Sloper Miscellany

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Fascinating Book about Squire Sloper

There is a fascinating book, long out of print, about Squire William Sloper (1707-1789) who had a notorious affair and child with Susannah Cibber, London's leading actress of her day. (The Provoked Wife: The Life and Times of Susannah Cibber, by Mary Nash, Hutchinson of London, 1977). The Provoked Wife in the title of the book, by the way, was not William Sloper's neglected wife, but rather his mistress, Susannah Cibber, whose husband engaged in outrageous conduct. William Sloper's father, William Sloper, senior, was a prominent member of parliament and one of the four founders of the Georgia Colony in North American, which became the future U. S. state of Georgia. (While he was a founder, William Sloper's involvement in Georgia was financial. He never visited America.)

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Other interesting Sloper WEB sites

The following are other WEB sites that might be of interest. Just select the hyperlink in blue letters. Some are informational, some are commercial, but they all involve Slopers. For all of these you will leave the Sloper WEB site. Use the "Back" command to return to this site or if that fails, reconnect to http://www.Sloper.org.

William Thomas Sloper on the Titanic - in 1912 Sloper was one of the few survivors in the sinking of the Titanic.

Fine Coffee from Brazil - Henrique Sloper Araujo produces Brazil's finest coffees from his estate grown organic and biodynamic cherries. A fascinating WEB site discusses his commitment to sustainable farming practices and references locations throughout the world that offer his prized coffee.

Grow Light Express - another Sloper with a strong interest in organic gardening (see above), is Christopher Sloper, owner of an internet light store, which sells indoor gardening LED lights at a discount. The store includes the latest technology in LED lights.

CCPublications - Celeste Sloper Lizanich, an artist and writer, makes books for children. In addition to items for sale, the site offers free downloads for children, including greeting cards, coloring sheets and crafts. http://www.ccrystalpublications.com/home/

Sloper YMCA camp - a Connecticut camp of 143 acres, including a 19 acre pond.

Sloperama.com - games designer site by Tom Sloper (can be viewed with Internet Explorer)

www.cnonline.net/~jasloper/soapwagon.htm - a hand crafted soap made in Colorado by John Sloper

http://www.cnonline.net/~jasloper/santa.htm - a Sloper who rents himself out as Santa Claus - a very seasonal business

http://www.sbslopers.org/ - a Santa Barbara, CA organization devoted to flying model airplanes. Presumably, the slopers part of the name occurs because the most favorable winds for flying are on slopes of hills, which produce an updraft.

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Slopers at War

Richard Sloper (1630 - 1716) fought in the Indian Wars on the frontier, according to some records as early as 1651 in Dover.

Ebenezer Sloper enlisted at the age of 22 with the New York Provincial Troops to serve in the Seven Years War, also known as The Old French War (1755 - 1764), which virtually ended French power in America.

According to The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution by Benson J. Lossing (New York: Harper and Brothers. 1850), Samuel Sloper was a participant in the Boston Tea Party on Dec.16, 1773, which destroyed tea as a protest against taxation, and helped trigger the American Revolutionary War against England.

Henry Sloper (1759 - 1841) served as a soldier in the "New Hampshire line" during the American Revolutionary War (1775 - 1783).

In the American Civil War (1861 - 1865), fighting on the side of the Union for Massachusetts were Henry Sheafe Sloper (Staten's Infantry Company and 2nd Regiment Heavy Artillery), Charles W. Sloper (39th Infantry Regiment) and William A. Sloper (5th Infantry Regiment). From Illinois was Thomas Sloper (23rd Infantry Regiment); from Indiana George Sloper (9th Infantry Regiment); from Iowa David Sloper (14th Infantry Regiment); from New York Gilman J. Sloper (184th Infantry Regiment). Fighting for the Confederacy for Virginia were Daniel M. Sloper (8th Infantry Regiment) and John T. Sloper (35th Cavalry Battalion). From Georgia was John Sloper (35th Infantry Regiment); from Tennessee was Thomas Sloper (10th Infantry Regiment). Thomas Sloper was later captured and subsequently re-enlisted to fight for the Union. Three Slopers participated in the pivotal Battle of Cedar Creek in the Shenandoah Valley, 19 Oct., 1864 - Gilman J. Sloper and Thomas Sloper on the Union side and John T. Sloper on the Confederate side.

There were many Slopers in World War I and World War II, including Harold Irving Sloper from Lynn, MA who served in the United States Navy in both the European and Asia theaters of operation (see biography at on the USS Washington WEB site) and Samuel Arthur Sloper from Arizona, who served in the U. S. Army and saw action in Europe.

Editor's Comments

I acquired rights to www.Sloper.org in July, 1999 because I wanted to keep the site nonprofit and "in the family". This site is focused on Slopers in the United States for several reasons: 1) excellent WEB sites already exist in England; 2) your WEB master is not competent, nor does he pretend, to be an expert on all things Sloper; 3) the material that has been submitted to the site has been U. S. oriented. However, if I receive submissions outside the United States, I will be glad to include them.

We welcome your feedback and look forward to expanding the information available on this site. It is through contributions from members of the extended Sloper family that the genealogy and other sections of this WEB site have progressed from a rather shaky start to an expanded and richer content. While this WEB site is nonprofit, some of the links to other interesting sites involving the extended Sloper family are commercial.

Don Sloper, Editor

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