Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: John HARPSTER
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1794 b
  • Death: 1837 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Jacob HARPSTER Birth: 1756 in Pennsylvania Death: 24 Jul 1832 in Beaver Twp, Union Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Ann Eva OVERMIER Birth: Abt 1765 Death: 1832

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Solomon HARPSTER
  2. Peter HARPSTER
  3. Philip HARPSTER
  4. Catherine HARPSTER
  5. Polly HARPSTER

Bibliography
  1. Dale, Beverly, Harpster, private email 12/28/1995. Author address: revbev at pobox dot upenn dot edu Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Beverly Dale 12/28/1995].
  2. Byrd, Freida, Harpster, Herbster, Herpster, Harbster, in Boucher Family Newsletter, Mar 1987. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Byrd HARPSTER].
  3. DAR Application 415660, Kirchman, Joanne Galbrener Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DAR #415660].
  4. DAR Application 526237, Gibbons, Erma Bledsoe Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DAR #526237].
  5. Fisher, Charles A, Snyder County PA Probate and Orphan Court Records, 1772-1855. Selinsgrove, PA: author, 1940. DAR PENN Counties Snyder PEN. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Fisher SnyderCoPA p[0-9]*].
  6. Moschella, Julia, Harpster-Bledsoe families. Private email 9/6/2009. Author address: mpinetree at citlink dot net Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Julia Moschella 9/6/2009].
  7. Union County Orphans Court, Docket Book 3, page 310, May Term 1837. Available through DAR Genealogical Research System, Supporting documentation for National #415660 Patriot A051119. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: UnionCoPA OrphansCt 3-310].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Byrd HARPSTER, Julia Moschella 9/6/2009],
parents:
[Ref: Byrd HARPSTER, Julia Moschella 9/6/2009],
father:
[Ref: DAR #415660, DAR #526237, Fisher SnyderCoPA p66, UnionCoPA OrphansCt 3-310]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
mother:
Mary ___ (#1760) [Ref: DAR #415660, DAR #526237]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Byrd HARPSTER]
abt 1837 [Ref: Beverly Dale 12/28/1995]
before May 1837 [Ref: Fisher SnyderCoPA p66, UnionCoPA OrphansCt 3-310]
Sources with Information about marriage to Peggy TRAISTER
names:
[Ref: DAR #415660, DAR #526237, Julia Moschella 9/6/2009],
child:
[Ref: Beverly Dale 12/28/1995, Byrd HARPSTER, Fisher SnyderCoPA p66, UnionCoPA OrphansCt 3-310]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of John HARPSTER
                   /-----George Frederick HERBSTER
          /-----David HARPSTER
         |        |         /-----Martin WEICK
         |         \-----Anna Christina WEICK
         |                  \-----Anna Christina HOSIN
 /-----Jacob HARPSTER
|         \-----Rosina CAMPBELL
John HARPSTER
|                  /-----John George OBERMAYER
|         /-----John George OBERMAYER
|        |        |         /-----John George BANE
|        |         \-----Anna BANE
 \-----Ann Eva OVERMIER
         |         /-----Jonas VOGT
          \-----Anna Barbara VOGT



Descendants of John HARPSTER
1. John HARPSTER m. Peggy TRAISTER
m. Peggy TRAISTER