Person:Ephraim Roper (1)

Name^[1]	Ephraim Roper
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]^[2]	1687	Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	Bef 1715	Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United StatesEstimate based on date of birth of eldest known child (Mary). to Sybilla Moore
Death^[1]^[2]	16 Feb 1730	Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 27. Ephraim Roper (4), in Roper, Ella E. The Ropers of Sterling and Rutland. (East Orange, New Jersey: Fred.H. Colvin (under the auspices of the Roper Association), 1904)
87.

27. Ephraim Roper (4) (Ephraim 3, John 2, John 1) B. Sudbury, Mass., 1687, m. Sudbury, Mass., about 1714, Sybillah Moore, daughter of Richard and Mary (Collins) Moore, b. Sudbury, Sept. 2, 1694. (Collins) Moore, b. Sudbury, Sept 2, 1694. Captive among Indians 1697-9. Residence, Sudbury till about 1720: first four children born in that town. The remainder of the family b. in Worcester, Mass. Farmer. Accidentally killed in the woods, Feb. 16; 1730."
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Nutt, Charles. History of Worcester and Its People. (New York, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1919)
1:220.

"Roper, Ephraim⁴ (Ephraim³3, John², John¹), b. in Sudbury, 1687, m. there about 1714 Sybillah Moore, dau. of Richard and Mary (Collins). He was captured by Indians and kept two years. About 1721, he moved from Sudbury to this town. He was accidentally killed by a gunshot wound, Feb. 16, 1780, and is buried on the Common. He was of Sudbury, April 20, 1721, when he bought land here of Jonas Rice."
Ephraim Roper, in Find A Grave.