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On July 30, 1840, widower Nicholas Porter Earp wed Virginia Ann Cooksey in Hartford, Kentucky. Wyatt Earp was born in Monmouth, Illinois, on March 19, 1848. Wyatt Earp had an elder half-brother, as well as a half-sister, who died at the age of ten months. Nicholas Earp named Wyatt after his commanding officer during the Mexican-American War, Captain Wyatt Berry Stapp of the Illinois Mounted Volunteers. In March 1849 [1], the Earps left Monmouth for California but settled in Iowa. Their new farm consisted of one-hundred and sixty acres, seven miles (11 km) northeast of Pella, Iowa.

Jimmy wrote:I have just found a Wyatt Earp in the 1870 census, born Illinois, living in Missouri. age 22, a farmer, with a wife Rilla. 2 other Earp families next door.

FarSide wrote:329* William Earp 28y Male Gardiner Great Britain Main Steerage
330 Jane Earp 30y Female Great Britain Main Steerage

Earps leaving Liverpool to New York

The Earp Family Roots
The gateway ancestor of the renowned Earp family is said to be a Scotch-Irishman named Thomas Earp Jr., who was born 1656 in Ireland and came to America before 1680. According to Jean Whitten Edwards, compiler of the Earp Family Genealogy,20 Thomas Earp Jr. probably came to this country - like many of our ancestors - as an indentured servant.

Earp is not an Irish surname. A British surname expert lists only one reference for it - spelled Erpe in 1561 - and claims its origins are unknown. However, American sources note that references to Earp can be found under the spelling of Harp. Being aware of the British's propensity to drop their "H's," genealogists must consider this possibility when researching a surname beginning with a vowel. Wyatt Earp's great-great-grandfather appears on a 1776 Maryland enumeration as William Harp.21

where was he from FS?
please say BC

1870, He is living next door/farm but one from is parents Nicholas, and Virginia. The census says Nicholas was born in North Carolina.