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Our Maternal
CULPEPPER
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OUR CULPEPPER FAMILYAn Introduction
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Our Culpepper lineage has been traced
back to the landed gentry of Medieval England. The first ancestor is our 25th grandfather Thomas Colepeper
born 1170 in Kent, England. Thomas de Colepeper was a Recognitor of
the Grand Assize. The Grand Assize was a
judicial proceeding or inquiry, and the Recognitors, who were summoned to
such a tribunal, were the jurors. In
most records he is referred to as “Thomas the Recognitor”. Thomas’s son John was born 1200 at Brenchley, a village located in the shire of
Kent as was his grandson Thomas II born 1230. Thomas II carried the title of “Sir” and as such was a knight
of the realm. In fact the Colepeper
family was most likely the ruling family of Brenchley and the lands surrounding. During the reign of King Edward I and
his son Edward II the Culpepers seem to have inaugurated their characteristic
practice of land acquisition by the time honored expedient of marrying
heiresses. It was from their first
manor so acquired, that of Bayhall, in the Kentish
parish of Pembury that they spread,
over much of Kent and eventually into adjacent Sussex as well. Sir Thomas Culpeper III, seems to have
married Margery, a daughter of the Bayhall family, and either by this match,
or by purchase, to have acquired their estates. This Thomas who is called in
1306 "fil' Thom' Colepeper de Brenchesle." During the took the side
of the Thomas Plantagenet, 2nd Earl of
Lancaster, during
the baronial opposition to Edward
II of England. Unfortunately
Thomas was on the losing side was executed in 1321 at Winchelsea where he was the Governor. Sir John Colepeper, succeeded his
father Thomas as the Lord of Bayhall.
In 1348, Sir John, purchased the manor of Great Wigsell, in Salehurst, the county of
Sussex, from Simon de Etchingham. He
also obtained Hartshill Castle and
surrounding lands by his marriage with Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of
Sir John Hardreshull. These
acquistions considerably augmented his patrimonial estates. This property |
was left,
at his death, to his only son and heir, Sir Thomas Colepeper, of Bayhall,
in Kent, and Hardreshull, in Warwickshire. Sir Thomas IV Colepeper of Bayhall
married, first, Alianora, daughter and heiress of Nicholas Greene, of Exton,
in Rutlandshire, by whom he had a daughter named Eleanor, and a son Sir John
Colepeper, of Bayhall, Hardreshull and Exton. Sir Thomas Colepeper married, secondly, Joyce Bayard, widow of
John Vyne, Esq., by whom he had four sons: Walter, Nicholas, Thomas, and
Richard. We are descended through
Walter. Sir Thomas Colepeper died a
very old man, about 1428/9. Of the sons of Sir Thomas Colepeper,
our 19th great-grandfather, Sir Walter Colepeper of Bayhall
succeeded to all the estates except Exton on the death of his half-brother,
Sir John, and was the only one to leave sons to continue the line. Walter fought at the famous Battle of Agincourt in
1415. Around 1425 he married Agnes,
the daughter of Edmund Roper, of St. Dunstans, Canterbury
and the widow of John, son of John de Bedgebury, the last Bedgebury in
Goudhurst. Walter died in 1462, and
is buried next to his wife Agnes at Goudhurst. Sir John Colepeper III, Lord of Bedgebury, as the eldest
son of Thomas, inherited Hardreshull, in Warwick, Bayhall, in Kent, and
Wigsell, in Sussex. Some time before 1460 he married Agnes
Gainsford. Sir John and Agnes, had
two sons: i. Alexander, through whom we are descended, is the progenitor of
the senior line of Bedgebury, in Goudhurst, county of Kent, whose
descendants, as belonging more to Kent than to Sussex, and ii. Walter,
ancestor of the Wigsell branch of the family. Sir John Colepeper died in 1480, and was buried at Goudherst. Alexander Culpepper was born at
Bedgebury in 1454. He married
Constantia Chamberlain of Kingston, Cambridgeshire. Alexander, as did several of
his predecessors, served the King as the Sheriff of Kent. We are descended
through their daughter Ann born at Bedgebury in 1478. Ann married William Molyns a native of
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CULPEPPER
Origins Of The Surname
Our Culpepper surname is an English occupational name for a herbalist or spicer,
from Middle English cull(en) ‘to pick’ (Old French coillir,
from Latin colligere ‘to collect or gather’) + peper
‘pepper’.(1) First found in Kent
where they were seated from very ancient times, some say well before the
Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D. Some of the first settlers of this family
name or some of its variants were: Henry Culpeper who settled in Virginia in
1663; Jonathan Culpeper settled in Virginia in 1646; William Culpepper
settled in New England in 1634; Margaret Culpepper settled in Virginia in
1751.(2) (1)
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford
University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4 Family Facts (Ancestry.com) *Although the
Domesday Book compiled by William the Conqueror required surnames, the use of
them in the British Isles did not become fixed until the time period between
1250 and 1450. The broad range of
ethnic and linguistic roots for British surnames reflects the history of
Britain as an oft-invaded land. These roots include, but are not limited to,
Old English, Middle English, Old French, Old Norse, Irish, Gaelic, Celtic,
Pictish, Welsh, Gaulish, Germanic, Latin, Greek and Hebrew. Throughout the British Isles, there are basically five types of native surnames. Some surnames were derived from a man's occupation (Carpenter, Taylor, Brewer, Mason), a practice that was commonplace by the end of the 14th century. Place names reflected a location of residence and were also commonly used (Hill, Brook, Forrest, Dale) as a basis for the surname, for reasons that can be easily understood. Nicknames that stuck also became surnames. About one-third of all US surnames in the United States are Patronymic in origin, and identified the first bearer of the name by his father (or grandfather in the case of some Irish names). Acquired ornamental names were simply made up, and had no specific reflection on the first who bore the name. They simply sounded nice, or were made up as a means of identification, generally much later than most surnames were adopted. Source: http://www.obcgs.com/LASTNAMES.htm |
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CULPEPPER
Variations of the Surname
The complexity of
researching records is compounded by the fact that in many cases an ancestors
surname may have been misspelled.
This is especially true when searching census documents. Spelling
variations of this family name include: Colepeper, Colpepper, Culpeper,
Culpepper, Colepepper, Colpeper, Collpeper and
others.
The Soundex system was
developed in an effort to assist with identifying spelling variations for a
given surname. Soundex is a method of indexing names in the 1880, 1900, 1910,
and 1920 US Census, and can aid genealogists in their research. The Soundex Code for Culpepper is
|C411. Other surnames sharing this code are : COLEPEPER | CULPEPER | CULPEPPER |
Source:
Surname Resources at ROOTSWEB |
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CULPEPPER
Family Name Index
Additional information about our DIRECT ANCESTORS and their families may be
reviewed by clicking on the name LINK(s)
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b: 1170 in Kent,
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b: 1200 in
Brenchley, Tunbridge, Kent, England |
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b: 1230 in
Brenchley, Tunbridge, Kent, England d: AFT 1310 |
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b: 1278 in
Brenchley, Tunbridge, Kent, England d: 1321 in
Winchelsea, St Thomas, Rye, Sussex, England |
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b: 1308 in
Brenchley, Tunbridge, Kent, England d: AFT 1376 in
Bayhall Manor, Pembury, Kent, England |
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b: 1356 in
Hardreshull, Atherstone, Warwickshire, England d: MAR 1428/29 in
Hardreshull, Atherstone, Warwickshire, England |
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b: 1398 in Bayhall,
Pembury, Kent, England d: 24 NOV 1462 in
Hartshill, Atherstone, Warwickshire, England |
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b: 1428 in Bayhall,
Pembury, Kent, England d: 20 DEC 1480 in
Bedgebury, Goudhurst, Kent, England |
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b: 1454 in
Bedgebury, Goudhurst, Kent, England d: JUN 1541 in
Bedgebury, Goudhurst, Kent, England |
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b:
1478 in Bedgebury, Goudhurst, Kent, England |
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The following LINK will take you to a complete listing of individuals
with this surname. |
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CULPEPPER
Family Location Information
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Researching the locations where our ancestors
lived has provided us with valuable evidence needed to fill-in the gaps in
our family trees. It has also led us
to many interesting facts that enhance the overall picture of each family
group. The names of states and
counties on the following list were derived from the known places where the
persons listed in the “Family Name Index” where born, married, and/or died. |
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COUNTRY |
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UNITED KINGDOM |
ENGLAND |
Kent; Sussex;
Warwickshire |
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Use
this LINK to find out more about the locations listed above. |
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The documents contained
herein have been located during our research of this family, and used as evidence
to prove many of the facts contained within the database of this family’s
record. Most of these documents can be considered as primary or
secondary. Primary evidence
is usually defined as the best available to prove the fact in question,
usually in an original document or record.
Secondary evidence is in essence all that evidence which
is inferior in its origin to primary evidence. That does not mean secondary
evidence is always in error, but there is a greater chance of error. Examples of this type of evidence would be
a copy of an original record, or oral testimony of a record’s contents. Published genealogies and family histories
are also secondary evidence. Classifying evidence as either primary or
secondary does not tell anything about its accuracy or ultimate value. This is especially true of secondary
evidence. Thus it is always a good
idea to ask the following questions: (1) How far removed from the original is
it, (when it is a copy)?; (2) What was
the reason for the creation of the source which contains this evidence?; and (3)
Who was responsible for creating this secondary evidence and what interest
did they have in its accuracy? SOURCE: Greenwood, Val D., The Researcher’s Guide
to American Genealogy, 2nd edition, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD 21202, 1990, pgs. 62-63 You are welcome to
download any of the documents contained within this archive. Should you encounter a problem obtaining a
copy you may get in touch with us via the contact information found at the
end of this page. |
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Use
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Surname Information Websites
The following are websites
that may provide you with additional information to assist with your research
about persons with this surname Surname
Finder | Free Ancestry Search Resource |
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Getting Started
Culpepper genealogy at RootsWeb
Family Surname History
Search all databases at Genealogy
Today for Culpepper Research Tools
1790-1930
census search for Culpepper ($) RootsWeb search US Naturalization Records; Obituary Daily Times; Social Security Death Index
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Genealogy Sites for Culpepper Family
The Janie Harvey-Hill Home Tree Culpepper/scruggs Family Tree Maker
Genindx WWW links to Culpepper data Culpepper Mailing List at RootsWeb
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Additional Sites That We Recommend |
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Linkpendium Surnames - Web sites,
obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname. ·
Cyndi's
List - Surnames, Family Associations & Family Newsletters Index
- Sites or resources dedicated to specific, individual family surnames. ·
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Internet. ·
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- Family History and Genealogy Records - The largest collection of free
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Top
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Magazine”, will give you the power to bust through research brick walls and
find answers about your ancestors—all from your home computer. |
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Family Images Gallery
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During our research we
have collected images and photographs that are of general interest to a
particular family. Some of them are
presented on this website because we believe they tend to provide the reader
with additional information which may aid in the understanding of our
ancestors past lives. If you have any
photographs or other images relating to this ancestral family we would
greatly appreciate hearing from you. |
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Use the
following LINKS to ascertain whether we have any images that pertain to this
family. |
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Contact Information
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Snail Mail: Fred
USA |
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Pony Express: Tom |
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