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Dorothy RIPLEY 1732–1795 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1732

Birth Location: -, Essex, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1795

Death Location: -, Chatham, North Carolina, USA

Father: John Ridley

Mother: Mary Messenger

Spouse(s): Nicholas Jr.

Children(s): Ripley Sr., Nicholas COPELAND, Charles Copeland, Absolom Copeland, Agnes Copeland, Ruth Copeland, Aaron Sr, Christian Copeland, Reuben Copeland, John Copeland, Caleb Copeland, Charles COPELAND, Absolom COPELAND, Jacob Copeland, Moses Copeland

In 1732, Dorothy RIPLEY entered the world in -, Essex, Virginia, USA, born to John Ridley And Mary Messenger. In 1790, Dorothy RIPLEY resided in Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States. Dorothy RIPLEY married Nicholas V Copeland Jr, and had children including Aaron Elijah Copeland Sr, Absolom Copeland, Agnes Dark Copeland, Caleb Copeland, Charles Copeland, Christian Copeland, Jacob Copeland, John R Copeland, Moses Copeland, Nicholas Copeland, Reuben Copeland, Ripley Copeland Sr, Ruth Copeland. Dorothy RIPLEY passed away in 1795 in -, Chatham, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • In 1732, Dorothy RIPLEY entered the world in -, Essex, Virginia, USA, born to John Ridley And Mary Messenger.
  • In 1790, Dorothy RIPLEY resided in Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States.
  • Dorothy RIPLEY married Nicholas V Copeland Jr, and had children including Aaron Elijah Copeland Sr, Absolom Copeland, Agnes Dark Copeland, Caleb Copeland, Charles Copeland, Christian Copeland, Jacob Copeland, John R Copeland, Moses Copeland, Nicholas Copeland, Reuben Copeland, Ripley Copeland Sr, Ruth Copeland.
  • Dorothy RIPLEY passed away in 1795 in -, Chatham, North Carolina, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Ridley
1722–1779
Birth Location: Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
JR
Mary Messenger
1714–1798
Birth Location: Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States
MM

Spouses(s)

Nicholas Jr.
1732–1773
Birth Location: Chatham, North Carolina, United States
NJ

Children(s)

Ripley Sr.
1761–1843
Birth Location: Chatham, Chatham, North Carolina, USA
RS
Nicholas COPELAND
1756–1820
Birth Location: -, Chatham, North Carolina, USA
NC
Charles Copeland
1757–1785
Birth Location: -, Chatham, North Carolina, USA
CC
Absolom Copeland
1757–1836
Birth Location: -, Chatham, North Carolina, USA
AC
Agnes Copeland
1760–1785
Birth Location: -, Chatham, North Carolina, USA
AC
Ruth Copeland
1760–1785
Birth Location: -, Chatham, North Carolina, USA
RC
Aaron Sr
1762–1839
Birth Location: Chatham County, North Carolina Colony
AS
Christian Copeland
1765–
Birth Location: -, Chatham, North Carolina, USA
CC
Reuben Copeland
1752–1832
Birth Location: Chatham, North Carolina, United States
RC
John Copeland
1757–1785
Birth Location: Chatham, North Carolina, USA
JC
Caleb Copeland
1773–1850
Birth Location: Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina
CC
Charles COPELAND
1757–1836
Birth Location: Chatham, North Carolina, United States
CC
Absolom COPELAND
1757–1785
Birth Location: Chatham, North Carolina, United States
AC
Jacob Copeland
1757–1785
Birth Location: From, Orange, California, United States
JC
Moses Copeland
1759–1790
Birth Location: Chatham, North Carolina, United States
MC

Dorothy RIPLEY's Ancestors

Self
Dorothy RIPLEY
1732–1795
Birth Place: -, Essex, Virginia, USA
Parents
John Ridley
1722–1779
Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Mary Messenger
1714–1798
Windham, Windham, Connecticut, United States
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Dorothy RIPLEY's Descendants

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Dorothy RIPLEY (1732–1795) m. Nicholas (V Copeland) Jr. (1732–20 Sep 1773)
  1. 1. Ripley (Copeland) Sr. 1761–1843 m. Rachael Copeland 1763–1846
    1. 1. Nancy (M "Nanny") COPELAND 1787–1860
    2. 2. Elias (Elzey "Ellie") Copeland 1802–1881
    3. 3. Rachel (Elly) Copeland 1789–1870
    4. 4. William (C) Copeland 1786–1862
    5. 5. Ripley (Copeland) Jr 1793–1888 m. Nancy (Anna) Christmas 1798–1870
      1. 1. Henry (Daniel) Copeland 1817–1879
      2. 2. Martha (B) Copeland 1818–1870
      3. 3. Jackson Copeland 1819–1865
      4. 4. Dorothy (B "Dolly") Copeland 1820–1899
      5. 5. Elizabeth (Jane) Copeland 1823–1909
      6. 6. John (Marion) Copeland 1828–1862 m. Mary Prescott 1829–1880
        1. 1. Agnes (Elizabeth) Copeland 1857–1927
        2. 2. Mary (Ella) Copeland 1859–1954
        3. 3. Anna Copeland 1861–1930
        4. 4. John (M) Copeland 1862–1882
        5. 5. Witherspoon (Calvin) Copeland 1858–1918
        6. 6. Emma Copeland 1850–
        7. 7. WILLIAM (JASPER) COPELAND 1851–1924
      7. 7. Lydia Copeland 1825–1884
      8. 8. Nicholas (W) Copeland 1830–1863
      9. 9. Mary (Ann) Copeland 1832–1914
      10. 10. William (Ervin) Copeland 1834–1864
      11. 11. Susan (Dunn "Daniels") Copeland 1837–1911
      12. 12. Joseph (A) Copeland 1839–1864
      13. 13. Robert (James) Copeland 1841–1914
      14. 14. Sarah Copeland 1823–
    6. 6. Moses Copeland 1791–1852
    7. 7. Elizabeth ("Bessie") Copeland 1785–1843 m. Matthew Kitchings 1755–1818 m. Jesse Scarborough 1785–
      1. 1. James (William) Kitching 1791–1874
      2. 2. Phillip Kitching 1804–1880
      3. 3. Sarah Kitchings 1796–1879 m. John Brodie 1796–1862
        1. 1. Judson (Maurice) Brodie 1835–1910
        2. 2. John (Wardlaw Brodie) Jr 1828–1914
        3. 3. Robert (Allen) Brodie 1818–1896
        4. 4. Susan (Thayer) Brodie 1820–1900
        5. 5. Mary (North) Brodie 1820–1872
        6. 6. Elizabeth (Copeland) Brodie 1821–1876
        7. 7. Edward (Newhall) Brodie 1824–1870
        8. 8. Sarah (Ann) Brodie 1826–1898
        9. 9. Thomas (Furman) Brodie 1830–1871
        10. 10. Margaret Brodie 1832–
        11. 11. James (Kitchings Brodie) Sr 1833–1911
        12. 12. Luther (Rice) Brodie 1837–1858
      4. 4. Jacob (C.) Kitchings 1800–1858
      5. 5. Mary Kitchings 1779–1861
    8. 8. Mary Copeland 1804–1877
    9. 9. Martha Copeland 1798–1889
    10. 10. Caleb Copeland 1798–1889
    11. 11. Sarah Copeland 1797–1850
    12. 12. Reuben Copeland 1795–1874
    13. 13. Nancy Copeland 1762–
    14. 14. Martha Copeland 1788–1889
    15. 15. Betsy Copeland 1789–
    16. 16. Nancy Copeland 1792–
    17. 17. Rachel Copeland 1797–1860
    18. 18. Martha Copeland 1802–
    19. 19. Mary Copeland 1804–1843
  2. 2. Nicholas COPELAND 1756–1820 m. Celia (Emeline) Wortham 1756–1820
    1. 1. Nicholas Copeland 1775–1819
    2. 2. Joseph Copeland 1774–
    3. 3. Absalom Copeland 1775–1839 m. Sarah (B) Jones 1778–1855
      1. 1. Martha ('Patsy') Copeland 1804–1894 m. Alexander McManus 1794–1872
        1. 1. Hugh McManus 1828–
        2. 2. Elizabeth McManus 1825–
        3. 3. Ann McManus 1827–
        4. 4. George (W.) McManus 1830–
        5. 5. Sarah (J.) McManus 1834–
        6. 6. James (H.) McManus 1840–
        7. 7. Nathaniel McManus 1843–
        8. 8. Martha McManus 1847–
        9. 9. Lynn (Boyd) McManus 1849–
      2. 2. Elizabeth Copeland 1795–1891
      3. 3. Ann Copeland 1808–1837
      4. 4. Nicholas (J) Copeland 1809–1884 m. Sarah (Ann) Killen 1806–1881
        1. 1. Martha (Jane) Copeland 1842–1920 m. William (L) GRAY 1845–1912
        2. 2. William (Henry) Copeland 1829–1897
        3. 3. Serilda (Ann) Copeland 1832–1910
        4. 4. Cornelius Copeland 1836–1852
        5. 5. Thomas (Benton) Copeland 1845–1874
        6. 6. Rebecca (F) Copeland 1846–1870
      5. 5. Mary Copeland 1800–
      6. 6. Alfred Copeland 1819–1876
      7. 7. Samuel (Short) Copeland 1805–1858
      8. 8. Absalom (Copeland) II 1805–1881
      9. 9. John (J) Copeland 1806–1883
      10. 10. Rebecca Copeland 1808–1871
      11. 11. Absolum Copeland 1812– m. Arnina Jones 1810–
        1. 1. David Copeland 1833–
        2. 2. Mary Copeland 1835–
        3. 3. Nicolas Copeland 1839–
        4. 4. James Copeland 1842–
        5. 5. Martha Copeland 1850–
      12. 12. Ann Copeland 1797–1837
      13. 13. ABEL COPELAND 1805–1881
    4. 4. Moses Copeland 1776–
    5. 5. Sarah Copeland 1786–1848 m. Robert Little 1785–1843
      1. 1. Cynthia Little 1820–1859
      2. 2. Lucinda (M.) Little 1825–1903
      3. 3. Sarah Little 1824–1869
      4. 4. John Little 1808–1837
      5. 5. Mary Little 1823–1860
      6. 6. Anna Little 1810–
      7. 7. Patricia Little 1815–
      8. 8. Burl LIttle 1835–1874
      9. 9. Margaret (Grayborn) Little 1812–
      10. 10. Daughter Little 1810–
      11. 11. Oliver (Perry) Little 1817–1878
      12. 12. Jane Little 1806–1836 m. William Parker 1801–1850
        1. 1. Albion (Robert) Parker 1827–1908
        2. 2. Sarah (A) Parker 1834–1919 m. Colby (Frank) Parker 1834–1928
      13. 13. John (M.) Little 1817–
      14. 14. Martha ((Patsy)) Little 1815–1890
  3. 3. Charles Copeland 1757–1785
  4. 4. Absolom Copeland 1757–1836
  5. 5. Agnes (Dark) Copeland 1760–1785
  6. 6. Ruth Copeland 1760–1785 m. Samuel Dark 1751–1800
    1. 1. Samuel (A) Dark 1768–1844
  7. 7. Aaron (Elijah Copeland) Sr 1762–1839 m. Mary (Pollie) Melton 1770–1845
    1. 1. *Elizabeth Copeland 1795–1842
    2. 2. James (Lott) Copeland 1785–1870 m. Susanne Guess 1804–1858 m. Elender Rice 1789–1822
      1. 1. Sarah (Adeline) Peters 1827–1864
      2. 2. Daniel (Guess) Copeland 1839–1916
      3. 3. James (Aqilla) Copeland 1824–1878
      4. 4. John (Fletcher) Copeland 1807–1880
      5. 5. Aaron (Whetstone) Copeland 1810–1880
      6. 6. Annie Copeland 1811–1894
      7. 7. Christina Copeland 1814–1815
      8. 8. Theney Copeland 1818–1819
      9. 9. William (Riley) Copeland 1819–1881
      10. 10. Lucretia Copeland 1819–1887
      11. 11. Jefferson Copeland 1820–1821
      12. 12. Mary (Caroline) Copeland 1812–1855
      13. 13. Lucretia (Jane) Copeland 1812–1891
      14. 14. Rachel (M) Copeland 1829–1901 m. Henry (Hardy) Howell 1819–1887
        1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth) Howell 1846–1921 m. Charles (Floyd Spalding Touchston) CSA 1845–1926
        2. 2. John (James) Howell 1844–1925
        3. 3. Lucretia Howell 1860–1933
        4. 4. Rachel (M) Howell 1848–
        5. 5. William (Riley) Howell 1850–1884
        6. 6. Isham (Howell) II 1853–
        7. 7. Levicia ("Vicey") Howell 1855–
        8. 8. George (W) Howell 1857–1930
        9. 9. Sylvester Howell 1857–
        10. 10. Nellie Howell 1860–
        11. 11. Laura Howell 1861–
        12. 12. Amanda Howell 1862–1898
        13. 13. James (Hardy) Howell 1864–1935
        14. 14. Laura Howell 1864–
        15. 15. Jesse (P) Howell 1868–
        16. 16. Sarah (M) Howell 1870–1930
    3. 3. John (Whetstone) Copeland 1793–1865
    4. 4. Moses Copeland 1787–
    5. 5. Aaron (Elijah (Elisha) Copeland) Jr 1789–
    6. 6. Thomas Copeland 1791–
  8. 8. Christian Copeland 1765–
  9. 9. Reuben Copeland 1752–1832
  10. 10. John (R) Copeland 1757–1785
  11. 11. Caleb Copeland 1773–1850
  12. 12. Charles COPELAND 1757–1836
  13. 13. Absolom COPELAND 1757–1785
  14. 14. Jacob Copeland 1757–1785
  15. 15. Moses Copeland 1759–1790

Dorothy RIPLEY's Timeline

3 Records

1732
1732
Birth of Dorothy RIPLEY in -, Essex, Virginia, USA
-, Essex, Virginia, USA
1790
1790
Age 58
Dorothy RIPLEY resided here in Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States
Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States
1795
1795
Age 63
Death of Dorothy RIPLEY in -, Chatham, North Carolina, USA
-, Chatham, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1732
    Event Place: -, Essex, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1790
    Event Place: Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: 1790 United States Federal Census, Year: 1790; Census Place: Pasquotank, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 249; Image: 482; Family History Library Film: 0568147

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: North Carolina
    Record Source: U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1795
    Event Place: -, Chatham, North Carolina, USA
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