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Elizabeth Harper (Bright)

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Birthplace: Province of North Carolina
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Immediate Family:

Daughter of Col. Simon Bright and Mary Bright
Wife of Francis Harper
Mother of Blaney Harper and Laney Hooker
Sister of Mary Herring; Capt. Simon Bright; Mary Jane Gilstrap and James Bright
Half sister of Simon Bright, Jr.; Titus Green; Joseph Green and Mary Green

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About Elizabeth Harper

ID: I00783

Name: Elizabeth Bright 1

Sex: F

Birth: 1744 in Craven County, North Carolina

Death: in Dobbs County, North Carolina

Note:

There have been many reports that Francis Harper married Elizabeth Bright.

In a listing of the descendants of Francis Harper on the Old Dobbers Web Site:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~paday/dobbers/harperfranci...

it is stated the wife of Francis Harper is not known.

Father: **Simon Bright , Sr.-Col. b: 1702 in Hyde County, North Carolina

Mother: Mary Reel

Marriage 1 **Francis Harper , Sr., Lt. b: 1737 in Craven County, North Carolina

Married: BEF 1762 in Dobbs County, North Carolina 1

Children

Mary Harper b: BET 1755 AND 1760 in Craven/Johnston/Dobbs County, North Carolina
Blaney Harper , Sr. b: BET 1757 AND 1764 in Dobbs County, North Carolina
**Francis Harper , Jr. b: 1762 in Dobbs County, North Carolina
Laney Harper b: AFT 1762 in Dobbs County, North Carolina

Sources:

Title: William Murphy Collection, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina

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Elizabeth Harper's Timeline

1744
1744
Province of North Carolina
1757
1757
1762
1762
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