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H A R B E R
Harbour
Information on this page from Windows
Into Our Past, A Genealogy of the Parsons, Smith and Associated Families, Vol. 1
�1996, Judy Parsons Smith
The Harbours came to this
country in the early 1700’s from Wales. They came by way
of Charles County, Virginia to Lee County. They were
Huguenots originally from France.
Thomas
Harbour
Thomas Harbour, is
the ancestor of the Lee County, Virginia Harbour’s. He
was b. c. 1675-1695, reputedly from Wales; d. after 1777; m.
Sarah Witt, daughter of John Witt, Jr., one of two Huguenot
brothers, refugees from France.
Thomas & Sarah (Witt)
Harbour had ten (10) children:
1. David Harbour, b. c.
1708-1726
2. Talmon Harbour, b. c. 1718-1728; m. ca. 1745 to Mary
Wright.
3. Lavinia ‘Lamina’ Harbour, b. 1720; m.
Charles Witt.
4. Mary Harbour, m. Palatiah Shelton.
5. Abner Harbour, b. ca. 1730; d. 1778, Henry County, VA;
m. Joyce Thornhill.
6. Elisha Harbour, b. ca. 1733; m. Margaret (unknown).
7. Elijah Harbour, b. ca. 1735; d. 1769, Pittsylvania
County, VA; m. Prudence Pusey.
8. Jane Harbour, m. Elijah Witt.
9.Sarah Harbour, m. David Witt.
10. Adonijah Harbour, m 1st 25 Aug 1769 to Ann
‘Nancy’ Dalton; m 2nd 3 Apr 1791 to Charlotte
Gallihue Dalton, widow of Samuel Dalton.
Elisha
Harbour
6. Elisha Harbour, son
of Thomas & Sarah (Witt) Harbour, b. ca. 1733; m. ca. 1755-1760 to
Margaret (unknown). Elisha Harbour received a land grant in
Christian County, Kentucky between 1799 and 1813. Elisha
& Margaret (unknown) Harbour had five (5) children:
A. Jeremiah ‘Jerry’ Harbour, b. ca. 1763, VA; d. p. 1840, Hart
County, KY; m. 1790 to Elizabeth (thought to be
Reynolds).
B. Amos Harbour, b. ca. 1761; d. ante 1820, Barron
County, KY; m. Judity Dale.
C. Elisha Harbour, Jr., b. ca. 1764; d. 1846, Trigg
County, KY; m 1st 15 Jan 1795, Lincoln County, KY to
Delilah Jones; m 2nd Martha (unknown).
D. Micajah Harbour, b. 1770; m. 28 May 1798, Garrard
County, KY to Jenny Boyle.
E. Joseph Harbour, b. 22 Jul 173; d. 25 Jul 1839; m. 11
Feb 1799, Garrard County, KY to Mary Stephens.
Jeremiah ‘Jerry’ Harbour
A. Jeremiah
‘Jerry’ Harbour, son of Elisha
& Margaret (unknown) Harbour, b. ca. 1763, VA; d. p. 1840, Hart County, KY;
m. *Elizabeth (possibly a Reynolds), she is shown m 2nd to William Daugherty. See Daugherty.
Revolutionary War
Service: Jeremiah is listed as a Revolutionary
Veteran in Hart County, Kentucky in 1840.
Jeremiah & Elizabeth
(Reynolds?) Harbour had three (3) children:
A1. Elias
Harbour, b. 12 Aug
1792, Patrick County, VA; d 28 Sep 1855, Lee County, VA;
m. Elizabeth Blankenship, daughter of Arthur & Mary (Muncy) Blankenship.
A2. Harbour, son, b. 1794-1804.
A3. Harbour, daughter, b. 1794-1804.
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According to family, Elizabeth was the daughter of R.
J. Reynolds. According to Vernon
Harber, the
family received a letter after the death of R. J.
Reynolds, stating that she was his daughter. However,
the family was not entitiled to any inheritance.
According to "Early Settler’s of Lee County
Virginia and Adjacent Countries", in court
records Elias Harber, her son, is declared the
illegitmate child of Jeremiah & Elizabeth
(Reynolds) Harber. According to records she shows up with
a fourth child, Charles Daughertyleft Elizabeth and the children
and went into Kentucky and was not , b. 1808.
According to tradition, Jeremiah Harber heard from
again. Perhaps after several years alone, she felt
that her husband ws dead and that since she was alone
with children, a second husband was needed. Elizabeth Harber most likely married William
Daugherty around 1807/1808. Her son Charles Daugherty
was b. 1808. Elizabeth remained with William Daugherty for the rest of her life.
Elias
Harber
A1. Elias Harber,
son of Jeremiah & Elizabeth Harbour, b. 18 Aug 1790, Patrick County, VA;
d. 28 Sept 1855, Sugar Run, Lee County, VA of Flux, age 63
yrs, 1 mo, 10 days; m. ca. 1818 (based on birth of first
childin 1819) to Elizabeth Blankenship, daughter of Arthur & Mary (Muncy) Blankenship,County, VA; d. p. 1870, Lee County, VA.
Elias was a farmer in Lee County, VA and owend b. 1802,
Tazewell several hundred acres of farm land.
Formation of Friendship
Baptist Church:
Elias Harber was
instrumental in the formation of the Friendship Baptist
Church. In 1879 meetings were held in the home of Elias
Harber. The present home of the church is 5 miles west of
Jonesville, Virginia.
Elias & Elizabeth
(Blankenship) Harbour had thirteen (13) children:
a. Arthur Harber, b. 1 Oct
1819; d. 1 Apr 1896, Lee County, VA; m. Elizabeth
‘Betsy’ Pennington.
b. William D. Harber, b. 1822, Lee County, VA; m. Jane
(unknown).
c. Hannah Harber, b. 1823
d. Mary Harber, b. 1825; never married.
e. Jeremiah Harber, b. 1826, Lee County, VA; d. Lee
County, VA; m. Sarah Jane (unknown).
f. Charles ‘Charley’ Harber, b. 1827; d. 15 Mar 1833; m. Anna Hedrick
g. John Harber, b. ca. 1829; d. ca. 1885, Pulaski County,
KY; m. Naomi (unknown).
h. Henry Milton Harber, b. ca. 1831;
d. 28 Aug 1893, Lee County, VA; m. Mary Hedrick - half sister of Anna Hedrick
i. Elizabeth Harber, b. 1833, Lee County, VA; d. aft. 1890, Lee
County, VA; m. 6 Nov 1856 to Jehu
Green. See
Green.
j. Wallace J. Harber, b. 1 Mar 1837; d. 7 Apr 1913; m. 9 Jan
1862 to Margaret Ellen Caldwell.
k. Lydia Harber, b. ca. 1838; d. 26 Nov 1884; m. 27 Jul
1856 to James B. Burgin.
l. Sarah Harber, b. ca. 1840; m. 21 Jan 1858 to Issac
Botner.
m. Samuel Page Harber, b. ca. 1843, Lee County, VA; m.
ca. 1863 to Julie Anne Bays.
Charles ‘Charley’ HarberP
f. Charles
‘Charley’ Harber, son of Elias &
Elizabeth (Blankenship) Harber, b. 9 Apr 1827; d. 15 Mar 1883; m. 1 Jan 1850
to Anna Hedrick, daughter of John
& Elizabeth (Davenport) Hedrick, b. 5 Dec 1826, Indiana; d. 18 Sept 1909, Lee
County, VA. Charles Harber served with the 64th Virginia
Calvary during the Civil War. He was captured by Union forces
near the Cumberland Gap. On 9 Apr 1865, he was released from
Cumberland Gap on a Parole of Honor.
Charles & Anna (Hedrick)
Harber had six (6) children:
f1. William M. Harber, b.
28 Oct 1850; d. 26 May 1878; m. Lucy Davenport, b. 3 Apr
1874.
f2. Sarah Harber, b. 11 Nov 1852; m. 27 Dec 1871 to L. B.
Kirk.
f3. Elias S. Harber, b. 12 Mar 1855; d. 6 Apr 1928, Lee County,
VA; m. Fanny Day.
f4. Virginia Harber, b. 18 Nov 1857; m. 25 Dec 1877 to A.
N. Pennington.
f5. Lutitia Harber, b. 22 Mar 1863.
f6. Emer Harber, b. 3 Apr 1874.
Elias
S. Harber
f1. Elias S. Harber,
son of Charles & Anna (Hedrick) Harber, b. 12 Mar 1855; dd. 6 Apr 1928, at
the age of 73 years and 24 days in Lee County, VA. Buried in
Shelburne cemetery in Lone Hollow, Lee County, VA. He was
married thrice; m 1st 7 Feb 1878 to Fanny
Day, daughter of
Bayley & Susan (unknown) Day, b. ca. 1862, Harlan Co.,
KY; d. 18 Feb 1883, Lee County, VA; m 2nd 14 Apr 1887, by Wm
M. Cooper, Lee Co., VA to Laura (Lavina) J. Ely, daughter of
Wm. & M. J. Ely, b. 1868; m 3rd Aug 1892, Mrs. Nancy E.
Mole Stapleton.
Elias & Fannie (Day)
Harber had three (3) children:
f1a. Sarah Ann Harber, b.
14 Nov 1879; d. 28 Feb 1947; m. John Collier; m 2nd
(unknown) Fletcher.
f1b. Elizabeth ‘Eliza’ Jane
Harber, b. 25 Jul
1881, Elys Creek, VA; d. 27 Nov 1950, Pucketts Creek, VA;
m. Isaac Rogers. See
Rogers.
f1c. Rebecca Harber, b. 29 Sept 1883; d. 19 Oct 1883.
Elias & Laura (Ely) Harber
had two (2) children:
f1d. Charles E. Harber, b.
28 May 1888; d. 5 Apr 1966; m. 20 Jun 1914 to Carrie Ely.
f1e. William "Will" B. Harber, b. 30 Mar 1890;
d. 8 Jul 1946; m. Larcie Fannon.
Elias’ third wife Nancy
(Mole) (Stapleton) Harber had two (2) children by her first
marriage they are:
Bob Stapleton
Jim Stapleton
Elias & Nancy (Mole)
(Stapleton) Harber had seven (7) children:
f1f. Mary V. Harber, b. 29
Mar 1894; d. 30 Oct 1921; m. (unknown) Hawkins.
f1g. John G. Harber, b. 8 Jun 1896; m. Elmer Orr.
f1h. Harvey "Karny" Harber, b. 9 Jul 1898; m.
Sudie Stewart.
f1i. Louisa M. Harber, b. 2 Apr 1900; m. Ballard King
(his mother d. 2 Mar 1935).
f1j. George P. Harber, b. 15 Jul 1905; m. Ruby Sprinkle.
f1k. Claude Harber, b. 18 Apr 1909; d. 5 Sept 1935, age
24; m. Edna Smith
f1l. Vernon Harber, b. 4 Aug 1911; m. Viola Smith
Elizabeth
Harber
i. Elizabeth
Harber, daughter of Elias & Elizabth (Blankenship)
Harbour, b. 1833, Lee
County, VA; d. 1880’s (before 1883), Lee County, VA; m. Jehu/Jehugh
Green, son of Robert
& Ely Ann (Drake) Green, b. 2 Jan 1831, Harlan County, KY; d. 29 Sept
1901, Lee County, VA.
Wallace
J. Harber
j. Wallace J. Harber,
son of Elias & Elizabeth (Blankenship) Harber, b. 1 Mar 1837; d. 7 Apr 1913; m. 9
Jan 1862 to Margaret Ellen Caldwell. Wallace J. Harber is
listed among the Survivors of the Rebellion in the Jun 1890
Cenus, Lee County, VA. He served as a Private in Co. F. 47th
Kentucky Infantry of the Confederate Army.
Elizabeth ‘Eliza’ Jane
Harber
f1b. Elizabeth
‘Eliza’ Jane Harber, daughter of Elias
& Fannie (Day) Harber, b. 25 Jul 1881; d. 27 Nov 1950; m. 25 Sept
1895 to Issac Hayes Rogers, b. 3 Mar 1877; d. 5 Dec 1959. See
Green & Rogers.
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