| Name |
Levin Copes [1] |
| Birth |
Abt 1767 |
Accomack County, Virginia, USA  [2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Will - Named in Fathers will |
19 Jan 1784 |
Accomack County, Virginia, USA [2] |
- In his will Thomas Copes Sr., wife Susanna, named sons Handcock & Levin Copes and a grandson Thomas Simpson in his will. Edmund Bayly was named guardian to Hancock Copes, heir at law (meaning the eldest son) at probate.
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| Will - Witnessed a will |
25 May 1790 |
Accomack County, Virginia, USA [3] |
- It was on this date that Fenwick Fisher, Hancock Copes & Levin Copes were witnesses to the will of Southy Copes.
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| Will - Named in Aunts will |
16 Jan 1791 |
Accomack County, Virginia, USA [4] |
- In her will Mary Parker Copes named Levin Copes as her Extr, Susannah Copes daughter of Levin Copes, Hancock Copes, John Copes son of Hancock Copes, and Betsy Copes daughter of Charles.
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| Will - Named in Brothers will |
24 Mar 1795 |
Accomack County, Virginia, USA [5] |
- In his will Hancock Copes, wife Elizabeth, named sons Henry Savage Copes (under 21) and John Custis Copes and if they both died without issue, then to my wife Elizabeth for life, reversion to Crittey Copes, daughter of Levin Copes.
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| Land - they were named in a land cause |
15 May 1797 |
Accomack County, Virginia, USA [6] |
- 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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| Security - Named security on a marriage license bond (MLB) |
12 Jan 1799 |
Accomack County, Virginia, USA [1] |
- Levin Copes was security on the M.L.B. of Daniel Baker and Nancy Copes.
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| Death |
Bef 1 Oct 1800 |
Accomack County, Virginia, USA [7, 8] |
- It was on this date that administration on the estate of Levin Copes was granted to Sarah Copes with Mathis Outten and Robert Twiford securities.
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| Estate Settlement - Their estate was settled |
27 Jun 1803 |
Accomack County, Virginia, USA [9] |
- No Date (Invy), 28 Sep 1802 (Order to Audit), 27 Jun 1803 (Rec'd) - Sarah Copes Admr. Negro woman Patience, boy Luke & girl Rose. Cash paid to William Copes orphan & to Burley Copes.
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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..." [10]
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| Reference Identifier |
Acc |
| Record ID |
69988 |
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)  Susanna (--?--), b. Abt 1735 d. Yes, date unknown (Mother) |
| Siblings |
1 brother and 1 sister |
| + | 1. (d_o_Thos.) Copes, b. Abt 1755, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 19 Jan 1784 (Age < 29 years)
╚═ Southy Simpson, m. Abt 1780 | | + | 2. Hancock Copes, b. Abt 1765, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Apr 1795, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age 30 years)
╚═ Elizabeth (182) Custis, m. Abt 1790 | | + | 3. Levin Copes, b. Abt 1767, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 1 Oct 1800, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 33 years)
╚═ Sarah Hooke, m. 12 Sep 1787 |
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| Person ID |
I69988 |
MilesFiles23 |
| Last Modified |
22 Jun 2014 |
| Family |
Sarah Hooke, b. Abt 1755, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
Other Partners:
╚═Charles Metcalf, b. Abt 1752, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 1785, at sea (Age 33 years) m. 15 Jun 1775
╚═Richard Grinnalds, III, b. Abt 1750, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 24 Feb 1812, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 62 years) m. 20 Jan 1807 |
| Marriage |
12 Sep 1787 |
Accomack County, Virginia, USA [1] |
- Southy Simpson was the security on the M.L.B. of Levin Copes and Salley Metcalf.
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| Children |
| | 1. Lucretia 'Crittey' Copes, b. Abt 1786, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 2. Susannah 'Sukey' Copes, b. Abt 1788, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Levi Dix (Age < 44 years) m. 23 Dec 1806 |
| | 3. James T. Copes, b. Abt 1792, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 29 Jan 1821, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 29 years) |
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| Family ID |
F22709 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
20 Jan 2024 |
Abt 1767 - Bef 1800 (< 33 years)
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