Samuel Loper (1741 - 1799)

Born 1741 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Chittenden) Loper — married 17 Nov 1765 in Connecticut

Descendants

Died 2 Apr 1799 at about age 58 in North Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Biography

Samuel was the son of Lyon and Susannah (Fyler) Loper. ^{[1] [2]}

He married Abigail Chittenden, daughter of Daniel and Abigail (Downs) Chittenden, on 17 Nov 1765 at New Haven, CT ^[3]- parents of Samuel Fyler, David, Daniel, Ruth and Elizabeth Loper

Samuel is buried at Old North Cemetery, Guilford, New Haven, CT where a state tombstone honors his service in the in the French/Indian War in the 5th Co, 1st Regt. ^[4]

End of Biography.

Genealogical Records

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Vital Records

Samuel is not recorded as a son of Lion Loper Jr. in the Long Island Vital Records:

• Primary Source, Henry Hedges, Records of the Town of East Hampton, Long Island, Suffolk Co., N.Y., with other Ancient Documents of Historic Value, Volume V; ^[5] East Hampton, New York vital records for Lion Loper. Examination and cross correlation of the published genealogies of Lion Loper's family leads to the conclusion that the following records are for the son of Lion Loper of this profile.

1. ) E. Hampton Records; page 433: Lion Loper was baptized and Joined the church 5 Nov 1727.
2. ) E. Hampton Records; page 529: Lion Loper married Susannah Filer on 25 April 1737 at East Hampton, Long Island. page
3. ) E. Hampton Records; page 474: 20 Aug 1738 Elizabeth a daughter of Lion Loper.
   1. ) E. Hampton Records; page 576: 16 Sept 1738 Died: A daughter of Lion Loper aged one month, tis said this child had the throat distemper canker in its mouth {strep?}
4. ) E. Hampton Records; page 475: 25 Nov 1739 Elizabeth daughter of Lion Loper was baptized.
5. ) E. Hampton Records; page 478: 22 May 1743 Lion Loper, son of Lion Loper was bapt.
6. ) E. Hampton Records; page 580: 1743 Sept 11: Lion Loper died of bloody flux about 5 AM. {Editorial (RRB) this record could be for either Lion Loper, the father, or Lion Loper the four month old son.}
7. ) E. Hampton Records; page 440: 1749 August ye 19th, the widow Loper Received into the church.
8. ) E. Hampton Records; page 584: 1750 July ye 14; Died, ye widow Susannah Loper aged about 40. {Editorial (RRB), the notation that Susannah was a widow supports the assertion that the previous 11 Sept 1743 Lion Loper death was that of her husband, not her son, as 1743 death was the only Lion Loper death recorded in the E. Hampton records.}

Death Records

• Primary Source, (burial); Tertiary Source (biography), Find A Grave Index ^[4] Data Summary:

1. ) Find A Grave: Memorial #32302529: Samuel Loper, was born 1741, and he died 2 Apr 1799
   1. ) Marriage. Samuel Loper married Abigail Chittenden (1734–1829) in 1765.
2. ) BURIAL. Samuel Loper was buried in the Old North Cemetery at Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
   1. ) Find a Grave Notes: "French-Indian War, 5th Co. 1st Regt., age 58. [state stone & private stone] "
   2. ) Tombstone Photo: Inscription, In Memory of
      Mr. SAMUEL LOPER.
      Who died
      April 2^d 1799,
      Aged 58 Years.
   3. ) Tombstone Photo, second stone provided by state: Inscription, FRENCH INDIAN WAR
      SAMUEL LOPER
      5TH CO. 1ST REGT.
      DIED APR. 2, 1799
      Ӕ. 58.

Published Genealogical Information

• Secondary Source, Frederick Gregory Mather, The Refugees of 1776 from Long Island to Connecticut ^[1] This history text provides a narrative regarding the British occupation of Long Island during the Revolutionary War and the impact it had on the residents of that place, and it provides the detailed Genealogy of the Early North American Loper family including exerpts from interview of descendants during the time the book was written (~1900-1913). Note that the following extract has rearranged information from the original text such that the information flow is in a linear, generational flow:

1. ) LI Refugees; Page 455,456: Capt. Jacob Loper (1) married in 1646, Cornelia, dau. of Cornelius Melyn, and he was a Member of the Council of New Amsterdam. Mather offers three point of origin narratives for Capt. Jacob; first, Mather proposes Holland as his native country; next, Prof. S. Ward Loper (descendant of Lion Loper) declares him to be of Spanish origin; and finally, descendant Dr. Arthur C. Loper declares Capt. Jacob Loper to be a native of Stockholm Sweden. Both Dr. A.C. Loper and Prof S.W. Loper maintain that Jacob Loper was first at Caracoa Islands, West Indies in service as a Lt. Capt. for the Dutch West Indies Co. Thence settling in New Amsterdam before 1642. His children were Jacob (2) and Janneken (2), and perhaps others. In 1653, his widow married Jacob Schellinger. (Co. Hist. N.Y., Also N. Amsterdam Dutch Ref. Ch. Rec.)
   1. ) James (2) (probably the Jacob (2) just noted as the names are used interchangeably in the East Hampton Town record) married in 1674 Elizabeth, daughter of Arthur Howell, and granddaughter of Lyon Gardiner. Descendent JHL notes that James seems to have been in Boston and Cape Cod after 1684. He had: Lyon (3) who is in the East Hampton town record 1696-1736, Arthur (3); and perhaps others.
      1. ) Lion Loper (3), son of James (2); moved to Guilford, Conn from East Hampton about 1745. He was also called Lyon or Leon de Lopez in the genealogy. Descended from him are James Douglas Loper of Guilford, Conn., and his son Charles D. Loper of Chicago. (Jmes H. Loper) Descendant Prof S.Ward Loper contributed the following, "He had a son Samuel , who served in the French War; and a grandson, Samul Fyler Loper who served in the Revolutionary War. They settled at Guilford, Conn, before the latter War; but there is a family tradition that Samuel and two of his brothers came from LI. Samuel the first had a son David. Samuel Fyler Loper had two daughters, and sons: Henry, Horace, Edward and Samuel. Henry was my father." Children of Lion Loper:
         1. ) Samuel Loper, served in the French War
            1. ) David Loper
            2. ) Samuel Filer Loper, served in the Revolutionary War.
               1. ) Henry Loper
                  1. ) Prof. S. Ward Loper (Information Source)
               2. ) Horace,
               3. ) Edward
               4. ) Samuel
               5. ) Two Daughters.
      2. ) Arthur Loper (3), son of James (2), of East Hampton, {Long Island, New York}, m. Patience, dau. of George Havens and Elinor Thurston. He removed to N.J. The fact that he had relatives there living may have influenced his moving. {Who were these relatives? Answer first cousin James Davis} He was in Elizabethtown in 1700. (NJ. Records) The will of Arthur, of Salem Co., proved June 13, 1720, mentions land was in the Piles Grove precinct, wife Patience, and the following children (all under age except David:

• Secondary Source, Jeannette E. Rattray; ^[6] Data extract {Rattray's numbers inserted after the individual names are generation numbers, relative to Jacobus Loper I the first North American immigrant, similar to the Mather genealogy above}

1. ) E. Hampton History; Page 439: Lion Loper (3); b. 1677; rem to Guilford, Conn, ca. 1945. Children of Lion Loper are probably Lion (4), Elizabeth (4), and Samuel (4) who remained in Guilford (there was a Samuel Filer Loper, a soldier in the Rev. War).
   1. ) Lion Loper (4); m. Susanna Filer at East Hampton in 1737. (d. 1750 @ age 50); d. 11 Sept 1743. He joined the East Hampton church in 1725. Children:
      1. ) Elizabeth (5); bapt 1738
      2. ) Elizabeth 2nd (5); bapt 1739
      3. ) Lion (5): bapt 1743

• Secondary Source, Alvan Talcott, Families of Early Guilford, Connecticut, Vol. II; ^[2] Loper Genealogy at Guilford Connecticut:

1. ) Guilford Families; page 805: Lyon Loper; m. Susanna Fyler (d. 24 Feb 1764); residents of East Hampton, LI, NY. Children: {Editorial (RRB) this genealogy asserts that the children of Lion Loper Jr. were relocated to Guilford, Conn. but does not make the same assertion about their father, Lion Loper Jr. The East Hampton Vital Records ^[5] are very explicit in establishing that both Lion Loper Jr. and his widow Susanna (Filer) Loper died at East Hampton, the only way for this to have happened was if Lion Loper Sr. took his fatherless (1743) and orphaned (1750) grandchildren to live with him in Guilford.}
2. ) Lyon (III), went South not heard from
3. ) Samuel; d. 2 April 1799; m. Abigail Chittenden; res. of North Guilford, Conn. {The East Hampton Vital record does not include a son Samuel for Lion Loper Jr., but the death and marriage dates asserted here (without proof) are very much aligned to be a sibling of Lyon (III) and Elizabeth and thus a grandson of Lion Loper Sr. Naming of his son Samuel Filer Loper also suggests that Susanah was his mother. Perhaps Lion Loper Sr. took Samuel to live with him in Guilford after his son died, even though his daughter-in-law was still alive and in East Hampton until 1750. }
   1. ) Samuel Filer Loper; b. 17 March 1766; m. 12 March 1788 Rebecca Coan (1765-1848); d. 6 May 1839; res. N. Guilford, Conn.
4. ) Elizabeth; b. 1739; d. 18 Mar 1777; unm.

Research Notes

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   3. ) A Tertiary Source is a genealogical data source which is a collection of genealogical information that does not cite Primary or Secondary information sources, and the data may be factual or hearsay.
   4. ) Braces {Editorial Note Example} are used to insert editorial comments; that is to say, information or clarification that is not contained in the original, cited source material.
2. Possibly connected to Phebe Loper Francis

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Mather, Frederick Gregory, The Refugees of 1776 from Long Island to Connecticut, Albany, New York, J. B. Lyon Company, Printers, 1913. Public Domain.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Talcott, Alvan; Families of Early Guilford, Connecticut, Vol. II; Genealogical Publishing Co., Printed by Clearfield, Co. Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1984.
3. ↑ CT Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection): Samuel Loper married Abigail Chittenden, both of Guilford, 17 Nov 1765.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Find a Grave, database and images (revision date: accessed 10 January 2024), memorial page for Samuel Loper (1741–2 Apr 1799), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32302529; citing Old North Cemetery, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Jan Franco (contributor 46625834).
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Hedges, Henry. Records of the Town of East Hampton, Long Island, Suffolk Co., N.Y., Sag-Harbor, J. H. Hunt, Printer, 1887-1905. Public Domain.
6. ↑ Rattray, Jeannette Edwards, East Hampton History Including Genealogies of Early Families; Heritage Books, East Hampton, Long Island, New York, 1953.

Other Sources

The following section provides a listing of source material that is pertinent to the profile subject, but not presently cited in the narrative text of the profile.

• CT Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection): Samuel Fyler Loper, son of Sam'll & Abigail was born 17 March 1766 at Guilford, Conn.
• CT Death & Burials Index, 1772-1934

• Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999: Last Will and testament of Samuel Loper of Guilford, Conn. Scanned Will of Samuel Loper

• Samuel Loper tombstone: Guilford Conn. died 2 April 1799 aged 58. b. ~1741 Tombstone photo

Web based Genealogies

The following section provides a listing of web-published genealogies pertinent to the profile subject; these genealogies provide a valuable resource to compare an alternate genealogical perspective of the family links for the profile subject. However, these genealogies may or may not be correct and are not presently cited as source material in the narrative text of this profile.

• MADELYN LARKIN Lopers from the New Jersey area; Posted on Genealogy.com Forum on May 04, 1999.
• The Early North American Loper Family
• Outline Descendant Report for Lambrecht Melyn.