Brief Life History of Seth
When Seth Pope was born on 13 January 1649, in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Thomas Pope, was 38 and his mother, Sarah Jenney, was 25. He married Deborah Perry in 1674, in Dartmouth, Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 17 March 1727, in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 78, and was buried in Acushnet, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
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Sources (49)
- Plympton, Massachusetts marriage Records 1741 - 1780
- Seth, Capt. Pope, "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"
- Seth/Pope in entry for Lemewell/Pope, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Spouse and Children
1649–1727 Male
1654–1711 Female
Children (12)
1675–1725 Male
1677–1711 Male
1677– Male
1681–1760 Female
1683–1756 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1612–1683 Male
1623–1683 Female
Siblings (9)
1647–1675 Female
1649–1727 Male
1651– Male
1653–1675 Male
1654–1730 Female
+4 More Children
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English pope (derived via Old English from Late Latin papa ‘bishop, pope’, from Greek pappas ‘father’, in origin a nursery word.) In the early Christian Church, the Latin term was at first used as a title of respect for male clergy of every rank, but in the Western Church it gradually came to be restricted to bishops, and then only to the bishop of Rome; in the Eastern Church it continued to be used of all priests (see Popov , Papas ). The nickname would have been used for a vain or pompous man, or for someone who had played the part of the pope in a pageant or play. The surname is also present in Ireland and Scotland.
North German: variant of Poppe .
German: translation of Pabst .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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I'll Come Back and Buy Up the Town
"Tradition, in part confirmed by the records, says that about 1670 he appeared as a peddler in Sandwich, whereupon the constable, in pursuance of a regulation then in force, ordered him to depart, le …
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