Harm Jan Huidekoper was born at Hoogeveen, Provice of Drenthe, Holland, in 1776, son of Anne and Gesiena Frederica Wolthers Huidekoper. He immigrated to the United States in 1796 and settled in Pennsylvania. He married Rebecca Colhoon (1779-1839), daughter of and Esther McDowell Colhoon, in 1806 at Meadville, Pennsylvania. They had seven children, 1807-1819. He died in 1854 at Meadville. Descendants listed lived in Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, and Massachusetts.