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Ayrshire / Re: Leiper family in Aucheneross,New Cumnock
« on: Monday 15 October 12 18:44 BST (UK) »
Leiper61,
I would be very interested to see the information you mentioned. If you scan it, you can attach it to one of your postings.
I am interested in John Leiper (b. 12Dec1706) of Avondale. His mother was Issabell and his father was Robert Leiper. I am trying to identify whether this is the same John Leiper that emigrated to the States and died in Hamilton Twp., Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania in 1782.
My understand is that the name is actually Germanic, as it has no meaning in Gaelic. They're found in southern Scotland from very early days. From what I've seen, in England its Leaper, in Scotland its Leiper, and in Ulster and the States its Leeper. My family originally spelled their name Leiper and then switched to Leeper after they had been in the States a while.
I would be very interested to see the information you mentioned. If you scan it, you can attach it to one of your postings.
I am interested in John Leiper (b. 12Dec1706) of Avondale. His mother was Issabell and his father was Robert Leiper. I am trying to identify whether this is the same John Leiper that emigrated to the States and died in Hamilton Twp., Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania in 1782.
My understand is that the name is actually Germanic, as it has no meaning in Gaelic. They're found in southern Scotland from very early days. From what I've seen, in England its Leaper, in Scotland its Leiper, and in Ulster and the States its Leeper. My family originally spelled their name Leiper and then switched to Leeper after they had been in the States a while.