Isaac Strope (bef. 1768 - abt. 1848)

Born before 8 May 1768 in Catskill area, New York

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Died about 1848 after about age 79 in Rome, Bradford Co., Pennsylvania

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Biography

Isaac was baptized May 8, 1768^[1], and was likely born at Round Top, in the Catskill Mountains of New York^[2]and may have died around 1848 in or near Rome, Bradford Co., Pennsylvania^[3]

The Jones and Strope sources noted below both provide biographical sketches of Isaac which I have briefly paraphrased below.

Isaac moved with his family to Wysox in Bradford Co., Pennsylvania. and in 1778, when he would have been about 10, was captured with them and taken to Canada for the duration of the Revolutionary war. A few years after the war the family returned to settle again in Bradford County. It appears that Isaac married Abigail White (per Jones), but there had long been uncertainty over Abigail's maiden name (per Strope). Isaac taught the first school in the area. By 1796 Isaac and Abigail owned about 50 acres of land and a cow. Isaac's date and place of death is reported to be unknown, but Abigail died July 17, 1848 at the age of 73 years and is buried in the Rome cemetery. Their children were:

John, born April 3, 1792

Deborah, baptized March 2, 1794, married Michael Russell

Isaac, baptized April 1, 1796

Margaret, born December 3, 1797, married John Parks

Henry, born January 8, 1800, married Wealthy Ann Rutty

Rachel, born March 5, 1802, married Nathaniel Bennett

William, Born 8 March 1804, married Abigail Russell

Samuel, born February 7, 1807, married Henrietta Moore, then Olive L. Brague

Mary, born about 1809, married Enos Bennett

Permelia, married Godfrey Eiklor

Alfred, born about 1815, married Clarissa Bailey

Elisha, born September 4, 1817

"New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V2C7-W18 : 12 December 2014), Isak Stroop, 08 May 1768; citing DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH,CATSKILL,GREENE,NEW YORK, reference ; FHL microfilm 533,479.

Name Isak Stroop

Gender Male

Christening Date 08 May 1768

Christening Place DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH,CATSKILL,GREENE,NEW YORK

Father's Name Johannes Stroop

Mother's Name Margrita

Isaac was born in 1765. Isaac Strope ... He passed away in 1820.^[4][5][6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Exploring the Wysocton Capture" by J. Kelsey Jones, 2010
2. ↑ "The Strope Family from Germany to America" by Bonita Elaine Strope, 1997 [1]
3. ↑ FindAGrave [2]
4. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKF-KRNX : 13 December 2015), Isaac Strope, ; Burial, Rome, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Rome Cemetery; citing record ID 41835834, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHL4-D7G : accessed 25 June 2017), Isaac Strope, Orwell, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 95, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 98; FHL microfilm 181,404.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2B-2MP : accessed 25 June 2017), Isaac Strope, Wyasox, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 714, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 49; FHL microfilm 193,675.

• Daughters of the American Revolution https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_descendants/default.cfm?action=list&MyPrimary_Seqn=501035&MyLineageCount=
• Heverly, Clement Ferdinand. Pioneer and Patriot Families of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, 1770-1800: Including History (1615-1800), Marriages (1776-1850), Soldiers of the Revolution, Ministers, Justices, Original Officers and All Matters Relating to Early Times, p.95. : Bradford 1913. [3] Accessed 23 June 2021
• Birth of Isak Stoop Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Katskill Conewaga PA and Six Mile Run NJ II, Book 77. Images on Ancestry.com [4][5]Accessed 23 June 2021.