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Joseph Jefferson "Spoon" Copeland 1677 – 1726 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1677

Birth Location: Chuckatuck, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 22 August 1726

Death Location: Chuckatuck Parish, Nansemond County, Isle of Wight, Virginia

Father: Elizabeth Taberer\Tabberer

Mother: John GGF

Spouse(s): Mary Woodley

Children(s): Nicholas Copeland

The story of Joseph Jefferson "Spoon" Copeland began in 1677 in Chuckatuck, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA. Joseph Jefferson "Spoon" Copeland married Mary Elizabeth Woodley, and had children including Nicholas Woodley Copeland. Joseph Jefferson "Spoon" Copeland passed away in 1726 in Chuckatuck Parish, Nansemond County, Isle of Wight, Virginia.

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Biography

  • The story of Joseph Jefferson "Spoon" Copeland began in 1677 in Chuckatuck, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA.
  • Joseph Jefferson "Spoon" Copeland married Mary Elizabeth Woodley, and had children including Nicholas Woodley Copeland.
  • Joseph Jefferson "Spoon" Copeland passed away in 1726 in Chuckatuck Parish, Nansemond County, Isle of Wight, Virginia.

Immediate Family

Parents

Elizabeth Taberer\Tabberer
1643 – 1726
Birth Location: Isle of Wight County, Virginia, United States of America
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John GGF
1642 – 1693
Birth Location: Middlesex, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
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Spouses(s)

Mary Woodley
1675 – 1742
Birth Location: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

Nicholas Copeland
1697 – 1742
Birth Location: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
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Joseph Copeland's Ancestors

Self
Joseph Copeland
1677 – 1726
Birth Place: Chuckatuck, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
Parents
Elizabeth Taberer\Tabberer
1643 – 1726
Isle of Wight County, Virginia, United States of America
John (Nicholas Copeland \9th) GGF
1642 – 1693
Middlesex, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
Sarah (Ratcliffe "Radclyffe") (Copeland)
1620 – 1687
Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
John (The Quaker Copeland \10th) GGF
1612 – 1717
Dolphin Leigh, Dolphinholme, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
John VI
1585 – 1678
Elizabeth Cotchings
1600 – 1679
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John "Ratclyffe"
1549 – 1650
Mary Morley
1575 – 1620
William Cotchings
1575 – 1620

Joseph Copeland's Descendants

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Joseph (Jefferson "Spoon") Copeland (1677 – 22 August 1726) m. Mary (Elizabeth) Woodley (1675 – 1742)
  1. 1. Nicholas (Woodley) Copeland (1697 – 1742) m. Nancy (Jane) Lott (1701 – 1760)
    1. 1. James (Dugal) Copeland (1734 – 1809) m. Elisabeth (Martha) Johnson (1733 – 30 September 1793)
      1. 1. Sylvianis (Frances) Copeland (1760 or 1762 – AFT 1827 or 14 Sept 1845) m. T. (H.) O'Bryan
        1. 1. A. (H.) O'Bryan
        2. 2. Redick O'bryan (22 May 1792 – 12 Sep 1879) m. Elizabeth ("Betsy") Bourland (9 December 1796 – 28 December 1862)

Joseph Copeland's Timeline

2 Records

1677
1677
Birth of Joseph Jefferson "Spoon" Copeland in Chuckatuck, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
Chuckatuck, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
1726
22 August 1726
Age 49
Death of Joseph Jefferson "Spoon" Copeland in Chuckatuck Parish, Nansemond County, Isle of Wight, Virginia
Chuckatuck Parish, Nansemond County, Isle of Wight, Virginia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1677
    Event Place: Chuckatuck, Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 August 1726
    Event Place: Chuckatuck Parish, Nansemond County, Isle of Wight, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Suffolk City, Virginia, USA
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