Born in New Hampshire, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Jonathan Stanley
and Betsey (Ross) Stanley
Sister of
Jonathan Stanley, Abraham Stanley, Abner Stanley, Benjamin Moors Stanley, Alvah Stanley and James Ross Stanley
Wife of
Martin Roper
— married
27 Mar 1838 in Jaffrey, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
George Stanley Roper, Albert B Roper, Eliza C (Roper) Wilder, Jerome Albert Roper, Lydia Roper and Ella Frances (Roper) Phillips
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Sep 2021
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Biography
Persis was born in 1815.
Sources
- "New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDK4-38H : 24 January 2020), Martin Roper, 1838.
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD9C-28V : 22 December 2020), Martin Roper, Sterling, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "Massachusetts State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ4X-K12 : 11 March 2018), Martin Roper, Sterling, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,964.
- "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDQX-WVH : 29 May 2021), Martin Roper, 1870.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHFS-749 : 19 February 2021), Martin Roper, Sterling, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district ED 829, sheet 556C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,563.
- Cutter, Daniel B. 1881, History of the town of Jaffrey, New Hampshire, from the date of the Masonian charter to the present time, 1749-1880, p 482 https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofj00cutter/page/482/mode/1up
Son's marriage record names parents:
- "Rhode Island Town Deaths Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D6BK-R82M : 9 November 2020), Martin Roper in entry for George Stanley Roper, 1866.
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