This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: waroper Surnames: Roper, Jarratt Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.roper/1753.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Rev. Devereux JARRATT's autobiography is now available for download from Google Books: The life of the Reverend Devereux Jarratt: rector of Bath parish, Dinwiddie county, by Rev. Devereux JARRATT (Baltimore: Warner & Hanna, 1806) http://books.google.com/books/about/The_life_of_the_Reverend_Devereux_Jarrat.html?id=fn4EAAAAYAAJ I am almost half through the book, though I have NOT found any ROPER mentions. Even so, the book affords some incredible insight into the life and times of JARRATT who was born in New Kent, was a grandson of Joseph BRADLEY, and lived most of his adult life in Dinwiddie County. It also gives terrific insight into the evolution and breakaway of the Methodists, which had existed as a religious society within the Anglican and later Protestant Episcoal Church before separation into a separate relgious denomination. Of course, JARRATT writes from an Episcopal perspective. But he was an evangelical Episcopalian who had embraced the Methodist religious society and clearly felt betrayed when the Methodists separated into another denomination. 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>