The Pickering genealogy : being an account of the first three generations of the Pickering family of Salem, Mass., and of the descendants of John and Sarah (Burrill) Pickering, of the third generation . n and Sarah (Buffington)Chapman. George Chapinan [29-34. VI. JC] was his uncle; Urau/aKnapi) Chapman [13. VIII. 159] was his niece, and Isaac Needham Chapmayi[24. VIII. ^^S] was his nephew. His ancestry includes the following fami-lies: Chapman, Cook, Birdsall, Buxton, Dean, Daniell, Prince, Ruck,Spooner, Buftum, Pope, Buffington. See Ancestey Tables ^^. 41-42. VI. 65. Benjamin Ropes [Ruth 41-4
The Pickering genealogy : being an account of the first three generations of the Pickering family of Salem, Mass., and of the descendants of John and Sarah (Burrill) Pickering, of the third generation . n and Sarah (Buffington)Chapman. George Chapinan [29-34. VI. JC] was his uncle; Urau/aKnapi) Chapman [13. VIII. 159] was his niece, and Isaac Needham Chapmayi[24. VIII. ^^S] was his nephew. His ancestry includes the following fami-lies: Chapman, Cook, Birdsall, Buxton, Dean, Daniell, Prince, Ruck,Spooner, Buftum, Pope, Buffington. See Ancestey Tables ^^. 41-42. VI. 65. Benjamin Ropes [Ruth 41-47. V. 16], probably bornin Salem, baptized there July 13, 1747. A cooper. Residence: Salem.^ Mr. Ropess house was situated on the corner of North Street and a streetleading from North Street to the laboratory in North Salem. He servedin the Revolutionary War. In his commission as second lieutenant ofa company of ]\Iatrosses, stationed at Salem, of which John Symondswas captain, he is spoken of as Benjamin Ropes, Jr., gentleman. The The date of his marriria:e is given as Feb. 6, 1772, in Essex Institute Historical Col-lections, Vol. VII. p. 1C4, and by the Nichols Family Records as Dec. 31, PEIRCE COAT OF an , -wRiirour by Sarah Nichols in 179 POSSESSION OF THE MiSSES NICHOLS, OF SaLEM, M. SIXTH GEXEBATIOX. 221 coiiiniission which is dated at Boston, June 21, 1777, is still in possessionof his descendants. He appears to have seen some service in RhodeIsland, in 1778. This we learn from a letter from his parents, dated , 1778, and addressed to •ilr. Benja. Ropes & Brethren at Rhode Islandin tlie Salem Company, commanded by Capt. Samll Flagg. 41-42. VI. Go. Marfjaret Si/tnonds, his wife, probably bom anddied in Salem. ^Irs. Ropes was a daughter of Benjamin and Margaret (Skerry) Symonds,of North Salem. Her ancestry includes the following families: Symonds,Browning, Stone, Skerry. Lunt, Silsbee, Tompkins. See Axcestry Tables ^1^-. 43. VI. 66. Jos
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