Lawrence Harper & Mary Humphrey
Family Tree
G6 Lawrence Harper
(c. 1744 - 1815) 		= (1)
2 June 1772 		Mary Humphrey
(c. 1748 - 1795) 		= (2)
25 January 1798 		Mary Row (nee Overton)
(c. 1767 - )
 
 
G5 Lawrence Harper
(1772 - 1856)
= 13 June 1796
Margaret Sizeland
(1770 - 1835) 		Charles Harper
(1774 - 1845)
= 1796
Ann Beck
William Harper
(1776 - 1845)
= 1798
Dianna Smith
Humphrey Harper
(1779 - ) 		James Harper
(1782 - 1853)
=
Ann Manning
Henry Harper
(1785 - 1841)
= (1)
Elizabeth Fawn
= (2)
Mary Row
(1767 - 1845)
Alice Harper
(c. 1798 - )
= 10 February 1819
Abel William Frankling 		John Harper
(c. 1801 - )
=
Dianne Harper 		Mary Ann Harper
(c. 1805 - )
= 5 October 1826
Robert Rolfe
 
Lawrence's second wife Mary was the widow of James Row of Upwell of Lexham and daughter of Richard Overton of West Raynham. They lived at Upwell and Horningtoft. Lawrence was buried at West Raynham.

It is interesting to see that the family started to spread around Norfolk at this stage.

Notes & References
  1. I would like to acknowledge that this page is based almost entirely on the work of John William Harper, whose publication "Narrative pedigree of the Harper family formerly of Stratton Strawless & Raynham in the County of Norfolk, and of Kaiapoi, Canterbury, New Zealand" Jan 1990, was kindly sent to us by David Harper.
  2. John records the sources of his research as:
    • Church of England parish registers
    • Civil records
    • the English census returns and
    • records from the Norwich Record Office