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Oh wow, thanks!

Here is the original reference, so are you basically saying he made the whole book up as a fabrication?  Personally I don't know enough about all this stuff, one way or another. I am a bit confused on this one, and scratching my head. See top right of page 122:

https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_WmpmAAAAMAAJ/page/n121/mode/2up?q=Leeper

I have been building a "Leeper" Y-DNA tree over at FTDNA based off their Y-700 tests and SNP mutations, to see how various "Leeper's" are connected, at this time the earliest MRCA is estimated to have been born 1279 and the surnames lines that connect to that haplogroup R-FTB6302 are of Scottish ancestry.  My own and seven others connect back to that ancestor, but through Ireland ancestors, our haplogroups being R-FTB76258 and R-FTB75688.

It is possible that additional folks might:
-One, get an idea of where they are connected to the surname
-2nd, help us in our research in the process, and better dating on the SNP mutations, helping everyone
-3rd, give you an idea of where your Y-DNA goes back to, much further in time than autosomal DNA.
-4th, possibly untangle some "Leeper" Family lines
-5th, become the founding member of a new Haplogroup
-etc.

So far we have 9 sets of results, and a 10th in process.

I just signed up, I'm curious as to how a person would contact the folks in Dublin, to get a photo of the Coat of Arms, and how one would go looking for the Heraldry in 1189?


The general armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales; comprising armoral bearings from the earliest to the present time. 
by. Burke, Bernard, Sir 1814-1892

Leeper or Leper (co. Donegal, originally of Scotland' Reg. Ulster's Offices; John Leeper, Burgess of Edinburgh, appended his seal to a deed dated 1 Sept 1189; Andrew Leper of Stranorlar, co. Donegal, made his will 23 Dec., 1669, and left two sons, William Leper and Andrew Leper.

Az. a chev. betw. three Leopards' faces or.  Crest- A leopard's face per pale or and sa. Motto- Regi Patriaeque.

Miss Jane A. Leeper, of Dublin, Ireland, daughter of Rev. Alexander L. Leeper, who for many years was Canon of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland sent this to a US Leeper long ago:

Original record is kept in Dublin.

The painting measures 6.5" by 8.5"
Described:
Shield--AZ--a chevron between three Leopard's faces, or crest, a Leopard's face, per pale, or and sa.
Motto- Regi Patriaeque--AZ--signifies azure, or gold or gilt; --sa-sable or black.

The motto translated is "For King and Country."

History shows that this heraldry was granted to one John Leeper for valant service to his country in the years 1189 A.D.