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John Wigsell Culpeper 1530 – 1612 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1530

Birth Location: Wigsell, Salehurst, co. Sussex, England

Death Date: 20 Oct 1612

Death Location: Salehurst, co. Sussex, England

Father: William Culpeper

Mother: Cicely Barrett

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Sedley

Children(s): Thomas Culpeper, William Sussex, John Culpeper, Elizabeth Culpeper, Cicely Culpeper, Alexander Knight, John Colepepper

John Wigsell Culpeper was born in 1530 in Wigsell, Salehurst, co. Sussex, England, the child of William Hunton Wigsell Culpeper and Cicely Dingly Barrett. In 1607, John Wigsell Culpeper resided in Virginia, Virginia Colony, VA. John Wigsell Culpeper married Elizabeth Sedley, and had children including Thomas Culpeper, William Culpeper of Sussex, John Astwood Feckenham Culpeper, Elizabeth Culpeper, Cicely Culpeper, Alexander Culpeper of Greenway Court, Knight, John Colepepper. John Wigsell Culpeper passed away in 1612 in Salehurst, co. Sussex, England.

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Biography

  • John Wigsell Culpeper was born in 1530 in Wigsell, Salehurst, co. Sussex, England, the child of William Hunton Wigsell Culpeper and Cicely Dingly Barrett.
  • In 1607, John Wigsell Culpeper resided in Virginia, Virginia Colony, VA.
  • John Wigsell Culpeper married Elizabeth Sedley, and had children including Thomas Culpeper, William Culpeper of Sussex, John Astwood Feckenham Culpeper, Elizabeth Culpeper, Cicely Culpeper, Alexander Culpeper of Greenway Court, Knight, John Colepepper.
  • John Wigsell Culpeper passed away in 1612 in Salehurst, co. Sussex, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Culpeper
1509 – 1559
Birth Location: Bedgbury, Kent, England
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Cicely Barrett
1512 – 1559
Birth Location: Alverthley, Sussex, England
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Sedley
1534 – 1618
Birth Location: Southfleet, co. Kent, England
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Children(s)

Thomas Culpeper
1561 – 1613
Birth Location: Wigsell, Salehurst, co. Sussex, England
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William Sussex
1562 – 1586
Birth Location: Saleshurst, Sussex, England
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John Culpeper
1565 – 1635
Birth Location: Salehurst, Sussex, England
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Elizabeth Culpeper
1565 –
Birth Location: –
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Cicely Culpeper
1567 – 1622
Birth Location: Wigsell, Sussex, England
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Alexander Knight
1570 – 1645
Birth Location: Salehurst, Sussex, England
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John Colepepper
1583 – 1660
Birth Location: Salehurst, Sussex, England
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John Culpeper's Ancestors

Self
John Culpeper
1530 – 1612
Birth Place: Wigsell, Salehurst, co. Sussex, England
Parents
William Hunton Wigsell Culpeper
1509 – 1559
Bedgbury, Kent, England
Cicely (Dingly) Barrett
1512 – 1559
Alverthley, Sussex, England
Grandparents
Walter (Culpeper of Calais and) Wigsell
1475 – 1514
Kent, England
Anne Aucher
1480 – 1532
Newendon, Kent, England
John (Barrett of Belhouse in Aveley,) Essex
1485 – 1526
Belhouse, Avelthly County, Essex, England
Phyllis Barnfield
1490 – 1512
Orsett, Essex, England
Great-Grandparents
John Bedgebury
1430 – 1480
Agnes Gainsford
1440 – 1466
Henry Aucher
1445 – 1494
Elizabeth Guildford
1434 –
Robert Essex
1455 – 1526
Margaret Knolles
1460 –
Thomas Barnfield
1460 – 1520
Elizabeth
1468 – 1528
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Walter Bedgebury
1400 – 1468
Agnes Roper
1400 – 1457
John Gaynsford
1394 – 1450
Margaret Clifford
1396 –
John Guildford
Thomas Esq
1413 – 1438
Mawde Poyntz
1413 – 1445

John Culpeper's Descendants

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John (Wigsell) Culpeper (1530 – 20 Oct 1612) m. Elizabeth Sedley (1534 – 16 May 1618)
  1. 1. Thomas Culpeper (1561 – 19 Sep 1613) m. Anne Slaney (1561 – 26 Feb 1602) m. Mary Beeston (1575 – 15 Aug 1660)
    1. 1. John CULPEPER (1597 – 1674)
    2. 2. Elizabeth Culpeper (1598 – 22 Jul 1683)
    3. 3. Slaney Culpeper (18 Nov 1599 – 12 May 1618)
    4. 4. John (Culpeper Lord 1st Baron of) Thoresway (7 Aug 1600 – 11 Jul 1660) m. Philippa Snelling (1610 – 16 Sep 1630) m. Judith (Dame) Colepeper (1 Jun 1606 – 21 Nov 1691)
      1. 1. Philippa Culpeper (1629 – 1660) m. Sir (Thomas) Harlakenden
      2. 2. Alexander CULPEPER (1631 – 2 Mar 1648) m. Catherine Ford (1636 – 02 Mar 1649)
      3. 3. Elizabeth Culpeper (Apr 1632 – 8 Apr 1632)
      4. 4. Thomas Culpeper (21 Mar 1635 – 27 Jan 1689)
      5. 5. Elizabeth Colepeper (1637 – February 1709) m. James Hamilton (1620 – 6 June 1679)
        1. 1. James (Hamilton 6th Earl of) Abercorn (1661 – 28 Sep 1734) m. Elizabeth Reading (1668 – 19 Mar 1754)
        2. 2. William (Henry) Hamilton (1662 – 20 Jul 1737) m. Margaret Culpepper (1666 – 19 October 1736)
        3. 3. Col (George) Hamilton (1663 – 3 Aug 1692)
        4. 4. Son Hamilton (1665 – )
      6. 6. Judith Colepeper (28 Sep 1638 – 6 Feb 1710)
      7. 7. John CULPEPER (16 Mar 1641 – 8 Jul 1719)
      8. 8. Cheney Culpeper (1642 – 15 Jun 1725)
      9. 9. Francis Culpeper (1652 – October 1663)
    5. 5. Thomas (Culpeper,) Jr. (1607 – 1607)
  2. 2. William (Culpeper of) Sussex (1562 – 29 Jan 1586)
  3. 3. John (Astwood Feckenham) Culpeper (1565 – 20 Dec 1635) m. Ursula Woodcock (27 Jan 1565 – 2 Jun 1612) m. Elinor Norwood (1585 – 10 Feb 1624) m. Anne (1590 – 1645)
    1. 1. Thomas (Culpeper of the Middle) Temple (1602 – 1652) m. Katherine (St) Leger (1602 – 1658)
    2. 2. Cicely Culpeper (1604 – 5 Nov 1664)
    3. 3. John Culpepper (16 Oct 1606 – 1674) m. Mary Bishop (1608 – 14 Sep 1676) m. Sara Mayo (1608 – 1683)
      1. 1. Hannah Culpepper (1630 – 10 May 1690)
      2. 2. Thomas Culpepper (1632 – 1652)
      3. 3. Sarah Culpepper (1632 – )
      4. 4. Susanna Culpepper (1634 – 2 Feb 1699)
      5. 5. Dennis Culpepper (1637 – )
      6. 6. James Culpepper (1639 – )
      7. 7. John Culpepper (1644 – 1692)
    4. 4. Frances Culpeper (1608 – 1714) m. James Medlicote (1605 – )
      1. 1. Ursula Medlicote (22 MAY 1627 – )
  4. 4. Elizabeth Culpeper (1565 – )
  5. 5. Cicely Culpeper (1567 – Jun 1622)
  6. 6. Alexander (Culpeper of Greenway Court,) Knight (1570 – August 1645) m. Mary Scott (1560 – 22 Apr 1636)
  7. 7. John Colepepper (1583 – Jul 1660)

John Culpeper's Timeline

3 Records

1530
1530
Birth of John Wigsell Culpeper in Wigsell, Salehurst, co. Sussex, England
Wigsell, Salehurst, co. Sussex, England
1607
1607
Age 77
John Wigsell Culpeper resided here in Virginia, Virginia Colony, VA
Virginia, Virginia Colony, VA
1612
20 Oct 1612
Age 82
Death of John Wigsell Culpeper in Salehurst, co. Sussex, England
Salehurst, co. Sussex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1530
    Event Place: Wigsell, Salehurst, co. Sussex, England
    Record Source: Millennium File

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1607
    Event Place: Virginia, Virginia Colony, VA
    Record Source: Virginia Census, 1607-1890

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Oct 1612
    Event Place: Salehurst, co. Sussex, England
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