Susannah 'Sukey' Copes

Abt 1788 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Susannah 'Sukey' Copes  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1788	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Will - Named in Great Aunts will	16 Jan 1791	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  	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.
  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]
  Marr Name	Susannah 'Sukey' Dix
  Record ID	69991
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Giles Copes, I,   b. 1634   d. Bef 1 Mar 1696/97, Northampton County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 63 years)  (3 x Great Grandfather)  Sarah Hooke,   b. Abt 1755, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown  (Mother)
  Siblings	1 brother and 1 sister
  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,  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)
  Half-siblings	3 half sisters (family of Charles Metcalf and Sarah Hooke)
  1. Elizabeth (of Chas) Metcalf,   b. Abt 1777, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Mar 1789, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age 12 years) + 2. Ann "Nancy" (of Chas) Metcalf,   b. 15 Oct 1779, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 31 Mar 1823, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 43 years) ╚═ George Edmunds,  m. Abt 1797 ;   Raymond (of Jacob) Taylor,  m. Jun 1800 ;   Isaac (of Levi) Dix, Jr.,  m. 17 Sep 1822 + 3. Sarah 'Sally' (of Chas) Metcalf,   b. 4 Nov 1781, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ William (of Joshua) Copes,  m. 17 Sep 1803
  Person ID	I69991	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	Levin Copes,   b. Abt 1767, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 1 Oct 1800, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 33 years)
  Mother	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   [4]
  	Southy Simpson was the security on the M.L.B. of Levin Copes and Salley Metcalf.
  Family ID	F22709	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Levi Dix,   b. Abt 1778, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 30 Dec 1822, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 44 years)
  Marriage	23 Dec 1806	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1, 4]
  	John S. Bundick was the security on the M.L.B. of Levi Dix and Sukey Copes.
  Family ID	F22711	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1788 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Named in Great Aunts will - 16 Jan 1791 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Marriage - 23 Dec 1806 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Chancery suit - Named in a chancery suit - 1813 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S860] Walczyk, E.S. Dist Court 1805-1816, (Coram, NY: Peter's Row, 2004), p. 112, 113 (Levi Dix vs. William Copes), 860. [S688] Moody K. Miles III & Barry W. Miles, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1800-1860, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2000), p. 138 (will of Mary Parker Copes), 688. [S2523] Library of Virginia, Chancery Cases, (The Library of Virginia Web Page), https://www.lva.virginia.gov/chancery/case_detail.asp?CFN=001-1813-024, 2523. [S558] Turman, Nora Miller, Accomack Co, VA, Marriages, 1776-1854, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1994), 558.