Christopher Harper, came from Yorkshire, England to NB in 1774 and first settled at Fort Cumberland then, later in Sackville, Westmorland County.

He had three sons and four daughters. Mentioned were:
1) Christopher Harper Jr.
2) John Harper m. Miss Thornton d/o Titus Thornton: settled in Dorchester, NB
3) William Harper m. Phoebe Haliday of Cobequid, NS and settled at Sackville

daughters:
1) Charlotte Harper m. Bedford Boultenhouse
2) Fanny Harper m. Thomas King
3) Annie Harper m. Richard Wilson of Northern Ireland
4) Catherine Harper m. Gideon Palmer.


PANB:MC80/31 W.C. Milner’s History of Sackville, New Brunswick, pgs. 156-159.
See also PANB: MC80/45 Howard Trueman’s The Chignecto Isthmus and its first settlers, pages 225-226 which states that Christopher Harper Sr. brought over his nephew, Thomas King, with him in 1774.