| Name |
William (of Joshua) Copes [1] |
| Birth |
Abt 1775 |
Accomack County, Virginia, USA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Land - they inherited land |
1789 |
tract A121, Modest Town area, Accomack Co, Virginia [2] |
- In 1752 Ayres Onions joined with John & Susanna Onions, all of Worcester County, in a sale of 100 acres of this tract to Giles Copes. In 1767 he left it to his son Joshua, who died intestate in 1789, and 11 years later the land was divided between a son William and a daughter Nancy, the wife of Daniel Baker, each getting 45 acres.
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| Land - they were named in a land cause |
4 Sep 1799 |
tract A121, Modest Town area, Accomack Co, Virginia [1] |
- That one Joshua Copes was lately seized of and in a tract of land containing 100 acres, situate in the County and Parish of Accomack, and being so seized had issue the aforesaid Nancy & William Copes, his children, and no more, and being so seized the said Joshua, to-wit: on the ____ day of ____ 1789, died intestate and that his said children were then and still are living, whereby the said land descended to the said Nancy & William Copes, who entered upon the same and became seized thereof; that on the ____ day of ____ 179- the said Nancy intermarried with the said Daniel Baker &c.
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| Chancery suit - Named in a chancery suit |
1813 |
Accomack County, Virginia, USA |
- page 2 of 58: "To the Worshipful the Court of the county of Accomack in Chancery the Bill of Complaint of Raymond Taylor & Nancy his wife, & of William Copes & Sally his wife, humbly complaining sheweth, That your female Complainants are daughters of Capt Charles Metcalf of the County aforesaid, who was lost at Sea on his return from Philadelphia for the County Afsd in a great storm that occurred in the year 1785: that at the time of his death he also left issue, besides your said female complainants, another daughter named Elizabeth, who hath since departed this life [March 1789] an infant, unmarried & without issue; that he also left a widow, Sarah Metcalf, the mother of your said female complainants...that the said Sarah Metcalf afterwards, to wit, in the year 1788 or 1789 intermarried with a certain Lewis Copes of the county aforesaid, who on the 28th day of July in the year 1789 was duly appointed by this Worshipful Court Guardian of your said female Complainants...the said Levin Copes lived until the year 1800 & during all the time aforesaid acted as Guardian of your said female Complainants, having the whole of their estate real and personal in his possession; that in the year last aforesd the said Levin Copes departed this life intestate, the said Sarah his wife surviving him & also leaving issue Susanna, a daughter & James T. Copes, as son, his children & heirs...Your Compainants further shew, that since the death of the said Levin Copes the said Sarah hath intermarried with Richard Grinalds of the County afsd & Susanna, the daughter of the said Levin Copes, hath intermarried with a certain Levi Dix, of the same county..." [3]
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| Record ID |
37449 |
| Death |
Yes, date unknown |
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) (2 x Great Grandfather)  (--?--) (--?--), b. Abt 1750 d. Yes, date unknown (Mother) |
| Siblings |
1 sister |
| + | 1. William (of Joshua) Copes, b. Abt 1775, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
╚═ Sarah 'Sally' (of Chas) Metcalf, m. 17 Sep 1803 | | > | 2. Nancy (of Joshua) Copes, b. Abt 1778, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
╚═ Daniel Baker, m. 12 Jan 1799 |
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| Person ID |
I37449 |
MilesFiles23 |
| Last Modified |
21 Jun 2014 |
Abt 1775 - Yes, date unknown
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