This book is primarily a study of the Montgomery County descendants of John Soper the immigrant, who arrived in the Maryland Colony in 1676 and died circa 1743, but it includes references to numerous other Maryland Soper family members and allied families. The book begins with a look at the early history of the Maryland Colony, the formation of the counties, and some of the earliest census records, indicating population patterns of the Soper families. John Soper (died c.1743) is discussed in Chapter 2, and several generations of his descendants are discussed in Chapters 3 through 6, in both...

This work continues the series of books about Maryland families. The author, already known for his work on the Fry, Fulks, Hines, Hurley, King, Lowder, Maddox, Niekirk, Pratt, Soper, Walker, and Watkins families, now turns his attention to the Burdette families. This book is primarily a study of the descendants of Benjamin Burdette and Benjamin Burdette Sr., who are not a father-and-son pair. In the same manner as the earlier Maryland Heritage books, this book begins with a look at the early history of the Maryland Colony, and the formation of the counties. The book is divided into four basic...