This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: waroper Surnames: Roper, Trotter, Willson, Wilson, Latimer, Meade, Perry, Fisher Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.roper/1939.15/mb.ashx Message Board Post: There is a very brief mention of an Elizabeth Forrister ROPER within the transcription of the Will of Hannah TROTTER dated 17 Oct 1794 and Proved in Brunswick County, Virginia, on 23 Oct 1797. Since a transcription of this Will may be readily found online at the Archive.org site and was published within the Southside Virginian, I am only including sufficient abstract information to make discovery and reference of this post convenient using the RootWeb Message Board search facility. I am including the mention within this thread which collects some of the other abundant information about the ROPER families which resided in Brunswick, VA. The transcription appears within "Recorded Wills of Brunswick County," by Susan B. SHEPPARD, The Southside Virginian, Volume 3, No. 1 (Oct 1984), page 35. The mention in Hannah TROTTER's Will is very terse: "Item. I give and bequeath to Elizabeth forrister Roper one Gold ring also one striped Virginia cloth gound, to her and her heirs forever." Hannah TROTTER made two other bequests seemingly to direct or collateral members of the WILLSON family: Nancy WILLSON, Henery [Henry] Willson LATIMER and the children of Henery WILLSON. Hannah TROTTER appoints John WILLSON and Jonathan FISHER as executors. Witnesses to this Will were John LATIMER and Mouring PERRY. Hannah TROTTER and Jahn LATIMER signed by mark. See transcription of this Will appearing online at: https://archive.org/stream/southsidevirgini3198485#page/35/mode/1up/search/Roper * * * NOTE 1: In my view, the overall context of this Will suggests that it might be that of an older widow who is making small, mostly sentimental bequests, possibly to grandchildren, Godchildren, or neighbors for whom she has an affinity, but this is far from certain. NOTE 2: The several mentions of WILLSON in different conexts -- naming John WILLSON as co-executor, Henery WILLSON's children, Nancy WILLSON and Henery Willson LATIMER -- suggest a close connection to the WILLSON family. NOTE 3: Jeremiah ROPER is KNOWN to have married Patsey WILSON, daughter of John WILSON, in Brunswick, VA, on on 22 Dec 1785. Andrew MEADE was the witness and the marriage was performed by Thomas LUNDIE, Rector of St. Andrews Parish. The marriage of Jeremiah ROPER to Patsy WILSON seems to introduce at least the bare possibility that Elizabeth Forrister ROPER could be a daughter from that marriage. * * * I have NOT undertaken any concerted study of the WILSON family in Brunswick. A study of the abundant extant deed records, Will records and marriage records from that county may inform our understanding of Hannah TROTTER's relationship to the WILSONs and possible connection to the ROPER family. 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>