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/1937.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Within the book An Account of the Society for Promoting Religious Knowledge Among the Poor, Begun Anno 1750 (London: Thomas Field, 1779) there appears on page 32 a mention of the admission of Mr. Charles ROPER to the Society in 1768. He is shown as: "Mr. Charles Roper, Dinwiddie County, Virginia" A copy of this book is now available online at the Google Books website: http://books.google.com/books?id=gHpbAAAAQAAJ&dq=&pg=PA32#v=onepage&q=Roper&f=false It probably bears mention that most of the members are shown to be in England rather than America. Amongst the other subscribing Virginians shown within this volume to be members of the Society are: Mt. Thomas ANDERSON, Dinwiddie County, Virginia (1768) [page 10] Mr. John EDMONSON, Dinwiddie County, Virginia (1768) [page 18] Mr. William GLASSCOCK, Dinwiddie County, Virginia (1768) [page 20] Mr. [sic] Mildred HARDAWAY, Dinwiddie County, Virginia (1768) [page 22] Capt. John HUNTER, Albemarle, Virginia (1758) [page 21] Rev. Devereux JARRAT, Dinwiddie County, Virginia (1767) [page 24] William JACKSON, Dinwiddie County, Virginia (1768) [page 24] Col. William JONES, Dinwiddie County, Virginia (1768) [page 25] Capt. Joseph MARRON, Lunenburg, Virginia (1761) [page 27] Mr. Peter MASON, Dinwiddie County, Virginia (1768) [page 27] Rev. Archibald MacROBERT, Chesterfield County, Virginia (1769) [page 27] Mr. Edward OLD, Dinwiddie County, Virginia (1768) [page 29] Mr. Peter THOMAS, Dinwiddie County, Virginia (1768) [page 36] Rev. John TODD, Louisa County, Virginia (1756) [page 36] Mr. Jeremiah WHITE, Dinwiddie County (1768) [page 39] * It is perhaps noteworthy that this Society has more members from Dinwiddie alone than from any other Colony in America. It seems likely that Rev. JARRATT was a driving force in obtaining additional members in Dinwiddie. It is also perhaps noteworthy that several of the other handful of American members are very significant figures of the Colonial period, such as Dr. Benjamin RUSH, of Philadelphia, and Richard STOCKTON, of Princeton, NJ. 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>