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BENJAMIN ROPES ;3 cordwainer until 1716, when he bought the Globe tavern, which he subsequently conducted; married Anne Phippen March 10, 1694-5; died Nov. 20, 1717; she married, secondly, John Green; children : I. Benjamin,4 born Feb. 11, 1695-6; died March 1, 1695-6; 2. Hannah,4 born May 5, 1699; died Oct. 9, 1703 ; 3. Benjamin,4 born Jan. 24, 1700-1 ; 4. David,4 born Jan. 7. 1702-3; died Oct. 14, 1703 ; 5. David,+ born Sept. 4, 1704; died before 1717; 6. Thomas,4 born July 15, 1706; 7. George,4 born May 15, 1709; died July 19, 1710; 8. Ann, born March 5, 1710-I ; died before 1717; 9. Lydia,4 born Oct. 24, 1713; married Joseph Lambert; 10. George,4 born March 24, 1715-6; removed to Marblehead in 1739; cooper ; married Rebecca Diamond Jan. 20, 1743; was living in 1758. JOHN ROPES;3 cordwainer; married Dorothy Bartlett of Newbury June 6, 1707; died in 1754; children : 1. John,4 born July 27, 1709; 2. Jonathan,4 born Nov. 27, 1710; died Jan. 19, 1710-1; Dorothy, born Dec. 17, 1711; married Samuel Archer; 4. George,4 born Feb. 20, 1713-4; died young ; 5. Mary, born July 25, 1716; married Jacob Ashton of Marblehead Nov. 6, 1743; died Nov. 8, 1812, aged ninety-six ; 6. Jonathan,4 born Dec. 26, 1718; 7. Elizabeth,4 born June 12, 1721 ; died young. SAMUEL ROPES ;3 cordwainer ; married Lydia Neal Jan. 12, 1709-10; she was his wife in 1719; he died Oct. 12, 1761 ; children: r. Lydia,4 born Dec. 3, 1710; died Jan. 21, 1710-1; 2. Lydia,4 born Dec. 23, 1711 ; deranged ; died May 13, 1780; 3. Samuel,4 born Sept. 1, 1714; cordwainer and merchant ; married, first, Jane Seymore Sept. 7. 1755: second, Mary Barbara, widow of Samuel Stone, April 3, 1764; died March 9, 1781; no children; 4. Sarah,“ born Aug. 7. 1717; living, unmarried, in 1762; 5. Joseph,4 born Oct. 22, 1719 ; died before 1762, a young man; 6. Benjamin, born March 22, 1721-2. NATHANIEL ROPES :" cordwainer and shopkeeper : married, first, Marv Flint Sept. 15. 1717: she was his wife in 1721 ; married, second, Abigail Pickman
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Endecott was appointed to see that correction be given. The rea-
Oct. 8, 1724; died Oct. 22, 1752; she died in 1775; child : 1. Nathaniel,4 born May 20, 1726. ; married Hannah Collins Nov. 26, 1714; died Dec. 21, 1761 ; she died Sept. 28, 1772; children : I. Jonathan,+ born Nov. 8, 1715; 2. Sarah,+ born Jan. 17, 1716-7; probably married William Camp- bell Jan. 6, 1744; 3. Hannah, born Jan. 4, 1718-9; died young ; 4. William,4 baptized Jan. 15, 1720-1; living in 1725; 5. Hannah, baptized Dec. 30, 1722; 6. Mary,* baptized Aug. 2, 1724; died young; 7. Mary, baptized Feb. 28, 1730-I. JOSEPH ROPES;" cordwainer ; married, first, Elizabeth Purchase Oct. 29, 1719; she died in 1751 ; married, second, Hannah (Felt), widow of Ed- ward Britton, Nov. 25, 1751; she died between 1762 and 1784; he died Oct. 3, 1765; children : I. Joseph, born Aug. 8, 1721; 2. Elizabeth,4 born July 14, 1723; married Benjamin Felt; 3. Ruth,+ born June 15, 1725; probably died before 1762; 4. George, born Oct. 17, 1727; 5. Sarah, born March I, 1729-30; died young ; 6. _4 (son), born Jan. 16, 1730-1; died Jan. 16, 1730-1; 7. Abraham, born Feb. 27, 1731-2; probably died between 1750 and 1762; 8. Sarah,+ born May 6, 1734; probably died before 1762; 9. David,4 born July 8, 1735; 10. Daniel, baptized June 19, 1737. JOHN ROPES;3 ship- wright; married Mary Dean Dec. 13, 1723; she was his wife in 1746; he died Jan. 26, 1792, aged ninety-eight; children: I. John,+ baptized Aug. 8, 1725; 2. Mary,+ baptized July 21, 1728; married James Barr; 3. William,4 baptized Feb. I, 1729-30; probably died young, as his name does not again appear.
BENJAMIN ROPES ;4 mariner and innholder; married Hannah Moses Nov. 29, 1722; died Sept. 26, 1732; she was his widow in 1735; children : I. Benjamin," baptized March 26, 1726; died, unmarried, between 1735 and 1758; 2. David, baptized Aug. 13, 1727; died before 1735; 3. Anne," bap- tized April 19, 1730; died before 1735. THOMAS ROPES ;* mariner ; married Sarah Hodges Aug. 10, 1731; she was living in 1734; he died in 1753; children : I. Thomas, born Aug. 29, 1737; married Eunice Bickford April IO, 1759; died Sept. 10, 1759; she married, second, Thomas Brintnall West Aug. 30, 1764; no children; 2. David," baptized April 14, 1739; cooper, yeo- man, innkeeper, trader and merchant; married Priscilla Webb Oct. 9, 1760; died Dec. 20, 1793; she died Oct. 5, 1831, aged ninety-one. JOHN ROPES ;* shopkeeper ; married Jane Bartlett of Exeter, N. H. (published April 21, 1738) ; died in 1761 ; she died, his widow, in 1781 ; children: 1. John,“ bap- titzed Feb. 18, 1738-9; 2. Elizabeth," baptized April 20, 1740; died young ; 3. Nathaniel" (twin), baptized Aug. 2, 1741 ; died young ; 4. Jonathan5 (twin), baptized Aug. 2, 1741; died young; 5. Nathaniel, baptized April 10, 1743; 6. Abigail," baptized July 8, 1744; died young ; 7. Elizabeth," baptized Aug. 2, 1747; died, unmarried, Oct. 20, 1783; 8. Abigail," baptized April 2, 1749; died, unmarried, in the summer of 1783. JONATHAN ROPES ;* merchant; repre- sentative ; married Mary Coffin of Newbury Dec. 10, 1761 ; she died. Nov. II, 1774; he died Jan. - , 1799; children: I. Mary," baptized Sept. 18. 1763; married Maj. Jonathan Waldo; 2. Jonathan," baptized March 31, 1765; died young ; 3. Jonathan, baptized Dec. 31, 1769; probably died young. BENJA- MIN ROPES ;* cooper ; married Ruth Hardy March 27, 1746; died April 20, 1790; she died Dec. - , 1795; children : I. Benjamin," born July 10, 1747; 2. Joseph," born Oct. 26, 1749; mariner ; died Aug. 8, 1768; 3. Samuel," born Sept. 21, 1751; died Nov. 7, 1751; 4. Sarah," born Oct. 7. 1752; married Jerathmeel Peirce; 5. Lydia," born Dec. 4, 1754; married Capt. Ichabod Nichols ; 6. Samuel, born March 8, 1757; 7. Hardy, born March 15, 1759; died Oct. 2, 1761; 8. Ruth," born Feb. 12, 1761; married John Leach ; 9. Hardy,5 born Jan. 17, 1763; 10, George," born Aug. 28, 1765: II. Joseph," born Feb. 7, 1770; died, unmarried, at sea, on schooner Active, Jan. 24, 1795; 12. Timothy," born April 9, 1773. HON. NATHANIEL ROPES ;4 judge; married
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sons of this unfortunate occurrence are unknown. The next year he asked that he might become an inhabitant, but the request was
Priscilla Sparhawk Sept. 25, 1755; died, of small pox, March 18, 1774; she died March 19, 1798; children : I. Nathaniel, born June 13, 1759; 2. Abigail F., born in 1761; married William Orne; 3. John, born Jan. 10, 1763; 4. Elizabeth," born Nov. 28, 1764; married Jonathan Hodges; 5. Jane,5 born Jan. 22, 1767 ; married Samuel Curwen Ward; 6. Samuel,5 baptized Nov. 21, 1773; died at sea, unmarried, Sept. 21, 1794. JONATHAN ROPES ;* coaster ; married, first, Mary Skinner Feb. 28, 1741-2; she died Nov. 10, 1745; mar- ried, second, Mary Smith Feb. 25, 1747-8; she died May 28, 1751 ; married, third, Susanna (Tozer), widow of Barnet July 29, 1756; they were living in 1763; she was his widow in 1785; children: I. Elizabeth,5 born July 3, 1743; married Robert Peale; 2. William, born June 27, 1745; died Dec. 18, 1745; 3. Jonathan, born Dec. 3, 1749; 4. Susanna," born June 9, 1757; married Capt. John Felt; 5. Sarah," born Feb. 21, 1759; died Dec. 8, 1763; 6. William, born May 16, 1761; died unmarried. JOSEPH ROPES ;* married Elizabeth Bacon Oct. 10, 1745; died before 1751; she married, secondly, Capt. John Foster July 7, 1751; child: I. Joseph," baptized Sept. 21, 1746; shopkeeper and mariner ; died, unmarried, in 1777. GEORGE ROPES ;4 mariner ; married Mary Dean Nov. 28, 1754; died Oct. 30, 1755; she married, secondly, Samuel Waters May 1, 1760; child: 1. Joseph,5 baptized Sept. 28, 1755; died March 28, 1756. CAPT. DAVID ROPES;+ mariner ; married Ruth Hawthorn Sept. 30, 1762; while captain of the privateer Jack he was killed in an action with the sloop-of-war Observer near Halifax May 28, 1782; she died June -- , 1801 ; children : I. David, born about 1763; 2. Ruth,5 baptized Dec. 2, 1764; died in infancy; 3. Sarah, baptized Feb. 15, 1767; died, unmarried, July 25, 1797; 5. Joseph, born about 1770; 6. Nathan- iel,5 baptized Nov. 14, 1773; probably died young. DANIEL ROPES;4 cord- wainer and trader ; married Priscilla Lambert Nov. 19, 1761; she died Sept. 22, 1808; he died Oct. 8, 1821; children: I. Elizabeth, born Feb. 28, 1763; married Capt. John Sinclair ; 2. Priscilla, born Jan. 4, 1765; married James Archer ; 3. Daniel, born Jan. 1, 1767; 4. Ruth, born Dec. 20, 1768; married Samuel Gray; 5. Mary," born Nov. 2, 1770; married, first, John Brown ; second, Thaddeus Gwinn; 6. George, born Jan. 22, 1773; lived in New York City ; mariner; married Hannah ; 7. Joseph," born Oct. 29, 1774; mariner ; sailed from New York Nov. 16, 1799, and was never heard from; 8. Sarah5 (twin), born Oct. 5, 1776; died Nov. 26, 1776; 9. Abraham5 (twin), born Oct. 5, 1776; died Sept. 16, 1777; 10. Sally,5 born May 6, 1778; died Aug. 24, 1778; (son), stillborn Aug. 22, 1780; 12. Sally," born Aug. 13, 1781 ; died Feb. 9, 1787. JOHN ROPES ;4 house carpenter and cabinet maker ; married Sarah (Titcomb), widow of Thomas Stocker of Newbury Jan. 22, 1750 (when he was of Falmouth) ; died about 1782; she died April 16, 1799; children : I. Mary,5 baptized May 2, 1758; married David Clark; 2. Anne, born Nov. 22, 1755; married Samuel Cheever; 3. William, born May 6, 1758; 4. John Titcomb,5 born Jan. 25, 1762.
CAPT. JOHN ROPES;" master-mariner in the merchant service; married Abigail Hawkes of Lynn Sept. 23, 1762; died in 1781; she died Feb. 2, 1825; children : I. John,6 baptized July 24, 1763; master-mariner ; died at sea Oct. 13, 1788, on his passage from West Indies in the vessel which he commanded; 2. Abigail, born July 12, 1765; married Capt. John Ropes; 3. Jane,6 born Jan. 7, 1769; married Capt. John Titcomb Ropes; 4. Lydia Burrill,6 born Jan. 27, 1775; died Feb. 28, 1776. NATHANIEL ROPES; coaster ; died in or before 1781 ; child : 1. Hannah ;6 living in 1783. LT. BENJAMIN ROPES ;" coop- er; married Margaret Symonds Feb. 6, 1772; died Nov. 21, 1778; she died, his widow, March 29, 1826; children: 1. Benjamin, born Oct. 16, 1772; 2. James, born Oct. 16, 1774; 3. Margaret, born Oct. 3, 17 -; married
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refused, because he was still under apprenticeship to learn the
William Phipps Symonds. SAMUEL ROPES;5 cooper, and later trader and merchant; married Sarah Cheever May 27, 1780; died Dec. 5, 1841; she died Oct. 12, 1842, at Cambridge, where she lived, his widow; children: I. Samuel,6 born March 24, 1781; supercargo of ship Henry; died of yellow fever, on the Island of Curasoa, Jan. 18, 1800; 2. Benjamin,6 born Jan. 18, 1783; mariner ; second mate on board ship Belisarius; crushed to death Aug. 4, 1801; 3. William,6 born Nov. 19, 1784; lived in Boston and St. Petersburg ; merchant; married, first, Martha Reed of Marblehead Aug. 15, 18II; she died April 27, 1830; married, second, Mary Anne Codman April 7, 1832; had children; 4. Sarah,6 baptized Oct. 29, 1786; died, unmarried, April 13, 1819; 5. Hardy,6 born Oct. 12, 1788; lived in Boston; merchant; married Mary Ladd June 24, 1824; 6. Ruth Hardy,6 born June 24, 1791; married Henry Prince; 7. Louisa,6 born May 7, 1793; married Rev. Samuel Green of Reading Oct. 17, 1821 ; lived in Boston; she died in Salem March 26, 1842; 8. Joseph,6 born Sept. 10, 1796; died March 25, 1816. HARDY ROPES ;5 mariner and merchant; removed to Orford, N. H., about 1800; married Hannah Elson Aug. 28, 1786; she died at Lyme, N. H., Feb. - , 1823; chil- dren : I. Hannah,6 born June 2, 1787; married Benjamin Swasey Nov. 26, 1814; 2. Hardy,6 born Jan. 30, 1789; emigrated to Ohio, where he died Aug. -, 1823, leaving a wife and son; 3. Benjamin,6 born June 24, 1790; clothier and then clergyman, being settled as a Baptist minister at Haverhill, N. H., in 1831; married Lucy Pushee of Lyme Feb. 8, 1813; died June 10, 1861 ; 4. Joseph,6 born May 26, 1792; died Aug. 7, 1793; 5. Joseph Elson,6 born Jan. 7, 1795; died, unmarried, Aug. 18, 1820; 6. Sarah,6 born June 22, 1797 ; deranged; died unmarried; 7. Samuel,6 born March 25, 1799; married
; died in Ohio; no children; 8. George,6 born Nov. 29, 1800; married Miriam Johnson of Newbury, Vt., March -, 1826; 9. Timothy Pickering,6 born Sept. 13, 1802; graduated at Williams College; Baptist clergyman ; married Eliza Keely; no issue; 10. Mehitable,6 born June 12, 1805, in Or- ford; died in Boston, unmarried, April 15, 1857; II. William Henry,6 born Jan. 9, 1809; died at Pilatka, Fla., Nov. 5, 1866. CAPT. GEORGE ROPES ;5 master-mariner in the merchant service; married Seeth Millett Dec. 27, 1787; died April 4, 1807; she died, his widow, July 29, 1823; children: I. George,6 born May 15, 1788; deaf and dumb; artist; died Jan. 24, 1819; 2. Henry," born Sept. 25, 1791 ; 3. Benjamin Mansfield,6 born Jan. 25, 1794; mariner and painter ; died, unmarried, Feb. 2, 1871; 4. Sarah Hardy,6 born June 6, 1796; married Henry Nichols; 5. Elizabeth,6 born April 19, 1798; married Ephraim Felt; 6. Jonathan Millett,6 born Dec. 13, 1799, in Orford, N. H .; 7. Samuel,6 born July 12, 1801 ; super-cargo ; died abroad Sept. 4, 1822; 8. Mary Wilson,6 born March 20, 1803; died Dec. 31, 1847; 9. Nathan Millett, born Oct. II, 1805; died March 3, 1825. CAPT. TIMOTHY ROPES;" cooper and mariner ; married Sarah Holmes June 16, 1796; died Feb. 17, 1848; she died March 9, 1848; children : I. Timothy,6 born Nov. 1, 1797; 2. Sarah Grant;6 died, un- married, Jan. 31, 1882; 3. Thomas Holmes,6 born Nov. 1, 1803; died at Louisville, Ky., unmarried, April 25, 1845; 4. Elizabeth Grant,6 born Oct. II, 1807; died, unmarried, Sept. 7, 1855; 5. George,6 born Jan. 13, 1809; lived - in Portland, Me .; married Charlotte Ruggles of Hardwick Aug. 19, 1832; died Dec. 6, 1842; she died, his widow, Aug. 27, 1861, in Salem, where her eldest son, George Ropes, lived; 6. Mary Ann; married John Bertram; 7. Joseph,6 born Nov. II, 1812; artist in Rome; married Marcia Elizabeth Sewall of Bath, Me., June -, 1855; she died in Italy July 17, 1863; he died in Salem March 21, 1898; 8. David Nichols,6 born Dec. 5, 1814; lived in Orange, N. J .; mayor; in business in New York; married Lydia Laurelia Bisbe Oct. 6, 1846; living in 1882; 9. Henry,6 born April 3, 1817; in business in New York; married Harriet Judson of Hudson, N. Y., Oct. 10, 1855;
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trade of a carpenter. When his period of service terminated, in 1638. he visited England, and in his absence. Feb. 4. 1638-9. was
living in 1882. NATHANIEL ROPES ;" lived in Salem and Danvers; merchant ; married, first, Sarah Putnam April 17, 1791 ; she died Dec. 20, 1801 ; married, second, Elizabeth Cleveland April 12, 1803; died Aug. 8, 1806; she died March 1, 1831; children: 1. Nathaniel,“ born Aug. I, 1791; died Aug. 21, 1791 ; 2. Nathaniel,“ born July 24, 1792; died Aug. 30, 1793; 3. Nathaniel,“ born Oct. 14, 1793; 4. Sarah Fisk," baptized June 7, 1795; married Joseph Orne; 5. Abigail Pickman,“ born Oct. 20, 1796; died, unmarried, June 20, 1839. CAPT. JOHN ROPES ;" merchant ; married, first, Abigail Ropes June 10, 1784; she died March 30, 1786; married, second, Hannah Haraden Dec. II, 1787 ; died July 9, 1828; his wife Hannah survived him and died June 29, 1845; children : 1. Abigail,“ born Sept. 25. 1784; died, unmarried, Jan. 5, 1846; 2. Nathaniel,“ born Nov. 27, 1788; died Oct. 13, 1789; 3. Nathaniel,“ born March 14, 1790; died Sept. 29, 1811; 4. Hannah Haraden, born Sept. 30, 1791 ; died July 16, 1862; 5. Mary,“ born Oct. 5, 1793; died Dec. 27, 1795; 6. Eunice Diman,6 born June 27, 1795; died, unmarried, March 28, 1821; 7. John Haraden,“ born Feb. 15, 1799; died Dec. 8, 1820, at Batavia, on board the ship Hercules; 8. Jonathan Haraden," born Sept. 24, 1803; died Aug. 16, 1804; 9. Polly Pickman,“ born March 20, 1807; died April 20, 1831. JONA- THAN ROPES ;" cooper, fisherman and mariner; married Hannah Luscomb Dec. 24, 1772; she died Dec. 9, 1830; he died May 19, 1836; children : I. Jonathan," born June 16, 1774; 2. Hannah," born July 9, 1776; married Lemuel Church of Scituate Jan. 31, 1796; 3. Samuel,“ born Feb. 4, 1778; died Jan. 14, 1781 ; 4. Mary,“ born May 17, 1781 ; married William Stetson of Scituate April 23, 1801; 5. Samuel,“ born May 25, 1784; 6. Sally,6 born Nov. 22, 1787 ; married Arad Pomeroy of Warwick Feb. 6, 1806; 7. Betsey,“ born Sept. 24, 1789; died Sept. 13, 1790. DAVID ROPES ;5 goldsmith; married Mary Hutchinson April 23, 1786; she died June ---- , 1803; he died Feb. - , 1812; children : I. David,“ born Nov. - , 1786; 2. Joseph,6 baptized May 2, 1790; 3. William,“ baptized April 10, 1792; 4. Mary,“ baptized April 28, 1794; died, unmarried, July 1, 1854, in Danvers; 5. Ebeneser, born Jan. 15 1796; 6. Robert,“ born April 15, 1799; lived at the Eastward; never mar- ried; was lost on his passage from Bath to Eastport about 1829; 7. Ruth," born Feb. 12, 1801 ; died Nov. 20, 1826, in Danvers. CAPT. JOSEPH ROPES ;5 merchant ; commander of the privateer America in the War of 1812; mar- ried Sarah Burchmore Feb. 3, 1801 ; she died July 30, 1842; he died Sept. 29, 1850; children : 1. Maria,“ born June 2, 1802; died, unmarried, Dec. 18, 1878: 2. Sarah;" married William Henry Neal; 3. Ruth Maria;^ died, unmarried, Dec. 18, 1878. CAPT. DANIEL ROPES;" master-mariner: married Alice Cheever Nov. 8, 1789; died in London Jan. 11, 1808, from the effects of being shipwrecked on the English coast; she died Oct. 3. 1853 ; children: I. Pris- cilla,“ baptized Aug. 6, 1797 : married Benjamin Upton: 2. Daniel,“ baptized Aug. 6, 1797 ; died a prisoner of war at Chatham, England, Feb. 9, 1814, aged nineteen ; 3. Sarah Hodges,“ baptized June 17, 1798; died Sept. 25, 1799. CAPT. WILLIAM ROPES ;" master-mariner ; married Mary Brown June 4, 1780 ; she died Aug. 1, 1818; he died March 25, 1828; children: 1. William,“ born Jan. 25, 1781 ; 2. John,6 born Dec. 26, 1783: 3. Mary,6 born April 28, 1785: died Jan. 15. 1796; 4. Mercy," born June 2, 1787; died Dec. 21, 1795; 5. Sarah,“ born March 6, 1789: married Capt. Henry Tebbetts Oct. 8, 1809 ; 6. Phebe,“ born May 19, 1792: died, unmarried, Oct. 23, 1850; 7. Hannah Browne,“ born March 19, 1795; married Capt. Franklin Chase of Portland. Me., Jan. 18, 1821; 8. Mary,“ born May 18. 1797; married Robert Barr ; 9. Francis," born May 11, 1799; died at Padang, on brig Ontario, May 22. 1822; 10. Mercy,“ born March 20, 1802: married Capt. Joseph Webb. CAPT. JOHN TITCOMB ROPES ;" master-mariner ; married Jane Ropes Nov. II, 1789 :
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granted twenty acres of land, which was ordered to be land out to him upon his return. He was in Salem soon afterwards and became the progenitor of a large and prominent family.
was lost at sea March -, 1792; she married, secondly, Capt. Benjamin Shilla- ber ; children : I. - _... 6 (daughter), born May 20, 1791 ; died May 21, 1791 ; 2. Lydia,6 born Oct. 16, 1792; died Sept. 8, 1796.
CAPT. BENJAMIN ROPES;" cooper and merchant; married Frances Wilkins May 13, 1804; died July 29, 1845 ; she died, his widow, April 14, 1870; children : I. Benjamin Gardner, born Nov. 6; 1804; lived in Port Chester, N. Y .; married, first, Caroline Silsby of Bradford Oct. 1, 1840; she was lost, with her son, on the steamer Arctic, off Cape Race, Sept. - , 1854; married, second, Mary Jane Purdy of Rye, N. Y .; died at Port Chester Jan. 1, 1871; 2. Fanny Wilkins,7 born Sept. 5, 1806; married George Manning of Buenos Ayres Dec. 9, 1833; 3. Henry James," born March 5, 1809; lived in South America ; married Marcellina Grenaux of Buenos Ayres; 4. Amelia," born Feb. 19, 18II; married James Diman Aug. 23, 1831; lived in Connecticut ; 5. Reuben Wilkins,7 born July 16, 1813; lived in New York; married, first, Nancy W. Reed Nov. 18, 1845, in New York; she died in Brooklyn Jan. 18, 1850; married, second, Maria Lucinda Thompson of Monson Dec. 22, 1852; 6. Almira,7 born March 14, 1816; died Dec. 28, 1818; 7. Charles Augustus, born March 14, 1818; 8. Elcaser Wheelock Ripley, born Sept. 30, 1820. JAMES ROPES ;" trader ; married, first, Lucy Groce Jan. 3, 1803; she died Jan. 27, 1821 ; married, second, Hannah Perkins Dec. 7, 1826; died July 21, 1840; his wife Hannah died July 29, 1864; children : I. Lucy, born June 17, 1803 ; maried Samuel Church; 2. James, born March 12, 1805; 3. Elizabeth G.," born Jan. 22, 1806; died, unmarried, July 26, 1833; 4. Sarah," born June 19, 1810; died Jan. 16, 1819; 5. Mary F., born Jan. 29, 1813; married Daniel P. Galloup of Danvers March 23, 1837; 6. Samuel 'G., born June 17, 1816; died Aug. 10, 1836, at sea, on his passage from London to New York; 7. Sarah Sophia, born Jan. 22, 1821; married James Upton Oct. 9, 1845. HENRY ROPES ;6 treasurer of the Salem Savings Bank; married Mary Prince March 27, 1821; died Sept. 29, 1861; she died, his widow, Feb. I, 1873; children : 1. George Nathan, born Feb. 9, 1822: 2. -- 7 (son), born Sept. 15, 1824; died Sept. 15, 1824; 3. Henry Samuel,7 born Aug. 18, 1825; H. C., 1846; lawyer ; died Sept. 1, 1850; 4. Joseph Hardy, born July 20, 1827; went to Boston about 1875; died there, unmarried, Jan. 5, 1890; 5. Benjamin Augustus, born April 24, 1829; died May 15, 1829; '6. Benjamin Augustus," born April 14, 1830; removed to Dorchester about 1876; died there, un- married, Jan. 17, 1901; 7. Mary Seeth,7 born Aug. - , 1831 ; died, unmar- ried, Feb. 26, 1869; 8. Sarah Osgood, born March 29, 1836; died April 8, 1836; 9. Sarah Osgood," born Aug. 26, 1837; died, unmarried, May 7, 1868. CAPT. JONATHAN MILLETT ROPES ;6 lived in Utica, N. Y., and Elizabeth, N. J. ; master-mariner; married Mary Miller of Peterboro, N. H., Sept. 4, 1828; children : 1. James Miller, born Oct. 21, 1829, in Utica; 2. Martha Seeth,7 born Nov. 9, 1831, in Utica; married Charles Wilson Felt of Salem June 2, 1863; 3. Sarah Nichols," born March 15, 1836; married Joseph Warren Crowell of Raleigh, N. J., Dec. 12, 1854: 4. William Bucks, born Sept. 20, 1839; physician ; lived in Yonkers, N. Y .; married Sarah S. Bailey of Nor- ton, Mass., July 12, 1860; no issue; 5. George Henry," born Aug. 19, 1841 ; lawyer; 6. Elihu Harrison,7 born Nov. 10, 1845; served in the Civil war ; 7. Mary Augusta, born Oct. 7. 1848. TIMOTHY ROPES :" crockery and hard- ware dealer; married Mary Silver June 10, 1829; died April 25, 1873; she died, his widow. June 20, 1895, aged ninety-one; children : I. Mary Silver,7 born April 1. 1830; died, unmarried, June 24, 1866; 2. Sarah Holmes,“ born May 4, 1833; died, unmarried, May 27, 1907; 3. Susan Howard,7 born April TO, 1835; died, unmarried, Oct. 19, 1870; 4. Edward Delhonde, born April
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Benjamin Felton lived in Salem in the spring of 1636, being granted a two-acre lot May 2, 1636, and twenty acres at another time. He relinquished a ten-acre lot on Bass River, and was granted another on the south side of Darby fort Aug. 14, 1637.
The increase in the number and size of the settlements in the colony multiplied the demands upon the general court for ad-
3, 1838. NATHANIEL ROPES;6 lived in Cincinnati, O .; merchant; married Sarah Evans Brown of Cincinnati July 10, 1826; died in Cincinnati July 19, 1885; children : I. Sarah Putnam,7 born March 27, 1827, in Ohio; died, un- married, in Salem Sept. 2, 1899; 2. Isabella Brown,7 born Jan. 17, 1829; died Nov. II, 1834; 3. Elizabeth Cleveland Orne," born March 28, 1831 ; died Aug. 27, 1832; 4. Nathaniel,7 born in Cincinnati Jan. 7, 1833; lived in Salem, where he died Feb. 6, 1893; 5. William Augustus,7 born Dec. 22, 1834; died Feb. 3, 1879; 6. Eliza Orne,7 born March 7, 1837, in Cincinnati; died in Salem, unmarried, April 18, 1907; 7. John,7 born Aug. 29, 1839; died Jan. 16, 1842; 8. Abigail Pickman," born Jan. 17, 1842; died Feb. 1, 1842; 9. Mary Pickman,“ born March 30, 1843, in Covington, Ky .; died, unmarried, in Salem, Sept. 30, 1903. CAPT. JONATHAN ROPES;6 mariner ; married Mary Hanscom Dec. 25, 1802; died in 1808, at Havanna; she died May 2, 1870, aged ninety-six; children : I. - died young; 2. William; died young ; 3. Jonathan," born Jan. 21, 1804. SAMUEL ROPES;6 cordwainer and weigher and gauger ; married Hannah Felt June 16, 1811; died July II, 1854; she died, his widow, June 23, 1873, in Taunton; children: I. Elizabeth,7 born Dec. 14, 1812; married George C. Hodgdon of Boston April 12, 1838; 2. Nathaniel," born Feb. 24, 1815; died Nov. 12, 1817; 3. Samuel,“ born Oct. 10, 1816; cordwainer; married Bethia C. Pitman Nov. 3, 1841; died Sept. 28, 1864, in Somerville; she died, his widow, March 17, 1878; no children; 4. Sally," born May 25, 1819; died April 8, 1833; 5. Mary,“ born Dec. 23, 1820; died Jan. II, 1821; 6. John F., born April 2, 1822; 7. Mary Jane,7 born Sept. 21, 1824; died Feb. 22, 1826; 8. Joseph,7 born Jan. 30, 1827; died Feb. 20, 1833; 9. William Henry,7 born May 1, 1829; killed in Swampscott by a train of cars Sept. 7, 1842; 10. Edward,7 born Sept. 12, 1831 ; died May 21, 1831 (?) ; II. Joseph,7 born July 14, 1833; died Sept. 22, 1838. DAVID ROPES ;6 lived in Salem and on Long Island; goldsmith and mariner ; married Mary Magoun of Pembroke; died on Long Island Jan. - , 1840; child : I. Mary," born in 181 -; married - Moore of Boston. JOSEPH ROPES ;" mariner ; married Sally Lang Alley Nov. 10, 1812; died before 1833; chil- dren : 1. Joseph,7 born about 1813; 2. David A.," born about 1817; married Lucy Jane Holt Aug. 22, 1839; she died, his widow, Jan. 20, 1903. WILLIAM ROPES ;6 mariner ; married Olive Flint Sept. 22, 1816; probably lost at sea about 1820; she removed to Haverhill, and died in Lynn about 1861 ; child : I. William,7 born about 1817; went to California, and died there, leaving a widow and four sons in Swampscott, where he married. CAPT. EBENEZER ROPES ;6 master-mariner ; married Elizabeth Babbidge July 30, 1826; died at Majunga, Island of Madagascar, on board his ship Lady Sarah, April 20, 1832; she died, his widow, June 17, 1876; child: I. Ebenezer,7 born April 20, 1827; died April 20, 1827. DEA. WILLIAM ROPES;6 dealer in stoves and tin- ware; married Rachel Archer Dec. 19, 1802; died July 9, 1859; she died Sept. 8, 1870; children : I. Rachel,7 born May 21, 1803; married Tarrant Putnam Derby; 2. William Archer,7 born Nov. 23, 1804; mariner, married Sarah A. Saul June 5, 1828; died at Batavia Aug. 12, 1833; she died Feb. 20, 1847; no children; 3. Mary Browne," born May 12, 1807; married Asa Brooks; 4. Jonathan Archer,7 born Dec. 10, 1808; H. C., 1832; lawyer ; lived in Baltimore, Md .; married Emilie W. Tucker of Baltimore Jan. 13, 1852; died in Baltimore Oct. 2, 1855; 5. John Titcomb," born Dec. 7, 1810;
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