George Henry STROOP & Jane __?_

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George Henry STRUB / STROOP
Jane __?__

Husband: George Henry STRUB / STROOP / STROOPE
Birth: 15 Mar 1749, Frederick Co., VA
Baptism: 30 Apr 1749, Evangelical Lutheran Church, Frederick Co., VA
Death: 1787, Berkeley Co., VA [now WV]
Father: Wilhelm STRUB I, a.k.a., William STROOP I
Mother: Maria Elisabetha __?__

Marriage: ca. 1772

Wife: Jane "Jenny" __?__
Birth: ca. 1753
Death: aft. 1810, probably in Frederick Co., VA

Children:

1. William STROOPE, b. c1772-84
2. John STROOP
3. Elizabeth "Betsy" STROOP
4. Mary "Polly" STROOP

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Sources (n.b., Berkeley Co. was formed in 1772 from Frederick Co.; in 1863, Berkeley Co. became part of WV):

1. Marriage Record:

2. Census Index: Colonial America, 1607-1789 (Broderbund CD-310):

1777 Rent Roll VA Berkeley Dist. Henry Stroop

Also on Rent Rolls in Berkeley District: Henry's brothers, Melchior, Jacob, and Willilam.

3. 1790 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): not found, but the entire 1790 Virginia census was destroyed.

4. 1800 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): not found, but the entire 1800 Virginia census was destroyed.

5. 1810 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #10 of 19 — indexed "Janes"; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1810 VA Frederick Co. Roll M252_68 p. 340B Ln. 21 Jane? Stroope 00100-00011-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 16-25 1784-1794 = John?

1 female 26-44 1765-1784 = Betsy? Polly?

1 female 45 or over in or bef. 1765 = Jane (b. ca. 1753)

Listed next to son, William STROOPE.

6. Ross B. Johnston. 1978. West Virginia Estate Settlements: an Index to Wills, Inventories, Appraisements, Land Grants, and Surveys to 1850 (excerpted from West Virginia History, Vols. XVII-XXIV, 1955-1963). Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore, MD (online at Genealogy.com):

p. 49 Berkeley County, 1772-1815...
STROOP, HENRY, Will, 12-18-1787.
Dev.: Jenny, wife; John, Wm., sons; Betsy, Polly, dau.
STROOP, HENRY, App., 4-15-1788.
STRUP, HENRY. Est., 2-16-1790.

I wonder if the will date is the date signed or the date proved.

7. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: AF - Ancestral File (online at FamilySearch.org).

8 . WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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