Walter Roper

Abt 1614 - 1680  (~ 66 years)

• Name	Walter Roper
  Born	Abt 1614	New Buckenham, Norfolk, England   [5, 6, 9, 11, 12]
  Immigration	1637  [12]
  	He along with his parents, sailed in the Summer on board the Rose of Yarmouth, John Andrews Master. [12]
  History	1638 to say 1646	Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
  	On 18 May 1642, he was admitted as a freeman and took the oath in Boston, though living in Hampton. [5, 8, 10, 11, 12, 16] In 1644, he was elected a Selectman. [5, 6] In 1646, he had three shares in the commons. [5, 6] By 1647, he had sold his Hampton home and land to Robert Sayers, and moved to Ipswich. [5]
  History	1647 to death	Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts
  	He was a carpenter. [10, 11, 12] In 1645, he served on an Essex County grand jury. He served again in 1649, 1671, and 1676. [5] In 1649, he was on a trial jury. He served again in 1663, 1666, 1669, 1670,1673, and 1675. [5] On 3 September 1652, Allen Perley, the original grantee, sold his house and land to Walter Roper. [5, 14] In 1653, he was an agent for William Payne. [10] In 1661, he deposed giving his age as about 48 years old. [10] In 1664, he accused Samuel Hunt of mutiny when the officers ordered the men to clear the Wolfpen plain for the exercise of the regiment. [5] In 1677, he was released from training, paying the company a bushel of Indian corn each year. [5] On 18 February 1678, he was listed as having commonage rights. [4] On 2 December 1679, he was listed as being allowed to have a vote in town affairs. [12, 14] In March 1680, he was released from training without payment. [12] On 15 July 1680, he made his will. [5, 10] On 28 September 1680, his will was provedd. 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. [see document below] [2, 5, 6, 10, 12]
  Died	15 Jul 1680	Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts   [5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 16]
  Last Full Review	17 Dec 2019
  Buried	Highland Cemetery, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [9]
  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)
  Person ID	I20440
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2019

  
  

  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  [5, 6, 11, 12]
  Married	say 1638
  He married soon after arriving in New England. [12] 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) [5, 7, 11, 12, 13, 16]
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2019
  Family ID	F8116	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: Farmer (1829) gives his birth as about 1612. [8]

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1614 - New Buckenham, Norfolk, England History - 1638 to say 1646 - Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire History - 1647 to death - Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts Died - 15 Jul 1680 - Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts Buried - - Highland Cemetery, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents

  Probate Record of Walter Roper

  
  

• Sources

  [S2001] ----------- Primary Sources -------------. [S914] Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Primary Source. Probate Record of Walter Roper [S2002] ------------- Secondary Sources -------------. [S1718] anonymous. "Materials for the History of Ipswich", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume VII, 1853). [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). [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 [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). [S479] Roper, Kenneth L. The Ropers A Biographical Record from Circa 1300 to 1982, (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1982). [S1674] Tibbetts, Charles W. "Hampton Town Records", (Dover, New Hampshire: The New Hampshire Genealogical Record, Volume II, July 1904 - April 1905). [S1720] Waters, Thomas Franklin. Ipswich in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, (Ipswich, Massachusetts: The Ipswich Historical Society, 1905). [S2003] ------------- Tertiary Sources -------------. [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.