My quest to research all the Sleepers in the U.K., especially England, stems from a long standing brick wall in my personal genealogical research. My family Sleeper line is confidently researched back to Dudley Sleeper b. about 1771/d. 15 Nov 1837 Hartford, Windsor, Vermont, USA.
Whilst having a male of the line yDNA tested, and matching several other yDNA tested Sleeper males, none have definitively traced back to a documented lineage in England. Well, not that they've shared... So I'm approaching it the other way round - from England/U.K. to the U.S.
I reiterate this because my first research selection, Ada Sleeper, from all the identified Sleepers in the 1939 Register led me confidently to the progenitor Sleeper for that line in England: Christian Frederick HENRY Sleeper (formerly Schlieper) of the Kings German Legion, b. abt 1788, Germany/d. 27 Jan 1849, Little Smith Street, Chelsea. While not definitive until I can find a living descendant to test, I think highly unlikely Henry Schlieper's line is the same as Dudley's.
I think it now time to select another Sleeper from the 1939 Register...
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