she wrote about. > > I am currently in possession of some information on a group of > Harpers who > are said to be of Scotch Irish descent. This family starts out with > William > Harper from Donegal County Tyrone, Ireland who married Elizabeth > Ralson born > Londonderry, Ireland. They were married about 1794 in PA. > > Possible brothers and sisters: Samuel Harper, a brother thought to > have > settled in S.C., one who settled in Kentucky and two sisters, one > who married a > Bagley and settled in Missouri and another who came to America when > she was 100 > years old........I am just typing this and it is not my line; > however this > family lived near Macksville at Lost River, at Upper Tract and other > places in > Pendleton County. I have done some research on this family and I > can find no > connection to my Adam Harper line. > > If any of this is of interest to anyone, I will be glad to share > what I have > on the Harpers. > > > > ==== HARPER Mailing List ==== > We gain and lose subscribers on a daily basis -- sometimes 4 or 5 a > week. > It is recommended you resubmit your query > no less than once every year. > > >

Well, now I'm a little confused, too. The Adam Harper who married Mary Vance is supposed to be the son of Philip Jr., who was the son of Philip the Pioneer. See for example: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dscochrun&id=I414 73 So then, who are these Harpers whom you say Marsha listed in the front of her book as a separate group of Harpers? Do you mean the descendants of Jacob the Pioneer? That Jacob had a son named Adam who lived long enough to apply for a pension for service during the Revolutionary War. But he went to Kentucky along with his father and siblings. In addition to Jacob the Pioneer and Philip the Pioneer, there is one other as yet unconnected Harper line: Adam Harper. He first appears in the records in 1758 as being wounded in an Indian attack. This is about the same time that Philip the Pioneer first shows up in the records. Adam died in 1820 in Pendleton County. His wife was named Christina. They had six daughters and four sons: Adam Jr. (who is said to have married a Flesher), Philip, Daniel, and Jacob. [Incidentally, my research shows that this is the Jacob Harper who married Phebe Harman. In contrast, the Fuller book says that this Jacob was the son of Jacob, who was the son of Philip the Pioneer. It's a sensitive issue which others choose to ignore rather than debate.] By the 1830's only Philip and Jacob's oldest son Jesse remained in Pendleton County. It is doubtful if any Harpers living in Pendleton County today descend from them. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff L Carr" <ffejlny@juno.com> To: <HARPER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 3:04 PM Subject: [HARPER] Adam Harper & Mary Vance > I guess I have messed up in my research. I thought I had these folks > related to Marsha Fuller's group. Adam Harper and Mary Vance > don't go back to Philip Harper and Anna Elisabetha Kaufmann? > > The Harpers have been the biggest ball of yarn to untangle! I guess I > need to see more than the children of the immigrant. What does the > next generation look like? > > Jeff Carr of TX > > > On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 08:08:42 EST Bvmiller@aol.com writes: > > Hi. I have several Harper connections in Pendleton County, WV. One > > of them > > is your Joshua Harper and Catherine Conrad. Joshua was the son of > > Adam > > Harper a Mary Vance, da. of John Vance (my ancestor). Catherine's > > parents were > > Jacob and Madlean Conrad. > > > > I have the following children listed, Sarah who married Enos > > Tingler, Mary > > Magdalene who married Wilson Vance(I have a good bit of info on this > > line) > > Elias who married Delilah Hinkle, Amos who married Sarah Ann Flynn, > > Noah who > > married Susan ?, Christina who married Martin Judy, Miles E., > > Margaret J. (who is > > probably your Peggy Jane), Asenath J., and Elizabeth who married > > Valentine M. > > McDonald. > > > > Mary Harter, the late historian for the Hinkle Family Association > > did some > > research on this family which I have copies of. > > > > Maybe we should put this information on the new Pendleton County web > > page and > > see what happens. > > > > Marsha Fuller listed these Harpers in the front of her book as a > > separate > > group of Harpers from the family she wrote about. > > > > I am currently in possession of some information on a group of > > Harpers who > > are said to be of Scotch Irish descent. This family starts out with > > William > > Harper from Donegal County Tyrone, Ireland who married Elizabeth > > Ralson born > > Londonderry, Ireland. They were married about 1794 in PA. > > > > Possible brothers and sisters: Samuel Harper, a brother thought to > > have > > settled in S.C., one who settled in Kentucky and two sisters, one > > who married a > > Bagley and settled in Missouri and another who came to America when > > she was 100 > > years old........I am just typing this and it is not my line; > > however this > > family lived near Macksville at Lost River, at Upper Tract and other > > places in > > Pendleton County. I have done some research on this family and I > > can find no > > connection to my Adam Harper line. > > > > If any of this is of interest to anyone, I will be glad to share > > what I have > > on the Harpers. > > > > > > > > ==== HARPER Mailing List ==== > > We gain and lose subscribers on a daily basis -- sometimes 4 or 5 a > > week. > > It is recommended you resubmit your query > > no less than once every year. > > > > > > > > > ==== HARPER Mailing List ==== > Need to unsubscribe? Send a message to: > HARPER-L-request@rootsweb.com (for list) > HARPER-D-request@rootsweb.com (for digest) > that contains (in the BODY of the message) the command > unsubscribe and NO additional text. > >