L. David Roper
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A Roper family lived in Hoxne, Suffolk, England from about 1500 to 1750 and possibly earlier.
Known branches of the Hoxne Roper family:
The above statements are known to be true by means of extensive genealogy work done by Peter James Roper of Great Yarmouth and L. David Roper of Virginia and by Y-chromosome testing of many English and United States Roper males.
The first 11 generations of known descendants of the earliest-known Hoxne Roper b c1475. Different colors are used for the Suffolk and Norfolk places (Hoxne, Tibenham, New Buckenham, Bressingham, Eye and Thornham Magna). No information is known about the connection of the Virginia branch to the other branches.
Roper graves at Hoxne St. Peter and Paul Church |
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 Red squares mark the eight known Roper graves. |
The front graves are near to the main door of the church and date to the early 1700s. Since the data show that this Roper family was in Hoxne from the 1500s or earlier, I suspect that those graves are on top of the graves of earlier Roper ancestors. A Samuel Roper (b c1742 d 1802) is buried under the floor near the altar of the church with his wife’s family (Leman).