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Sopers in Hampshire, England.
An Overview :
Web Mentions of Hampshire Sopers, in date order
William Soper c1390 - 1459, MP
and Mayor of Southampton, Keeper of the King's Ships Back to
--- A researched line, extending from William Soper's death 1558 at Freemantle Fm, Hannington, in the north of Hampshire. The farmers become land-owner. The ridge of the Berkshire Downs, to the north, seems a barrier. The family spread a few miles over many generations extending south to villages as far as Preston Candover. (John Soper of Hannington mentioned in 1538 his sons Richard, Simon & Thomas, they were presumably related to this family).
--- Another line, starting in Padworth, Berkshire, in 1720's, spread along the growing canal system, as blacksmiths, and
prospered across the border in Hampshire in the expanding town of Basingstoke in the 1800's. They are still in the area.
--- In the Southampton area, William Soper became Mayor of Southampton in the early 1400's, but apparently arrived from outside. He left no children. Two early isolated records were ; Elizabeth Soper of Hambledon (near Southampton) married about 1521 : Mrs Margaret Sopar recorded in 1539 in Lockerley (North of Southampton). Sopers start appearing in numbers in the early 1700's, in the expanding Channel ports of Southampton & Portsmouth.
Some Records :
Sopers in Hampshire : 2,100+ entries of birth, marriage & deaths. All databases below are included [as .xls]
Phillimore Marriage Registers 108 Sopers (ext) from all 16 volumes of early Hampshire Registers (Sorted by parish)
............ The full Phillimore register with 67,000 entries.
Sopers in 1841 Hants Census 163 names : :
184 in 1851 : :
189 in 1861 : :
211 in 1871 :
Sopers in 1881 Hants Census 200 names recorded, in 71 households :
Sopers in 1891 Hants Census 197 names recorded, & part sorted :
Sopers in 1901 Hants Census : 210 names recorded, (254 born in county)
Sopers in 1911 Hants Census : 281 names recorded
Sopers in 'Birth, Deaths & Marriage Registers' for Hants 442 entries (Apr'03)
Sopers in Mormon's IGI database for Hants 628 entries (Feb'05) : sorted by town
Sopers in Hampshire Records Office 142 Soper & 10 Soaper entries (Oct'05) : a xls spreadsheet : (Search HRO's CALM database)
Winchester College Muniments, 11 Soper mentions 1251-1710
Winchester prisoners, & victims, 8 Soper mentions
Parish Records In folders at HRO; Kingsclere burials 1780-1876, 20 Sopers;
Southampton Directories, Southampton from Plimsoll.org : returned 109 pages 1907-1946 (230 names) 8/09
Some Articles :
A Hampshire Family Tree starting with William Soper who died Freemantle Farm, Hannington, 1558 (a large .xls file) ejs
Farmer Soper to have his farm liquidated by Capt Jervoise of Herriard, Hants, 1682; assume John Soper & son Thomas at Britford, Wilts
John Soper & Martha Hunt of Kingsclere, illegitimate child, 1766
William Soper & Mary Norris an illegitimate son at Poarch Farm, 1786 at Kinglsclere
William Soper & Mary White an illegitimate son & their marriage, 1799 at Kinglsclere
Lucy Soper (1784-1809?) had an illegitimate son at Kinglsclere, 1804
James Soper had a horse carriage accident, Southampton 1840
Samuel Soper (1846-?) maps re Hazeldown Farm, Penton Mewsey, (N of Andover)
Richard Soper : Murder suspect, Overton 1850
"The Manor of Manydown, Hampshire" : An 1895 book, by G.W.Kitchen
Sopers at Tidgrove & other local warrens
Wills
John Soper of Kingsclere, 1538
William Soper of Freemantle Fm, Hannington, 1558
Richard Soper (?-1655) of North Oakley, Kingsclere, 1655
Anne Soper of Hannington, Kingsclere, 1658. (ne D'Oyley) widow of Richard
William Soper (c1624-c1689) of Dummer Grange, 1664
Mary Soper (c1691-1771) of Kingsclere 1767, widow of John
William Soper (c1652-1710) of Axford, Nutley, 1709
Richard Soper (c1653-1712) of Dummer Grange, 1712
John Soper : of Preston Candover, 1729
Richard Soper (c1741-1798) of N.Oakley, 1794
Frances Soper (c1741-1805) of spinster of Hannington, 1802 will
Some Links :
A collection of Soper lines in Kingsclere area, from startx.co.uk
Hampshire Records Office : from Hampshire County Council : info : Search CALM database
Rootsweb.com's message board for Hampshire : Rootsweb.com's Kingsclere board
Genuki.org : some Hampshire Links
1876 Map : of Hampshire, very high detail
knightroots site : some Hampshire transcripts, 11 Sopers
Assorted Historical Hampshire Maps from rootsweb.com
Some Villages : Dummer : Hannington : Nutley : Preston Candover