This map was published the year after the family moved to Cherry Valley from East Windsor, Connecticut. Note below the location of Cherry Valley in relation to Albany. The rose colored area is land claimed by the Colony of Pennsylvania. Note it includes a portion of the area where Harpersfield, New York will be 15 years later. Also shown is the location of the Ononequâgo Indian village. These were the peoples whom John Harper Sr. would negotiate with for purchase, under the name of King George III, for 250,000 acres. Harpersfield would would be formed from the Northeast 22,000 acres of this purchase.

 

	Eventual location of Harpersfield, NY	Cherry Valley identified
Ononequâgo village identified (in 1767 John Harper Sr. would negotiate with this tribe for land which would eventually include Harpersfield, NY)
Rose colored area depicts land claimed by William Penn for Pennsylvania.