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Philadelphia Roper, in religion Mary Magdalen.
Born: 1682.
Died: 16 Aug 1748 in Paris, aged 66.

father: Lord Christopher Roper 5th baron Teynham of Kent
mother: Elizabeth Browne of Cowdray, Sussex

Augustinians, Paris choir nun.
She was clothed 12 Mar 1699.

She professed 22 Jul 1700. Her dowry was £300.

She was the aunt of Anne Stonor, Anne Mary Howard, Anne Belasyse, Barbara Belasyse, Mary Bellasyse, Catherine Sheldon, Mary Sheldon.
She was the great aunt of Mary Stonor, Winefred Roper, Barbara Belasyse.
She was the sister of Mary Roper.
She was the great niece of Mary Roper.

Sources: Paris pd; Cedoz ms list; Paris Augustinians Profession Book: 26; Chapter Book: 36-7.

Family tree (Browne Lords Montaigu)
Family tree (Roper, barons Teynham)
Family tree (Wriothesley)

Notes:

She attended the convent school and was sent to a French convent, presumably to learn that language, on 19 March 1696.