John married Maria Field and had 10 children.

You can see the extended family tree for John by visiting our Family Trees pages

 

John Rope farmed on the Nepean on a property called Rope's Farm. It was much larger than his father's.

In 1828, John was farming 60 acres with horned cattle plus 2 assigned convicts; Anthony was only farming 11 acres with 5 horned cattle at Jordan Hill.

 

 

Myth about George ROPE (Born 28.5.1824 ; Executed 1875).

 

A myth has been spread about George Rope. A story came to the family in the 1980's which was purportedly from a newspaper. It discussed the building of the gallows in Mudgee and came up with the supposed fact that George Rope and George Pitt helped build the gallows which they later died by. This story was previously reported on this web page but has been found to have no basis in fact.

 

Intensive research has shown that the gallows had to be constructed for the "first time" after George Rope was sentenced to death. This was not a permanent structure as the gallows also had to be constructed for George Pitt in 1876. Neither man had any hand in any of the construction works at Mudgee Gaol.

 

The fact we do have about George Rope is that he was executed because one night he got into a drunken fit of rage and shot his sister-in-law, Hannah Jane Thompson ROPE, in the stomach with a shotgun. She died that night.

 

 

You can contact the family Line Co-ordinator for John Rope & Maria Field by at the following address:

Ray & Norma Edwards

44 Sowerby St

Muswellbrook NSW 2333