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Johann Nicholas "John" Cope 1717 – 1785 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1717

Birth Location: Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Death Date: 18 Aug 1785

Death Location: Cooleemee Plantation, Davie County, North Carolina, USA

Father: Joseph KOB

Mother: Dorothea Beuscher

Spouse(s):

Children(s): (John) Kopp

The story of Johann Nicholas "John" Cope began in 1717 in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Johann Nicholas "John" Cope had children including (John) Jacob Cupp Kopp. Johann Nicholas "John" Cope passed away in 1785 in Cooleemee Plantation, Davie County, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Johann Nicholas "John" Cope began in 1717 in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
  • Johann Nicholas "John" Cope had children including (John) Jacob Cupp Kopp.
  • Johann Nicholas "John" Cope passed away in 1785 in Cooleemee Plantation, Davie County, North Carolina, USA.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Johann Cope's Ancestors

Self
Johann Cope
1717 – 1785
Birth Place: Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Parents
Joseph Yost Joost 1700 COPE KOB
1700 – 1784
Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Dorothea (Barbara) Beuscher
1692 – 1784
Heidelberg, Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis, Sachsen, Germany
Grandparents
Johan (Christian Kob) Cope
1675 – 1753
Wuerttemburg, Prussia, Sachsen, Germany
Maria (Christine Haas) Jorgensdr
1679 –
Wuerttemburg, Prussian Saxony, Germany
Jainnis (Nicholaus) Bucher
1670 –
Prussian, Sachsen, Germany
Great-Grandparents
Jacob Kopp
1647 – 1715
Anna Zell
1644 – 1713
m@@ Haas
1659 – 1678
Regina Ulrich
1655 – 1725
Jainnis {Bucher}
1646 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Johann Cope's Descendants

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Johann (Nicholas "John") Cope (1717 – 18 Aug 1785)
  1. 1. (John) (Jacob Cupp) Kopp (abt 1750 – 1819) m. Mary (Eve Ellen Bowen) Hoffman (1750 – 7 November 1844)
    1. 1. Barbary (Ann Kopp) Cupp (1775 – 23 Oct 1841) m. Uriah (LEFTER) * (1758 – 23 Oct 1841)
      1. 1. Elizabeth Lefter (1809 – 1878) m. James BYERS (1803 – )
        1. 1. Barbara (Ellen) BYERS (25 Dec 1851 – 21 Feb 1935) m. Henry ((Buch)) HOSTETTER (11 Feb 1846 – 03 May 1927)
      2. 2. Jacob (F.) Lefter (1812 – 28 March 1895)
      3. 3. Mary (Ann) Lefter (1812 – 05 Jul 1898)
      4. 4. Nancy Lefter (30 May 1815 – 19 Jul 1902)
      5. 5. Uriah Lefter (1816 – )
      6. 6. Leonard Lefter (1818 – )

Johann Cope's Timeline

2 Records

1717
1717
Birth of Johann Nicholas "John" Cope in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
1785
18 Aug 1785
Age 68
Death of Johann Nicholas "John" Cope in Cooleemee Plantation, Davie County, North Carolina, USA
Cooleemee Plantation, Davie County, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1717
    Event Place: Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Aug 1785
    Event Place: Cooleemee Plantation, Davie County, North Carolina, USA

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