Janet (Dalrymple) Harper (1775 - 1836)

Born 4 Mar 1775 in Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died 1836 at about age 60 in Toronto, York, Upper Canada [uncertain]

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Biography

Jane Dalrymple was born 4 March 1775 at Kilsyth, Sterlingshire, Scotland. She was the daughter of James Dalrymple and Margaret Anderson.

Jane married about 1795 to Richard Harper, an English soldier with the 91st Regiment of Foot who was stationed in Argyll. They were later stationed at Ballyduff, Parish of Carnmoney, Belfast, Ireland, and in 1810 they moved to Canada.

In C. Blackett Robinson's History of Toronto and County of York, Ontario (1885) we learn how the Richard Harper family first came to New York and Ontario:

"JOHN HARPER, retired builder and architect, is the son of Richard Harper, an Englishman, who left Belfast, Ireland, in 1810, and crossing the ocean settled in New York, where for seven years he manufactured looms.

Richard Harper’s wife was Jane, eldest daughter of James Dalrymple, a Scotchman, by whom he had one son, John, and two daughters, Elizabeth, the widow of William Somerset; and Catharine who is dead.

"In 1817 the family left New York, and crossing Lake Ontario in the schooner Mayflower (Captain Paterson), located at Little York, where Richard Harper commenced his business, that of a builder. He died in 1834; his wife died in 1836.

"John Harper was born in Belfast, Ireland, in 1806, and came to America with his parents. He learned the building trade with his father, and continued at it from 1829 until 1856.

"He built the stone barracks for the New Fort, St. Michael's Cathedral, Trinity Church (Trinity Square), the General Hospital, and the first Observatory in Toronto, besides numerous private residences ; he also laid the foundation for the Lunatic Asylum. In 1856 Mr. Harper became an architect, and superintended the erection of the Post Office, and the Court Street Fire Hall and- Police Station. "

SOURCES

• Jane Dalrymple (1775 - ?) K8MC-Y3C - FamilySearch.org

• Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, Volume 1

• Adam, G. Mercer (Graeme Mercer), Charles Pelham Mulvany, and Christopher Blackett Robinson. History of Toronto and County of York, Ontario (Toronto: C. Blackett Robinson, 1885), Vol. 1 See Biographical Notices - "John Harper" on page 60.

Online Family Trees

Dalrymple - ElectricScotland.com

Dalrymple baronets - Wikipedia. Note the Dalrymple Baronets were part of the Baronetage of Nova Scotia (1625 - 1706), and Sir James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount of Stair (1619 - 1695) was clearly contemporary with the Shaw-Stewart Baronets of Greenock and Blackhall, who were also part of the Baronetage of Nova Scotia.

Sir James "1st Viscount of Stair" Dalrymple (1619 - 1695) - WikiTree ID Dalrymple-55

Malnati Chase Gibson Family Tree. Jane Dalrymple (? - 1836) page at Ancestry.com. The page indicates her son, John Harper, was born 1806 in County Antrim, Ireland, and it gives Jane's date of death as 1836.

Birth Records

Janet Dalrymple in the Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

• Name: Janet Dalrymple
• Gender: Female
• Birth Date: 4 Mar 1775
• Birth Place: Kilsyth, Stirling, Scotland
• Father: James Dalrymple
• Mother: Margaret Anderson
• FHL Film Number: 1041950, 0102119

Source Information Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

Description This collection includes birth and baptism records from Scotland.

Jean Dalrymple in the Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

• Name: Jean Dalrymple
• Gender: Female
• Birth Date: 8 Nov 1778
• Birth Place: , Kilsyth, Stirling, Scotland
• Baptism Place: , Kilsyth, Stirling, Scotland
• Father: James Dalrymple
• Mother: Margaret Anderson
• FHL Film Number: 1041950
• Reference ID: 2:17CGSNT

Source Information Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

Description This collection includes birth and baptism records from Scotland.

26 Jan 1794 Baptism of daughter Sarah

Sarah Harper in the Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1812

• Name: Sarah Harper
• Event Type: Baptism
• Baptism Date: 26 Jan 1794
• Baptism Place: Dunstew, Oxfordshire, England
• Father: Richard Harper
• Mother: Jane Harper

Source Citation Oxfordshire Family History Society; Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: PAR92/1/R1/2

Source Information Ancestry.com. Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.

Original data: Anglican Parish Registers, Oxfordshire Family History Society and Oxfordshire History Centre. Please be aware that images may not be used for purposes incompatible with the tenets of the Church of England, and that the Church of England or its agents may take action against anyone who does so.

Description This collection contains images of Church of England baptism, marriage, and burial records for the years 1538–1812 from the county of Oxfordshire, England.

1820 Ships Passenger List

Jane Harper in the Atlantic Ports, Gulf Coasts, and Great Lakes Passenger Lists, Roll 2: 1820-1873

• Name: Jane Harper
• Date: 3 Nov 1820
• Age: 45
• Sex: F (Female)
• Port of Arrival: Charleston, S.C.
• Country of Origin: Britain
• Occupation: Farmer & Family
• Ship: Ship James Bailey
• Port of Embarkation: Belfast, Ireland
• Destination: United States
• Master: N/A

Source Information Sparks, Lyla, comp. Atlantic Ports, Gulf Coasts, and Great Lakes Passenger Lists, Roll 2: 1820-1873 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.

Original data: Copies of Lists of Passengers Arriving at Miscellaneous Ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and at Ports on the Great Lakes, 1820-1873 (National Archives Microfilm Publication M575, roll 2); Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 036; National Archives Building, Washington, D.C.

Description An extraction of 1800s passenger lists for those arriving at Atlantic Ports, Gulf Coasts, and Great Lakes Passenger Lists, Roll 2: 1820-73

Jane Harper in the U.S., Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists, 1820-1873 and 1893-1959

• Name: Jane Harper
• Age: 45
• Estimated birth year: abt 1775
• Gender: Female
• Arrival Date: 1820
• Port of Arrival: Bristol [Rhode Island]
• Ship Name: James Bailey
• Last Residence: Great Britain
• Place of Origin: Great Britain

Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists, 1820-1873 and 1893-1959 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2010.

Original data: Records from Record Group 287, Publications of the U.S. Government; Record Group 85, Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service [INS] and Record Group 36, Records of the United States Customs Service. The National Archives at Washington, D.C. A full list of sources can be found here.

Description While major ports like New York took in most immigrants coming to America, you may find your ancestor entered through one of these less-congested ports of entry.

Daughter Sarah Harper in the U.S., Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists,

• Name: Sarah Harper
• Gender: Female
• Arrival Date: Nov 1820
• Port of Arrival: Charleston, South Carolina
• Port of Departure:
• Belfast, Northern Ireland
• Ship Name: James Bailey

Source Information

"While major ports like New York took in most immigrants coming to America, you may find your ancestor entered through one of these less-congested ports of entry."

1836 Death record for Jane Harper not found

At least one family tree at Ancestry indicates that Jane (Dalrymple) Harper died in 1836, but no death record or gravestone have been found.

A seemingly conflicting record, cited below, shows one Jane Harper, born about 1778 in Ireland, buried at York, South Carolina.

1845 Irish Leases Under Name Jane Harper

Jane Harper in the Ireland, Griffith’s Valuation, 1847-1864

• Occupier: Jane Harper
• Lessor: Alexander H Halliday
• County: Antrim
• Barony: Belfast, Lower
• Parish: Carnmoney
• Townland: Ballyduff
• OS Page Numbers: 51, 52, 56, and 57

Source Information Heritage World Family History Services. Ireland, Griffith’s Valuation, 1847-1864 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.

Original data: General Valuation of Ireland. Dublin, Ireland: Irish Microforms Ltd., 1978. National Archives, Dublin and Public Record Office, Belfast.

Description This database, an index to one of Ireland's premier genealogical resources, Griffith's Valuation, references approximately one million individuals who occupied property in Ireland between 1848 and 1864. Information listed in this index includes name of resident and parish and county of residence.

Joseph Harper

in the Ireland, Griffith’s Valuation, 1847-1864

• Occupier: Joseph Harper
• Lessor: Jane Harper
• County: Antrim
• Barony: Belfast, Lower
• Parish: Carnmoney
• Townland: Ballyduff
• OS Page Numbers: 51, 52, 56, and 57

Source Information Heritage World Family History Services. Ireland, Griffith’s Valuation, 1847-1864 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.

Original data: General Valuation of Ireland. Dublin, Ireland: Irish Microforms Ltd., 1978. National Archives, Dublin and Public Record Office, Belfast.

Description This database, an index to one of Ireland's premier genealogical resources, Griffith's Valuation, references approximately one million individuals who occupied property in Ireland between 1848 and 1864. Information listed in this index includes name of resident and parish and county of residence.

James M'Murray

James McMurray in the Ireland, Griffith’s Valuation, 1847-1864

• Occupier: James M'Murray
• Lessor: Jane Harper
• County: Antrim
• Barony: Belfast, Lower
• Parish: Carnmoney
• Townland: Ballyduff
• OS Page Numbers: 51, 52, 56, and 57

Source Information

Heritage World Family History Services. Ireland, Griffith’s Valuation, 1847-1864 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.

Original data: General Valuation of Ireland. Dublin, Ireland: Irish Microforms Ltd., 1978. National Archives, Dublin and Public Record Office, Belfast.

Description

This database, an index to one of Ireland's premier genealogical resources, Griffith's Valuation, references approximately one million individuals who occupied property in Ireland between 1848 and 1864. Information listed in this index includes name of resident and parish and county of residence.

1860 Death Record in South Carolina

Jane Harper in the U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885

• Name: Jane Harper
• Gender: Female
• Marital Status: Widowed
• Estimated birth year: abt 1778
• Birth Place: Ireland
• Age: 82
• Death Date: Feb 1860
• Census Year: 1860
• Census Place: York, South Carolina, USA
• LINE: 7

Source Citation South Carolina Department of Archives and History; Columbia, South Carolina; U.S. Census Mortality Schedules, South Carolina, 1850-1880; Archive Roll Number: 3; Census Year: 1860; Census Place: York, South Carolina; Page: 2

Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1885 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. A portion of this collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.