Ref=Delores Jackemeyer-Kikuchi, FAG contributor #47575369,
Mar. 2014.
Heinrich Roop (Rüpp) was the youngest of 10 children of Johann Jacob Rüpp (1723 in Oberhoffen-les-Wissembourg, Bas Rhin, Alsace, France (8 Mar 1723-10 Aug 1793 in Baltimore, MD, USA) and Maria Barbara Nonnenmacher Rüpp (17 Aug 1722 in Merkwiller, Bas Rhin, Alsace, France - 1792 in Baltimore, MD). Four of Heinrich's brothers were born in France (3 survived) and came with their parents to Philadelphia in 1752. SIx more children were born in the US, 3 girls and 3 boys. French Sources: Church Records for Steinseltz and Kutzenhausen.
Source=LDS IGI;Name listed as Heinrich Rup; 11/97. The name has been spelled Roupe,Rup,Rupe Arrived in Mtg Co,Va in about 1800.Ref=Lewis Wade Roop II,(Rin-9250);lists name as Henry Heinrich Roop.In info from David Rupe of Houston, Texas in 1994,It says that "Henry andCatherine left Carroll County, Maryland in 1796 for Montgomery County,Virginia. They stopped in Rockbridge County for about 4 years. Henry, amillright, built a mill about 4 miles north of Natural Bridge. They left forMontgomery County in 1800. Henry and sons built another mill on their farm.Most of the family stayed there untill Henry died in 1845. Then they sold most of the land and went West to Kentucky and Missouri."Ref=Linda P.(Dickey) Roop (Rin-5781);Henry was born about 1765 and married Catherine Barbara Nullborn 4-Mar-1768. The possibility exists Henry was born in Virginia and he andhis family moved to Maryland. The first documented record of Henry and Catherine are the baptismal record of their second child Jacob, born 30-July-1786, Manchester, Carroll Co, Md. (We presume Henry and Catherine were married about 1782, at this time no record of marriage has been found, probably in Carroll Co, Baltimore, Md. area). Henry and Catherine are believed to have lived in several counties,traveling back and forth to Maryland due to dangerous living conditions.Docuents show they lived in Rockingham County, Va. for a short time joiningrelatives Michael and Martin Rupe there in the 1800's. According to familylegend, Henry was said to be the youngest child of a large German family. There were three brothers besides Henry. One went to Ohio(Jacob?), one went to North Carolina (?) and one went to Georgia (Martin ?)(Note=This is not the same Martin as the one who founded Roopville in Carroll Co, Ga.,west of Atlanta.-- by Roger S. Roop) The Roop families traveled the Wilderness Road into the Shenandoah Valleycrossing the Blue Ridge Mountains, on into the land leading beyond the NewRiver. At a family reunion in 1927, Redmond Ira Roop told of how the Henry Roop family came to settle in Montgomery County, Va. Traveling on what was once the Baltimore and Memphis Turnpike, they crossed the Potomac at Harpers's Ferry in 1796. This caravan included Henry, Catherine and their family of several sons and daughters, the three older brothers of Henry and their families. In crossing the Potomac, the cattle and other larger animals were forced to swim, and the sons of Henry Rupe held the ropes attached to the horns of the cows. One wild cow pulled one of the unsuspecting Rupe boys overboard while crossing and he might have been lost had they not missed the cow, which finally reached shore with the boy swinging to her tail some distance downstream. Henry Rupe and family journeyed through the Shenandoah Valley and into theVirginia countryside, bound for the southeastern section of the state of Va.,then sparsely settled. It seems they were in several counties, Lunenburg being one of them. As family legend goes, when they reached Buffalo Creek, four miles north of Natural Bridge, a great flood overtook them and they were forced to remain for several days. A report reached them that Natural Bridge had been washed away and being the only passage and it was said it would require four years to restore the bridge, they settled on Bufffalo Creek and built a mill there which they operated for years before they learned that the report of the bridge's destruction was like Mark Twain's comment on the first report of his death, considerably exagerated. Early in the 1800's they left Rockbridge County and moved to MontgomeryCounty about eight miles southwest of Christianburg, Va. The documented record finds Henry and Catherine purchasing land in Montgomery County, Va. on17-Aug-1804. The land is located on Pelham's Branch near Little River, 326acres were purchased from Abner Lester, to whom it had been granted by theCommonwealth in 1795. This is where they would raise their family and bothwould die and be buried here on the family homestead. They worked hard, bought land, owned several grist mills, timbered and farmed the land as theirlivelihood. (In Montgomery and Floyd counties, there are many other variousrecords, ie tax records, census, vital records and court records during thelife span of Henry and his family.) In 1845 at the age of eighty, Henry died suddenly of heart failure whileout walking on the farm. His will was dated 18-Nov-1845 in Montgomery County,Virginia and it took several years to settle the estate. Named in his will and settlement of the estate (Floyd Co, Va.3-Feb-1850) were his wife Catherine, sons: Jacob, John, Henry Jr., William, Samuel, James, Joseph, and George. Daughters: Barbary, Catherine Jr.,Mary, Rachael, Nancy, and Elizabeth.Ref=William H.Roop Jr.(Rin-61); Says Henry born 1765, Baltimore Co, Md.,married Catherine Null in 1785 in Carrol Co,Md. and died in 1845, Mtg.Co, Va. (Compiled by Roger S.Roop in 1995)Ref=Helen Dale Roop (Rin-6374): She says in a letter dated 6-30-1977: Thanks mainly to a Joseph Roop from Missouri---who is not of our line, but who used to correspond with Cousin Red Roop and who has known many Roops of our lines---I know that we all started out as Rupp. My five ways in Maryland records. It just depended upon how the name sounded to the person who was writing it. Henry Roop (c.1765-1845) married (Barbara) Catherine Null (c.1766-1861). At least five of their children were christened in the Lutheran Church, Manchester (now in Carroll County) Maryland. They were Jacob, Elizabetha, William, Rachael, George, Harriet, Mary, Catherine, Nancy, and my Joseph (1811-1874) Henry was perhaps the youngest of seven boys. There were also some girls in the family. One of the cousins--a descendant of Henry's brother MichaelRupp---says that most of the brothers left Maryland about the same time.Michael and at least two sisters stayed. One brother went to Ohio, one to North Carolina, one to South Carolina--this John's son Martin went to Georgia and Roopville near Atlanta, was named for him. I've heard from descendants ofMartin. I saw in the newspaper that there was a small railroad for sale if one wrote to W.C.Roop down there. You can imagine how delighted I was when I found out I had located a cousin! According to Cousin Red Roop, the Roop brothers with their families musthave traveled together when they left Maryland. Out near Harper's Ferry, theyhad to swim their stock across the river, so they tied lines around the cow'shorns. When they got across, one cow was missing so they went down riverlooking for her. She came climbing out of the river--with a little Roop holding onto her tail!! Down in Rockbridge County, Henry was delayed by a terrible, terrible storm that washed away roads and bridges. Henry settled down about 4-5 miles from Natural Bridge and ran a mill for four years. He got to Montgomery County in 1800 and bought land from Abner Lester. Henry eventually became quite a large land owner. The part of the land where he built his log house and mill has never left the family as that is where Ward and Fred Thompson live near Riner.Note: At least one genealogist has doubts as to Henry being the son of JacobRupe. He says that he suspects that Henry is the son of Michael Rup, who lived around Manchester, Baltimore Co, now Carroll Co, Md. Michael Rup's will names a son Henry, and the 1810 census of Baltimore Co, Md. shows a Henry Roope of the right age living near Manchester. (If futher research proves this to be true, I will certainly amend my records.-RSR)Ref=Lois Johnsten-12290 & Delores Springer-12289, 1985; list name as "Henry/Heinrich",b.@1755/65, m.@1785,Md., d.12-20-1845, Riner, Mtg.Co,Va. (Compiled by Roger S. Roop in 1996)GenServ data base MORB6EF, I# 273; 2/98; lists d.1846,Mtg.Co,Va.Ref=Carol (Hunter) Woodley-12100, 5/98; lists b.1765, Md.& lists name as Roup/Roop.; Notes: Jacob, Elizabeth, John and parents Henry & Barbara were christened in the Lutheran Church, Manchester, Baltimore Co, Md. About 1796 Henry and 3 brothers left Maryland. One to Ohio, one to North Carolina and one to Georgia. Henry stopped at Rockbridge County, Va. and built a mill where he lived for about 4 years. About 1800 he moved to Montgomery County, Va. He bought 326 acres of land and built a mill and a log house. Ward and Fred Thompson, descendants of Henrys youngest son, lived in Montgomery County on the home place where it all began. As of 1978, the place had been in the family 178 years.Ref=Delores (Dees) Springer-12289, (Lois Johnsten), 9/80; lists b.1755/65, d.12 20 1845, Riner, Mtg.Co, Va.Ref=GenWeb, 5/99; (lists name as Heinrich Thomas Rupe Sr.)Ref=http://genforum.genealogy.com/roop/messages/79html ; Re: Rupe, Henry and Null, Catherine by Shelly Moudy; posted by David Carroll Rupp, 5-24-1999; (Manchester was in Baltimore County until Carroll County was created from it and frederick County. Family went to the Union Church(i.e. Lutheran one week and Reformed (Calvinist) the next. etc. Record of Henry and Jakob Rupp's wives and their sister-in-law Barbara taking communion in the Lutheran Church with the notation "Husbands Reform". Henry's wife is listed as Nullin (i.e., her maiden name was Null). Land Records and Will of their father Michael are in Annapolis in the archives.)Civil War NOTE: With the exception of King David and William of the 50th Virginia Infantry, it is highly likely that ALL of the Roops in the Virginia Regiments are brothers and cousins, or more clearly stated, all grandsons of Henry (Heinrich) and Catherine Barbara (Noll or Null) Rupe: 14 children and 124 grandchildren, including all these Confederate grandsons and possibly a strand of Yankee Roops!
Children of Henry & Catherine Rupe:
Jacob Rupe (1786-1871),
Elizabeth (1787-1852),
Henry Thomas Rupe Jr (1789-1872,
Johannes (John) Rupe (1789-1866),
George Rupe (1791-1859),
Barbara E. Rupe (1792-1880),
Catherine (Caty) (Rupe) Akers (1794-bef.1850),
Wilhelm (William) Martin Rupe (1800-1887),
Samuel B. Rupe (1801-1858),
Mary (Molly) Rupe (1802-1868),
Rachel (Rupe) Pharis (1804-bef.1880),
Nancy Harriett Rupe (1806-abt.1882),
James A. Rupe (1807-1890),
Joseph Smith Rupe (1811-1874).
Mar. 2014.
Heinrich Roop (Rüpp) was the youngest of 10 children of Johann Jacob Rüpp (1723 in Oberhoffen-les-Wissembourg, Bas Rhin, Alsace, France (8 Mar 1723-10 Aug 1793 in Baltimore, MD, USA) and Maria Barbara Nonnenmacher Rüpp (17 Aug 1722 in Merkwiller, Bas Rhin, Alsace, France - 1792 in Baltimore, MD). Four of Heinrich's brothers were born in France (3 survived) and came with their parents to Philadelphia in 1752. SIx more children were born in the US, 3 girls and 3 boys. French Sources: Church Records for Steinseltz and Kutzenhausen.
Source=LDS IGI;Name listed as Heinrich Rup; 11/97. The name has been spelled Roupe,Rup,Rupe Arrived in Mtg Co,Va in about 1800.Ref=Lewis Wade Roop II,(Rin-9250);lists name as Henry Heinrich Roop.In info from David Rupe of Houston, Texas in 1994,It says that "Henry andCatherine left Carroll County, Maryland in 1796 for Montgomery County,Virginia. They stopped in Rockbridge County for about 4 years. Henry, amillright, built a mill about 4 miles north of Natural Bridge. They left forMontgomery County in 1800. Henry and sons built another mill on their farm.Most of the family stayed there untill Henry died in 1845. Then they sold most of the land and went West to Kentucky and Missouri."Ref=Linda P.(Dickey) Roop (Rin-5781);Henry was born about 1765 and married Catherine Barbara Nullborn 4-Mar-1768. The possibility exists Henry was born in Virginia and he andhis family moved to Maryland. The first documented record of Henry and Catherine are the baptismal record of their second child Jacob, born 30-July-1786, Manchester, Carroll Co, Md. (We presume Henry and Catherine were married about 1782, at this time no record of marriage has been found, probably in Carroll Co, Baltimore, Md. area). Henry and Catherine are believed to have lived in several counties,traveling back and forth to Maryland due to dangerous living conditions.Docuents show they lived in Rockingham County, Va. for a short time joiningrelatives Michael and Martin Rupe there in the 1800's. According to familylegend, Henry was said to be the youngest child of a large German family. There were three brothers besides Henry. One went to Ohio(Jacob?), one went to North Carolina (?) and one went to Georgia (Martin ?)(Note=This is not the same Martin as the one who founded Roopville in Carroll Co, Ga.,west of Atlanta.-- by Roger S. Roop) The Roop families traveled the Wilderness Road into the Shenandoah Valleycrossing the Blue Ridge Mountains, on into the land leading beyond the NewRiver. At a family reunion in 1927, Redmond Ira Roop told of how the Henry Roop family came to settle in Montgomery County, Va. Traveling on what was once the Baltimore and Memphis Turnpike, they crossed the Potomac at Harpers's Ferry in 1796. This caravan included Henry, Catherine and their family of several sons and daughters, the three older brothers of Henry and their families. In crossing the Potomac, the cattle and other larger animals were forced to swim, and the sons of Henry Rupe held the ropes attached to the horns of the cows. One wild cow pulled one of the unsuspecting Rupe boys overboard while crossing and he might have been lost had they not missed the cow, which finally reached shore with the boy swinging to her tail some distance downstream. Henry Rupe and family journeyed through the Shenandoah Valley and into theVirginia countryside, bound for the southeastern section of the state of Va.,then sparsely settled. It seems they were in several counties, Lunenburg being one of them. As family legend goes, when they reached Buffalo Creek, four miles north of Natural Bridge, a great flood overtook them and they were forced to remain for several days. A report reached them that Natural Bridge had been washed away and being the only passage and it was said it would require four years to restore the bridge, they settled on Bufffalo Creek and built a mill there which they operated for years before they learned that the report of the bridge's destruction was like Mark Twain's comment on the first report of his death, considerably exagerated. Early in the 1800's they left Rockbridge County and moved to MontgomeryCounty about eight miles southwest of Christianburg, Va. The documented record finds Henry and Catherine purchasing land in Montgomery County, Va. on17-Aug-1804. The land is located on Pelham's Branch near Little River, 326acres were purchased from Abner Lester, to whom it had been granted by theCommonwealth in 1795. This is where they would raise their family and bothwould die and be buried here on the family homestead. They worked hard, bought land, owned several grist mills, timbered and farmed the land as theirlivelihood. (In Montgomery and Floyd counties, there are many other variousrecords, ie tax records, census, vital records and court records during thelife span of Henry and his family.) In 1845 at the age of eighty, Henry died suddenly of heart failure whileout walking on the farm. His will was dated 18-Nov-1845 in Montgomery County,Virginia and it took several years to settle the estate. Named in his will and settlement of the estate (Floyd Co, Va.3-Feb-1850) were his wife Catherine, sons: Jacob, John, Henry Jr., William, Samuel, James, Joseph, and George. Daughters: Barbary, Catherine Jr.,Mary, Rachael, Nancy, and Elizabeth.Ref=William H.Roop Jr.(Rin-61); Says Henry born 1765, Baltimore Co, Md.,married Catherine Null in 1785 in Carrol Co,Md. and died in 1845, Mtg.Co, Va. (Compiled by Roger S.Roop in 1995)Ref=Helen Dale Roop (Rin-6374): She says in a letter dated 6-30-1977: Thanks mainly to a Joseph Roop from Missouri---who is not of our line, but who used to correspond with Cousin Red Roop and who has known many Roops of our lines---I know that we all started out as Rupp. My five ways in Maryland records. It just depended upon how the name sounded to the person who was writing it. Henry Roop (c.1765-1845) married (Barbara) Catherine Null (c.1766-1861). At least five of their children were christened in the Lutheran Church, Manchester (now in Carroll County) Maryland. They were Jacob, Elizabetha, William, Rachael, George, Harriet, Mary, Catherine, Nancy, and my Joseph (1811-1874) Henry was perhaps the youngest of seven boys. There were also some girls in the family. One of the cousins--a descendant of Henry's brother MichaelRupp---says that most of the brothers left Maryland about the same time.Michael and at least two sisters stayed. One brother went to Ohio, one to North Carolina, one to South Carolina--this John's son Martin went to Georgia and Roopville near Atlanta, was named for him. I've heard from descendants ofMartin. I saw in the newspaper that there was a small railroad for sale if one wrote to W.C.Roop down there. You can imagine how delighted I was when I found out I had located a cousin! According to Cousin Red Roop, the Roop brothers with their families musthave traveled together when they left Maryland. Out near Harper's Ferry, theyhad to swim their stock across the river, so they tied lines around the cow'shorns. When they got across, one cow was missing so they went down riverlooking for her. She came climbing out of the river--with a little Roop holding onto her tail!! Down in Rockbridge County, Henry was delayed by a terrible, terrible storm that washed away roads and bridges. Henry settled down about 4-5 miles from Natural Bridge and ran a mill for four years. He got to Montgomery County in 1800 and bought land from Abner Lester. Henry eventually became quite a large land owner. The part of the land where he built his log house and mill has never left the family as that is where Ward and Fred Thompson live near Riner.Note: At least one genealogist has doubts as to Henry being the son of JacobRupe. He says that he suspects that Henry is the son of Michael Rup, who lived around Manchester, Baltimore Co, now Carroll Co, Md. Michael Rup's will names a son Henry, and the 1810 census of Baltimore Co, Md. shows a Henry Roope of the right age living near Manchester. (If futher research proves this to be true, I will certainly amend my records.-RSR)Ref=Lois Johnsten-12290 & Delores Springer-12289, 1985; list name as "Henry/Heinrich",b.@1755/65, m.@1785,Md., d.12-20-1845, Riner, Mtg.Co,Va. (Compiled by Roger S. Roop in 1996)GenServ data base MORB6EF, I# 273; 2/98; lists d.1846,Mtg.Co,Va.Ref=Carol (Hunter) Woodley-12100, 5/98; lists b.1765, Md.& lists name as Roup/Roop.; Notes: Jacob, Elizabeth, John and parents Henry & Barbara were christened in the Lutheran Church, Manchester, Baltimore Co, Md. About 1796 Henry and 3 brothers left Maryland. One to Ohio, one to North Carolina and one to Georgia. Henry stopped at Rockbridge County, Va. and built a mill where he lived for about 4 years. About 1800 he moved to Montgomery County, Va. He bought 326 acres of land and built a mill and a log house. Ward and Fred Thompson, descendants of Henrys youngest son, lived in Montgomery County on the home place where it all began. As of 1978, the place had been in the family 178 years.Ref=Delores (Dees) Springer-12289, (Lois Johnsten), 9/80; lists b.1755/65, d.12 20 1845, Riner, Mtg.Co, Va.Ref=GenWeb, 5/99; (lists name as Heinrich Thomas Rupe Sr.)Ref=http://genforum.genealogy.com/roop/messages/79html ; Re: Rupe, Henry and Null, Catherine by Shelly Moudy; posted by David Carroll Rupp, 5-24-1999; (Manchester was in Baltimore County until Carroll County was created from it and frederick County. Family went to the Union Church(i.e. Lutheran one week and Reformed (Calvinist) the next. etc. Record of Henry and Jakob Rupp's wives and their sister-in-law Barbara taking communion in the Lutheran Church with the notation "Husbands Reform". Henry's wife is listed as Nullin (i.e., her maiden name was Null). Land Records and Will of their father Michael are in Annapolis in the archives.)Civil War NOTE: With the exception of King David and William of the 50th Virginia Infantry, it is highly likely that ALL of the Roops in the Virginia Regiments are brothers and cousins, or more clearly stated, all grandsons of Henry (Heinrich) and Catherine Barbara (Noll or Null) Rupe: 14 children and 124 grandchildren, including all these Confederate grandsons and possibly a strand of Yankee Roops!
Children of Henry & Catherine Rupe:
Jacob Rupe (1786-1871),
Elizabeth (1787-1852),
Henry Thomas Rupe Jr (1789-1872,
Johannes (John) Rupe (1789-1866),
George Rupe (1791-1859),
Barbara E. Rupe (1792-1880),
Catherine (Caty) (Rupe) Akers (1794-bef.1850),
Wilhelm (William) Martin Rupe (1800-1887),
Samuel B. Rupe (1801-1858),
Mary (Molly) Rupe (1802-1868),
Rachel (Rupe) Pharis (1804-bef.1880),
Nancy Harriett Rupe (1806-abt.1882),
James A. Rupe (1807-1890),
Joseph Smith Rupe (1811-1874).
Ref=Delores Jackemeyer-Kikuchi, FAG contributor #47575369,
Mar. 2014.
Heinrich Roop (Rüpp) was the youngest of 10 children of Johann Jacob Rüpp (1723 in Oberhoffen-les-Wissembourg, Bas Rhin, Alsace, France (8 Mar 1723-10 Aug 1793 in Baltimore, MD, USA) and Maria Barbara Nonnenmacher Rüpp (17 Aug 1722 in Merkwiller, Bas Rhin, Alsace, France - 1792 in Baltimore, MD). Four of Heinrich's brothers were born in France (3 survived) and came with their parents to Philadelphia in 1752. SIx more children were born in the US, 3 girls and 3 boys. French Sources: Church Records for Steinseltz and Kutzenhausen.
Source=LDS IGI;Name listed as Heinrich Rup; 11/97. The name has been spelled Roupe,Rup,Rupe Arrived in Mtg Co,Va in about 1800.Ref=Lewis Wade Roop II,(Rin-9250);lists name as Henry Heinrich Roop.In info from David Rupe of Houston, Texas in 1994,It says that "Henry andCatherine left Carroll County, Maryland in 1796 for Montgomery County,Virginia. They stopped in Rockbridge County for about 4 years. Henry, amillright, built a mill about 4 miles north of Natural Bridge. They left forMontgomery County in 1800. Henry and sons built another mill on their farm.Most of the family stayed there untill Henry died in 1845. Then they sold most of the land and went West to Kentucky and Missouri."Ref=Linda P.(Dickey) Roop (Rin-5781);Henry was born about 1765 and married Catherine Barbara Nullborn 4-Mar-1768. The possibility exists Henry was born in Virginia and he andhis family moved to Maryland. The first documented record of Henry and Catherine are the baptismal record of their second child Jacob, born 30-July-1786, Manchester, Carroll Co, Md. (We presume Henry and Catherine were married about 1782, at this time no record of marriage has been found, probably in Carroll Co, Baltimore, Md. area). Henry and Catherine are believed to have lived in several counties,traveling back and forth to Maryland due to dangerous living conditions.Docuents show they lived in Rockingham County, Va. for a short time joiningrelatives Michael and Martin Rupe there in the 1800's. According to familylegend, Henry was said to be the youngest child of a large German family. There were three brothers besides Henry. One went to Ohio(Jacob?), one went to North Carolina (?) and one went to Georgia (Martin ?)(Note=This is not the same Martin as the one who founded Roopville in Carroll Co, Ga.,west of Atlanta.-- by Roger S. Roop) The Roop families traveled the Wilderness Road into the Shenandoah Valleycrossing the Blue Ridge Mountains, on into the land leading beyond the NewRiver. At a family reunion in 1927, Redmond Ira Roop told of how the Henry Roop family came to settle in Montgomery County, Va. Traveling on what was once the Baltimore and Memphis Turnpike, they crossed the Potomac at Harpers's Ferry in 1796. This caravan included Henry, Catherine and their family of several sons and daughters, the three older brothers of Henry and their families. In crossing the Potomac, the cattle and other larger animals were forced to swim, and the sons of Henry Rupe held the ropes attached to the horns of the cows. One wild cow pulled one of the unsuspecting Rupe boys overboard while crossing and he might have been lost had they not missed the cow, which finally reached shore with the boy swinging to her tail some distance downstream. Henry Rupe and family journeyed through the Shenandoah Valley and into theVirginia countryside, bound for the southeastern section of the state of Va.,then sparsely settled. It seems they were in several counties, Lunenburg being one of them. As family legend goes, when they reached Buffalo Creek, four miles north of Natural Bridge, a great flood overtook them and they were forced to remain for several days. A report reached them that Natural Bridge had been washed away and being the only passage and it was said it would require four years to restore the bridge, they settled on Bufffalo Creek and built a mill there which they operated for years before they learned that the report of the bridge's destruction was like Mark Twain's comment on the first report of his death, considerably exagerated. Early in the 1800's they left Rockbridge County and moved to MontgomeryCounty about eight miles southwest of Christianburg, Va. The documented record finds Henry and Catherine purchasing land in Montgomery County, Va. on17-Aug-1804. The land is located on Pelham's Branch near Little River, 326acres were purchased from Abner Lester, to whom it had been granted by theCommonwealth in 1795. This is where they would raise their family and bothwould die and be buried here on the family homestead. They worked hard, bought land, owned several grist mills, timbered and farmed the land as theirlivelihood. (In Montgomery and Floyd counties, there are many other variousrecords, ie tax records, census, vital records and court records during thelife span of Henry and his family.) In 1845 at the age of eighty, Henry died suddenly of heart failure whileout walking on the farm. His will was dated 18-Nov-1845 in Montgomery County,Virginia and it took several years to settle the estate. Named in his will and settlement of the estate (Floyd Co, Va.3-Feb-1850) were his wife Catherine, sons: Jacob, John, Henry Jr., William, Samuel, James, Joseph, and George. Daughters: Barbary, Catherine Jr.,Mary, Rachael, Nancy, and Elizabeth.Ref=William H.Roop Jr.(Rin-61); Says Henry born 1765, Baltimore Co, Md.,married Catherine Null in 1785 in Carrol Co,Md. and died in 1845, Mtg.Co, Va. (Compiled by Roger S.Roop in 1995)Ref=Helen Dale Roop (Rin-6374): She says in a letter dated 6-30-1977: Thanks mainly to a Joseph Roop from Missouri---who is not of our line, but who used to correspond with Cousin Red Roop and who has known many Roops of our lines---I know that we all started out as Rupp. My five ways in Maryland records. It just depended upon how the name sounded to the person who was writing it. Henry Roop (c.1765-1845) married (Barbara) Catherine Null (c.1766-1861). At least five of their children were christened in the Lutheran Church, Manchester (now in Carroll County) Maryland. They were Jacob, Elizabetha, William, Rachael, George, Harriet, Mary, Catherine, Nancy, and my Joseph (1811-1874) Henry was perhaps the youngest of seven boys. There were also some girls in the family. One of the cousins--a descendant of Henry's brother MichaelRupp---says that most of the brothers left Maryland about the same time.Michael and at least two sisters stayed. One brother went to Ohio, one to North Carolina, one to South Carolina--this John's son Martin went to Georgia and Roopville near Atlanta, was named for him. I've heard from descendants ofMartin. I saw in the newspaper that there was a small railroad for sale if one wrote to W.C.Roop down there. You can imagine how delighted I was when I found out I had located a cousin! According to Cousin Red Roop, the Roop brothers with their families musthave traveled together when they left Maryland. Out near Harper's Ferry, theyhad to swim their stock across the river, so they tied lines around the cow'shorns. When they got across, one cow was missing so they went down riverlooking for her. She came climbing out of the river--with a little Roop holding onto her tail!! Down in Rockbridge County, Henry was delayed by a terrible, terrible storm that washed away roads and bridges. Henry settled down about 4-5 miles from Natural Bridge and ran a mill for four years. He got to Montgomery County in 1800 and bought land from Abner Lester. Henry eventually became quite a large land owner. The part of the land where he built his log house and mill has never left the family as that is where Ward and Fred Thompson live near Riner.Note: At least one genealogist has doubts as to Henry being the son of JacobRupe. He says that he suspects that Henry is the son of Michael Rup, who lived around Manchester, Baltimore Co, now Carroll Co, Md. Michael Rup's will names a son Henry, and the 1810 census of Baltimore Co, Md. shows a Henry Roope of the right age living near Manchester. (If futher research proves this to be true, I will certainly amend my records.-RSR)Ref=Lois Johnsten-12290 & Delores Springer-12289, 1985; list name as "Henry/Heinrich",b.@1755/65, m.@1785,Md., d.12-20-1845, Riner, Mtg.Co,Va. (Compiled by Roger S. Roop in 1996)GenServ data base MORB6EF, I# 273; 2/98; lists d.1846,Mtg.Co,Va.Ref=Carol (Hunter) Woodley-12100, 5/98; lists b.1765, Md.& lists name as Roup/Roop.; Notes: Jacob, Elizabeth, John and parents Henry & Barbara were christened in the Lutheran Church, Manchester, Baltimore Co, Md. About 1796 Henry and 3 brothers left Maryland. One to Ohio, one to North Carolina and one to Georgia. Henry stopped at Rockbridge County, Va. and built a mill where he lived for about 4 years. About 1800 he moved to Montgomery County, Va. He bought 326 acres of land and built a mill and a log house. Ward and Fred Thompson, descendants of Henrys youngest son, lived in Montgomery County on the home place where it all began. As of 1978, the place had been in the family 178 years.Ref=Delores (Dees) Springer-12289, (Lois Johnsten), 9/80; lists b.1755/65, d.12 20 1845, Riner, Mtg.Co, Va.Ref=GenWeb, 5/99; (lists name as Heinrich Thomas Rupe Sr.)Ref=http://genforum.genealogy.com/roop/messages/79html ; Re: Rupe, Henry and Null, Catherine by Shelly Moudy; posted by David Carroll Rupp, 5-24-1999; (Manchester was in Baltimore County until Carroll County was created from it and frederick County. Family went to the Union Church(i.e. Lutheran one week and Reformed (Calvinist) the next. etc. Record of Henry and Jakob Rupp's wives and their sister-in-law Barbara taking communion in the Lutheran Church with the notation "Husbands Reform". Henry's wife is listed as Nullin (i.e., her maiden name was Null). Land Records and Will of their father Michael are in Annapolis in the archives.)Civil War NOTE: With the exception of King David and William of the 50th Virginia Infantry, it is highly likely that ALL of the Roops in the Virginia Regiments are brothers and cousins, or more clearly stated, all grandsons of Henry (Heinrich) and Catherine Barbara (Noll or Null) Rupe: 14 children and 124 grandchildren, including all these Confederate grandsons and possibly a strand of Yankee Roops!
Children of Henry & Catherine Rupe:
Jacob Rupe (1786-1871),
Elizabeth (1787-1852),
Henry Thomas Rupe Jr (1789-1872,
Johannes (John) Rupe (1789-1866),
George Rupe (1791-1859),
Barbara E. Rupe (1792-1880),
Catherine (Caty) (Rupe) Akers (1794-bef.1850),
Wilhelm (William) Martin Rupe (1800-1887),
Samuel B. Rupe (1801-1858),
Mary (Molly) Rupe (1802-1868),
Rachel (Rupe) Pharis (1804-bef.1880),
Nancy Harriett Rupe (1806-abt.1882),
James A. Rupe (1807-1890),
Joseph Smith Rupe (1811-1874).
Mar. 2014.
Heinrich Roop (Rüpp) was the youngest of 10 children of Johann Jacob Rüpp (1723 in Oberhoffen-les-Wissembourg, Bas Rhin, Alsace, France (8 Mar 1723-10 Aug 1793 in Baltimore, MD, USA) and Maria Barbara Nonnenmacher Rüpp (17 Aug 1722 in Merkwiller, Bas Rhin, Alsace, France - 1792 in Baltimore, MD). Four of Heinrich's brothers were born in France (3 survived) and came with their parents to Philadelphia in 1752. SIx more children were born in the US, 3 girls and 3 boys. French Sources: Church Records for Steinseltz and Kutzenhausen.
Source=LDS IGI;Name listed as Heinrich Rup; 11/97. The name has been spelled Roupe,Rup,Rupe Arrived in Mtg Co,Va in about 1800.Ref=Lewis Wade Roop II,(Rin-9250);lists name as Henry Heinrich Roop.In info from David Rupe of Houston, Texas in 1994,It says that "Henry andCatherine left Carroll County, Maryland in 1796 for Montgomery County,Virginia. They stopped in Rockbridge County for about 4 years. Henry, amillright, built a mill about 4 miles north of Natural Bridge. They left forMontgomery County in 1800. Henry and sons built another mill on their farm.Most of the family stayed there untill Henry died in 1845. Then they sold most of the land and went West to Kentucky and Missouri."Ref=Linda P.(Dickey) Roop (Rin-5781);Henry was born about 1765 and married Catherine Barbara Nullborn 4-Mar-1768. The possibility exists Henry was born in Virginia and he andhis family moved to Maryland. The first documented record of Henry and Catherine are the baptismal record of their second child Jacob, born 30-July-1786, Manchester, Carroll Co, Md. (We presume Henry and Catherine were married about 1782, at this time no record of marriage has been found, probably in Carroll Co, Baltimore, Md. area). Henry and Catherine are believed to have lived in several counties,traveling back and forth to Maryland due to dangerous living conditions.Docuents show they lived in Rockingham County, Va. for a short time joiningrelatives Michael and Martin Rupe there in the 1800's. According to familylegend, Henry was said to be the youngest child of a large German family. There were three brothers besides Henry. One went to Ohio(Jacob?), one went to North Carolina (?) and one went to Georgia (Martin ?)(Note=This is not the same Martin as the one who founded Roopville in Carroll Co, Ga.,west of Atlanta.-- by Roger S. Roop) The Roop families traveled the Wilderness Road into the Shenandoah Valleycrossing the Blue Ridge Mountains, on into the land leading beyond the NewRiver. At a family reunion in 1927, Redmond Ira Roop told of how the Henry Roop family came to settle in Montgomery County, Va. Traveling on what was once the Baltimore and Memphis Turnpike, they crossed the Potomac at Harpers's Ferry in 1796. This caravan included Henry, Catherine and their family of several sons and daughters, the three older brothers of Henry and their families. In crossing the Potomac, the cattle and other larger animals were forced to swim, and the sons of Henry Rupe held the ropes attached to the horns of the cows. One wild cow pulled one of the unsuspecting Rupe boys overboard while crossing and he might have been lost had they not missed the cow, which finally reached shore with the boy swinging to her tail some distance downstream. Henry Rupe and family journeyed through the Shenandoah Valley and into theVirginia countryside, bound for the southeastern section of the state of Va.,then sparsely settled. It seems they were in several counties, Lunenburg being one of them. As family legend goes, when they reached Buffalo Creek, four miles north of Natural Bridge, a great flood overtook them and they were forced to remain for several days. A report reached them that Natural Bridge had been washed away and being the only passage and it was said it would require four years to restore the bridge, they settled on Bufffalo Creek and built a mill there which they operated for years before they learned that the report of the bridge's destruction was like Mark Twain's comment on the first report of his death, considerably exagerated. Early in the 1800's they left Rockbridge County and moved to MontgomeryCounty about eight miles southwest of Christianburg, Va. The documented record finds Henry and Catherine purchasing land in Montgomery County, Va. on17-Aug-1804. The land is located on Pelham's Branch near Little River, 326acres were purchased from Abner Lester, to whom it had been granted by theCommonwealth in 1795. This is where they would raise their family and bothwould die and be buried here on the family homestead. They worked hard, bought land, owned several grist mills, timbered and farmed the land as theirlivelihood. (In Montgomery and Floyd counties, there are many other variousrecords, ie tax records, census, vital records and court records during thelife span of Henry and his family.) In 1845 at the age of eighty, Henry died suddenly of heart failure whileout walking on the farm. His will was dated 18-Nov-1845 in Montgomery County,Virginia and it took several years to settle the estate. Named in his will and settlement of the estate (Floyd Co, Va.3-Feb-1850) were his wife Catherine, sons: Jacob, John, Henry Jr., William, Samuel, James, Joseph, and George. Daughters: Barbary, Catherine Jr.,Mary, Rachael, Nancy, and Elizabeth.Ref=William H.Roop Jr.(Rin-61); Says Henry born 1765, Baltimore Co, Md.,married Catherine Null in 1785 in Carrol Co,Md. and died in 1845, Mtg.Co, Va. (Compiled by Roger S.Roop in 1995)Ref=Helen Dale Roop (Rin-6374): She says in a letter dated 6-30-1977: Thanks mainly to a Joseph Roop from Missouri---who is not of our line, but who used to correspond with Cousin Red Roop and who has known many Roops of our lines---I know that we all started out as Rupp. My five ways in Maryland records. It just depended upon how the name sounded to the person who was writing it. Henry Roop (c.1765-1845) married (Barbara) Catherine Null (c.1766-1861). At least five of their children were christened in the Lutheran Church, Manchester (now in Carroll County) Maryland. They were Jacob, Elizabetha, William, Rachael, George, Harriet, Mary, Catherine, Nancy, and my Joseph (1811-1874) Henry was perhaps the youngest of seven boys. There were also some girls in the family. One of the cousins--a descendant of Henry's brother MichaelRupp---says that most of the brothers left Maryland about the same time.Michael and at least two sisters stayed. One brother went to Ohio, one to North Carolina, one to South Carolina--this John's son Martin went to Georgia and Roopville near Atlanta, was named for him. I've heard from descendants ofMartin. I saw in the newspaper that there was a small railroad for sale if one wrote to W.C.Roop down there. You can imagine how delighted I was when I found out I had located a cousin! According to Cousin Red Roop, the Roop brothers with their families musthave traveled together when they left Maryland. Out near Harper's Ferry, theyhad to swim their stock across the river, so they tied lines around the cow'shorns. When they got across, one cow was missing so they went down riverlooking for her. She came climbing out of the river--with a little Roop holding onto her tail!! Down in Rockbridge County, Henry was delayed by a terrible, terrible storm that washed away roads and bridges. Henry settled down about 4-5 miles from Natural Bridge and ran a mill for four years. He got to Montgomery County in 1800 and bought land from Abner Lester. Henry eventually became quite a large land owner. The part of the land where he built his log house and mill has never left the family as that is where Ward and Fred Thompson live near Riner.Note: At least one genealogist has doubts as to Henry being the son of JacobRupe. He says that he suspects that Henry is the son of Michael Rup, who lived around Manchester, Baltimore Co, now Carroll Co, Md. Michael Rup's will names a son Henry, and the 1810 census of Baltimore Co, Md. shows a Henry Roope of the right age living near Manchester. (If futher research proves this to be true, I will certainly amend my records.-RSR)Ref=Lois Johnsten-12290 & Delores Springer-12289, 1985; list name as "Henry/Heinrich",b.@1755/65, m.@1785,Md., d.12-20-1845, Riner, Mtg.Co,Va. (Compiled by Roger S. Roop in 1996)GenServ data base MORB6EF, I# 273; 2/98; lists d.1846,Mtg.Co,Va.Ref=Carol (Hunter) Woodley-12100, 5/98; lists b.1765, Md.& lists name as Roup/Roop.; Notes: Jacob, Elizabeth, John and parents Henry & Barbara were christened in the Lutheran Church, Manchester, Baltimore Co, Md. About 1796 Henry and 3 brothers left Maryland. One to Ohio, one to North Carolina and one to Georgia. Henry stopped at Rockbridge County, Va. and built a mill where he lived for about 4 years. About 1800 he moved to Montgomery County, Va. He bought 326 acres of land and built a mill and a log house. Ward and Fred Thompson, descendants of Henrys youngest son, lived in Montgomery County on the home place where it all began. As of 1978, the place had been in the family 178 years.Ref=Delores (Dees) Springer-12289, (Lois Johnsten), 9/80; lists b.1755/65, d.12 20 1845, Riner, Mtg.Co, Va.Ref=GenWeb, 5/99; (lists name as Heinrich Thomas Rupe Sr.)Ref=http://genforum.genealogy.com/roop/messages/79html ; Re: Rupe, Henry and Null, Catherine by Shelly Moudy; posted by David Carroll Rupp, 5-24-1999; (Manchester was in Baltimore County until Carroll County was created from it and frederick County. Family went to the Union Church(i.e. Lutheran one week and Reformed (Calvinist) the next. etc. Record of Henry and Jakob Rupp's wives and their sister-in-law Barbara taking communion in the Lutheran Church with the notation "Husbands Reform". Henry's wife is listed as Nullin (i.e., her maiden name was Null). Land Records and Will of their father Michael are in Annapolis in the archives.)Civil War NOTE: With the exception of King David and William of the 50th Virginia Infantry, it is highly likely that ALL of the Roops in the Virginia Regiments are brothers and cousins, or more clearly stated, all grandsons of Henry (Heinrich) and Catherine Barbara (Noll or Null) Rupe: 14 children and 124 grandchildren, including all these Confederate grandsons and possibly a strand of Yankee Roops!
Children of Henry & Catherine Rupe:
Jacob Rupe (1786-1871),
Elizabeth (1787-1852),
Henry Thomas Rupe Jr (1789-1872,
Johannes (John) Rupe (1789-1866),
George Rupe (1791-1859),
Barbara E. Rupe (1792-1880),
Catherine (Caty) (Rupe) Akers (1794-bef.1850),
Wilhelm (William) Martin Rupe (1800-1887),
Samuel B. Rupe (1801-1858),
Mary (Molly) Rupe (1802-1868),
Rachel (Rupe) Pharis (1804-bef.1880),
Nancy Harriett Rupe (1806-abt.1882),
James A. Rupe (1807-1890),
Joseph Smith Rupe (1811-1874).
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