Gayle Clemons Newkirk "For where your treasure is, There will your heart be also. “ ----Matt. 6:21 > On May 17, 2014, at 11:32 AM, "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: waroper > Surnames: Roper > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.roper/564.1.2/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > I stumbled across this old post while searching for something else. When I posted this Reply, I was overly relying upon the verity of Dave ROPER's ROPER Family History Files, which I later learned were notoriously unreliable. > > I apologize again to ALL for various postings of erroneous information I garnered from those files. > > Within the post above, I wanted to particularly CORRECT erroneous information about Jesse ROPER: > > "Isaiah ROPER's lineage is shown inthe ROPER Family History FIles to be: > > Charles ROPER (b abt 1720) m Ann GOODWYN > Jesse ROPER (b 31 May 1751 - Dinwiddie, VA) m Theodocia COWLEY > Eldridge ROPER (b 1770 - Richmond, Henrico, VA) > Eldridge Mortimer ROPER (b abt 1803 - VA) m 18 Sep 1838 Amelia WATSON (b abt 1820 - AL) > Isaiah ROPER (b abt 1846 - AL)" > > I recently posted two new dedicated threads distinguishing between Jesse ROPER (b abt 1746), of Chesterfield and Richmond, and Jesse ROPER (b 31 May 1751,d bef 22 Jan 1810), son of Charles ROPER and Ann GOODWYN: > > "Jesse ROPER (b abt 1746), of Chesterfield and Richmond, VA" > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.roper/1902/mb.ashx > > "Jesse ROPER (b 31 May 1751, d bef 22 Jan 1810), son of Charles ROPER and Ann GOODWYN" (10 May 2014 8:12AM GMT ) > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.roper/1903/mb.ashx > > Eldridge ROPER appears within the household of Jesse ROPER, of Richmond, in 1782, and seems likely to be this Jesse ROPER's son. > > Even with that being said, it is important to note that the fixation of ROPER researchers on trying to connect to New Kent ROPER families and the careless and almost whimsical ascription of various ancestors based upon the thinnest of evidence has created a climate where everyone thinks it is OK to make ascriptions WITHOUT DOING ANY RESEARCH OF PRIMARY RECORDS. > > There was a large family seated at Henrico, Virginia, from a VERY EARLY DATE about whom almost NOTHING IS KNOWN because NO ONE HAS BOTHERED TO LOOK UP THE RECORDS FOR HENRICO AND RICHMOND CITY. > > The ascription of Eldridge ROPER as the son of Jesse and Theodocia ROPER, of Richmond, should be treated as an avenue for further research rather than a definitely conclusion. While further research will probably support such an ascription, the evidence seems CONTRARY to any conclusion that Eldridge was a son of Jesse and Obedience ROPER. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. > > <br> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ROPER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message