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Descendants of Jacob Rupp

Generation No. 2

2. JACOB² RUPP, JR. (JACOB¹) (Source: Lloyd W. Roupe, Ancestors of John R. Miller, 9.) was born Abt. 1747 in Germany (Source: Lloyd W. Roupe, Ancestors of John R. Miller, 9.), and died Unknown in Baltimore Co., MD (Source: Lloyd W. Roupe, Ancestors of John R. Miller, 9.). He married BARBARA ? (Source: Lloyd W. Roupe, Ancestors of John R. Miller, 9.). She was born Abt. 1750 in Germany? (Source: (1) Lloyd W. Roupe, Ancestors of John R. Miller, 9., (2) Roger S. Roop, Descendants of Jacob Roop, "Electronic."), and died Unknown in Baltimore Co., MD (Source: Lloyd W. Roupe, Ancestors of John R. Miller, 9.).

Notes for JACOB RUPP, JR.:
Name not certain

Lived in area of Manchester, Baltimore Cty. (now Carroll Cty.)
Neighboors included, Cole, Taylor, Kratinger, Crumrin/Kroumrein

Children of JACOB RUPP and BARBARA ? are:

	i.	HEINRICH³ RUPP (Source: Lloyd W. Roupe, Ancestors of John R. Miller, 9.), b. Abt. 1770 (Source: Roger S. Roop, Descendants of Jacob Roop, "Electronic."); d. Unknown; m. CATHERINE NOLL (Source: Lloyd W. Roupe, Ancestors of John R. Miller, 9.); b. Abt. 1772 (Source: Roger S. Roop, Descendants of Jacob Roop, "Electronic."); d. Unknown.
4.	ii.	MICHAEL ROUP, b. Abt. 1773, Baltimore Co. (now Carrol Co.), MD; d. 1848, Aleppo Twp., Greene Co., PA.
5.	iii.	JOHN ROUPE, b. Abt. 1782; d. Unknown.

3. HENRY² RUPE (JACOB¹ RUPP) (Source: Roger S. Roop, Descendants of Jacob Roop, "Electronic.") was born 1766 in Baltimore Co., MD (Source: Roger S. Roop, Descendants of Jacob Roop, "Electronic."), and died 1846 in Montgomery Co., VA (Source: Roger S. Roop, Descendants of Jacob Roop, "Electronic."). He married CATHERINE BARBARA NULL (Source: Roger S. Roop, Descendants of Jacob Roop, "Electronic.") 1785 in Carrol Co., MD (Source: Roger S. Roop, Descendants of Jacob Roop, "Electronic."). She was born March 4, 1768 in Baltimore Co., MD (Source: Roger S. Roop, Descendants of Jacob Roop, "Electronic."), and died Abt. 1850 in Floyd Co., VA (Source: Roger S. Roop, Descendants of Jacob Roop, "Electronic.").

Notes for HENRY RUPE:
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 and Catherine left Carroll County, Maryland in 1796 for Montgomery County, Virginia. They stopped in Rockbridge County for about 4 years. Henry , a millright, built a mill about 4 miles north of Natural Bridge. They left for Montgomery 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 Null born 4-Mar-1768. The possibility exists Henry was born in Virginia and he and his 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.

Documents show they lived in Rockingham County, Va. far a short time joining relatives Michael and Martin Rupe there in the 1800's. According to family legend, 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 Valley crossing the Blue Ridge Mountains, on into the land leading beyond the New River. 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 t he 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 the Virginia 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 Montgomery County about eight miles southwest of Christianburg, Va. The documented record finds Henry and Catherine purchasing land in Montgomery County, Va. on 17-Aug-1804. The land is located on Pelham's Branch near Little River , 326 acres were purchased from Abner Lester, to whom it had been granted by the Commonwealth in 1795. This is where they would raise their family and both would die and be buried here on the family homestead. They worked hard, bought land, owned several grist mills, timbered and farmed the land as their livelihood. (In Montgomery and Floyd counties, there are many other various records, ie tax records, census, vital records and court records during the life span of Henry and his family.)

In 1845 at the age of eighty, Henry died suddenly of heart failure while out 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 hi s will and settlement of the estate (Floyd Co, Va.3-Feb-1850) were hi s 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 (18 11-1874)

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 Michael Rupp---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 of Martin. 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 must have traveled together when they left Maryland. Out near Harper's Ferry, they had to swim their stock across the river, so they tied lines around the cow's horns. When they got across, one cow was missing so they went down river looking 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 Jacob Rupe. 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)

(Compiled by Roger S. Roop in 1996)

Notes for CATHERINE BARBARA NULL:
!Ref=Linda P.(Dickey)Roop; Catherine was born in Baltimore Co (Now Ca rroll Co.)
Maryland. Her parents were Anthon Null (Noel, Knoll, Knule) and Mari e Magdeline
Brunele.Two of her brothers were Francisus Null born 16-Oct-1761 an d Johannes
Null born 14-Sept-1765.(Baptismal records German Reformed Church, Man chester,
Carroll Co, Md.)There were probably more children but are unknown a t this time.
Catherine died between 1846-50 in Floyd Co, Va. at the old homepla ce which
was built in 1804. Some family members believe she lived until 1861 b ut no
documentation is avalable. The county boundaries shifted several time s during
their lifetime, Montgomery, Floyd, etc.. Henry and Catherine are know n to have
had fourteen children. This number is accepted by most of the family
researchers. The possibility of twins are great because four give th e same year
of birth in the census records. Also they all say they were born in V irginia
but that has been proven wrong, especially of Jacob. Joseph, the youn gest,
lived on the old homeplace with his parents.

Ref=William H. Roop Jr.(Rin-61);Lists Catherine as born 1766 and die d 1861,
Montgomery Co, Va.
(Compiled by Roger S.Roop in 1995)

More About HENRY RUPE and CATHERINE NULL:
Marriage: 1785, Carrol Co., MD (Source: Roger S. Roop, Descendants of Jacob Roop, "Electronic.")

Children of HENRY RUPE and CATHERINE NULL are:

6.	i.	JACOB³ RUPE, b. June 15, 1786, Manchester, Carroll Co., MD; d. December 29, 1871, Lee Co., VA.
7.	ii.	ELIZABETH RUPE, b. September 4, 1787, Manchester, Carroll Co., MD; d. Unknown.
8.	iii.	JOHN RUPE, b. February 27, 1789, Manchester, Carroll Co., MD; d. December 11, 1866, Pulaski Co., VA.
9.	iv.	HENRY THOMAS RUPE, JR., b. February 27, 1789, Manchester, Carroll Co., MD; d. 1872, Montgomery Co., VA.
10.	v.	GEORGE P. RUPE, b. 1791, Carroll Co., MD; d. Unknown.
11.	vi.	BARBARA E. RUPE, b. October 29, 1792, Manchester, Carroll Co., MD; d. Unknown.
12.	vii.	CATHERINE RUPE, b. 1795, Carroll Co., MD; d. Bef. 1850.
13.	viii.	WILLIAM RUPE, b. Abt. 1798, Rockbridge Co., VA; d. Unknown.
14.	ix.	MARY RUPE, b. 1802, Luxemburg Co., VA; d. November 17, 1868, Montgomery Co., VA.
15.	x.	SAMUEL ROOP, b. 1804, Montgomery Co., VA; d. May 26, 1858, Montgomery Co., VA.
16.	xi.	RACHEL RUPE, b. 1806, Montgomery Co., VA; d. Unknown.
17.	xii.	JAMES RUPE, b. 1808, Montgomery Co., VA; d. November 2, 1890, Floyd Co., VA.
18.	xiii.	NANCY RUPE, b. 1810, Montgomery Co., VA; d. Unknown.
19.	xiv.	JOSEPH RUPE, b. 1811, Riner, Montgomery Co., VA; d. May 1874.

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