William Harper

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: unknown.

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: Sarah Peake. Married 8 January 1797, or shortly after. Banns read at Eccleshall, Staffordshire.

The name Sarah is given in the baptism records of William’s children. See the Commentary section on Sarah’s page for the line of reasoning which identifies her as Sarah Peake.

Children:

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

William Harper (baptized 10 June 1802 in Whitmore, Staffordshire - buried 14 March 1878 in Fenton, Staffordshire) married (1) Sarah Bradshaw 22 February 1829 in Fulford, Staffordshire; married (2) Ellen Alcock in 1840.

Thomas Harper (baptized 20 April 1806 in Whitmore - died 1878) married Elizabeth Cope 19 July 1829 in Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire.

Sarah Harper (born 28 February 1808, baptized 9 March 1808 in Madeley, Staffordshire).

John Harper (baptized 21 June 1810 in Whitmore).

Elizabeth Harper (born about 1810 - buried 10 December 1832 in Stoke upon Trent) married Richard Woodfield 20 July 1830 in Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire.

Jane Harper (born about 1817 or 1819 in Stoke upon Trent) married George Dawson 31 May 1846 in Bucknall, St Mary, Staffordshire. (Jane’s father is recorded as William in her marriage record.)

Evidence

Baptisms of Children:

Whitmore, Staffordshire (1802):

William S. of William & Sarah Harper Baptized June 10^th

Whitmore, Staffordshire (1806):

Tho.^s S. of W^m & Sarah Harper Baptized April 20.

Madeley, Staffordshire (1808):

March 9^th Sarah, Daug: of W^m Harpur of Madeley Park Lab.^r By Sarah his Wife. Born Feb: 28.^th 1808.

Whitmore, Staffordshire (1810):

John S of William and Sarah Harper Bapt: June 21st 1810

A William Harper is listed in an 1835 Electoral Register as living in Madeley, possessing a house and land there.

References

Eccleshall, Staffordshire, parish registers. [Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk, accessed 7 November 2015]

Madeley, Staffordshire, parish registers. [Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk, accessed 7 November 2015]

UK, Poll Books and Electoral Registers, 1538 - 1893. Digital images at Ancestry.com.

Whitmore, Staffordshire, parish registers. [Digital images on Findmypast.co.uk, accessed 7 November 2015]