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Margaret Downes Cope 1598 – 1670 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1598

Birth Location: Marden, Wiltshire, England

Death Date: 10 Mar 1670

Death Location: Marden, Wiltshire, England

Father: Oliver Downes

Mother: Agnes Downs

Spouse(s): Sir Wiltshire, John Downs

Children(s): John Cope, Oliver Cope, William Cope, John 8ggf, Thomas Cope, Richard Cope, Margaret Cope, Lucy Cope, Jane Cope, Oliver Cope

In 1598, Margaret Downes Cope entered the world in Marden, Wiltshire, England, born to Oliver Downes and Agnes Giles Downs. Margaret Downes Cope married Sir John Cope of Marden, Wiltshire, John Downs, and had children including John Cope, Oliver Cope, William Cope, John Cope II 8ggf, Thomas Cope, Richard Cope, Margaret Cope, Lucy Diane Cope, Jane Cope, Oliver Cope. Margaret Downes Cope passed away in 1670 in Marden, Wiltshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1598, Margaret Downes Cope entered the world in Marden, Wiltshire, England, born to Oliver Downes and Agnes Giles Downs.
  • Margaret Downes Cope married Sir John Cope of Marden, Wiltshire, John Downs, and had children including John Cope, Oliver Cope, William Cope, John Cope II 8ggf, Thomas Cope, Richard Cope, Margaret Cope, Lucy Diane Cope, Jane Cope, Oliver Cope.
  • Margaret Downes Cope passed away in 1670 in Marden, Wiltshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Margaret Cope's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Cope
1598 – 1670
Birth Place: Marden, Wiltshire, England
Parents
Oliver Downes
1560 – 1637
Nottinghamshire, England
Agnes (Giles) Downs
1569 – 1618
Devon, England
Grandparents
Richard (Downe) Dunham
1531 – 1585
Heptonstall, Yorkshire, England
Sir (John Earl of Devonshire) Giles
1525 – 1606
Bowden, Devon, England
Agnes Stuckley
1530 – 1606
Ashton, Devon, England
Great-Grandparents
William Giles
1500 – 1581
Joane giles
1510 – 1579
Hugh Stuckley
1492 – 1559
Miriell Berkeley
1505 – 1547
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Bowden
1480 – 1552
Eleanor Towkeman
1480 – 1523
Thomas Segrave
1472 – 1533
Eleanor Constable
1485 – 1525

Margaret Cope's Descendants

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Margaret (Downes) Cope (Abt. 1598 – 10 Mar 1670) m. Sir (John Cope of Marden,) Wiltshire (1600 – 12 Jun 1656) m. John Downs
  1. 1. John Cope (1622 – 9 Oct 1649) m. Elizabeth Deane (bef 29 Jun 1628 – 1681) m. Elizabeth Deane (1628 – 1681)
    1. 1. Oliver Cope (13 Mar 1647 – 21 May 1697) m. Rebecca (Mayhave) Crooke (1647 – 16 May 1728) m. Rebecca (Harlan Crooke) Cope (1647 – 16 May 1728) m. Mary
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Cope Foulke) Blackwell (1670 – 1728)
      2. 2. Elizabeth Cope (1670 – 1728)
      3. 3. William Cope (1672 – 1729)
      4. 4. Elizabeth Cope (1680 – 1765)
      5. 5. Oliver Cope (1687 – 1729)
      6. 6. William Cope (1687 – 1729)
      7. 7. Ruth (Cope) Buffington (16 Mar 1687 – Dec 1728)
      8. 8. Ruth Cope (16 March 1687 – 1728) m. Thomas Buffington (1685 – 10 December 1739)
        1. 1. William Buffington (1700 – 13 Mar 1784)
        2. 2. Joseph Buffington (1701 – 1774)
        3. 3. Rebecca Buffington (1701 – )
        4. 4. Rachel Buffington (1701 – 30 Nov 1739)
        5. 5. Richard BUFFINGTON (1701 – 1741)
        6. 6. Samuel (James) Buffington (1705 – 1711)
        7. 7. William (Cope) Buffington (1710 – 3/13/1784) m. Alice (Will) Rupp (1702 – 1742) m. Mary (Magdalena (Lena)) Ferree (1712 – 1778) m. Mary Smith (1712 – 1778)
        8. 8. Thomas (Buffington,) Jr. (3 Jan 1710 – Apr 1768)
        9. 9. Ann Buffington (1712 – 1744)
        10. 10. Ann (Buffington) (Morgan) (1712 – 1 Feb 1811)
        11. 11. Richard Buffington (6 May 1712 – 3 Feb 1777)
        12. 12. Thomas Buffington (1714 – Apr 1768)
        13. 13. Rebecca (Buffington) (Atherton) (10 Aug 1716 – 1722)
        14. 14. Ruth Fierre (1718 – )
        15. 15. Ruth (Buffington) (Feree) (17 Sep 1718 – 1728)
        16. 16. Betty Buffington (11 Dec 1720 – 1711)
        17. 17. Susannah (Buffington) (Jones) (24 May 1722 – 1 February 1811)
        18. 18. Rachel Buffington (9 Mar 1724 – 1740)
        19. 19. William Buffington (23 April 1724 – 7 April 1804)
        20. 20. Hetty Buffington (11 Dec 1725 – )
        21. 21. Susanah Buffington
      9. 9. John Cope (8 September 1691 – 14 Jan 1773)
      10. 10. Elizabeth (Esther) Cope (1680 – 23 Jan 1765)
      11. 11. William Cope (Abt 1684 – 1694)
      12. 12. Ruth Cope (1687 – 1739)
      13. 13. John Cope (1691 – 14 Feb 1773)
    2. 2. John (Hunt) Cope (19 May 1650 – abt 1719)
    3. 3. John Cope (19 May 1650 – abt 1719)
    4. 4. Thomas Cope ( – 1737)
    5. 5. Anthony ( – abt 1699)
    6. 6. John (Hunt) Cope (aft 1647 – abt 1699)
  2. 2. Oliver Cope (abt 1622 – 9 Oct 1649)
  3. 3. William Cope (7 Jun 1624 – 1680)
  4. 4. John (Cope II) 8ggf (7 Jun 1624 – 12 Nov 1673)
  5. 5. Thomas Cope (18 Jan 1626 – 1700)
  6. 6. Richard Cope (1628 – 12 Jun 1656)
  7. 7. Margaret Cope (1630 – 1656)
  8. 8. Lucy (Diane) Cope (1632 – 1680)
  9. 9. Jane Cope (1634 – abt 1670)
  10. 10. Oliver Cope (1647 – 10 JUN 1697)

Margaret Cope's Timeline

5 Records

1598
Abt. 1598
Birth of Margaret Downes Cope in Marden, Wiltshire, England
Marden, Wiltshire, England
1620
1620
Age 22
Margaret Downes Cope was married in , , , England
, , , England
1623
28 Sep 1623
Age 25
Margaret Downes Cope was married in Staffordshire, England
Staffordshire, England
1637
Apr 1637
Age 39
Margaret Downes Cope was married in Kingsley, Staffordshire, England
Kingsley, Staffordshire, England
1670
10 Mar 1670
Age 72
Death of Margaret Downes Cope in Marden, Wiltshire, England
Marden, Wiltshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1598
    Event Place: Marden, Wiltshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1620
    Event Place: , , , England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 28 Sep 1623
    Event Place: Staffordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: Apr 1637
    Event Place: Kingsley, Staffordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Mar 1670
    Event Place: Marden, Wiltshire, England

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