Notes:

George and his brother William were living with the W.F.R. Davis family in 1850 in Dublin, Mercer Co., Ohio. George was 21 and a merchant. His brother William was 25 and a physician by trade. Here are his 1870 census results: "Alice Harb Union, Miami, OH abt 1869 Ohio White Female, Clara Harb Union, Miami, OH abt 1863 Ohio White Female, George W Harb Union, Miami, OH abt 1829 Ohio White Male, Leona Harb Union, Miami, OH abt 1865 Ohio White Female, Mary Harb Union, Miami, OH abt 1861 Ohio White Female, Mirah L. Harb Union, Miami, OH abt 1837 Ohio White Female. George was listed as a Retail Dry Goods merchant and this was likely where his brother Marcus L. Harb was then employed as a clerk."

George married Maria L. TENNEY on 2 Jan 1859 in , Miami, OH, USA. Maria was born about 1837 in , , OH, USA; died after 1870 in Of Union, Miami, OH, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

William's birth date varies depending upon the source. His cemetery stone said he died on Mar. 1, 1867 and was age 70 years, 11 months and 2 days. This suggests his birth date was a bit earlier than found in other sources giving him a 1798 birth date. He is buried in the same row with his family. William Harp learned his trade, tailoring, in Philadelphia. He went west and settled in Dayton, Ohio from 1814-1823. He is listed as living in Union Twp., Miami Co., Ohio in 1835. In 1833 he had moved to West Milton, Union Twp. and remained there until his death. In the 1860 census record his property and goods are listed as being worth a little over $4000.00. His daughter and son-in-law Ann and John Secrist lived with he and his wife. (C-79) He was born in Pennsylvania in his son's 1900 census records. (C-32) In the Oct. 1850 census for Miami Co., Ohio, Union Twp., he is listed at age 52, a merchant, b. in Pennsylvania, whose property was worth $300.00 at the time. His wife Rhoda was age 48, a female, b. in Kentucky. The box is checked that they were both married within that year. That doesn't match with other family information we've found. If true, it would mean that Rhoda was not the mother of William's children. Son Jackson Harb was age 25, b. in Ohio and a merchant. Son Lafayette was age 16, b. in Ohio and a clerk by trade. He had attended school that year. Calvin was age 15, with the rest of his data matching his brother, Lafayettes. Daughter, Eliza was 12, Charles was age 5, born Ohio. Note that many of the children were called by their middle names. Up to 3 of his children were missing from this 1850 census. William's wife, Rhoda Harb, lived 4 houses away from Johnson P. Mast, another family member, in the 1880, Union Twp., Miami Co., Ohio census. She was 77 at the time, born in Kentucky, her father was born in New Jersey and her mother in Kentucky. The census taker marked that she could not write. She was living with Anna E. Secrist, age 41, her daughter, who was also a widow. (C-385) William's son, William B. Harb was a dry goods merchant in Willshire, Van Wert Co., Ohio and had 7 children with Caroline Harper, his wife. (C-387)

William married Rhoda MARTIN, * on 12 Dec 1822 in Warren, Tennessee, USA. Rhoda (daughter of William MARTIN, * and Margaret HORNBUCKLE, (1820 census, 1 age 26-44, 1830 census - age 40-49)) was born on 31 Mar 1802 in , , Kentucky, USA; died on 27 Mar 1887 in West Milton, Miami, OH, USA; was buried about 23 Mar 1887 in Riverside Cemetery, West Milton, Miami, OH, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rhoda is in the 1880 Union Twp., Miami Co., Ohio census records. According to her cemetery stone in West Milton, Ohio, she was born in 1801 instead with no month or year given. (C-PHO, 1025)

Here is a transcription of her marriage to William Harb.

State of Ohio, Montgomery Co.

I do hereby certify that by virtue of a license received from the clerk of Warren Co. I joined together in the holy state of Matrimony William Harb and Rhoda Martin on the 12 Day of December 1822 given under my hand and seal the 9 day of March 1823, Henry Heineke, minister to the Evangelical Lutheran Church.

I can't find any first hand records where she is listed as a Martoin. She is always listed as a Martin.

Notes:

Peter's birth date and christening are in discrepancy. He could have been born in 1767 or 1770. He was christened on Oct. 21 in 1767 or 1770. His question of parentage is discussed later. The 1767 date comes from his gravestone. The 1770 dates come from Church records at Oley Hill, District Twp., Berks Co., Pennsylvania. Peter and his family came to Montgomery Co., Ohio from Berks Co., Pennsylvania supposedly between 1816-1818. All of his children claim to have been born in Pennsylvania on their census records. His youngest children seem to have been Jonas b. circa 1814 and Rheuben, b. abt. 1816. If Rheuben's birth date can be ascertained factually, then their migration to Ohio would be more certain. They first settled in Washington Twp., Montgomery Co., Ohio and lived there in the 1820 census. (C-1025) In 1827, they lived in Bethel Twp., Miami County. By the 1830 census, they had moved to Monroe Twp., Miami Co., Ohio. (C-134b) They sold land in this township in 1831 and moved North to Dublin Twp.., Mercer Co., near Rockford, Ohio where he was a farmer. It was land in the Godfrey Reserve. (C-135, 261, 357) He is listed in Mercer Co., in the 1840 census. Peter Harp's grave was still visible in 1982 in the Old Frysinger Cemetery, on the Shindeldecker (Shingledecker) farm at the end of Godfrey Reserve Rd., Northeast of Rockford, Ohio off Godfrey Reserve Rd., Mercer Co., Ohio. When it was visited by Betty R. Snyder of Foster City, California, it was flat on the ground and covered with weeds. It's dates were still readable. (C-181,387) One of Peter Harp's son, Amos, is likely to have been the Amos Harp that purchased land, section 30, in Noble Twp.., Auglaize Co., Ohio in 1849. (C-254) Peter Harp's wife is listed as Catherine and his mother as Maria Catherine in some sources. (C-181) Tom Harp of Sidney, Ohio believes his wife's name was Elizabeth Engel. As Tom has researched in Berks County on multiple occasions, I am inclined to believe this source most. There is also a possibility that he had a previous marriage which was recorded on 22 June 1796 to Elizabeth Hillegass. No proof exists that this is a marriage to our Peter Harb. (C-357) As to Peter's heritage, family tradition as presented in a Harb family reunion book dated July 31, 1909, hands the oral tradition down this way from the older members of the family: Great, great grandfather came in 71 or 72 from Germany and located in Berks Co., Pennsylvania. He cleared a few acres and went back to the Hesses after his family: a wife and 13 sons. (This written tradition believes they were Hessens. A great-great granddaughter of Peter calls them "High Dutch" from Pennsylvania.) They were hired as mercenary soldiers for King George III. However, when they got here, they deserted to the American cause. (C-43) General Washington made the great grandfather and his 6 oldest sons commissioned officers. All 14 men fought in the Revolution. (C-309, 539) After peace returned, these Harp's scattered moving to New Jersey, the lakes of Erie, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia. Some of the younger generation came to Ohio in the 1820's from Pennsylvania and settled between Miamisburg and Germantown in Montgomery Co., in Miamisburg, Farmersville, Germantown and Dayton. Peter moved to Ohio between 1814-1816, 3 to 4 miles south of Dayton, then to Tippecanoe City and lastly to Mercer Co. All these Harp's came from the original immigrant who lived and died in Berks Co., Pennsylvania. (C-309) My father was told as a child by these older Harp family members that the Harp's were originally French Huguenots that went to Germany to live during troubled times and then later immigrated to America. The parents of Peter Harp, although listed here as Jacob Harp and Maria Catherine, are really still uncertain. The branch that is carried in family group sheets is the most likely line due to timing. It has not clearly meshed with the "traditional oral" history as passed down in our branch at this time. The biggest problem is that 13 sons can not be found in one family or in the American Revolution from one place. Pennsylvania, even as early as 1790, only has one Harb family living in it. In the 1790 census there were 25 Harp or Harpe families living in the U.S. with an average family size of 4.3, with 108 total members. Besides the one family in Pennsylvania, six families lived in New York, six in Maryland, one in Virginia, ten in North Carolina and one in South Carolina. (C-314) Revolutionary War Records have revealed this pattern. The most Harp's in the war enlisted in Virginia: Abner, Arthur, Henry, Joseph, Mathew, Mills, Nehemiah, Samuel, and William (all being born in the 1740's). Several were from North Carolina: Two Josephs, Richard (b. 175?), Sgt. Mjr. Matthew, and William (b. 175?). Connecticut had two: Ahaz (b.175?) and Elias (b.174?). A William Harp signed the oath of allegiance to Maryland during the Revolution in Montgomery Co., Maryland and Michael Harps, in Frederick Co., MD. (C-316) A Peter Harp, Abraham, John Harp and Henry (b.1735, PA) Harp served in the third Ulster Co., N.Y. Militia, under Colonel Levi Pawling in the Revolutionary War. Lastly, a John Harp (b.175?) is in the Delaware War Records. (C-310, 315-318, 714, 2458) There are other Harp's that might eventually connect to our Peter instead. A Peter E. Herb and Peter Herb came to America in 1749 from Rotterdam. A Johannes Herb came to America from Rotterdam in 1734. An Abraham Harp immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1765 (C-313). A Petrus Harp (who married Antje De Pue in 1749) and Henry Harp, from Rochester, N.Y., served in the Indian War of 1757. A John Harp was living in Philadelphia in 1746. An Abraham Harp (1816-?) who lived in Farmersville, Montgomery Co., Ohio was the son of Jacob & Elizabeth Bowman Harp and grandson of Frederick Harp of Berks Co., Pennsylvania. Virginia Harp's probably got their start from two immigrants in the second half of the 1600's named Richard and Henry. (C-313) Most of this information is from miscellaneous records from Lyndon Harp, 9110 Carrari Ct., Alta Loma, Calif. 91701 (C-306), THE BOSTON TRANSCRIPT, Nov. 24, 1919, #7370. (C-310) and Beers' "History of Montgomery Co., Ohio", p.342-343. (C-311) Also see (C-394 & 395) for additional information.

Peter married Elizabeth HILLEGAS on 22 Jun 1795 in New Hanover Lutheran Church, Montgomery, PA, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Michael HILLEGAS, * and Catherina GERI) was born on 1 Nov 1773 in Upper Saucon, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, USA; died in 1826 in Washington, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In most sources Peter's wife's name is guessed to be Maria Catherine. Since his mother's name is likely to be this same name, I suspect Elizabeth is more likely to be an accurate find. (C-715)

Notes:

William was found by DNA thrulines matching to other descendants of Benjamin and Sarah Baker Martin. He was the only one of their sons that could account for our Rhoda Martin's birth. After much research, I was able to find him in Wayne Co., OH by 1820. His daughter, Rhoda, proved via autosomal DNA, got her marriage license with William Harb in Wayne Co., Ohio. Rhoda Martin and William Harb took a letter from the clerk of Wayne Co., Ohio to Montgomery Co., Ohio to verify this when they married in Montgomery Co., Ohio.William's 3 oldest children were already out of the house and likely working elsewhere by the 1820 census. Henry Harland Martin, the oldest son, appears to have stayed behind in Kentucky and married there. William had so many children, he probably had 3 wives instead of the listed 2. That would indicate that Margaret had died before 1854, likely in Ohio.

William married Margaret HORNBUCKLE, (1820 census, 1 age 26-44, 1830 census - age 40-49) on 20 Sep 1799 in Jessamine County, Kentucky. Margaret (daughter of William Lucullus HORNBUCKLE, * and Sarah Jane HARDIN) was born in Jan 1770? (1820 census says age 26-44) in Fairfax, VA; died in 1854 in Calloway, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]