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man Anthony Roper‏‎ 1) 2) 3) 4)
Born ‎± 1705 Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England‎ 5)
Baptised ‎14 Jan 1705 Evesham All Saints Church, Evesham, Worcestershire, England 5)
Died ‎Sep 1776 Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England‎, approximately 71 years 6)
Buried ‎4 Sep 1776 St Peter, Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England 6)
Occupation: ‎1775 Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England; Coal Merchant 7)
Residences: ‎1746 Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England 8), ‎between 1732 and 1736 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England 9) 10) 11) 12)


Notes: Subscribed to An Exposition of the New Testament, in three volumes: in which The Sense of the Sacred Text is given; Doctrinal and Practical Truths are set in a plain and easy Light, Difficult Places Explained, Seeming Contradictions Reconciled; and Whatever is Material in the Various Readings, and the several Oriental Versions, is observed. The Whole illustrated with Notes taken from the most ancient Jewish Writings. Vol. I., 1746, GILL, John. London
Printed for the Author; And Sold by Aaron Ward, at the King's-Arms in Little-Britain.
Subject: religion

Married ‎21 Jun 1731 Evesham All Saints Church, Evesham, Worcestershire, England 13) 14) (30 years married)
to:

woman Margaret Pratt‏‎ 3)
Died ‎Oct 1761 Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England 15)
Buried ‎23 Oct 1761 Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England Husband of Anthony 15)

Notes: If Margaret is a Pratt, then she is likely a daughter of Edward Pratt and Sarah Aldington (married 1700 in Bengeworth).

Children:

1.
man Benjamin Roper‏‎
Died ‎1743 Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England
2.
man Benjamin Roper‏‎
Died ‎1753 Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England
3.
woman Elizabeth Roper‏‎
Died ‎1753 Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England
4.
woman Mary Roper‏‎
Born ‎± 1733 Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England
Died ‎1734 Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England‎, approximately 1 years
5.
man Benjamin Roper‏‎
Born ‎± 1739 Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England
Died ‎1742 Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England‎, approximately 3 years
6.
woman Mary Roper‏ 1) 2) 4)
Born ‎1740 Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England‎ 16)
Baptised ‎28 Apr 1742 Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England 3)
Died ‎14 Aug 1815 Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England‎, 74 or 75 years 1) 16) 4)
Will signed: ‎3 Jan 1816 Gloucestershire, England 4)

7.
woman Elizabeth Roper‏‎
Born ‎± 1744 Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England
Died ‎1747 Bengeworth, Worcestershire, England‎, approximately 3 years

Sources

1) Source: Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Pleadings 1801-1842 Overbury v Roper. Two bills and answer. 1816Overbury v Roper. Two answers. 1817. Reference: C 13/1680/8 C 13/1690/23 (Data from direct source)
2) Source: England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 In the name of God AmenI Nathaniel Overbury of Tetbury in the county of Gloucester woolstapler so make public and declare this to be my last will and testament. I in mouth[?] or and form[?]following, that is to say whereas there is in the hands of Anthony Ruper the sum of six hundred pounds left my wife by her father Anthony Roper the interest of which is and has been paid to her and the principal ?????? to be equally divided among our children which I thereby will accordingly and whereas and is and by virtue of certain articles made on the marriage of my present wife she is entitled to for her life to the interest of the sum of one thousand pounds to be rose and paid out of my effects now. I do hereby give her the said interest accordingly and in addition to which I also give unto her for her life the interest of the further sum of five hundred pounds to be rose at the same point and in like manner out of my effects with interest on both the said several sums that shall be computed at and after the rate of five pounds per centium per annum and subject to such interest I give and bequeath unto the said several principal sums of one thousand pounds and five hundred pounds making together one thousand and five hundred pounds unto and equally amongst my three daughters Margaret, Mary and Hannah to be equally divided between them share and share alike. Here I give and bequeath unto my son Thomas the sum of three hundred pounds and also the two hundred pounds which I have his note for. I also give to his present children now born to be said at their respective ages of twenty one years the sum of twenty pounds apart and in case any or other of them should die before attaining such age the share of such child so dying to go to and be paid to the survivors or survivor of their attaining such age. Here I give unto my son Anthony the sum of one thousand pounds over and above the sum of two thousand pounds as is entitled to one of our copartnership and I also give and bequeath unto him my said son authority over and above the said two several sums all the profits he is or may be entitled to from our joint trade unto or our a??????y copartnership. Here I give and bequeath unto my daughter Margaret the sum of two thousand and five hundred pound. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary the further sum of one thousand pounds and to her present daughter twenty pounds to be paid to such daughter on her attainment of twenty one years of age. Here I give unto my daughter Hannah the further sum of two thousand and five hundred pounds. Here I give and bequeath unto my son Joseph the sum of three thousand pounds. Here I give and bequeath unto my son Benjamin the sum of five hundred pounds for which I have a bond which I direct to be cancelled and delivered up to him without any interest being removed for the same which I hereby give unto him accordingly. Here I also give unto my said son Benjamin the further sum of five hundred pounds. Here I give and bequeath also unto his present children now born to be paid at their respective ages of twenty one years the sum of twenty pounds apart and in case any or either of them should die before attaining such age the share of such child or children so dying shall go to and belong to the survivors and survivor of them attaining with age. Here I also give and bequeath unto my said son Thomas Overbury the further sum of seven hundred Guineas the purchase money I paid for the Messuage or Tenement, Garden and premises lately belonging to William Byarn situated in the Long Street of Tetbury aforesaid and now occupied by my son Anthony tobe accepted and taken by him my said son Thomas in lieu and full satisfaction of and for any future claims of demands which he may have or make as heir of Law or otherwise in or to the same premises and upon condition also that he releases all such future claim or demand, if any such he can have or make, in and to the same premises unto my Executrix and Executors hereinafter named but in case he my said son Thomas shall choose to accept and take the said sum of Seven Hundred Guineas in manner aforesaid. Then I will and devise that the said sum of seven hundred guineas shall sink into and form part of the residual of my estate hereinafter given and in that case I hereby give, devise and bequeath the said Messuage or Tenement, except all fixtures and sorting boards and other utensils in trade in and about the same, garden and premises unto my said son Thomas Overbury his sons and assigns forever but in case my said son Thomas Overbury shall accept, take or receive the said sum of seven hundred guineas so given unto him as aforesaid then I give, devise and bequeath the said Messuage or Tenement, garden and premises with the appurtenants unto my wife Mary for and during the term of her natural life and from and immediately after her decease I give and devise the same Messuage or Tenement garden and premises with the appurtenances unto my two sons Anthony and Joseph their sons and assigns forever as joint tenants and not as coranking ??????. I also give and devise unto them my said two sons Anthony and Joseph their sons and assigns as joint but not as tenants in ?????? all that my other Messuage warehouses, wool, Softs, and other my premises with the appurtenants situated in the long street of Tetbury aforesaid to and for their own in use and benefit and it is my gr???? and will and, so hereby share the same to be that in case either of my children, except my daughters to whom I have given the said sum of two thousand pounds under my marriage articles, whom becoming entitled to either of their said respective Logaries hereinbefore by me give shall refuse to release and exonerate my Estate and effects of and from all or any share interest of claim under or by virtue of such marriage articles in or to the said one thousand pounds then I will and ?????? of that out of the Logaries or ????s hereinbefore by me given to such of my said children who shall so refuse there shall be submitted and taken thereout so much of the said principal sum of one thousand pounds as the share therein of such c?i?s so refusing will amount unto in order to supply and make good anyS?????nry in that respect to either of my said daughters and so hereby s??? the Logaries by me hereinbefore given, to ???uth no time is fixed for the payment, to be paid at the end of twelve months next after my decease. Here I give and bequeath unto my said wife all my plate of what sort sou??? for her own use and benefit. Here I give and bequeath unto my said wife and three daughters all my household goods and furniture, linen, books, bedding and china belonging to the house wherein I reside to and for their own use and benefit. Here I give to by son Anthony my cropped horse with saddles and bridles and as to all the rest, residue and remainder, of my Estate and effects both real and personal stock in trade with the implements and utensils thereof and all my Maundy Money, servitudes for Money book debts Cattle D???, wines, liquors and all other my personal estate and effects whatsoever and wheresoever and what mature or finish, over I give and bequeath unto the same and every partthereof unto and equally amongst my said wife Mary and my said two sons Anthony and Joseph their D??? executors and administrators and I so hereby appoint them my said wife Mary and my said two sons Anthony and Joseph joint executrix and executors of this my will for witness which I have my hand to the first sheet and my hand and seal to this second and last sheet this twenty fourth day of February one thousand eight hundred and threeNathaniel Overbury, signedValid, published and sweared by this said Nathaniel Overbury the testator as and for this last will and testament in the presence of us ????? at his ????? in this presence and in the presence of oathother have subscribed out names as whisper the words “from give unto my said son Benjamin the further sum of five hundred pounds being first underlined in the first sheet. Francis Vanstorn, William Poole, servants to Testator, John Letall city Tetbury.This Will was proved at London the twenty fifth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three before the Right Honorable Sir William Wynne knight of Daws Master keeper ofcommissary of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury as lawfully constituted by the oaths of Anthony Overbury and Joseph Overbury the sons of the deceased and too of the Executors named in the said willto whom administration was granted of all and singular goods, chattels and cr??? Of the said deceased having been first sworn by the Commission duly to administer power reserved of making the like grant to Mary Overbury widow the ???? of the said deceased and the other Executor named in the said will ???? she shall apply for the same.. Reference: PROB 11/1397 (Data from direct source)
3) Source: England, Parish Registers Mary daughter of Anthony Roper and Margrett baptised 28 April 1742 at Bengeworth. Reference: Bengeworth Parish Registers (Data from secondary evidence)
4) Source: England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858 Record for Mary Overbury. Mentions her children, a bequest from her father Anthony Roper to her children, and names her son Joseph one of her joint executors.. External Link
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=5111&h=546069&indiv=try. Reference: The National Archives; Kew, England; Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 1576 (Data from direct source)
5) Source: England, Parish Registers Anthony Ropier of Bengworth, baptised at Evesham, 14 Jan 1705Note, no parents appear on transcribed record at thegenealogist. Reference: Evesham All Saints, Worcestershire (Questionable reliability of evidence)
6) Source: England, Parish Registers Anthony Roper buried 4 September 1776. External Link
https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5e6ac31bf493fdaa197e5d7c/anthony-roper-burial-worcestershire-bengeworth-1776-09-04?locale=en. Reference: Freereg, Bengeworth, record 151 (Questionable reliability of evidence)
7) Source: Messrs Phelps & Savage, solicitors, of Evesham Draft copy of a lease from Richard Hall of London, esq., to Anthony Roper of Bengworth, co. Worc., coal merchant, and Thomas Roper of Evesham, co. Worc., innholder, of a messuage and land in Bengworth. With memorandum of agreement dated 22 September, 1775.Date: 14 November 1775. Reference: MS 3192/Acc1928-015/361776 (Data from secondary evidence)
8) Source: U.K. and U.S. Directories, 1680-1830 Subscribed to An Exposition of the New Testament, in three volumes: in which The Sense of the Sacred Text is given; Doctrinal and Practical Truths are set in a plain and easy Light, Difficult Places Explained, Seeming Contradictions Reconciled; and Whatever is Material in the Various Readings, and the several Oriental Versions, is observed. The Whole illustrated with Notes taken from the most ancient Jewish Writings. Vol. I., 1746, GILL, John. LondonPrinted for the Author; And Sold by Aaron Ward, at the King's-Arms in Little-Britain.Subject: religion. Reference: Database online. (Data from secondary evidence)
9) Source: Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813 "Mary Daughr of Anthony Roper" baptised 29 Dec 1734. External Link
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=4732&h=1013876&indiv=try. Reference: Reference Number: P78/1 IN 1/4 (Data from direct source)
10) Source: Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813 Record for MO Roper. External Link
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=4732&h=13865848&indiv=try. Reference: Reference Number: GDR/V1/58 (Data from direct source)
11) Source: Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813 Record for Richard Roper. External Link
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=4732&h=13865546&indiv=try. Reference: Reference Number: GDR/V1/58 (Data from direct source)
12) Source: Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813 Record for Anth Roper. External Link
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=4732&h=1013827&indiv=try. Reference: Reference Number: P78/1 IN 1/4 (Data from direct source)
13) Source: England, Parish Registers . External Link
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGK4-4TW1?from=lynx1UIV7. Reference: Worcestershire Marriage Bonds and Allegations
14) Source: Worcestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1600-1812 Record for Margaret Oratt. External Link
https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=62085&h=90287092&indiv=try. Reference: Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service; Worcester, Worcestershire, England; The Diocese of Worcester Bishop's Transcripts; Reference: b736/BA2015/325.1
15) Source: England, Parish Registers Burial for Margrett Roper; wife of Anthony Roper; Bengeworth; 23 Oct 1761. External Link
https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5e6ac335f493fdaa197e61f4/margrett-roper-burial-worcestershire-bengeworth-1761-10-23?locale=en. Reference: Freereg (Questionable reliability of evidence)
16) Source: Monuments "Nathaniel his son obit 11 Mar 1805 aged 75 years.Mary wife of Nathaniel Overbury died 14 August 1815 aged 75". Reference: Tetbury Baptist church burial ground. (Data from secondary evidence)