Someone posted a message saying he/she descended from a Rupp of Lancaster Co. I inadvertantly erased the message. I am looking for information on Fredrick Roop/Rupp/Rope, etc. The PA Archives, Third Series, Vol. XXV lists the following men as having land surveyed in Huntingdon Co, PA: Jacob Rup 400 acres 1793 Isaac, Jacob, James, John, Richard, Robert, Simon, Thomas and William Roop 400 acres 1794 Frederick Rupe 300 acres 1795 Jacob Roop " In the Sixth Series, Vol. III, Fredrick ROPE is mentioned in a list of persons subject to militia duty from Huntingdon Co, PA, in Capt. Dean and Capt. Jaret's Co, during the Rev. War. Is this the same line? Fredrick and his wife, Elizabeth Abbott had 13 children born in PA. They (parents and many of the children) show up on the 1830 census of Van Wert Co, OH. Many of their descendants are buried in Van Wert or Adams Co, IN. Family tradition says that a group of brothers arrived in this country from Germany/England and fought in the Rev. War before settling in a variety of places. Have found no proof of this, but continue to hunt. Margie R. Pearce URL: www.angelfire.com/la/ancestors/Roop.html -----Original Message----- From: PADUTCHgenONLY-D-request@rootsweb.com <PADUTCHgenONLY-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: PADUTCHgenONLY-D@rootsweb.com <PADUTCHgenONLY-D@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, October 23, 1998 3:54 PM Subject: PADUTCHgenONLY-D Digest V98 #525