Ephraim Roper

1716 -

• Name	Ephraim Roper
  Born	21 Oct 1716	Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [1]
  Military	21 Oct 1716  [1]
  Enlisted for the expedition against the Spanish in the West Indies. In this record he is listed as being born in Sudbury, 23 years of age and a husbandman.
  History	Abt 1748  [1]
  	He built a fortress-like home of logs lined with brick on Rowley Hill to serve as a home and a garrison house.
  Married	8 Apr 1748	Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Michal Houghton, the daughter of Benjamin and Zerviah (Moore) Houghton. She was born on 22 June 1725 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts and was christened on 25 July 1725 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Michal and Ephraim filed marriage intentions on 6 March 1748. They were married by Justice Houghton in a double wedding, joined by her sister, Keziah and Ebenezer Buss. She died on Tuesday 31 December 1816 in Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts. She was probably buried next to her husband, but there is no stone to mark her resting place. Issue: 1. Benjamin Roper (1750-1826) 2. Manassah Roper (1752-1831) 3. Silas Roper (1754-1827) 4. Asa Roper (1756-1834) 5. Nathaniel Roper (1758-____) 6. Enoch Roper (1758-1820) 7. Ephraim Roper (c1760-c1780) 8. John Roper (c1761-1833) 9. Sylvester Roper (1762-1849) 10. Joseph Roper (1764-1837) 11. Lucy Roper (1767-1837)
  History	Abt 1780	Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts   [1]
  	He built a new house which stands today.
  Siblings	9 siblings
  1. Mary Roper,   b. 20 May 1715, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   2. Ephraim Roper,   b. 21 Oct 1716, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   3. Priscilla Roper,   b. 20 May 1718, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   4. Sybillah Roper,   b. 6 Mar 1720, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   5. Abigail Roper,   b. 11 Mar 1722, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts   6. Ruth Roper,   b. 14 Jan 1724, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts   7. John Roper,   b. 27 Oct 1725, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts   8. Nathaniel Roper,   b. 2 Mar 1727, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts   9. Hannah Roper,   b. 3 Mar 1729, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts + 10. Daniel Roper,   b. 2 Oct 1730, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts ,   d. 27 Feb 1821, Rutland, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age 90 years)
  Person ID	I15380
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Ephraim Roper,   b. Abt 1687, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts ,   d. 16 Feb 1730, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts  (Age ~ 43 years)
  Mother	Sybilla Moore,   b. 2 Sep 1694, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Married	Abt 1713	Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F477	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 21 Oct 1716 - Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Married - Michal Houghton, the daughter of Benjamin and Zerviah (Moore) Houghton. She was born on 22 June 1725 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts and was christened on 25 July 1725 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Michal and Ephraim filed marriage intentions on 6 March 1748. They were married by Justice Houghton in a double wedding, joined by her sister, Keziah and Ebenezer Buss. She died on Tuesday 31 December 1816 in Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts. She was probably buried next to her husband, but there is no stone to mark her resting place. Issue: 1. Benjamin Roper (1750-1826) 2. Manassah Roper (1752-1831) 3. Silas Roper (1754-1827) 4. Asa Roper (1756-1834) 5. Nathaniel Roper (1758-____) 6. Enoch Roper (1758-1820) 7. Ephraim Roper (c1760-c1780) 8. John Roper (c1761-1833) 9. Sylvester Roper (1762-1849) 10. Joseph Roper (1764-1837) 11. Lucy Roper (1767-1837) - 8 Apr 1748 - Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts History - He built a new house which stands today. - Abt 1780 - Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S479] Roper, Kenneth L. The Ropers A Biographical Record from Circa 1300 to 1982, (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1982). [S1105] Burr, Annie Lane and Thomas Hovey Gage. "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass., and Some of His Descendants", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Registe, volume LXXIX, 1925).