Lucretia 'Crittey' Copes

Abt 1786 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Lucretia 'Crittey' Copes  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1786	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Will - Named in Uncles will	24 Mar 1795	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  	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.
  Will - Witnessed a will	6 Oct 1808	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  	It was on this date that John Wise, James Watson & Lucretia Copes witnessed the will of Elijah Vessels.
  Anecdote	1813	Accomack County, Virginia, USA
  	As Lucretia Copes was not mentioned in Chancery cases involving the children of Levin and Sarah Copes one may assume she was a daughter by an earlier marriage
  Record ID	88302
  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	I88302	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2024

  
  

  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   [3]
  	Southy Simpson was the security on the M.L.B. of Levin Copes and Salley Metcalf.
  Family ID	F22709	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1786 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Named in Uncles will - 24 Mar 1795 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Witnessed a will - 6 Oct 1808 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Anecdote - 1813 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 429 (will of Hancock Copes, wife Elizabeth), 570. [S688] Moody K. Miles III & Barry W. Miles, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1800-1860, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2000), p. 580 (will of Elijah Vessels), 688. [S558] Turman, Nora Miller, Accomack Co, VA, Marriages, 1776-1854, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1994), 558.