Abt 1614 - 1680 (66 years)
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Name |
Walter Roper |
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Relationship | with Robert Alan Roy
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Birth |
Abt 1614 |
New Buckenham, Norfolk, England [2, 3, 6, 9, 10] |
Immigration |
1637 (Age 23) [10] |
He along with his parents, sailed in the summer of 1637 on board the Rose of Yarmouth, John Andrews Master. |
Freeman |
18 May 1642 (Age 28) |
Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire [2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11] |
On 18 May 1642 he was admitted as a freeman and took the oath in Boston, though living in Hampton. |
Occupation |
say 1644 (Age 30) [8, 9, 10] |
He was a carpenter. |
Offices Held |
1644 (Age 30) |
Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire [2, 3] |
In 1644 he was elected a Selectman of Hampton, New Hampshire. |
Legal |
1645 (Age 31) [2] |
He served on an Essex County grand jury in 1645. He served again in 1649, 1671, and 1676. |
Land/House |
1646 (Age 32) |
Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire [2, 3] |
In 1646 he had three shares in the commons of Hampton, New Hampshire. |
Moved To |
by 1647 (Age 33) |
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts [2] |
By 1647 he had sold his Hampton home and land to Robert Sayers, and moved to Ipswich, Massachusetts. |
Legal |
1649 (Age 35) |
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts [2] |
He was on a trial jury in 1649. He served again in 1663, 1666, 1669, 1670, 1673, and 1675. |
Land/House |
3 Sep 1652 (Age 38) |
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts [2, 13] |
On 3 September 1652 Allen Perley, the original grantee, sold his house and land in Ipswich, Massachusetts to Walter Roper. |
Miscellaneous |
1653 (Age 39) |
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts [8] |
In 1653 he was an agent for William Payne. |
Legal |
1661 (Age 47) |
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts [8] |
He deposed in 1661 giving his age as about 48 years old. |
Military |
1664 (Age 50) [2] |
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. |
Military |
1677 (Age 63) |
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts [2] |
He was released from training in 1677, paying the Ipswich Militia Company a bushel of Indian corn each year. |
Land/House |
18 Feb 1678 (Age 64) |
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts [1] |
He was listed as having commonage rights on 18 February 1678 in Ipswich, Massachusetts. |
Miscellaneous |
2 Dec 1679 (Age 65) |
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts [10, 13] |
On 2 December 1679 he was listed as being allowed to have a vote in Ipswich town affairs. |
Military |
Mar 1680 (Age 66) |
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts [10] |
He was released from training without payment in March 1680. |
Will |
15 Jul 1680 (Age 66) |
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts [10] |
He made his will. |
Death |
15 Jul 1680 |
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts [2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11] |
Probate/Proved |
28 Sep 1680 [2, 3, 7, 8, 9] |
On 28 September 1680 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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Burial |
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Highland Cemetery, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. [6] |
Siblings |
1 Sibling |
+ | 1. John Roper, b. 1611, New Buckenham, Norfolk, England d. 26 Mar 1676, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts (Age 65 years) ▻ Alice Reynolds, m. 3 Oct 1633 | | 2. Walter Roper, b. Abt 1614, New Buckenham, Norfolk, England d. 15 Jul 1680, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age 66 years) ▻ Susan, m. say 1638 | |
Person ID |
I20440 |
Last Modified |
12 Jul 2021 |
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 |
Marriage |
England |
Family ID |
F519 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Susan, b. Abt 1616 |
Marriage |
say 1638 [2, 3, 9, 10] |
- They married soon after Walter arrived in New England. [10]
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Age at Marriage |
He : ~ 24 years - She : ~ 22 years. |
Children |
From 1639 to 1649 [2, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12] |
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) |
Family ID |
F8116 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
12 Jul 2021 |
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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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| Birth - 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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| Death - 15 Jul 1680 - Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts |
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| Burial - — - Highland Cemetery, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. |
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Pin Legend |
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: Location
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: County/Shire
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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).
- [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).
- [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).
- [S14] Find-a-Grave website, (http://www.findagrave.com), Memorial ID 113987386 Walter Roper.
- [S914] Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Probate Record of Walter Roper.
- [S72] Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Massachusetts , (Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1900).
- [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).
- [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).
- [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).
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