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Robert Harper

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Death: 1782 (63-64)
Harper's Ferry, Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Joseph Harper and Sarah Harper
Husband of Rachel Harper and Lucy Smithers
Brother of Sarah Keene; John Harper, I; Josiah Harper, I; Joseph Harper and Ann Wells

Managed by: Jennifer Rae Moore
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Immediate Family

About Robert Harper

Not the same as Robert Harper, of the Northern Liberties

http://www.histarch.illinois.edu/harper/wagerdeed.html


Robert Goodlow Harper

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  • Birth: Nov 1 1718 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Death: Oct 22 1782 - Harpers Ferry, Jefferson, West Virginia, United States
  • Parents: Joseph Butcher Harper, Sarah Jackson Harper (born Moore)
  • Wife: Rachel Harper (born Griffth)
  • Children: Robert Harper, Samuel Harper, David Harper, Hans Harper, Elizabeth Alros Compton (born Harper)

Left no children in his will.

References

  • Executive Documents printed by the order of The House of Representatives during the second session of the fortieth congress, 1867-68; Vol 7, No. 17 "Harper's Ferry, property at. Letter from the Attorney General relative to" https://books.google.com/books?id=Ym5HAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA151 (Includes portions of Robert Harper's will)
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Robert Harper's Timeline

1718
November 1, 1718
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
1782
1782
Age 63
Harper's Ferry, Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States