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John Earp

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Baltimore County, Maryland, United States
Death: circa 1744 (55-72)
Fairfax County, Virginia, Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Son of Thomas Earp, Jr. and Mary Earp
Husband of Rebecca Earp
Father of Joshua Joseph Earp; Henry Earp; Thomas Earp; William Edward Earp; Edward Earp and 1 other
Brother of Thomas Earp, III; William Earp; Joseph Earp and Samuel Earp

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About John Earp

http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=elmeria&id=I20780

John Earp was the son of Thomas Earp Jr. and a brother of Joseph Earp of whom a genealogy was written by Charles A. Earp.

He became the progenitor of the Earps who settled along the Potomac River in Fairfax County VA. He married a woman named Rebecca (last name unknown) and had known sons as follows: Henry, Thomas, America, Joseph and William. John Earp patented a large farm known as Macklams Friendship near his father's place in 1719 and paid rent to the colonial propriator along with his brother Joseph. He sold these properties in 1728 and moved to Virginia. John Earp's will was probated in 1745.

Resource: J.D. Coffin 12-17-97

John Earp sold propertie in 1728 listed as resident of Stafford (later Fairfax Co. Va. ) earliest known record of Earp name in Virginia.

per research of Elizabeth Blair Shandalow

Resource: Mainly the Ancestors and Descendants of Brothers Josiah and Phillip Earp Revolutionary War Patriots compiled by Jean Whitten Edwards Breckenridge, Texas 1990.

  • Father: Thomas EARP b: 1650/1656 in Baroney of Fews,Ireland
  • Mother: M PEDDICORD
  • Marriage 1 Rebecca

Children:

  1. Joshua or Joseph EARP birth b: 1706
  2. William EARP birth
  3. America EARP birth
  4. Henry EARP birth
  5. Thomas EARP birth

John Earp was Christened in 1719 at Maclams, Friendship, Fairfax, Virginia. Additional Source: "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SR83-DJL : accessed 30 July 2012), entry for John /Earp/.

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John Earp's Timeline

1680
1680
Baltimore County, Maryland, United States
1706
1706
Baltimore County, Maryland, United States
1708
1708
Fairfax, Fairfax, VA, United States
1710
1710
Fairfax, Fairfax, VA, United States
1714
1714
Fairfax County, VA, United States
1744
1744
Age 64
Fairfax County, Virginia, Colonial America
1784
1784
Virginia, United States
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