Person:John Earp (2)
John Earp
b.Abt 1680 Baltimore County, Maryland
d.1744 Fairfax County, Virginia
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1675
  1. John EarpAbt 1680 - 1744
  2. Joseph EarpAbt 1690 - Abt 1750
  3. Thomas Earp1695 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 29 Jul 1704
  1. America Earp
  2. Joshua Joseph EarpAbt 1706 - 1771
  3. Edward Earp1707 - Abt 1784
  4. Henry Earp1708 -
  5. Thomas Earp1710 -
  6. America Earp1715 - 1784
  7. William Earp1716 - 1794
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Facts and Events
Name John Earp
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1680 Baltimore County, Maryland
Alt Birth? 1680 Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland
Marriage 29 Jul 1704 Anne Arundel County, Marylandto Rebecca Wheeler
Death? 1744 Fairfax County, Virginia
Alt Death? 1745 (city), Fairfax, Virginia

John Earp patented "Maklams Friendship" near "Lurgan" in 1719-1721 and paid rent (taxes) to the colonial proprietor with his brother Joseph Earp Sr. (Land Patent, Liber IL No. A, folios 455,456, Land Records Office, M.H.R.)

When he sold both properties in 1728, (Baltimore Co. Superior Court-Land Records, Liber is No. 1, folios 254,255,258.) John Earp is listed in the deed recording these transactions as a resident of Stafford (later Fairfax Co. Va.) and this is the earliest known record of the Earp name in Virginia. John Earp's estate was probated in 1745 in Fairfax Co.

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