Person:Thomas Roper (11)

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Thomas Roper
b.Abt 1710
bur.11 Jan 1769 Sidlesham, Sussex, England
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  • H.  Thomas RoperAbt 1710 - 1769
  • W.  Ann Spring - 1759
m. 23 Nov 1733
  1. Thomas Roper1734 - 1813
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  • H.  Thomas RoperAbt 1710 - 1769
  • W.  Hannah (add)
m. 18 Jul 1760
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Name Thomas Roper
Gender Male
Birth[2] Abt 1710
Marriage 23 Nov 1733 Chichester, Sussex, EnglandCathedral
to Ann Spring
Marriage 18 Jul 1760 Sidlesham, Sussex, Englandto Hannah (add)
Burial[3] 11 Jan 1769 Sidlesham, Sussex, England

Thomas Roper’s origins have yet to be established with certainty, although it seems reasonably likely that he was the Thomas Roper baptised at Birdham in Sussex on 29th August 1710.

His first confirmed sighting is on 23rd November 1733, when he married Ann Spring at Chichester Cathedral. At the time of their marriage he was living in Donnington, and she was living in neighbouring Birdham, both a little way south-west of Chichester. Thomas was described as a husbandman.

Thomas and Ann initially lived in Donnington after their marriage, having a son (also called Thomas) baptised there in 1734. They then moved to the neighbouring parish of Sidlesham, where they had another five children baptised between 1735 and 1743.

Ann died in 1759. She was buried at Sidlesham on 8th August 1759, described as Mrs Ann Roper from Mundham, indicating that the family had moved to the neighbouring parish of North Mundham, whilst the “Mrs” implies that the family had a slightly higher status than the ordinary labourers by that time.

After Ann’s death, Thomas returned to Sidlesham. Just under a year after Ann’s death, Thomas married again. His second wife was a widow called Hannah Pain and they married at Sidlesham on 18th July 1760. Thomas was described as a yeoman at this time, and he was said to be 49 years old.

Thomas died in 1769, being buried at Sidlesham on 11th January 1769. He was about 58 years old. Hannah survived him by eleven years.

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  1.   Birdham, Sussex: Bishop’s Transcripts (West Sussex County Council, Chichester).

    Baptisms, Marriages, Burials in the Parish of Birdham in the Year 1710 / August 29 Thomas Son of W[illia]m & Mary Roper Bapt[ised]

    This would appear to be the most likely baptism, being at around the time implied by the age given on Thomas’s marriage licence for his second marriage, and in the neighbouring parish to Donnington where he was said to be living at the time of his first marriage.

  2. ↑ Chichester Archdeaconry Marriage Licence, in Sussex Family History Group. Sussex Marriage Index, 1538-1837. (Sussex, England).

    16 Jul 1760: Thomas Roper widower of Sidlesham 11 months, yeoman, 49 [1710/11] & Hannah Pain widow of the same parish 10 years, 45 [1714/15]. Sponsors Thomas Roper, George Gatehouse of Chichester, innkeeper.

  3. ↑ Church of England. Parish Church of Sidlesham (Sussex). Parish registers of Sidlesham, 1566-1901. (Chichester: West Sussex County Council).

    Burials 1769 / Jan[uar]y 11th – Thomas Roper

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