This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Roper, Stewart, Stanford Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/243.1.1 Message Board Post: I also just noticed this online records at RootsWeb, which clearly reflects the marriage of Thomas and Jeannette Stewart ROPER's son Roswell D. ROPER: Roswell D. ROPER, age 24, m Nina M. SATNFORD, age 27, on 29 Apr 1905 - Wood County, Ohio Nina M. STANFORD is identified as the daughter of Leroy A. STANFORD and Hannah E. ARMSTRONG. Book 12, Page 217, Certificate No. 11195 See http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohwood/woodcomarriages.html

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Roper, Stewart Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/243.1 Message Board Post: Afred: Here is what I have: The Thomas ROPER Family, of Wood County, OH United States Census -- 1870 Webster Township, Wood County, Ohio, Page 1, Page Imprinted "573"a 15 Aug 1870 Line 22, Dwelling 7, Family 7, ROPER, Thos. P., Age 28, Male, White, Farmer, RE $2,200, Pers Estate $2,100, Born England, Father of Foreign Birth, Mother of Foreign Birth Line 23, Dwelling 7, Family 7, ROPER, Genett, Age 29, Female, White, Keeping House, Born Ohio, Father of Foreign Birth, Mother of Foreign Birth Line 24, Dwelling 7, Family 7, ROPER, Walter, Age 3, Male, White, Born Ohio, Father of Foreign Birth Line 25, Dwelling 7, Family 7, ROPER, Margaret, Age 1, Female, White, Born Ohio * * * United States Census -- 1880 Freedom Township, Wood County, Ohio, Page 5, Page Imprinted "157A" 04 Jun 1880 Line 30, Dwelling 42, Family 43, ROPER, Thomas B., White, Male, Age 38, Married, Farmer, Born England, Father Born England, Mother Born England Line 31, Dwelling 42, Family 43, ROPER, Gennet, White, Female, Age 39, Wife, Married, Keeping House, Born Ohio, Father Born Scotland, Mother Born Scotland Line 32, Dwelling 42, Family 43, ROPER, Walter T.?, White, Male, Age 13, Son, Single, Working on Farm, Attends School, Born Ohio, Father Born England, Mother Born Ohio Line 33, Dwelling 42, Family 43, ROPER, Maggie E., White, Female, Age 11, Daughter, Single, At Home, Attends School, Born Ohio, Father Born England, Mother Born Ohio Line 33, Dwelling 42, Family 43, ROPER, Robert J., White, Male, Age 9, Son, Single, Attends School, Cannot Write, Born Ohio, Father Born England, Mother Born Ohio Line 34, Dwelling 42, Family 43, ROPER, Hugh W., White, Male, Age 6, Son, Single, Attends School, Cannot Write, Born Ohio, Father Born England, Mother Born Ohio Line 35, Dwelling 42, Family 43, ROPER, Andrew C., White, Male, Age 4, Son, Single, Cannot Read, Cannot Write, Born Ohio, Father Born England, Mother Born Ohio Line 36, Dwelling 42, Family 43, ROPER, Allan B., White, Male, Age 1, Son, Single, Cannot Read, Cannot Write, Born Ohio, Father Born England, Mother Born Ohio * * * United States Census -- 1900 Freedom Township, Wood County, Ohio (Enumeration District 140), Sheet 21B 22 Jun 1920 Line 83, Dwelling 456, Family 473, ROPER, Thomas, Head, White, Male, Born Mar 1842, Age 58, Married 34 Years, Born England, Father Born England, Mother born England, Immigrated to US in 1865, In US for 34 Years, NATURALIZED, Farmer, Months NOT Employed 0, Can Read, Can Write, Can Speak English, Owns, Free of Mortgage, Farm, 159 Farm Animals? Line 84, Dwelling 456, Family 473, ROPER, Jennette, Wife, White, Female, Born Oct 1840, Age 59, Married 34 Years, 9 Children, 8 Children Living, Born Ohio, Father Born Scotland, Mother born Scotland, Can Read, Can Write, Can Speak English Line 85, Dwelling 456, Family 473, ROPER, Roswell D., Son, White, Male, Born Nov 1880, Age 19, Single, Born Ohio, Father Born England, Mother born Ohio, Farmer Laborer, Can Read, Can Write, Can Speak English Line 86, Dwelling 456, Family 473, ROPER, Stewart D., Son, White, Male, Born Mar or May 1885, Age 15, Single, Born Ohio, Father Born England, Mother born Ohio, At School, 5 Mos School, Can Read, Can Write, Can Speak English [Image 42 of 46 for Freedom Township, Wood County, Ohio, in 1900] * * * United States Census -- 1910 Webster Township, Wood County, Ohio (Enumeration District 211), Sheet 11B 8 May 1910 Line 81, Dwelling 259, Family 243, ROPER, Thomas, Head, Male, White, Age 68??, 1st marriage, Married 45 Years, Born England, Father Born England, Mother Born England, Farmer, General Farm. Line 82, Dwelling 259, Family 243, ROPER, Jeanette, Wife, Female, White, Age 69??, 2nd marriage, Married 45 Years, Born Ohio, Father Born Scotland, Mother Born Scotland. Line 83, Dwelling 259, Family 243, ROPER, Margaret, Daughter, Female, White, Age 41, Single, Born Ohio, Father Born England, Mother Born Ohio. [Image 22 of 23] * * * United States Census -- 1920 Webster Township, Wood County, Ohio (Enumeration District 178), Sheet 9B 05 Feb 1920 Line 62, Dwelling 205, Family 205, ROPER, Thomas H.?, Head, Owns, Male, White, Age 77, Married, Immigrated 1861, Naturalized 1861, Born England/English, Father Born England/English, Mother Born England/English, None, Retired Farmer. Line 82, Dwelling 259, Family 243, ROPER, Jeanette, Wife, Female, White, Age 79?, Married, Born Ohio, Father Born Scotland/Scottish, Mother Born Scotland/Scottish, None. [Image 18 of 19 for Webster Township, Wood County, OH in 1920] * * * Death Certificate References were given in my Post: "Index of ROPER, RAPER, ROSSER, ROSIER and Similar Deaths in Ohio from 1913-1937" (23 Feb 2003 4:10 AM GMT) http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/message/an/surnames.roper/588 In particular, you would be interested in: ROPER THOMAS B; WOOD COUNTY, OH ; 1923; 4134 / 2046 ROPER JEANETT S; WOOD COUNTY, OH; ; 4134 / 23045 The procedure for obtaining Ohio death certificates is given from this page: http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/archlib/death1.html * * * Do YOU have any other information on this ROPER Family to share?? What do you know of Jeannette STEWART?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Roper, Stewart Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/622.1 Message Board Post: Are YOU a descendent of Thomas ROPER (b Mar 1842 - England, d 1923 - Wood, OH) and Jeannette STEWART (b Oct 1840, d aft 1920 - Wood, OH), of Wood County, Ohio?? If so, do you know the names of this Thomas ROPER's parents? Do you have precise dates of death or a burial location for Thomas and Jeannette Steawart ROPER?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/716.1 Message Board Post: Can you give me any details about his dates and places and his descendants and ancestors. I probably have the most complete set of Roper data, so might be able to make a connection. Yours, Dave Roper [email protected] http://www.roperld.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Major, Maier, Maior, Roper, Rooper, Anderson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/723.1 Message Board Post: It might be of some interest to ROPER genealogists that MAJOR is a name that isfound in America living adjacent to the ROPERs in Accomack/Northampton County, and in New Kent/Charles City County. Edward MAIOR, age 19, is shown amongst the passengers of the Bonaventure, James Ricrofte, Master, in January 1634/5 (see http://english-america.com/spls/635ln009.html ). John ANDERSON, age 20, and Thomas ANDERSON, age 18, were also aboard. Richard MAJOR is shown Patenting 450 acres at Nansamund River, Upper Norfolk, on 18 May 1637, within a year of Captain William ROPER's Patent in Accomack. Robert ROCKWELL's Patent of 19 August 1637 mentions 250 acres in Nansamund River, butting upon the land of Edward MAJOR, bounded by the same creek, so it appears that BOTH Richard and Edward MAJOR had settled at Upper Norfolk. John MAJOR's Patent of 30 January 1640 was for 200 acres on the northward side of Nuswattocks Creek in Northampton County. A second Patent to John MAJOR dated 4 September 1643 was for 400 acres at Nuswattocks Creek, Northampton. Obediance ROBIN's Patent of 03 December 1643 mentions 2000 acres on ye seaboard side join.g to land of Wilkins, John Major &c. Edward MAJOR's Patent of 4 October 1644 in Upper Norfolk is for 450 acres at Nansamond River, south Wt. on a creek commonly called Major's Creek. This Patent appears to have been renewed and extended by Edwad MAJOR's Nansemond County Patent of 10 February 1645. I understand that John MAJOR's Accomack Will was dated 04 Mar 1647. Stephen CHALTON and Captain William STONE (who was married to Katherine Graves ROPER's stepdaughter Verlinda STONE) were named as overseers. This Will seems to have been proved on 06 May 1648. A John MAJOR again Patents 400 acres in Northampton County "at Great Naswattocks Creek lying on the south side thereof" on 24 October 1650. As there is NO MENTION of John MAJOR's decease in 1647 or 1648, this would appear to be the Patent of a son or nephew. Richard MAJOR Patented 1,350 acres of land on Perrins Creek in New Kent on 30 June 1656. Thomas MAJOR Patented an additional 300 acres on the north side of York River on 08 October 1657. [This is NOT intended as an exhaustive discussion of MAJOR landholding in Colonial Virginia, but rahter an attempt to sketch out some of the ealy traces.] Members of the MAJOR family are thereafter found alongside the ROPER family at St. Peter's Parish, New Kent. See http://www.rootsweb.com/~vanewken/stpete_toc.html and particularly http://www.rootsweb.com/~vanewken/stpete02.html and http://www.rootsweb.com/~vanewken/stpete04.html for details. As aformentioned a child given the name Major ANDERSON is also born in this parish.

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Surnames: Roper, Rooper, Ropar, Major, Maier, Anderson, Jones Classification: Will Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/723 Message Board Post: Elizabeth ROPER, Widow of Blackfriars City of London Dated 22 Jan 1652 Proved 24 Aug 1654 In the Name of God Amen the Two and twentieth Day of January in the yeare of our Lord God According to the Computation of the Church of England One Thousand six hundred fiftie and two I Elizabeth ROPER of Blackfriars London Widdowe Doe make and ordaine this my present last Will and Testament in manner and forme following (that is to say) first and principally I recommend my Soule into the handes of Almightie God my Creatour trusting through the alone merritts of Jesus Christ my blessed Redeemer to have free remission of all my Sinnes and to be made a Member with God elect in heaven for ever more My body I commit to the Earth from whence it was taken in hope of a joyfull resurrection. And as concerning such portion of goods and worldly estate where with it hath pleased the Lord to blesse me and to lende unto me for my use in this present life I dispose thereof as followeth Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Elizabeth MAJOR one gold ring sett with seaven Diamonds and to her husband Ezekiell MAJOR twentie shillings to make him a Ring to weare in remembrance of me. Item I give to my saide Daughter Elizabeth MAJOR all my wearing apparrell with all bedding and furniture whatsoever in my Chamber. Item I give unto my Grande Daughter Anne ANDERSON the Wife of Silvester ANDERSON one Childbedd sheete and three pillow beares and one silver Tankard. Item I give and bequeath unto the said Silvester ANDERSON the Lease of the house I now live in Blackfriar in trust only for my said Daughter Elizabeth MAJOR to receive take and enjoy the Rents issues and proffitts thereof to her owne use during the residue of the tearme therein granted or otherwise to be att her disposing as she shall think fitt. Item I give unto the saide Silvester ANDERSON fortie shillings to bye him a ring. Item I give and bequeath unto my saide Daughter Elizabeth MAIER the long needle worke Cushon and fower lesse needleworke Cushons one greene Carpett and two needleworke Cuppboard cloaths which my Will is shall be for her use during her life only but after her decease I doe hereby declare that the saide Cushons Carpett and Cuppboard cloaths shall come unto my Grandchild Anne ANDERSON aforenamed and sucessively to her Children after her decease. Item I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth ANDERSON Daughter of my saide Granddaughter Anne ANDERSON one Certificate or bill for the payment of fortie and two poundes and two shillings signed by James BURNE?, Richard GHE? And Laurance BROMFIELD Treasurers according to ordinance of Parliament the Principall & Interest upon which Bill or Certificate to be paid or allowed my Will is shall remaine in the Custodie of my brother Master Alexander JONES for the better preferment or advancement of he the said Elizabeth but if she shall die before marriage my Will is the same principall and interest shall be devided amongst such Children as the said Silvester shall have by the said Anne his Wife parte and parte a like wholie to discende as the case shall fall out. Item I give and bequeath unto Maior ANDERSON sonne of the said Silvester the summe of twenty poundes of lawfull money of England. Item I give unto my said brother Master Alexander JONES fortie shillings to bye him a Ringe and to my Sister his Wife one gold ring with a stone in it. Item I give unto my Cousins John and Nathaniel JONES sonnes of my said brother Alexander and to Anne Wife of the said John JONES twentie shillings a peice to bye each of them a Ring and to my Grandchild Richard CRUTCHLEY? and my Cousin Alexander DOBBIN twenty shillings a piece. Item I give unto my Cousin Master Lancelott ROPER of Hull twenty shillings to bye him a ring to weare in remembrance of me and to my Cousin Mistris Martha HEWETT? Twentie shillings. Item I give unto my Cousin Mistris Elizabeth MASSON one Ring with a stone in it. Item I give to the poore of the Parish of Blackfriars London twenty shillings to be paid by my Executors [new page] out of my Estate to the Churchwardens of Blackfriars aforesaid by them to be distributed as they shall thinke fitt. And all the rest of my estate of what nature or Condition soe be it be my debts legacies and funeralls being paide and discharged I wholie gave and bequeath the same unto Elizabeth ANDERSON aforenamed Daughter of the saide Silvester by my Grandchild Anne his Wife to remaine in the hands Custodie and possession of my said brother Master JONES for her better preferment in marriage and in case she shall happen to die before marriage then my Will is the same shall be devided amongst the Children as the saide Silvester shall have by the said Anne parte and parte alike or shall wholie descende as the case shall fall oute. And I make and ordaine the saide Silvester Anderson sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament not doubting but he will see the same carefully performed in every respect according to my true intente and meaning herein before declared And I entreate my saide brother Master Alexander JONES to be Overseer of this my Will and to be ayding and assisting to my Executor in the due Execution thereof In Witnesse whereof I the said Elizabeth ROPER have to this my last Will and Testament Contayned in two sheetes of paper (videlicet ) to each of the said sheets sett my hand and to a Labell joining them together att the toppe have sett my seale the day and yeare first before written Elizabeth ROPER Signed sealed published and declared by the said Elizabeth ROPER for her last Will and Testament in the presence of Nicholas LATTIMER William JENKINS * This Will was proved att Westminster the fower and twentieth Day of August in the yeare of our Lord God One thousand six hundred fiftie and fower before the Judges for probate of Wills and granting Administrations lawfully authorized by the oath of Silvester ANDERSON sole Executor named in the above written Will To whome administration of all and Singular the goods Chattells and debts of the said Deceased was Committed he being first legally sworne truly and faythfully to administer the same. * * * Will Reference: British Public Record Office (PRO), The National Archives “Will of Elizabeth Roper, Widow of Blackfriars, City of London” Proved 24 August 1654 PRO Catalog Reference: Prob/11/237 PRO Image Reference: 9 See: http://www.documentsonline.pro.gov.uk/power-search.asp?searchType=powersearch Original Images Crown Copyrighted. Transcribed from an image of the original by William Alexander Roper, Jr., on Sunday, 28 Nov 2004. * * * NOTE 1: Elizabeth ROPER, of Blackfriars appears to be the widow of Lantantius ROPER, the son of John ROPAR (d aft 7 May 1589), Merchant Taylor, and Louise. Lantantius ROPER’s siblings living at the date of John ROPAR’s dear included: Thomas, John, George, Humphrey, Lancelott, Elizabeth and Beatrice. Lantantius ROPER seems to have died between the date of his brother Lancelott ROPER’s Will was written (18 Apr 1646) and the date of writing of the Will of his widow (this Will) on 22 Jan 1652. NOTE 2: The reference to cousin Lancelott ROPER, of Hull, is almost certainly Lantantius ROPER’s nephew Lancelott ROPER, son of Lancelott ROPER, of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire. The elder Lancelott ROPER’s Will was dated 18 Apr 1646 and proved 05 Jun 1654. The younger Lancelott ROPER’s Will was dated 01 Sep 1656 and proved 19 Jun 1657. NOTE 3: Elizabeth ROPER, daughter of Lantatius and Elizabeth ROPER, married Ezekiel MAJOR or MAIORE: Ezechiell MAIOR m Elizabeth ROPER on 30 APR 1622 - Saint Stephan Coleman Street, London, London, England [IGI Batch No. M019662] NOTE 4: Presumably the Ezekial/Ezechiel MAJOR/MAIOR indicated is: EZECHIEL MAIORE (Chr 08 AUG 1596 - Saint Ann Blackfriars, London, London, England), son of Ezechiel [IGI Batch No. C022092] The complete family group of children of the elder Ezechiel would appear to be: 1. Daniel MAIORE (Chr 19 OCT 1595 Saint Ann Blackfriars, London, London, England 2. Ezechiel MAIORE (Chr 08 AUG 1596 Saint Ann Blackfriars, London, London, England 3. Sara MAIRCE (Chr 30 JUL 1598 Saint Ann Blackfriars, London, London, England, d 26 FEB 1601) 4. Steue. MAIOR (Chr 28 JUN 1601 Saint Ann Blackfriars, London, London, England 5. Nathanaell MAIOR (Chr 14 JAN 1602 Saint Ann Blackfriars, London, London, England 6. Sara MAIOR (Chr 10 OCT 1604 Saint Ann Blackfriars, London, London, England NOTE 5: The granddaughter Anne ANDERSON almost certainly must be: Annah MAJOR (Chr 26 JUN 1625 - Saint Ann Blackfriars, London, London, England), dau of Ezek and Elizabeth [IGI Batch No. C022092] NOTE 6: The Alexander JONES identified as brother of Elizabeth ROPER is the “Alexander Jones Merchant, of Saint John the Baptist” whose Will was Proved on 16 Oct 1661. One candidate for this JONES amongst the Baptismal records would be: ALEXANDER JONES (Chr 30 APR 1607 - Saint Ann Blackfriars, London, London, England), son of Robert [IGI Batch No. C022092] NOTE 7: One of the more remarkable discoveries in this Will for both the ROPER and the ANDERSON families is the appearance of the name Maier (Major) ANDERSON, who is identified as a son of Sylvester ANDERSON and Elizabeth MAIER/MAJOR. The name “Major ANDERSON” also appears two generations later in the Parish Register of St. Peter’s Parish, New Kent, Virginia, where a Major ANDERSON was born to a Thomas ANDERSON on 17 Mar 1717 (See http://www.rootsweb.com/~vanewken/stpete04.html ). ROPER researchers are well aware that many ROPERs can be found amongst the entries in the St. Peter’s Parish register. There is also a JONES family in this Parish and JONES and ROPERs owned adjacent tracts of land in New Kent near Warreny Swamp and Old Stage Road. * * * Copyright William Alexander Roper, Jr., 2004.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Roper, Rooper, Walker, Porter, Arundell, Plunket Classification: Will Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/722 Message Board Post: Will of Anne ROPER, Widow of Strand Middlesex (London) Dated 07 Nov 1702 Proved 12 Dec 1702 This is the last will and Testament of Mrs. Anne ROPER of Sommersett house in the Strand Widow and of this my Will I make and Declare my sonne John ROPER whole and sole Executor hereby Devising to him All whatsoever my real and personall estate hee paying to his sister such a sume or summes of money as I shall hereafter by any Writing or Writings by me Signed in the presence of two or more witnesses direct and appoint. In witness whereof I have this Seventh day of November 1702 hereunto sett my hand and Seale. Anne ROPER, Signed sealed and published by the said Anne ROPER in the presence of J. PORTER R. ARUNDELL Nicholas PLUNKETT. I Give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary Catherine the summe of Three hundred and fifty pounds out of my Arrearages due from the Queene Dowager. In witness whereof I have this 7 day of November 1702 sett my hand and seale Anne ROPER In the presence of J. PORTER R ARUNDELL Nicholas PLUNKETT. * [Probate information in Latin appointing John ROPER.] * * * Will Reference: British Public Record Office (PRO), The National Archives “Will of Anne Roper, Widow of Strand, Middlesex” Proved 12 December 1702 PRO Catalog Reference: Prob/11/467 PRO Image Reference: 369 See: http://www.documentsonline.pro.gov.uk/power-search.asp?searchType=powersearch Original Images Crown Copyrighted. Transcribed from an image of the original by William Alexander Roper, Jr., on Saturday, 27 Nov 2004. * * * NOTE 1: This is clearly the Will of Anne Walker ROPER, widow of Francis ROPER, and daughter-in-law of John ROPER, 3rd Baron Teynham. NOTE 2: The Will of Francis ROPER (“Will of Francis Rooper or Roper”), dated 01 Feb 1689 and was Proved 22 Apr 1692, is amongst the “Prerogative Court of Canterbury” holdings of the British Public Records Office and is available through the online facility of the PRO. That Will names wife “Anne”, son “John” and daughters “Mary Catherine” and “Elizabeth”. It appears that Elizabeth must have died between 1689 and 1702. A number of sources show three daughters: “Mary”, Elizabeth” and “Catherine”. It is VERY clear from BOTH the Francis ROPER and the Anne ROPER Will that a single daughter bears the name “Mary Catherine”. I will Post a transcription of the Francis ROPER Will at a future date. NOTE 3: Some secondary sources show Anne WALKER to be of Bringwood, Herefordshire, England. I am unaware of any primary authority for that assertion. Secondary sources show another son of Francis and Ann Walker ROEPR --Francis ROPER -- who died young. Secondary sources assert that John ROPER, Elizabeth and Mary Catherine ROPER all died unmarried. I am unfamiliar with any primary authority for this information, but am also aware of no contrary information. * * * Copyright William Alexander Roper, Jr., 2004.

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Surnames: Roper, Rooper, Webb, Winter, Herle, Hurle, Hurley, Evans, Bolt, Bolte, Gale, Gales, Nixon, Cooke Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/721 Message Board Post: Will of Elizabeth ROPER, Of London, Widow Dated 28 Mar 1658 Proved 26 Apr 1658 In the name of God Amen I Elizabeth ROPER of London Widowe being sicke and weake of body but of good and perfect mind and memorie thankes be to God for it doe hereby make my last Will and Testament in forme following (videlicet ) first I give and bequeath my soule into the hands of Almighty God hoping through the merritts of my Saviour Jesus Christ to obtaine full and free pardon of all my sinns my bodie I commit to the Earth in hope of a joyfull resurrection And concerning what Worldly Estate I injoy I give and bequeath the same and followeth (videlicet ) first I give and bequeath unto my father-in-Lawe Alexander EVANS and to my brother-in-Lawe George HURLE the summe of twentie shillinge a peece. Item I give and bequeath unto my brother-in-law Samuel ROPER the summe of five shillings. Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Katherine ROPER my wedding ring and to my daughter Elizabeth ROPER my sealed ring and my gold ring with a blue Turkie? stone in it. Item I give and bequeath unto my sister Mary HURLE my best silke petticoate and to Master Thomas BALL the summe of tenn shillings. Item I give and bequeath unto my servant George TRIGGE the summe of fortie shillings. And alsoe I give unto him so much Cloth to the value of Twenty shillings as will make him a suite of Cloathes [new page] cloathes. All the rest and residue of my Estate whatsoever my debts first paid and funeral charges discharged I wholly give to my said Daughters Katherine and Elizabeth to be equally divided between them part and part alike. Item my will and minde is that my Executirs hereafter named should take Care of my said Children and out of the profits of my said Estate to educate and bring them upp until they shall attaine unto there severall ages of one and Twentie yeares or dayes of marriage which shall first happen. And I nominate appointe and make the said Alexander EVANS, George HURLE and William GALES full and sole Executors of this my last Will and Testament. And I desire James BOOTH? And my Brother-in-Lawe Richard WINTER to be Overseers of this my last Will and Testament and for their care and paines to be taken therein I give and bequeath to them the summe of tenn shillings a peece. In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale the twentie Eight day of March In The yeare of our Lord One Thousand Six hundred fiftie and Eight. The marke of Elizabeth ROPER sealed and delivered as and for the last Will of the Said Elizabeth pronounced in the presence of the marke of Elianor NIXON the marke of Robella COOKE William THOMLINSON Servant to Humphry TOWNE Sr. Joane COTTLES [in margin] * This Will was proved att London The Six and Twentieth Day of April in the yeare of our Lord God One thousand six hundred fiftie and Eight before the Judges for probate of Wills and granting Administrations lawfully authorized by the oath of Alexander EVANS and George HURLE too of the Executors named in the above written Will To whom Ad= =ministration of all and singular the Goods Chattells and debts of the said deceased was granted and Committed they being first legally sworne trulie and faithfully to administer the same. Power being nevertheless reserved to make like probate and grant like Administra- tion to William GALES the other Executor when he shall come and in legall manner desire the same. * * * Will Reference: British Public Record Office (PRO), The National Archives “Will of Elizabeth Roper, Widow of London “ Proved : 26 April 1658 PRO Catalog Reference: Prob/11/274 PRO Image Reference: 364 See: http://www.documentsonline.pro.gov.uk/power-search.asp?searchType=powersearch Original Images Crown Copyrighted. Transcribed from an image of the original by William Alexander Roper, Jr., on Saturday, 27 Nov 2004. * * * NOTE 1: This is clearly the Will of Elizabeth Webb ROPER, widow of John ROPER, and daughter-in-law of Arthur ROPER. See my previous Post “Will of Arthur ROPER, Of Westminster, Yeoman (Dated 09 Aug 1651, Proved 18 Aug 1651)” (27 Nov 2004 1:49 AM GMT) at http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=surnames.roper&m=720 . NOTE 2: The marriage of John ROPER and Wlizabeth WEBB is given at: JOHN ROPER m ELIZABETH WEBB on 04 FEB 1646 - Saint Margaret, Westminster, London, England [IGI Batch No. M001601] NOTE 3: Birth records of the children appear to be: 1. ELIZABETH ROPER (Chr 26 DEC 1646 - St Nicholas Acons, London, London, England) 2. KATHERNE ROPER (Chr 15 AUG 1648 - St Nicholas Acons, London, London, England) 3. ELIZABETH ROPER (Chr 03 APR 1651 - St Nicholas Acons, London, London, England) [IGI Batch No. P001671] NOTE 4: Husband John ROPER has clearly DIED sometime between the writing of Arthur ROPER’s Will on 09 Aug 1651 and the writing of Elizabeth ROPER’s Will on 28 Mar 1658. Given that no further children were born into the family after 1651, it seems likely that John ROPER’s death was closer to 1651 than to 1658. NOTE 5: Sister Mary HURLE would appear to be: MARIE WEBB m GEORGE HERLE on 21 FEB 1653 - Saint Lawrence Pountney, London, London, England [IGI Batch No. M021631] * * * Copyright William Alexander Roper, Jr., 2004.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Roper, Rooper, Bolt, Bolte, Belt, Winter, Webb, Tumes, Toomes Classification: Will Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/720 Message Board Post: Will of Arthur ROPER, Of Westminster, Yeoman Dated 09 Aug 1651 Proved 18 Aug 1651 In the name of God Amen I Arthur ROPER of Westminster in the Countie of Middlesex yeoman Doe make and ordaine this my last Will and Testament in manner and forme followinge: first I bequeath my Soule into the hands of Almightie God my Creator And my bodie to the Earth to bee buryed in Christian and decent manner in expectation of the resurrection of the one and salvation of both through the infinite mercie of God in the sole merritts of Jesus Christ my Redeemer, for my temporall Estate I dispose as followeth: Imprimis I give unto my Sonne John ROPER Twentie poundes. Item I give unto my Sonne Samuell ROPER five poundes. And to my Daughter Dorothy WINTER Twentie shillings. Item I give unto my Grandchildren Katherine and Elizabeth ROPER Daughters of my said Sonne John ROPER Tenn Shillinges a peece. Item I give to my Grandchildren Arthur and Katherine ROPER Sonne and Daughter of my said Sonne Samuell ROPER Tenne Shillinges a peece. Item I give unto my Grandchildren John Richard and William WINTER the Three Sonnes of my Sonne-in-Lawe Richard WINTER and my said Daughter Sarah his wife to every of them Tenne Shillings a peece. Item I give unto Sarah WISE my kinswoman five Shillinges And to my Servant Anne GURNEY Two Shillinges and Six pense. All the said Severall legacies and bequests beforementioned to bee paid unto the said Severall persons Legatees aforenamed Within one yeare next after my decease. Item I give unto Paul HEATH and John AULFORDE Whome I appointe Overseers of this my Will Two Shillinges Six pence a peece Desiring them as my lovinge friends to assist my lovinge Wife Katherine ROPER in the Execution of this my Will. All the rest and residue of my goods Chattells and Estate reall and personall Whatsoever I give unto my said deare and lovinge wife Katherine ROPER and ordaine her my sole Executrix of this my last Will. And I renounce and revoke all former and other Wills. Witness my hand and Seale this Nynth daie of August in the yeare of our Lord God One Thousand Six hundred fiftie and one. The marke or name of Arthur ROPER in perfect sence and memory as his last Will and Testament in presence of us The marke of Thomas CHILDE Anthony WILSON. * This above Written Will Was proved at London the Eighteenth daie of August in the yeare of our Lord God One Thousand Six hundred fiftie and one before William CLENKE Surrogate of the right worshippfull Sr. Nathaniell BRENT Knight Doctor of Laws and Master or Keeper of the Prarogative Courte By the oathe of Catherine ROPER Relict of the said deceased and Executrix therein named To Whome Administration of all and Singular the goods Chattells and Debts of the deceased Which anie manner of maie concern the same Will Was granted and committed She being first legally Sworne well and faithfully to administer the Same. * * * Will Reference: British Public Record Office (PRO), The National Archives “Will of Arthur Roper, Yeoman of Westminster, Middlesex “ Proved : 18 August 1651 PRO Catalog Reference: Prob/11/218 PRO Image Reference: 115 See: http://www.documentsonline.pro.gov.uk/power-search.asp?searchType=powersearch Original Images Crown Copyrighted. Transcribed from an image of the original by William Alexander Roper, Jr., on Saturday, 27 Nov 2004. * NOTE 1: This MAY have been Arthur ROPER, son of Arthur ROPER (Chr 10 APR 1586 - Saint Peter, Canterbury, Kent, England) [IGI Batch No. P020591] NOTE 2: The wife Katherine or Catherine may have been the Catherine BOLTE shown to have married an Arthur ROPER: Arthur ROPER m Catherin BOLT on 01 JUN 1620 - Saint Mary Mounthaw, London, London, England [IGI Batch No. M001481] NOTE 3: The family group for this Arthur ROPER would APPEAR likely to be: 1. Thomas ROPER (Chr 28 DEC 1614 Saint Margaret, Westminster, London, England), son of Arthur 2. Arthur ROPER (Chr 27 OCT 1616 Saint Margaret, Westminster, London, England), son of Arthur 3. William ROPER (Chr 09 OCT 1618 - Saint Margaret, Westminster, London, England), son of Arthur 4. Jane ROPER (Chr 09 OCT 1618 Saint Margaret, Westminster, London, England), dau of Arthur 5. John ROPER (Chr DEC 1622 Saint Margaret, Westminster, London, England), son of Arthur 6. Samuel ROPER (Chr 27 DEC 1624 Saint Margaret, Westminster, London, England), son of Arthur 7. Jane ROPER (Chr NOV 1626 Saint Margaret, Westminster, London, England), dau of Arthur 8. Elizabeth ROPER (Chr 13 AUG 1628 Saint Margaret, Westminster, London, England), dau of Arthur 9. Arthur ROPER (Chr APR 1630 Saint Margaret, Westminster, London, England), son of Arthur [IGI Batch No. P001601] Sara ROPER is conspicuously MISSING from this lineup and it would seem that VERY FEW of the children survived to 1651, if this is the correct Arthur ROPER family. One possibility is that the first daughter named “Jane” was subsequently renamed “Sarah” to honor some other family member and that another child was subsequently named “Jane” instead. Jane ROPER (Chr 1618) would appear to be precisely the correct age to wed Richard WINTER in 1634 (see below). NOTE 4: The relevant marriages of the children would appear to be: SARA ROPER m RICHARD WINTER on 17 APR 1634 - Saint Margaret, Westminster, London, England SAMUELL ROPER m HELLEN TUMES on 06 JAN 1649 - Saint Margaret, Westminster, London, England JOHN ROPER m ELIZABETH WEBB on 04 FEB 1646 - Saint Margaret, Westminster, London, England [IGI Batch No. M001601] One secondary record shows: RICHARD WINTER m Dorothy BARTLET on 11 FEB 1642 - S Mildreds, Canterbury, Kent, England My original reading of this Will was that the named Winter children are children of Richard and Sarah Roper WINTER, but that there is a daughter, probably actually a daughter-in-law named “Dorothy”. As you will see below, the Baptismal records for the children suggests otherwise. NOTE 5: Daughters of John ROPER are identified as Katherine and Elizabeth. These would appear to be: 1. ELIZABETH ROPER (Chr 26 DEC 1646 - St Nicholas Acons, London, London, England) 2. KATHERNE ROPER (Chr 15 AUG 1648 - St Nicholas Acons, London, London, England) 3. ELIZABETH ROPER (Chr 03 APR 1651 - St Nicholas Acons, London, London, England) [IGI Batch No. P001671] Each of these is identified as a daughter of a John and Elizabeth ROPER NOTE 6: Children of Samuel ROPER seem surely to be: 1. ARTHUR ROPER (Chr 04 OCT 1649 - Saint Margaret, Westminster, London, England) 2. KATHERINE ROPER (Chr 08 APR 1651 - Saint Margaret, Westminster, London, England) 3. JOHN ROPER (Chr 07 OCT 1652 - Saint Margaret, Westminster, London, England) 4. SARAH ROPER (Chr 25 AUG 1653 - Saint Margaret, Westminster, London, England) [IGI Batch No. P001601] Note that these are in the SAME parish where Arthur ROPER’s children were born and where Samuel ROPER and Helen TUMES were wed. And of these, only Arthur and Katherine, were born prior to the writing of Arthur ROPER’s Will on 09 Aug 1651. NOTE 7: Possible children of Richard and Sarah Roper WINTER are: 1. AMIE WINTER (Chr 23 AUG 1635 - Saint Gregory By Saint Paul, London, London, England, 01 SEP 1636), dau of Richard 2. RICHARD WINTER (Chr 09 JUL 1637 - Saint Gregory By Saint Paul, London, London, England, d 11 JUL 1637), son of Richard and Sara [IGI Batch No. C054261] 3. RICHARD WINTER (Chr 25 OCT 1640 - St Martin Ludgate, London, London, England), son of Richard and Sarah 4. SARAH WINTER (Chr 20 NOV 1642 - St Martin Ludgate, London, London, England, d 18 MAR 1643), dau of Richard and Sarah 5. THOMAS WINTER (Chr 30 MAR 1645 - St Martin Ludgate, London, London, England, d 13 NOV 1648), son of Richard and Sarah 6. ARTHUR WINTER (Chr 21 FEB 1646 - St Martin Ludgate, London, London, England, d 14 MAR 1647), son of Richard and Sarah 7. WILLIAM WINTER (Chr 14 JUN 1649 - St Martin Ludgate, London, London, England), son of Richard and Sarah 8. SARAH WINTER (Chr 03 OCT 1651 - St Martin Ludgate, London, London, England), dau of Richard and Sarah 9. AMY WINTER (Chr 06 NOV 1652 - St Martin Ludgate, London, London, England), dau of Richard and Sarah [IGI Batch No. C021602] ALL of these seem to fit very nicely with the Arthur ROPER Will EXCEPT that John WINTER is absent. Note that Richard and William would have been the only living children amongst this group at the date of the writing of Arthur ROPER’s Will. It is probably noteworthy that John WINTER is listed first in the enumeration of the WINTER grandchildren. He is probably the eldest and may have been born in the interval between 09 JUL 1637 and 25 OCT 1640, when this WINTER family may have been between these two parishes. But you will ALSO note that these records reflect children of a Richard and Sarah ROPER, leaving the reference to a daughter Dorothy ROPER rather perplexing. It is certainly POSSIBLE that another Daughter Dorothy married a WINTER. * * * Copyright William Alexander Roper, Jr., 2004.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Roper, Rooper, Paine, Payne, Gee, Mitchell, Michell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/719 Message Board Post: Will of Katherine ROPER, Of Eltham, Kent Dated 25 Sep 1656 Proved 04 Oct 1656 In the name of God Amen the five and Twentith Day of September and in the Yeare of our Lord One thousand six hundred fiftie six I Elizabeth ROPER one of the Daughters of Anthonie ROPER late of Eltham in the Countie of Kent Esquire deceased being att present sick and weake of bodie but of good and perfect minde and memorie thankes be therefore given to Almighty God Calling to minde the uncertaine Estate of this life and how Certaine we are to die and yet the tyme of our death most uncertaine being therefore mindefull and desirous to sett and dispose of such things as God of his infinite Goodnes hast given and lend me in this world I now revoke disannul and disavowe all former Wills and Testamts by me made att anie tyme before the Date of theise presents And doe make this and none other to be my only Last Will and Testament as followeth wherein I doe first bequeath and yeeld xx my soule into the hands of the holy and blessed Trinitie in unitie that gave it and my bodie to the Earth to be decentlie buried att the discre- tion of my Executor hereafter named hoping by and through the meritts death and xaficion of mine onlie Saviour and Redee- mer Jesus Christ and by noe other meanes to have full remission of all my Sinns and to see the Lord in the Land of the Living. And as touching such Estate Goods and Chattells as it hast pleased God to blesse me with all in this life I will give and dispose of the same as followeth Imprimis I will and bequeath unto my loving friend Master John PAINE of Parsoni Greene in the parish of Fulham in the Countie of Middlesex, in whose house I now live the Summe of Tenne pounds. Item unto my Loveing friend the Wife of the said John PAINE the like Summe of Tenn poundes. Item unto Ann Anne Betty my Servant the Summe of Twentie pounds And for the rest and residue of all my debts Goods and Chattells whatsoever I will devise and bequeath the same unto my deare and loving Cousin Thomas GEE of high * [page break] High Holborne in the Countie of Middlesex Gentleman whome I make and ordaine my sole and onlie Executor of this my last Will and Testament. In Witness whereof E: R: Published and declared by the above named Testatrix for her last Will and Testament in the presence of us Elizabeth MICHELL Pe PENSON? The Marke of Anne NIGHTINGIRLE * * * This Will was proved at London Ye fourth day of October In the Yeare of our Lord God One Thousand six hundred fiftie and six before the Judges for probate Of Wills and granting Administrations Lawfully authorized by the oath of Thomas GEE the sole and onlie Executor named in the above written Will to whome Administration of all and singular the goods Chattells and debts of the said deceased was granted and Committed he being first legally sworne trulie and faythfullie to administer the same. * * * Will Reference: British Public Record Office (PRO), The National Archives “Will of Elizabeth Roper of Eltham, Kent” PRO Catalog Reference: Prob/11/258 PRO Image Reference: 305 See: http://www.documentsonline.pro.gov.uk/power-search.asp?searchType=powersearch Transcribed from an image of the original by William Alexander Roper, Jr., on Thursday, 25 Nov 2004. * NOTE 1: This appears to be the Will of Elizabeth ROPER, daughter of Anthony ROPER (b 13 Aug 1583, d 26 Mar 1643) and Dorothy HOLTE, granddaughter of William ROPER (d Bef 12 Nov 1628) and Catherine BROWNE (d Bef 19 Feb 1616), and great-granddaughter of Thomas ROPER (d 21 Jan 1597/8) and Lucia BROWNE (d Bef 10 Jul 1606). Thomas ROPER succeeded his father William ROPER in the ROPER family seat of Well Hall, Eltham. NOTE 2: Elizabeth ROPER’s Father’s Will, dated 24 Mar 1642 and proved 22 Feb 1648, identifies a son Edward ROPER and daughters Marie ROPER, Elizabeth ROPER and Anne ROPER. At he time of Anthony ROPER’s death, he was married to Margaret, daughter of Sir Henry COMPTON. NOTE 3: William ROPER, the great-great grandfather married Margaret MORE, daughter of Sir Thomas MORE, Lord Chancellor, who was beheaded by Henry VIII, and was the first and contemporary biographer of Sir Thomas MORE’s life. A biographical sketch of this William ROPER appears in the Dictionary of National Biography at Volume XVII, pp. 215, 216.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/717.1 Message Board Post: All the available evidence strongly indicates that 'Mr ROPER' of Orpington, Kent was Thomas ROPER son of William ROPER and Margaret MORE-ROPER. So far I have seen no evidence to the contrary. I believe the Thomas ROPER who was detained for a while in the Beauchamp Tower of the Tower of London and who carved his name on the walls there, was the the same person. His detention and interrogation may have been prompted by evidence supplied by George ELLIOT the priest hunter and betrayer of Father Edmund CAMPION.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Colleton, Collington, Coulton, Colton, Cotton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/718.1 Message Board Post: The seem to be MANY spelling variants for COLLETON and COLLINGTON. Amongst these is COLTON and even COTTON! Here is a marriage in Exeter, Devon, England, between a ROPER and a COLLETON: Mary ROPER m Edward COLTON on 02 NOV 1686 at Saint David, Exeter, Devon, England [IGI Batch No. M050911]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Roper, Rooper, Collington, Colleton, Yate, Yates Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/718 Message Board Post: I have recently pointed out a fascinating thread of family connections uniting the ROPER and YATES family over several centuries which unifies ROPERs and YATES through a migration from England, to Virginia, to Maryland and then North Carolina. I have also mentioned in passing the appearance of Father John COLLINGTON in the household of Mrs. YATE in 1581 and the transportation of William YATES and George COLLINGTON to Virginia by Captain William ROPER. See my previous Posts: "YATES and ROPER Families: A Key To Understanding the Origins of the ROPERs of VA and MD" (18 Nov 2004 9:20 PM GMT) http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=surnames.roper&m=715 "The ROPERs of Orpington, Kent: Was Thomas ROPER of Orpington son of Wm ROPER and Margaret MORE?" (19 Nov 2004 7:14 PM GMT) http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=surnames.roper&m=717 Further research relating to the COLLINGTON family seems to pretty much CLINCH a concluson that Captain William ROPER, of Accomack, is of the armigerous Kentish ROPERs, and probably is the son of Christopher ROPER, 2nd Baron Teynham, and Katherine SEABORN. From previous Posts, you will know that Father John COLLINGTON was a member of the household of Mrs. YATE in July 1581 when jesuit missionary Edmund CAMPION was betrayed and captured. CAMPION's Judas was George ELLIOTT a former steward to Mr. ROPER of Orpington. I have presented evidence in a separate Post regarding the likelihood that this Mr. ROPER was Thomas ROPER, son of William ROPER and Margaret MORE. Upon reading the various accounts of the arrest of Father CAMPION, I was under the impression that the accompanying priests were not only arrested with CAMPION, but also convicted and executed. But I have now learned that this was NOT the case. Father John COLLINGTON was acquitted and SURVIVED. There is a very detailed account of his life in the Dictionary of National Biography at pages 791, 792 of Volume IV. But the name in DNB is shown as John COLLETON (1548 - 1635). John COLLETON is identified as the son of Edmund COLLETON, of Milverton, Somersetshire. I will endeavor to Post the entire published biography soon. But particularly telling regarding Father COLLETON's relationship with the ROPER family is this sentence near the end of the biographical sketch: "COLLETON spent the latter part of his life in the house of Mr. ROPER at Eltham in Kent, where he died on 19 Oct. 1635, age 87." Absent additional details regarding just WHEN Father COLLETON arrived at Well Hall, Eltham, it is unclear which Mr. ROPER is serving as his host. But a quick review of the ROPER line of that house reveals that the elder William ROPER (son-in-law to Sir Thomas MORE) died on 4 Jan 1577/1578. We know from William ROPER's DNB biography that William ROPER's son Thomas ROPER succeeded his father in his offices in 1577 and probably occupied Well Hall in advance of his father's death. I have speculated in my prior Posts that this SAME Thomas ROPER was very likely the Mr. ROPER, of Orpington, whose prior servant George ELLIOTT betrayed CAMPION. From the accounts of CAMPION's arrest it seems clear that Father John COLLETON was residing with Mrs. YATE in 1681. So it seems clear that Father COLLETON's arrival at Well Hall was much later. Thomas ROPER died on 21 Jan 1597/1598, when Father John COLLETON would have been about age fifty. It is unclear whether Father COLLETON was already in Thomas ROPER's household by the date of Thomas ROPER's death, but this also seems doubtful from a reading of Father COLLETON's biographical sketch (though he was probably an occasional visitor and guest in the great house before he came to permanently live there). COLLETON is said to have been released from the Tower of London in 1584 and was aparently exiled with seventy-one other priests. He is said to have returned from England in 1587 and thereafter lived mostly in London and Kent (which makes residence with the ROPERs during this period plausible). In 1610, he seems to have been again imprisoned at the Clink prison in Southward for refusing to take the oath of allegiance. So it would seem that Father COLLETON must have resided with the ROPERs mostly during the period after 1598 when Thomas ROPER's son William ROPER (d 02 Aug 1628) had come into possession of Well Hall, and remarkably he seems to have outlived even this latter host, as well. It is easy to see how the ROPERs, already leading Catholic recusants, and major patrons of Catholocism during the Elizabethan period would have felt particularly singularly responsible given that their former servant had betrayed Father CAMPION and caused Father John COLLETON's imprisonment. It seems hardly surprising that the elderly priest had come to live in the household of the grandson and great-grandson of Sir Thomas MORE. Here it is probably also appropriate to note that this latter William ROPER (d 02 Aug 1628) was married to Anne COTTON. Experienced ROPER genealogists will recognize the COTTON name, as the first minister of Hungars Parish, at Accomack, was Rev. William COTTON. And William COTTON married Anne GRAVES, the daughter of ancient Virginia planter Thomas GRAVES. Captain William ROPER seems to have married thirdly Katherine GRAVES, the WIDOW (NOT the daughter) of Thomas GRAVES about 1636. So we see that Captain William ROPER brought to America a George COLLINGTON at roughly the very time that Father John COLLETON was residing in the household of William ROPER (d 02 Aug 1628), of Well Hall. And COTTON was a family also already intermarried with the very William ROPER then occupying Well Hall. But there is also MORE! George COLLINGTON also serves to further unify the ROPERs of Accomack with the ROPERs of Anne Arundel, MD. While I have picked up no further evidence of George COLLINGTON in Virginia, he is shown as being transported to Maryland in 1661. And there is a stream called the COLLINGTON Branch flowing into the Patuxent River in Prince George's about three miles from the location where ROPER Branch flows into the Patuxent River in Anne Arundel. COLLINGTON Branch is here: http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?t=2&s=12&x=435&y=5391&z=18&w=2 http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?t=2&s=13&x=218&y=2696&z=18&w=2 By contrast, ROPERs RANGE, the land where William ROPER, of Anne Arundel, grazed his livestock is adjacent to the ROPERs Branch which may be found HERE: http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?t=2&s=12&x=441&y=5393&z=18&w=2 http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?t=2&s=13&x=220&y=2696&z=18&w=2 I have only just begun investigating the COLLINGTONs/COLLETONs of Maryland. It is unclear what other evidence may emerge. The YATES family also landed in Anne Arundel about the same time the ROPERs and the COLLETONs first appear there and the ROPER, YATES, and SEABORNE families are all found in All Hallowes Parish, South River, Anne Arundel. It is probably also appropriate to mention that the YATES family was intermarried with the WELLS family in Anne Arundel and in a subsequent generation we find ROPERs intermarrying with WELLS in COLLETON County, South Carolina! COLLETON County is named for Sir John COLLETON, one of the original Proprietors of Carolina. Sir John COLLETON's family seems to be from Exeter, Devonshire, England. It is unclear what relationship, if any, existed between the family of Father John COLLETON, George COLLETON, the immigrant to Virginia and Maryland, and Sir John COLLETON, the Colonial Proprietor of Carolina. This certainly bears further investigation.

wonder if the Yates and Ropers of Jefferson County WVA are related?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Roper, Elliot, Elliott, Yate, Yates, More, Browne Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/717 Message Board Post: A "Mr. ROPER", of Orpington, is mentioned in the tale of the capture of jesuit priest Edmund CAMPION (see my previous Post "YATES and ROPER Families: A Key To Understanding the Origins of the ROPERs of VA and MD", 18 Nov 2004 9:20 PM GMT, at http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=surnames.roper&m=715 ). Mr. ROPER was apparently the employer of one George ELLIOTT, who served as his steward and was thereby acquainted with the cook of Mrs. YATE. I have NOT yet seen any more precise identification of Mr. ROPER. The Parish registers of Orpington, Kent, show the following ROPER Christenings within Orpington Parish: Francis ROPER, son of Thomas, bapt 13 SEP 1568 Orpington, Kent, England Mabell ROPER, daughter of Thomas, bapt 19 OCT 1572 Orpington, Kent, England Luce ROPER, daughter of Thomas, bapt 11 AUG 1575 Orpington, Kent, England [see IGI Batch P008371] Thomas ROPER (21 Jan 1597/1598), son of William ROPER and Margaret MORE was married to Lucy BROWNE and is known to have had children named Francis and Mabell (amongst others). Francis ROPER, son of Thomas ROPER and Lucy BROWE is said to have been born about 1569. Mabell ROPER, daughter of Thomas ROPER and Lucy BROWE is said to have been born about 1575. The dates very closely correspond with the records given for the births of the children of Thomas ROPER, of Orpington. That a child was named "Luce", the same name as the wife of Thomas ROPER, son of William ROPER and Margaret MORE, s also highly coincidental. There are also quite a few BROWNEs in this parish. The last of the baptisms shown, that of Luce ROPER on 11 AUG 1575, also very closely corresponds to the date of death of WIlliam ROPER (d 4 Jan 1577/1578). After WIlliam ROPER's death, Thomas ROPER may have moved from Orpington to Well Hall, Eltham. Is anyone aware of any more particular identification of the "Mr. ROPER" whose former servant George ELLIOTT betrayed Father Edmund CAMPION? Is anyone aware of any other extant records which might clarify whether the Thomas ROPER, of Orpington, was actually Thomas ROPER, son of William ROPER and Margaret MORE?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/716 Message Board Post: If anyone has any info on a Philip Keith Roper please contact Beth at [email protected]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Yate, Yates, Roper, Collington, Colleton, Seaborne Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/715 Message Board Post: Captain William ROPER of Accomack, received a grant for 150 acres at Old Plantation Creek, in Accomack, on 06 Sep 1636 for the transportation of three persons: Himself, William YATES, and George COLLINGTON (COLLETON). Given the identities of the persons shown on the Patent, this WIlliam YATES seems almost certainly to be of the family of Francis YATES, of Lyford, Berkshire. Bear in mind that it was at the home of Francis YATES (then imprisoned) that jesuit priest Edmund CAMPION was discovered and betrayed fifty-five years earlier on Sunday, 16 July 1581. Amongst the residents of Lyford Grange then in residence was the Catholic priest Father John COLLINGTON/COLLETON. CAMPION was betrayed by George ELLIOTT a former steward of Mr. ROPER, of Orpington, Kent, who used his previous employment by the ROPERs and acquaintance with the YATE's family's ccok (who had apparently known ELLIOTT while in the employ of the ROPERs) as a basis for inclusion in the secret and forbidden Mass conducted by CAMPION at the YATES residence. Here we find the same families allied in an adventure to America. For details of the capture of Edmund CAMPION see http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~hadland/tvp/tvp8.htm and/or http://www.cin.org/campcapt.html . For details regarding Captain William ROPER's Patent, see: http://lvaimage.lib.va.us/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=375&last=&g_p=P1&collection=LO Patent Or you can search for it with this key reference information: William ROPER Patent Dated 06 SEP 1636 Land Office Patents No. 1, 1623-1643 (v.1 & 2), p. 375 (Reel 1) "150 acres a Small Neck of land lying between the land of John Dennis and the land of Henry Charlton." http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us/F/?func=file&file_name=find-b-clas30&local_base=CLAS30 There are three YATES Patents the same year -- those to a John YATES -- for land on the Elizabeth River on 04 May 1636 for 200 acres, on 04 May 1636 for 150 acres and on 24 Nov 1636 for 150 acres. There are a variety of other early Virginia Patents to Johanna / Joane YATES (1652, 1661), James YATES (1654, 1657, 1668, 1687) and Richard YATES (1664, 1667). These are mostly on tributaries of the Eliizabeth River and/or in Nansemond County, but there are also a couple of grants on the Rappahanock. John YATES' Virginia Patent of 04 May 1636 was in consideration of the transportation of: Mary YATES, Nicholas SEABORNE, John SEABORNE, Richard KNIGHT The second John YATES Patent of 04 May 1636 was for the transportation of: William WHEELER, tho LEAGEN??, Rich? WEST John YATES' Patent of 24 Nov 1636 was in consideration of the transportation of: John YATES, Joane YATES, Richard YATES John YATES' transportation of Nicholas SEABORNE and John SEABORNE is of enormous significance as a clue to the identity of Captain William ROPER. For some years, I have believed that the single best English candidate explaining Captain WIlliam ROPER is the William ROPER born to Christopher ROPER, 2nd Baron, Teynham, of Kent, and Katherine SEABORNE. It may also be of interest to ROPER family historians that the names YATES, ROPER, COLLINGTON, and SEABORNE reappear together in the subsequent generation at All Hallowes Parish, South River, Anne Arundel, Maryland. And YATES is also a name found on the Patent of my ancestor John ROPER, whose 1714 Patent for the plantation on the Chickahominy in Charles City County, was for the transportation of persons to include Elizabeth YATES. ROPERs from the North Carolina lines will no doubt recognize the YATES name as that of a family with whom the ROPERs intermarried during the Revolutionary period. But by that time the ROPER and YATES families seemed to have already been allied -- as Catholic recusants and early Colonists of Virginia and Maryland -- for two hundred years! I would suggest that all ROPER family historians very carefully review their records in consideration of these findings regarding the YATES and ROPER family alliance!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kgDBAEB/58.94.1.1 Message Board Post: I have seen data for several Ropers over the 40+ years I have collected Roper data. Go to http://www.rootsweb.com and type in the last name Ropers and you will find over 1000 listings, including the name you mention. Yours, Dave Roper, [email protected] http://www.roperld.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ropers Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kgDBAEB/85.121.137.138.140.144.147 Message Board Post: What happened to Charles Frederick Ropers and when and/or where was he born? Did he leave for Europe?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ROPERS, imaÏ or imay Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kgDBAEB/58.94.1 Message Board Post: Does the name Johann Georg Friedrich ROPERS mean anything to you?