Born ‎1647 Abury Wiltshire England, died ‎May 1697 NaaMan Creek, New Castle, Delaware County OH‎, 49 or 50 years
Bios: Oliver Cope Family History 1680's - : Chester Co, PA and elsewhere

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Oliver Cope
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NELSON, S.B. (1900). NELSON'S BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY AND HISTORICAL REFERENCE
BOOK OF FAYETTE COUNTY.

P.933
He (Louis) is a descendant of Oliver Cope, a yeoman, who came from Wiltshire,
England, in 1682, with William Penn, and purchased a farm property from said
Penn at Naaman's creek, Chester county, Pa.
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McCord (1905). History of Columbiana County and Representative Citizens.

P.741-742

The Cope family was originally one of distinction in England, and the
ancestral line can be traced back to the days of Henry VIII, when Lord Cope
was in that monarch's retinue. The founder of the family in America was Oliver
Cope, who came to the State of Pennsylvania with William Penn.
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Pennsylvania Marriage Licenses, 1769-1776

Jan 7, 1769 John Cope m Hannah Edwards
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IMMIGRANT ANCESTORS COMPENDIUM OF AMERICAN GENEALOGY

Cope, Oliver (CA. 1647-97) From England with William Penn on his 2d voyage ,
and settled at Backington," on Namaan's Creek, New Castle Co., PA, now in Del.
1683; m Rebecca _ (d 1728) Note: Land records show he came on Wm. Penn's first
voyage in 1682. He was listed on the map which Penn prepared to take back to
england to illustrate how much of the land was settled in order to encourage
more people to come to Pennsylvania.

John (1691-1773), Quaker; settled in East Bradford Tp., Chester Co., PA, 1712;
farmer and malster; m 2d 1721 Charity (Jefferis) Evans (1695-ca. 1747); Robt.
Jefferis m Jane, dau Geo. Chandler, Eng to PA 1686)

Joseph (1740-1820) of E. Bradford Tp; stone mason, maltster and farmer;
purchased 200 acres; m 1st 1769 Ann Taylor (1749-1803; Benj m Sarah, dau Wm
Nookes, Eng to Middletown, PA, 1728; Jos m Elizabeth Haines; Abiah)

Joseph (1794-1870) ed John Comly's Boarding Sch., Byberry; farmer and breeder
of improved stock; visited Eng 1820, 39, to procure Durham cattle and
Southdown
sheep; m 2d, 1838, Eliza Gilbert
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Quaker Records Ohio.

Redstone Monthly Meeting, located in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, was set off
from Westland Monthly Meeting, 26th of 4th month, 1793, by order of Fairfax
Quarterly Meeting. Besides Fayette County, the verge of the meeting probably
included part of Westmoreland County, PA and of Monongalia County, Virginia
(now West Virginia). The first settlement of Friends in this section appears
to have been at Uniontown about 1769. In 1776 Warrington and Fairfax
Quarterly
Meeting reported that eighteen families of Friends were then residing about
Redstone, Uniontown and Brownsville.

Local meetings are mentioned at Redstone, Uniontown, Sandy Hill, Spring Hill,
Providence, Sandy Creek (Va.), Center, Sewickley, and Brownsville.

Early members included ...John Coope, Samuel Coope, Mary Cope...

The meeting was divided by the Hicksite movement in 1828 and again by the
Wilburite movement in 1854. The Hicksite branch was laid down in 1852; the
Orthodox branch in 1866. No Wilburite records have been found, so the period
of existence of that branch is unknown.
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1820 Census Fairfield Township, Columbiana County, Ohio

Nathan Cope -----1 ----1 -1-- --
David Cope -----1 2-1-- -1-- --
Joseph Cope 31---1 31-1- ---1 --
John Cope 2----1 1211- -1-- --
Joseph Cope 31--1- 1--1- -1-- --

On the basis of this census, I would suspect that Nathan or David are the
brothers of Israel. But Nathan or David could be the father of ISrael.
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NELSON, S.B. (1900). NELSON'S BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY AND HISTORICAL REFERENCE
BOOK OF FAYETTE COUNTY.

P.295
The third Quaker settlement was in Redstone and Jefferson townships, where the
Copes, Sheppards, Hewitts, Griffiths, Coldrens, Shreves, Neguses and Nutts had
their Providence meeting-house and burying ground, which is still kept up in
good condition and is a mile or so from Star Junction, being now known as the
Cope or Red Lion cemetery.
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ELLIS, FRANKLIN, ED. (1882). HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY.

P.619
The Copes settled at an early day in the Red Lion neighborhood. They were
exceedingly numerous, and ranked among the best known and most highly
respected Quakers of Fayette County. The greater portion of the Copes moved from
Jefferson to Columbiana County, Ohio, and located at New Salem.
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COPE, GILBERT (1904). HISTORIC HOMES AND INSTITUTIONS AND GENEALOGICAL AND
PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF CHESTER AND DELAWARE COUNTIES, PENNSYLVANIA. VOL. I & II.

P426

Oliver Cope, son of the last named John Cope, purchased two hundred and fifty
acres of land from William Penn in 1681, and with his wife, Rebecca, came to
Pennsylvania perhaps the next year. He settled on Naaman's creek, near the
Delaware river, and there died in 1697, leaving four children:
1. William, b. about 1672, m. Mary ____ and is supposed to have had a son
Oliver, a daughter Rebecca, and perhaps other children.
2. Elizabeth, m. _____ Foulk, and a second husband, Hugh Blackwell, of
Bethel, and died about 1765, leaving children by the first.
3. Ruth, m. Thomas Buffington, of Bradford, and died about 1728, leaving
several children.
4. John; b. about 1691; d. 2 mo., 14, 1773.

IGI Wiltshire, England
Cope, Oliver b John & Elizabeth Cope 1647
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COPE - A RECORD OF THE COPE FAMILY AS ESTABLISHED IN AMERICA BY OLIVER COPE.

Who came from England to PA about 1862 with residences, date of birth, death 7
marriage. Author: Gilbert Cope. Phila., King & Baird (1861).
C571.C782 1861
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COPE ANCESTRAL CHART.

Author: Gilbert Cope. West Chester, PA (1879).
C571 C782 1879

COPE RECORDS OF THE FAMILY OF COPE.
Comp. by Emma Elizabeth Cope. London: Mitchell, Hughes (1901).
CS 439 C736

COPE-MAJOR JOHN ANDRE' AS A PRISONER OF WAR.
Lancaster, PA. 1775-6.
Read before Donegal Chapter DAR. Lancaster, PA. April 13, 1907.
E 280.A5H5

COPE. MAJOR JOHN ANDRE
Resistence in Lancaster.
F 157.L2L5 vol8
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COPE. ANCESTRAL CHART COMPILED BY GILBERT COPE.
West Chester (1934).
Photostat (positive) of a genealogical table with facsimile of letter &
backplates showing the Cope coat of arms, to be found in private collection of
Joseph Cope. West Chester, PA.
C 571.C782 1934



The following Genealogy of the Cope Family was compiled by Israel Cope,
No111), of Streator, Illinois, from a book in the Chicago Library entitled
"Royalty in America," amended and extended by Gilbert Cope, of Westchester,
Pa, the author of the Cope Book of 1859. Gilbert Cope has been engaged in
genealogical work for over sixty years, ans has had access to a work
entitled "Americans of Royal Descent." The lines of the dukes of Normandy
and Flanders were added by Roger Cope of Beaver Falls Pa.

1. St. Arnolf, died 640. Ancestor of Carlovian emperors, was Bishop of Metz.
2. Ausigese, killed 679.
3. Pepin D'Heristel, died 714. (or Pepin the Short)
4. Childebrand, died 753.
5. Nebelong, Count of Autun and Burgindy (spelling as noted in work-michele)
6. Theodebert, died about 830
7. Robert, Duke of Angevine.
8. Robert the Strong, killed 866. May be the same
9. Robert, killed 923
10. Hugh the Great, Duke of Paris, died 956.
11. Hugh Capet, King of France, died 996.
12. Robert the Pius, King of France, died 1031.
13. His daughter, married Baldwin the Fourth (or Fifth if we count Adolphus)
14. Matilda of Flanders married William the Conquerrer, who became
William the First of England. She died 1083.

The Flanders Line

10. Baldwin the First, Duke of Flanders married Judith, daughter of
Charles the Bald, King of France.
11. Baldwin the Second, married Alethelwulf, daughter fo Alfred the
Great, King of England. Baldwin the second died 918.
12. Arnulf , son of Baldwin the second, became Baldwin III. His son
13. Baldwin IV, married Adelia, daughter of Robert the Pius.

The Normandy Line
9. Rollo, first Duke of Normandy, 912-917, married Gusille, daughter of
Charles the Simple, King of France.
10. William, Second Duke of Normandy, 917-942.
11. Richard, Third Duke of Normandy, 942-996.
12 Richard the Third, Fifth Duke of Normandy, 996-1026.
13. Robert, Sixth Duke of Normandy, 1028-1035. He was never married but
lived with Ariotte, a daughter of a tanner, by whom he had a son, William,
who becam William of Normandy, and married:
14. Matilda of Flanders, and became William the First of England.
15. Henry First, King of England, third son of William ! of England, died 1135.
16. Maud, married Joefrey fo Anjou, died 1167 (spelling as recorded-michele)
17. Henry II, King of England, m. Edith, daughter of Malcom, King of
Scotland, died 1189.
18. John Lackland, was forced to sign the Magna Carta, died 1213.
19. Henry III, died 1272.
20. Edward I of England, died 1307, had by his first wife, Princess
Eleanor, daughter of Ferdinand, King of Castile:
21. Princess Joan, who had by her first husband, Gilbert de Clare, Earl
of Clare, Hertford and Gloucester:
22. Lady Margaret de Clare, who had by her second husband, Hugh, second
Baron, de'Audley, and First Earl of Gloucester:
23. Lady Margaret D'Auley, who married Sir Ralph de Stafford, K.G.,
first Earl of Stafford, and had:
24. Lady Margaret De Stafford, who m. Sir John Stafford, Knt., of
Scales, son of William Stafford of Broomshall, and had:
25. Sir Ralph Stafford, of Grafton, who m. Lady Maud, daughter fo Sir
John Hastings, of Chesby, and had:
26. Sir Humphrey Stafford of Grafton, died 1420, who m. Lady Elizabeth,
daughter of Sir John Burdett and had:
27. Sir Humphrey Stafford, Governor of Calais, d. 1450, who m. Lady
Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas of Aylesbury and had:
28. Sir Humphrey Stafford, who was put to death by order of King Henry VII.
He m. Lady Katherine, daughter of Sir John Frey and had:
29. Sir Humphrey Stafford, of Blatherwyke and Chebsey, who m. Lady Margaret,
daughter of Sir John Fogge, and had:
30. Sir Humphrey Stafford, of Blatherwyke, who m. Lady Margaret,
sister and heiress of Sir Edward Tame of Rendcomb and had:
31. Lady Anne Stafford, who m. Sir Anthony Cope of Bedhampton, Hants, Knt.
and had:
32. Edward Cope, who had by his first wife Maud:
33. John Cope, d. at Marden, 1656, who had by his first wife Margaret, d. 1670:
34. John Cope of Chisoldom, d.v.p., 1649, who had by his first wife Elizabeth:

United States of America
35. Oliver Cope, who settled in Pennsylavania, at Naaman's Creek in 1682,
who bought of Wm. Penn 250A. land in PA 1681. and :
35. John Cope, who also came to America and went South.

Oliver Cope (No 35) had by his wife Rebecca, who died in 1728:
36. John Cope of Naaman's Creek, PA, b 1691 d1773, m Mrs. Charity
Jefferis Evans, and had Oliver and Joseph from whom the Philidelphia
Copes trace their ancestry; And John Cope b.1791 and had:
37. John Cope m. Grace Cloud and had four sons. She d. 1758. In 1760
John m. Mary Dickinson of Lancaster Co. PA. In 1754 trhey moved to near
Brownsville, PA where nine sons and two daughters were born to them. In
about 1802, four of the nine sons married sisters by the name of Dixon and
a fifth brother married a lady of the same name, a cousin to the other
four. A sister of the latter married Joseph Hanna, grandfather of Mark
Hanna, and all moved to Columbiana County, Ohio in 1802, where they
purchased land from the US. The deeds being signed by Thomas Jefferson and
were witnessed by James Madison. Caleb and Jessee Cope purchased Section
18, Fairfield, Township, 640 acres. Soon afterwards a half brother Nathan
moved from Virginia to a farm he bought a short distance NE of Lisbon and
he and his younger half brothers first saw each other........

That is what I have from Israel Cope-michele

From 37......Jesse Cope 1774-1832 m. Margaret Dixon and had:
38. Ellis 1812-1873 m. Amy Sratton of Fairfield Twp. and had:
39. John S. m. Sarah De Rhodes (daughter of David DeRhodes of Fairfield
Twp) and had:
40. Mary Luella "Lellie" 1863-1948

***John Cope b.1691 was only 10 years of age when his father Oliver
died----consequently he didn't remember a great deal of his father and the
paper were inherited by the eldest son William (born in England). John
changed the spelling of his name to COOPE- an Irish schhoolmaster was
responsible it is said. Oliver spelled it Cope. Johns descendants spelled
the name Coope for nearly a century when it was changed back to the
original spelling.
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Jane Hunter Hodgson
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