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Descendants of Peter Roadcap, Jr. and Mary Lipp




Generation No. 1


1. PETER1 ROADCAP, JR was born Abt. 1762 in Shenandoah County, Va., and died Bef. 12 Mar 1831 in Presumed Rockingham County, Va.. He married MARY LIPP Abt. 1782.

Notes for P
ETER ROADCAP, JR:
Peter Roadcap appears in the 1810 Rockingham County, Va. census (p. 29, handwritten page number) as head of household: 1 male (under 10), 2 males (10-15), 1 male (45+, presumably himself), 1 female (16-25), and 1 female (45+, presumably Peter's wife).
Peter and Mary (Lipp ?) may have had 7 children Daniel (b. abt. 1786 Brock's Gap, Rockingham County, Va.), Emanuel (b. 1786 Rockingham County, Va.), Stephen (b. abt. 1789 Brock's Gap, Rockingham County, Va.), James (b. abt. 1790 Unknown County), Joseph (b. abt. 1795 Brock's Gap, Rockingham County, Va.), Ann (b. abt. 1796 in Page County, Va.), and Peter (b. abt. 1799 Unknown County).
     
Children of P
ETER ROADCAP and MARY LIPP are:
2. i.   DANIEL2 ROADCAP, b. Dec 1783, Brock's Gap, Rockingham County, Va.; d. 16 Oct 1871, Presumed Rockingham County, Va..
3. ii.   EMANUEL ROADCAP, b. Abt. 15 Sep 1786, Rockingham County, Va,; d. 11 May 1860, Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, Va..
  iii.   STEPHEN ROADCAP, b. Abt. 1789, Brocks Gap, Rockingham County, Va.; d. Possibly Botetourt County, Va..
  Notes for STEPHEN ROADCAP:
Stephen Roadcap (b. 1789 in Brocks Gap, Rockingham, Va.), is the son of Peter Roadcap II and Mary Lipp. Stephen married Mary A. and had the following children: Sarah A. Roadcap, Ann F. Roadcap, and Benjamin F. Roadcap as per Rothgeb website.

It appears that this Stephen Roadcap migrated to Botetourt County, Va. He was not in Botetourt in 1840, but he was there by 1850. The following relationships are not clear.

1850 District 8, Botetourt County, Va., p. 144 (preprinted), 23 Sept 1850
dwelling 1423
Stephen Roadcap 60 Farmer $15,000 Va (all)
Sarah A. Taylor 18 [Child of Stephen ?]
Ann H. 17 [Child of Stephen ?]
Benjamin F. 10 [Child of Stephen ?]

Right next door:
dwelling 1424
Andrew VanPelt 30 Farmer RE (blank) Va (all)
Lucinda 28
Benjamin F. 10
Mary 9
Virginia 6
Laura A. 4
Robert Kenny 14
Mary A. Roadcap 40 [Stephen's wife living next door to him in 1850 ???]

This couple is not found in 1860.

4. iv.   JAMES ROADCAP, b. Abt. 1790.
  v.   JOSEPH ROADCAP, b. Abt. 1795, Brocks Gap, Rockingham County, Va..
  Notes for JOSEPH ROADCAP:
Joseph is listed as a son of Peter and Mary as per the Rothgeb website. NFR
I do not find this Joseph Roadcap with any certainty anywhere in the census records.
This Joseph Rothgeb below is close in age, but is said to be son of George Rothgeb and Anna Spitler.

1850 District 49, Page County, Va., 1 August 1850
dwelling 325
Joseph Rothgeb 49 Farmer $3500 Va (all)
Frances 41 [said to be Frances Huffman on Rothgeb website]
Susan 19
Dorothy 16
Magdelene 15 Attended school within the year
Catherine 12 Attended school within the year
Edmond 8 Attended school within the year
Mary 5
George 3

1860 District 2, Page County, Va., p. 92, 17 July 1860
dwelling 625
Joseph Rothgeb 59 Farmer $4500 $3500 Va (all)
Frances 52
Magdelene 24
Catherine 22
Edmund 18
Mary 14
George 13

1870 Marksville Township, Page County, Va., p. 43, 13 August 1870
dwelling 308
Joseph Rothgeb 69 Farmer $5000 $3040 Va (all)
Frances 62 Keeping house
Margaret 34 At home
Mary 25 At home
George 23 Farm laborer
Isaac Comer 16 Farm laborer
Barbara 84 At home

5. vi.   ANN ROADCAP, b. Abt. 1796.
  vii.   PETER ROADCAP III, b. Abt. 1798; m. [POSSIBLY] MAHALA MATHEWS; b. Abt. 1837.
  Notes for PETER ROADCAP III:
Peter is the son of Peter Roadcap and Mary Lipp as per the Rothgeb website. Peter was born in Unknown County, Va.

This 1850 record below shows a Peter Roadcap living with Mahala Mathews.

1850 56th District, Rockingham County, Va., p. 75 ½, 30 August 1850
dwelling 1013
Mahala Mathews 23 Cannot read and write Va (all)
Erasmus      2
Peter Roadcap 50 None

1860 District 1, Rockingham County, Va, p. 476, 26 September 1860
dwelling 3377
Peter Roadcap 65 Laborer $25 Va

dwelling 3378
John Fulk 48 Farmer $2500 $600 Va (all)
Martha 46 [Martha is d/o Emmanuel, Peter's brother]
George 20 Farm laborer
Sarah 18 Attended school within the year
Eva 15 Attended school within the year
Daniel 13 Attended school within the year
Margaret 11 Attended school within the year
John 9 Attended school within the year
Martha 7 Attended school within the year

According to the 1870 Rockingham County Mortality Schedule, Peter Roadcap died age 62, born Va., July (month filed), married, occupation farmer, cause unknown, in Brock's Gap Township. Could this be a record of Peter's death ? If he was married, where was his wife in the 1860 census ?

  Notes for [POSSIBLY] MAHALA MATHEWS:
Some research shows that Mahala Mathews married Peter Roadcap, but I am unsure as to which Peter this refers to. Mahala is temporarily placed here.
Mahala Mathews appears at age 23 as head of household in the 1850 Rockingham County, Va. census. According to the census, she can neither read, nor write. Also living in her 1850 household are a 2 year old Erasmus Mathews (?) and a 50 year old Peter Roadcap. Mahala's occupation is left blank. Peter's occupation is none. Mahala and Peter do not appear to be husband and wife in the census. If they are, there is quite an age difference. Peter is 27 years her senior.
The 1850 record would make more sense if Mahala Mathews were were the DAUGHTER of Peter Roadcap III. Perhaps Mahala is the widow of an [unknown 1st name] Mathews, and Erasmus is her child.




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