Abt 1614 - 1680 (~ 66 years)
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Name |
Walter Roper |
- He was a carpenter. [8, 9, 10]
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Born |
Abt 1614 |
New Buckenham, Norfolk, England [2, 3, 6, 9, 10] |
Immigration |
1637 [10] |
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- He along with his parents, sailed in the Summer on board the Rose of Yarmouth, John Andrews Master.
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Freeman |
18 May 1642 |
Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire [2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11] |
- He was admitted as a freeman and took the oath in Boston, though living in Hampton.
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Offices Held |
1644 |
Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire [2, 3] |
- He was elected a Selectman.
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Legal |
1645 [2] |
- He served on an Essex County grand jury. He served again in 1649, 1671, and 1676.
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Land/House |
1646 |
Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire [2, 3] |
- He had three shares in the commons.
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Moved To |
by 1647 |
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts [2] |
- He had sold his Hampton home and land to Robert Sayers, and moved to Ipswich.
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Legal |
1649 |
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts [2] |
- He was on a trial jury. He served again in 1663, 1666, 1669, 1670,1673, and 1675.
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Land/House |
3 Sep 1652 |
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts [2, 13] |
- Allen Perley, the original grantee, sold his house and land to Walter Roper.
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Miscellaneous |
1653 |
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts [8] |
- He was an agent for William Payne.
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Legal |
1661 |
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts [8] |
- He deposed giving his age as about 48 years old.
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Military |
1664 [2] |
- He accused Samuel Hunt of mutiny when the officers ordered the men to clear the Wolfpen plain for the exercise of the regiment.
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Military |
1677 |
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts [2] |
- He was released from training, paying the company a bushel of Indian corn each year.
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Land/House |
18 Feb 1678 |
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts [1] |
- He was listed as having commonage rights.
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Miscellaneous |
2 Dec 1679 |
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts [10, 13] |
- He was listed as being allowed to have a vote in town affairs.
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Military |
Mar 1680 |
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts [10] |
- He was released from training without payment.
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Will |
15 Jul 1680 |
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts [10] |
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Died |
15 Jul 1680 |
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts [2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11] |
Buried |
Est 17 Jul 1680 |
Highland Cemetery, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. [6] |
Probate/Proved |
28 Sep 1680 [2, 3, 7, 8, 9] |
- His will was proved. He left bequests to his wife, Susan; sons John and Nathaniel; daughters Mary, Elizabeth and Sarah; grand children Elizabeth Roper, Susan, Margaret, Rose and Sarah Sparkes, and Elizabeth and Susan Dutch. The inventory of his estate amounted to £191.
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Probate Record of Walter Roper
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Web References |
2019 |
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Siblings |
1 sibling |
+ | 1. John Roper , b. 1611, New Buckenham, Norfolk, England , d. 26 Mar 1676, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 65 years)
| | 2. Walter Roper , b. Abt 1614, New Buckenham, Norfolk, England , d. 15 Jul 1680, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 66 years)
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Person ID |
I20440 |
Last Modified |
4 Jun 2020 |
Father |
John Roper, b. Abt 1588, New Buckenham, Norfolk, England , d. After 16 Jul 1664, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age ~ 76 years) |
Mother |
Alice, d. 26 Mar 1676, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts |
Married |
England |
Family ID |
F519 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Susan, b. Abt 1616 [2, 3, 9, 10] |
Married |
say 1638 |
- He married soon after arriving in New England. [10]
- Issue:
1. Mary Roper (1639-____)
2. Sarah Roper (c1645-____)
3. Elizabeth Roper (c1648-____)
4. Nathaniel Roper (c1641-1685)
5. Benjamin Roper (c1643-1675)
6. John Roper (1649-1721) [2, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12]
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Age at Marriage |
He was 24 years - She was 22 years |
Last Modified |
17 Dec 2019 |
Family ID |
F8116 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- Birth: Farmer (1829) gives his birth as about 1612. [5]
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Event Map |
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 | Born - Abt 1614 - New Buckenham, Norfolk, England |
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 | Freeman - 18 May 1642 - Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire |
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 | Offices Held - 1644 - Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire |
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 | Land/House - 1646 - Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire |
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 | Moved To - by 1647 - Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts |
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 | Legal - 1649 - Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts |
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 | Land/House - 3 Sep 1652 - Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts |
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 | Miscellaneous - 1653 - Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts |
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 | Legal - 1661 - Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts |
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 | Military - 1677 - Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts |
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 | Land/House - 18 Feb 1678 - Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts |
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 | Miscellaneous - 2 Dec 1679 - Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts |
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 | Military - Mar 1680 - Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts |
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 | Will - 15 Jul 1680 - Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts |
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 | Died - 15 Jul 1680 - Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts |
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 | Buried - Est 17 Jul 1680 - Highland Cemetery, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. |
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Pin Legend |
: Address
: Location
: City/Town
: County/Shire
: State/Province
: Country
: Not Set |
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Sources |
- [S1718] anonymous. "Materials for the History of Ipswich", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume VII, 1853), Secondary Source.
- [S653] Davis, Walter Goodwin. Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis volume III, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1996), Secondary Source.
- [S642] Dow, Joseph. History of the Town of Hampton, New Hampshire from its Settlement in 1638, to the Autumn of 1892 , (Salem, Massachusetts: Salem Press and Publishing Company, 1894), Secondary Source.
- [S1721] Essex Institute. Vital Records of Ipswich, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 Volume II Marriages and Deaths, (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1910), Secondary Source.
- [S1571] Farmer, John. Genealogical Register of First Settlers of New England, (Lancaster, Massachusetts: Carter, Andrews, & Company, 1829), Secondary Source.
- [S14] Find-a-Grave website, (http://www.findagrave.com), Secondary Source.
Memorial ID 113987386 Walter Roper
- [S914] Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Primary Source.
Probate Record of Walter Roper
- [S72] Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Massachusetts , (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1900), Secondary Source.
- [S1719] Roper, Ella E. Ropers of Sterling and Rutland, (East Orange, New Jersey: Fred H. Covin, 1904), Secondary Source.
- [S479] Roper, Kenneth L. The Ropers A Biographical Record from Circa 1300 to 1982, (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1982), Secondary Source.
- [S808] Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May 1692 on the Basis of Farmer's Register, volume III, (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1861), Tertiary Source.
- [S1674] Tibbetts, Charles W. "Hampton Town Records", (Dover, New Hampshire: The New Hampshire Genealogical Record, Volume II, July 1904 - April 1905), Secondary Source.
- [S1720] Waters, Thomas Franklin. Ipswich in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, (Ipswich, Massachusetts: The Ipswich Historical Society, 1905), Secondary Source.
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