| Name |
Thomas Copes |
| Suffix |
I |
| Birth |
Abt 1660 |
Northampton County, Virginia, USA  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Age - Their age was judged in court |
7 Mar 1671/72 |
Accomack County, Virginia, USA [1] |
- Xpher Thompson's servant boy named Thomas Coupes was judged to be 12 years old.
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| Will - Named in Fathers will |
23 Jul 1696 |
Northampton County, Virginia, USA [2] |
- In his will Giles Copes, wife Ruth, named sons Thomas & Giles & a daughter Mary Cobb, wife of Samuel Cobb & to the rest of my children 12p apiece.
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| Land - they were named in a division of land |
1 Jan 1710/11 |
Accomack County, Virginia, USA [3] |
- Articles of agreement between Giles Copes & Elizabeth his wife, Thomas Copes & Mary his wife and Samuel Simson & Sarah his wife. Whereas William Parker, Mary Selby formerly Mary Parker, together with her husband Daniel Selby did by a deed dated 19 Sep 1693 did set over to Elizabeth Parker, Mary Parker, Rachel Parker and Sarah Parker, daughters of Peter Parker dec'd, 333 acres on the seaboard side bounded by a fork of Naswatux Creek & southerly on a branch of said creek which divides between William Parkers dwelling plantation and the said land, northerly bounded by another branch of said creek which divides between the land which belonged to Issack Dix dec'd and the said 333 acres westerly running up in the woods as far as the 333 acres of land shall extend. The said land to be equally divided between the aforesaid 4 daughters. And whereas Giles Copes hath married Elizabeth, on of the 4 daughters, Thomas Copes hath married with Mary another of the 4 daughters, Sabastian Croper hath married with Rachell another of the 4 daughters and Samuell Simson hath married with Sarah the other of the 4 daughters; all which became possessed of the land as aforesaid. And Sebastian Croper & Rachel his wife having sold their quarter part to Giles Copes which gives him one half of the said land. The 3 remaining owners now agree to to divide the said land by meets and bounds, with one half to Giles Copes & the other one half to Thomas Copes & Samuel Simson. The deed then went on to describe the meets & bounds of the tracts.
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| Will |
16 Dec 1720 |
Accomack County, Virginia, USA [4] |
- To son Thomas (under 18) all the land I am now possessed with except from the old road to the new road & the branch left clear which I give to Elijah Simpson. Should my son die without issue 200 acres to Samuel Simpson provided my brother Giles will make an exchange, then to my said brother & his heirs. Should my son die without heirs I give to my son in law Abraham Hooton the land Patrick Clark lives on containing about 140 acres. To daughter in law Ester Hooton. Should my son in law Abraham Hooton decline the aforesaid land, then his brother Samuell to have it, Samuel to pay his brother Abraham 6 cows & calves or 3OOO lbs. of tobacco which Abraham shall think fir in case he refuse the land & my will is that Samuel Hooten shall have the land left by his father John Hooten at Bogetenorton which doth belong to Abraham, & if Giles Copes refuse to make the exchange before mentioned, then Samuel Simson & his now wife Sarah & heirs to have 100 acres at the head of the Neck. To Ester Hooten 1 suit of clothes which belonged to my daughter Mary. The remainder of her clothes to Sarah Simpson & Esther Cropper. Son Thomas to have 7 years schooling in Virginia. Wife, Henry Custis & Samuel Simson Exrs. Mr. William Tazewell to be my attorney both in Virginia & Maryland. Witt: John Metcalf, Henry Custis, Edmund Bowman Cropper, Giles Copes, Pattrick Clark.
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| Death |
Bef 4 Apr 1721 |
Accomack County, Virginia, USA [4] |
- It was on this date that his will was probated.
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| Land - they were named in a land cause |
15 May 1797 |
Accomack County, Virginia, USA [5] |
- That the said T. Copes was on the 16 Dec. 1720 seized in his demesne as of fee of and in the premises in the declaration mentioned, together with and contiguous to other lands forming in all one tract of 500 acres; that the said T. Copes being so seized on the day and year aforesaid made his last will & testament in writing, and shortly afterwards died without having altered said will, which said will was probated on the 4 Apr. 1721; that T. Copes the second, son & heir at law of the aforesaid T. Copes the first, afterwards entered into the whole of the said tract of land and was seized thereof under the will of the said T. Copes the first, and that afterwards the said T. Copes the second, being seized as aforesaid, on the 4 Dec. 1741 made his last will and testament and died without having altered said will; that T. Copes the second at the time of his death left issue T. Copes, the third, his eldest son and heir at law, and Southy Copes his second son named in his will aforesaid; that the said Southy Copes by virtue of the said devise upon the death of his said father in the name of the whole, entered into ____ acres, part of the premises in the declaration mentioned, and continued seized thereof to the time of his death, to-wit: on the ____ May 1790 in manner hereafter expressed; we also find that the said T. Copes the third, entered into the residue of the cleared land of the said tract whereof the said Thomas the second was seized as aforesaid, and continued seized thereof to the time of his death on the ____ April, 1785; and we find that no line was ever run between the lands whereof the said Southy Copes and the said T. Copes, third, were seized as aforesaid; We further find that the lands whereon John Starling is mentioned in the will of the said T. Copes the second to have lived, are the same whereon Patrick Clarke in the will of T. Copes the first is mentioned to have lived, and composed a part of the premises in the declaration mentioned; We find that the said T. Copes the third in his lifetime, on the 19 Jan. 1784, made his last will and testament, and afterwards died without having altered said will, which said will was probated on the 1 June, 1785; That the lands mentioned in the will of T. Copes, third, and devised to Hancock and Levin Copes, his sons, comprehend the whole of the lands, as well as those whereof the said Southy Copes was possessed as aforesaid as those whereof the said Thomas Copes, third, was possessed as aforesaid; that the said Hancock & Levin Copes upon the death of the said T. Copes the third, entered into the lands whereof the said Thomas Copes, third, was seized at his death, and claimed the reversion of those lands whereof the said Southy Copes was possessed as aforesaid; that the said Hancock Copes on the 24 March, 1795, made his last will and testament and on the ____ April, 1795, died without having altered said will, which said will was probated 29 Sept. 1795; That John Custis Copes mentioned in the will of the said Hancock Copes, is the same John Custis Copes who is the lessor of the plaintiff; We find that the aforesaid Southy Copes on the 25 May, 1790, made his last will and testament and afterwards died without having altered said will, which said will was probated 29 June, 1790; That Thomas Copes the fourth, the son of the said Southy Copes, and Comfort Copes his daughter, the devisees in the said will mentioned, entered in the premises upon the death of the said Southy Copes and were seized and possessed thereof according to their several rights & titles; that the said Thomas Copes, fourth, being seized and possessed as aforesaid on the ____ Dec. 1793, died intestate and without issue, leaving four sisters, to-wit: Comfort, the wife of Scarburgh West, Leah Parker Copes, Ritter Copes and Catharine Copes, the
defendants in this present action who, as heirs of the said Thomas Copes the fourth, entered into the lands whereof he was seized and possessed as aforesaid, and are still thereof seized &c.
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| Record ID |
32476 |
Origins  |
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| Patriarch & Matriarch |
Giles Copes, I, b. 1634 d. Bef 1 Mar 1696/97, Northampton County, Virginia, USA (Age < 63 years) (Father)  Margaret (--?--), b. Abt 1635 d. Yes, date unknown (Mother) |
| Siblings |
2 brothers, 3 sisters and 1 person of an unknown gender |
| | 1. Ann Copes, b. Abt 1655, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 22 Dec 1660, Hungars Parish, Northampton Co, Virginia (Age < 5 years) | | + | 2. Thomas Copes, I, b. Abt 1660, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 4 Apr 1721, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 61 years)
╚═ Mary Parker, m. Abt 1700 ; Mary (of Thomas) Gray, m. Bef Jun 1714 | | | 3. Margaret Copes, b. Bef 23 Jun 1661, Hungars Parish, Northampton Co, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown | | + | 4. Giles Copes, II, b. Abt 1663, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 6 Jan 1730/31, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 68 years)
╚═ Elizabeth Parker, m. Abt 1698 | | > | 5. Mary Copes, b. Abt 1665, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
╚═ Samuel Cobb, m. Abt 1685 | | > | 6. Mathias Copes, b. Abt 1668, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 3 Feb 1718/19, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 51 years)
╚═ Margaret Roberts, (Roberts?), m. Abt 1695 | | | 7. (children of Giles I) Copes, b. Abt 1670, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown |
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| Person ID |
I32476 |
MilesFiles23 |
| Last Modified |
11 Jun 2023 |
Abt 1660 - Bef 1721 (< 61 years)
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