Roper/Rooper families for www.roperld.com
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Origin of Roper surname
People with the surname Roper were 0.008% of the population in the 1990 U.S. census.
Map of the distribution of people with the surname Roper in the 1990 U.S. census.
Majority USA Roper Family Union III & IV
Join the Roper Genetics Project?
The Roper male-line Y-chromosome project has yielded, with high probability, the defining 37-marker set for the combined southern (descended from the early Ropers in Virginia) and northern (descended from the early Ropers in Massachusetts) Ropers and English (border area of Suffolk and Norfolk); therefore, the set for their common Roper ancestor in England. The set is
Location: 393 390 19 391 385a 385b 426 388 439 389-1 392 389-2
Value: 13 24 14 10 11 16 12 12 12 13 13 30
Location: 458 459a 459b 455 454 447 437 448 449 464a 464b 464c 464d
Value: 17 9 10 11 11 25 15 19 30 16 17 17 18
Location: 460 GATA H4 YCAIIa YCAIIb 456 607 576 570 CDYa CDYb 442 438
Value: 11 11 19 23 15 15 17 16 36 38 12 12
I call this the English/Majority USA Roper (EMUR) family. Any Roper male who wants to check if he is in the EMUR only needs to have the first twelve markers measured; if they are the same as given in the first two rows above or differ by only one digit in one location, he is in the family. The middle two rows contain 13 markers, which usually are not necessary to be measured to find out whether one is in the family. The last two rows give 12 more markers that generally mutate faster than the previous 25 markers. Measuring the middle 13 and last 12 markers makes result more decisive as to which sub-family the testee belongs.
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Also, send data showing your Roper ancestry to roperld@vt.edu
The given names for the progenitors are approximately in alphabetical order.
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Revised 5 December 2005
Click on first letter of given name: A B C E F H J L M N R S T W
(EMUR Families shown related by Y-Chromosome tests in bold red)(Families shown not related to the red families by Y-Chromosome tests in bold violet.)
Descendants of
Alias Surnames/ Comments/Spouse(s)/
(file name)ID
List of Surnames
List of Locations
No. of persons Y-Chromosome Project Status Some places
Henry Rooper
(bEng)
Roper/
Also in William Rousper file./
? Sadler/
(file=Rooper)R36081
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1576 (Y-Chromosome test available for at least one member of this family.) Derby Co. England;
Wasco Co. OR
Roper families of Dorset, England
(1550-1680)
/three families/ 1st & 2nd (John): spouse unknown; 3rd (Richard): Ann Petty/
(file=RoperDor)R153666 & 154033 & R124360
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1259 (Y-Chromosome test available for at least one member of this family.) Dorset County, England
A Roper family of Norfolk, England
(c1750)
/Many with Snelling given name//
(file=RoperAS)R245371
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186 (A Y-Chromosome test needs to be done for this family.) Norfolk County,England
Alice Roper
(bc1605Eng)
//John Hayward/
(file=RoperAJH)R86043
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32,918 England;
Dinwiddie Co. VA;
Edgefield Co. SC;
Muscogee Co. GA
Alice Roper
(bc1605Eng)
//William Davis/
(file=RoperAWD)R69971
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1777 MD
Ann Roper
(bc1752Eng d1825Eng)
//Thomas Canham/
(file=RoperATC)R85274
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243 Cambridge, England
Family of Beverly Roper
(b1824SC d1904GA)
/Includes descendants of 6 of his siblings; Mother: Mariam
/Susan Phillips/
(file=RoperBev)R167682
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909 (Y-Chromosome test available for at least one member of this family.) SC; GA; OK
Catherine Amanda Roper
(b1812VA d1853Al)
//Joseph Milton Parmer/
(file=RoperCJP)R193781
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333 VA; AL
Charles Roper
(bc1720Eng d1801SC)
/Also in Alice Roper and John Roper, Jr files.
/Ann Goodwyn/
(file=RoperEdg)R4836
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32,363 (Y-Chromosome test available for at least one member of this family.) Dinwiddie Co. VA;
Edgefield Co. SC;
Muscogee Co. GA
Charles J Roper
(b1818KY)
//Elizabeth ?/
(file=RoperCJE)R6700
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560 (A Y-Chromosome test needs to be done for this family.) KY; AR;
TX; OK
Elizabeth Roper
(bc1560Eng)
//John Phillpot/
(file=RoperEJP)R197761
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342 England, MA
Elizabeth Roper
(bc1750 d1788NC)
//Frederick Alberty/
(file=RoperEFA)R66816
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995 NC; OK
Elizabeth Roper
(bc1775Eng)
//William Brown/
(file=RoperEWB)R197165
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228 England; NY
Frances Ann Roper
(bc1742Eng d1812Eng)
//William Hastings/
(file=RoperFWH)R67382
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931 England;
OH
Harriet Roper
(b1823Eng d1900PA)
//Moses Tuck/
(file=RoperHMT)R155329
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403 England;
PA
Henry Roper
(bc1750)
/Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Roper family
/spouse unknown/
(file=RoperCBNS)R158139
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1611 (Y-Chromosome test available for at least one member of this family.) VA;
Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Henici Roper
(bc1547Eng)
//Agneta Bosbury/
(file=RoperHMAB)R154818
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539 (Y-Chromosome test available for at least one member of this family.) England;
Canada
James Roper
(b1700Eng d1775Eng)
//Hannah Osborne/
(file=RoperNic)R101689
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918 (Y-Chromosome test available for at least one member of this family.) Suffolk Co. England;
Jefferson Co. WV;
Baltimore MD
John Roper
(bc1560Eng)
/Grandson: Hugh Roper of Somerset, England//
(file=RoperHug)R146625
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9244 (A Y-Chromosome test needs to be done for this family.) Somerset Co. England;
Isle of Wight Co. VA;
Bertie Co. NC;
York Co. SC; AR
James Roper
(b1741NC d1800NC)
//Alice ?/
(file=RoperJasA)R4857
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737 (A Y-Chromosome test needs to be done for this family.) NC; TN; TX
James Roper
(b1766NC d1853NC)
/My family. Also in John Roper, Jr. file./
Elizabeth ?/
(file=RoperJas)R401
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10,904 (Y-Chromosome test available for at least one member of this family.) Orange, Burke & Macon Cos. NC;
MO; OK
James Roper
(b1820Eng d1859)
//Sarah Iroes/
(file=RoperJSI)R60241
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615 (A Y-Chromosome test needs to be done for this family.) England;
MO
James Aaron Roper
(b1880)
//Henrietta Hall/
(file=RoperJaHH)R117050
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257 (A Y-Chromosome test needs to be done for this family.) TX; ?
Joan Roper
(bc1745Eng)
/Family of US Presidents John Adams & John Quincy Adams/
Thomas Muttlebury/
(file=RoperJTM)R156033
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701 England; MA
Johanna Roper
(bc1530Eng)
//Richard Wood/
(file=RoperJRW)R171667
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1224 England; NY
John Roper
(bc1495Eng d1559Eng)
/Charleston SC Roper family/
spouse unknown/
(file=RoperEng)R171691
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1259 (Y-Chromosome test available for at least one member of this family.) England;
Australia;
SC
John Roper
(bc1645Eng? dc1698VA)
//Susan ?/
(file=RoperNKV)R2600
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1285 (A Y-Chromosome test needs to be done for this family.) England;
New Kent Co. VA;
NC; Sevier Co. TN
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Descendants of
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(file name)ID
List of Surnames
List of Locations
No. of persons Y-Chromosome Project Status Some places
John Roper
(bc1534Eng d1618Eng)
Baron Teynham/
Also in William Rousper file./
Elizabeth Parke;
Elizabeth Dyon
/
(file=Teynham)R22695
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8823 (A Y-Chromosome test needs to be done for this family.) Kent, London & Hampshire Cos. England
John Roper, Jr. /My family/Susannah ?;
Mary ?
/
(file=RoperJr)R3517
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33,741 (Y-Chromosome test available for many members of this family, the Majority USA Roper or RoperY1 family.) Charles City Co. VA;
New Kent Co. VA;
Caswell & Burke Cos. NC;
Pickens Co. SC;
MO; OK
John Roper
(bc1735 dc1797NC)
//Lucy Haws/
(file=RoperJLH)R14122
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1162 (A Y-Chromosome test needs to be done for this family.) NC; KY; MO
John Roper
(bc1745 dc1830Eng)
/Family of Baron Roper/Mary Fox/
(file=RoperJMF)R162846
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151 (Y-Chromosome test available for at least one member of this family.) Kent, Warwick, Essex & Norfolk Counties, England
John Roper
(bc1750NC d1831TN)
//Bethany ?/
(file=RoperJB)R50640
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1936 (A Y-Chromosome test needs to be done for this family.) NC; TN;
Lincoln & Lawrence Cos. TN
John Roper
(b1770Eng d1823Eng)
/Father: John b1749Eng/
Hannah Bryham/
(file=RoperVa)R51958
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371 (A Y-Chromosome test needs to be done for this family.) England; PA;
Norfolk & Portsmouth VA
John C. Roper
(b1796VA d1876MO)
//Hannah B Martin;
Anna Baker Naves
/
(file=RoperJC)R3550
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2141 (A Y-Chromosome test needs to be done for this family.) VA; KY; MO
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(file name)ID
List of Surnames
List of Locations
No. of persons Y-Chromosome Project Status Some places
Joshua Roper
(bc1725Eng d1795Eng)
//Sara Booth/
(file=RoperJsh)R38395
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964 (A Y-Chromosome test needs to be done for this family.) Derby & York Cos. England;
PA; UT
Lydia Mary Roper
(bc1721Eng d1784Eng)
//John Godber/
(file=RoperLMJG)R108241
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313 England
Mary Ann Roper
(bc1787NC dc1860NC)
//Jesse Haywood/
(file=RoperMAJH)R103344
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288 NC
Noah Roper
(b1720Eng d1796Eng)
/Parents: John & Mary;
Sisters: Mary b1715 & Sarah b1720
/Elizabeth Pell;
Eleanor Roberts;
Mary Goodband;
Rebecca Marsh
/
(file=RoperNoa)R38719
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2098 (A Y-Chromosome test needs to be done for this family.) Lincoln Co. England;
UT; ID
Richard Roper
(bc1706Eng)
//Mary Kirkman/
(file=RoperRMK)R131547
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203 (A Y-Chromosome test needs to be done for this family.) England
Robert Roper
(bc1500Eng d1532End)
/Brother: Richard; Mass. Roper family 1637//
(file=RoperMa)R274075
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11,558 (Y-Chromosome test available for at least one member of this family.) Norfolk Co. England;
MA; NY;
CT; west
Robert Roper
(b1548Eng)
/Father: John bc1510Eng
/Helena Hobson/
(file=RoperRHH)R33694
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195 (A Y-Chromosome test needs to be done for this family.) England; WV
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(file name)ID
List of Surnames
List of Locations
No. of persons Y-Chromosome Project Status Some places
Solomon Roper
(b1820NC)
//Sarah Alice Hurt/
(file=RoperSol)R68211
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300 (A Y-Chromosome test needs to be done for this family.) NC; TN
Thomas Roper
(bc1725Eng m1748Eng)
//Sarah Smith;
Jane Wilson
/
(file=RoperTSS)R108264
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306 (A Y-Chromosome test needs to be done for this family.) Suffolk County, England;
Australia
Thomas Roper
(b1754Eng d1838Eng)
//Mary Howarth/
(file=RoperTMH)R191640
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218 (A Y-Chromosome test needs to be done for this family.) England
Thomas Roper
(b1783Eng)
/Father: Thomas
/Mary Ann Burton/
(file=RoperThs)R89337
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352 (A Y-Chromosome test needs to be done for this family.) England;
New Zealand
William Roper
(b1498Eng dc1577Eng)
/Thomas More family.
Also in William Rousper file./
Margaret More/
(file=RoperMor)R22676
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1356 (A Y-Chromosome test needs to be done for this family.) Kent Co. England;
Putnam Co. KY
William Roper
(b1606Eng dc1650VA)
/Member of Virginia House of Burgesses
Also in Teynham/
Katherine Graves/
(file=RoperAck)R37256
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3142 (A Y-Chromosome test needs to be done for this family.) England;
Northampton & Accomack Cos. VA;
Anne Arundel Co. MD
William Roper
(b1802SC dc1884AL)
//Jincy C. Smith;
Nancy Farr
/
(file=RoperWm)R110671
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690 (A Y-Chromosome test needs to be done for this family.) Pickens Co. SC;
Shelby, Talladega, & Covington Cos. AL
William Roper
(b1803NC dc1864MO)
//Polly Stephenson/
(file=RoperWPS)R71655
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290 (A Y-Chromosome test needs to be done for this family.) NC; MO
William Roper
bc1830ENG)
//Sarah Ann Cameron/
(file=RoperWSAC)R162471
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215 (A Y-Chromosome test needs to be done for this family.) England
William Rousper
(bc1154Eng db1189Eng)
Rospear, Roper, Rooper/
(parents=Richard Musard & Isabel Nevill)/
Elnith Apuldore/
(file=Rousper)22649
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32,140 (A Y-Chromosome test needs to be done for this family.) SE England
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(Only males with Surname Roper, Rooper, Rupierre or Musard)
Also, send data showing your Roper ancestry to roperld@vt.edu