Re: John Ropes m Sarah Titcomb 1700s Salem, MA
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John Ropes m Sarah Titcomb 1700s Salem, MA
L M Hayden 10/12/01
YOU AND I ARE DESCENDENTS OF ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT FAMILIES IN AMERICA - GEORGE ROPES CAME TO SALEM, MASS IN 1628 AS AN INDENTURED SERVANT - PLACED INT HE STOCKS IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE FOR STRIKING A MEAN MASTER, HE WAS SENT BACK TO ENGLAND - ARRIVING AGAIN AT A LATER DATE - BY THE MID 1630S HE WAS SHERIFF OF SALEM - ALL ROPES IN AMERICA ARE DESCENDENTS OF THIS ONE MAN - HIS DESCENDENTS ARE INTERMARRIED WITH THE MAYFLOWER DESCENDENTS - ONE OF HIS DESCENDENTS, JOHN ROPES, GAVE MONEY TO START HARVARD IN 1717. A VAST SUM - THEY WERE SHIPPING MERCHANTS AND HAD GREAT SHIP LINES - ONE DAUGHTER MARRIED INTO THE HARDY FAMILY - JOHN HARDLY BUILT THE HOME WERE NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE WAS BORN - THERE IS A MUSEUM IN SALEM - THE ROPES MANSION - YOU CAN FIND BY GOING TO WWW.ROPES MANSION - IF YOU WOULD LIKE ADDITIONAL INFORMATIN - AN EXCELLENT SOURCE IS PERLEY'S HISTORY OF SALEM - I BELIEVE YOU WILL FIND THE DATA THAT YOU NEED THERE - BY MOST RECENT LINE IS BENJAMIN ROPES/LUCY PUSHEE, CHARLES BAKER ROPES/CAROLYN STEVENS; MARY ANNA DUNCAN ROPES/THOMAS DEWEY; LUCY AMELIA DEWEY/GEORGE JOHNSON LOVELL; THOMAS LOVELL / MARCELLINE WILMES - SHARON LOVELL GERGEN.MY GREGRANTMOTHER- MARY ANNA DUNCAN ROPES GRADUATED FROM UPPER IOWA U IN THE 1860'S AND USE HER SHARE OF THE ROPES FRENCH SPOILS CLAIM - 92.10 IN 1892 TO OBTAIN A DIVORCE - WRITE ME FOR MORE INFORMATION. SHARON