Allen Harper

Events

Date of Baptism: 26 September 1675.

Place of Birth: Kinlet.

The baptism is recorded in the parish register. Marginal notes added to Allen’s burial record and baptism record confirm that this is the correct baptism.

Date of Burial: 16 December 1772.

Place of Burial: Kinlet, Shropshire.

The burial is recorded in the parish register.

Relationships

Father: Allen Harper.

Allen’s baptism record names his father.

Mother: Anne Cook.

Allen’s baptism record gives his mother’s name as Anne. Anne’s marriage record gives her surname.

Spouse: Sarah Bishop. Married 7 May 1705 in Kinlet, Shropshire.

The marriage is recorded in the parish register.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Allen Harper (born 21 March 1705/6, baptized 28 March 1706 in Kinlet - buried 1 April 1706 in Kinlet)

Anne Harper (born 2 March 1706/7, baptized 30 March 1707 in Kinlet - buried 20 March 1771 in Kinlet) married Richard Hammond 20 November 1732 in Little Hereford, Shropshire.

Sarah Harper (born 25 July 1711, baptized 20 August 1711 in Kinlet)

Allen Harper (born 19 March 1715/6, baptized 26 April 1716 in Kinlet) married Ann Wheeler 3 May 1744 in Ribbesford, Worcestershire.

John Harper (born 8 December 1717, baptized 12 December 1717 in Kinlet - buried 15 December 1717 in Kinlet)

Evidence

from the Kinlet parish register:

[1705] Allen Harper and Sarah Bishop were married by Banns May the 7.^th

[1706] Allen the son of Allen Harper and Sarah his wife was Born March the 21^st 1705 & Baptized March the 28.

[1706] Allen the son of Allen Harper and Sarah his wife was Buried April the 1.^st

[1707] Anne the Daughter of Allen Harper & Sarah his wife was Born March the 2.^d & Baptized March the 30.^th

[1711] Sarah the Daughter of Allen Harper & Sarah his wife was Born July the 25.^th & Baptized August the 20.^th

[1716] Allen the son of Allen Harper & Sarah his wife was born March the 19.^th & Baptized April the 20.^th

[1717] John the son of Allen Harper & Sarah his wife was born Dec:^br the 8.^th & Baptized Dec:^br the 12.^th

[1717] John the son of Allen Harper & Sarah his wife was Buried Dec:^br the 15.^th

[1772] Allen Harper was buried Dec^r the. 16^th [marginal note: baptized 26 Sep. 1675. A note at the bottom of the year shows the mathematical calculation that Allen lived 97 years.]

References

Kinlet parish registers, digital images on Findmypast.co.uk, accessed 12 March 2018.

“The Register of Kinlet” in Shropshire Parish Registers: Diocese of Hereford, Vol. XVII (Shropshire Parish Register Society: 1920).