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Moses Coppock

Moses Coppock[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1708 - Bef 1767  (59 years)    Has 23 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Moses Coppock 
    Birth 2 May 1708  Chester, Chester Co, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Bef 1 Dec 1767 
    Siblings 1 Sibling 
    Person ID I202465  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2001 

    Father Bartholomew Coppock, III,   b. Jan 1681, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1761, West Chester, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Rebecca Minshall,   b. 1 Apr 1685, Chester Nether Providence Twp., Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 May 1708, Chester, Chester Co, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 23 years) 
    Marriage May 1704  Chester, Chester Co, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F84447  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Martha Lester,   b. Bef 1721, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt Jan 1797, Newberry Co., South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 22 Sep 1740  New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
    +1. Rebecca Coppock,   b. Aft Sep 1740   d. 1801, Newberry Co., South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     2. Bartholomew Coppock,   b. Aft 1745   d. Yes, date unknown
    +3. Mary Jane Coppock,   b. Bef 1749   d. 10 Jul 1833, Miami County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     4. Phebe Coppock,   b. 21 Oct 1750, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 13 Nov 1794 (Age 44 years)
     5. Martha Coppock,   b. 20 Jan 1755   d. 6 Mar 1844, Randolph County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    +6. James Coppock,   b. 9 Oct 1758, Granville County, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Feb 1838, Miami County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F83022  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2001 

  • Notes 
    • There are some sources from the early 1900's that state that Moses and Martha came to America from England. (C-356, 1519f) This has been shown to simply be a misinterpretation of the truth, as the Coppocks had been in America from England originally since the 1680's. (C-710)

      It should be noted that all of the early 1900 records of many separate family members who submitted information to A.E.Krell, several of them state that they were descended from Moses and Martha Scarr Coppock. Martha Lester was the supposed widow of a Mr. Scarr before she married Moses. (C-683) The marriage record for Moses Coppock and Martha Lester in NJ Colonial Records, doesn't support this, as she is simply listed as Martha Lester.

      Moses is listed as Moses in his father's will, but is listed as Moses William in many family lineages of him. This is a confusion with a Moses William Coppock who was a likely nephew of this Moses (son of his brother, Bartholomew?). (C-1304d, 1348)

      His birth is recorded at Chester Monthly Meeting, PA. He was willed 338 acres in Marlborough, Chester Co., PA in his grandfather, Bartholomew Sr.'s will in 1718 while still a youth. On Jan 26/27, 1729, he deeded 140 acres of this away to Francis Widlo of Marlborough when he had attained a majority in years. On Aug. 4, 1730, he sold 198 acres or the rest of the property he had been given by his grandfather, to Henry Camm, stocking weaver. Moses is listed as a yeoman of Marlborough in both of these deeds. A yeoman was the title for a farmer who owns his own land. I did not find him purchasing other land in Chester Co., PA in the abstracts through 1745. When he marry's in 1740 in NJ, he is listed as "of Richalan, Bucks Co., PA". He is not however, listed in any land records for Bucks Co., PA. He was listed as a cordwainer by profession in Bucks Co., PA in the licenses in Trenton, NJ. (C-2137, 2221)

      In the NC Colonial Records, a Moses was enlisted in the Cherokee (French and Indian War) in Andrew Hampton's Co., under Col. Wm. Eaton of Granville Co., N.C. This record was dated 10/8/1754. This war service might apply to this Moses who would have been aged about 46 or his nephew, Moses William who would have been about age 18 at the time. Whoever the Moses is that is listed in Granville Co. Muster Rolls in 1754, is listed in the tax records for Granville Co., NC in 1755 with 1 white person in his household. This probably meant 1 white male over the age of 16. Females and children in the household typically weren't counted in these tax records. The next tax record to be taken in Granville wasn't till 1769 and no Coppocks were listed there at that time. I personally believe that this tax record supports the fact that the Coppock in Granville Co., NC in 1754 and 1755 was our Moses because as a general rule, the age to own land and thus be taxed at the time was commonly age 21. In all probability this rules out the 18 or 19 year old Moses William Coppock. Moses was still living in Granville, NC in May of 1763 when he signed his named Moses Coppack to a petition to repeal an extra tax on Mulato's and free negroes. It was presented to the North Carolina Council at that time. Again, however, the deed records give no further clues as there are no Coppocks involved in buying or selling land in Granville Co., NC in this time frame. The events that do place him in Granville from 1754 to 1763 disproves the statement in the "History of Coates & Coppock Families", that Moses settled in Newberry Co., SC in Feb. 1758 where his son James was born shortly thereafter. No proof has been found at this point that Moses ever lived in SC. (C-1304c.2, 1519f, 2221, 2245)

      There is contradictory information available about Moses's death. Many sources state that he was killed by Indians and this occurred in 1754 or 1760. His approximated death date is now sometime between May 1763 and Dec. 1767 when his wife only is listed as she petitions the Newberry, SC council for 300 acres of land on Bush River. (Note that it is the same day that son-in-law Marmaduke petitions for land). She is also listed as a widow when she actually finalizes the land deal of 300 acres in 1771 in what is then called Berkeley Co, SC. Since her husband would have been the purchaser of the land in 1767 if he had been living, it can be assumed that he was dead by the Dec. 1767 date. According to letters from Mary Helen Pemberton in 1982, he was killed by Indians near White Lick Meeting house. White Lick reported to the Bush River Monthly Meeting so this still needs verified. (C-253b, 2221, 2289, 2245, 2289, E)

  • Sources 
    1. [S643] Society of Friends, History of W.Branch.

    2. [S554] Ernest S. Park, Park, Ernest S., Anc..of Marmaduke Coate, (unpub, c1950, 1960).

    3. [S557] Eileen Davis and Judith Ireton, comps, Davis, Eileen, Quaker Rec/Miami, OH, (McDowell Publications, 1980).

    4. [S680] William L. Saunders, Saunders, William L., Colonial Records - NC, (Raleigh, NC: Josephus Daniels, Printer to the State, 1888).

    5. [S681] Nelson, William, Nelson, NJ Marriage Records, 1665-1800, (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., c1982).



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