Show ContentsThrope History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Thrope family

The surname Thrope was first found in Norfolk where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The family name was first referenced in the year 1177 when Adam Drope held lands.

Drope is a hamlet in the valley of the River Ely in Vale of Glamorgan, southeast Wales.

Early History of the Thrope family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Thrope research. Another 93 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1330, 1455, 1477, 1487, 1629, 1645, 1647, 1648, 1660, 1662, 1667, 1669, 1670 and 1671 are included under the topic Early Thrope History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Thrope Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Drope, Droop, Droope, Trope, Trupe, Thrope, Trope and many more.

Early Notables of the Thrope family

Distinguished members of the family include Francis Drope (1629?-1671), an English arboriculturist, younger son of the Rev. Thomas Drope, B.D., vicar of Cumnor, Berkshire, and rector of Ardley, near Bicester, Oxfordshire. "He became a demy of Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1645, three years after his brother John, and graduated as B.A. in 1647. In 1648 he was ejected, having probably, like his brother, borne arms for the king, and...
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United States Thrope migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Thrope Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Mary Thrope, who landed in Virginia in 1652 [1]
  • Richard Thrope, who arrived in Virginia in 1653 [1]


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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