COPPOCK, Martha ^{2 3 4 5 6}

  General Notes:

Martha is sometimes listed as the older and sometimes younger sister of Mary Coppock. Both were supposedly captured by Indians. One account that seems to be closest to Quaker records, says Mary was 6 and Martha was 6 months at the time. Martha is said to have stayed with the Indians and be the wife of half breed Chief John Roose of the Cherokees. An account from "I Have Called You Friends, the Story of Quakerism in NC" by Francis Charles Ancombe listed this account in Archdale, Randolph Co., NC: "Wm. Tomlinson and wife Martha Coppock came to this section while the Indians were still inhabiting the forests. As a girl she had been kidnapped by Indians, lived among them for a while, but was eventually rescued and restored to her family." This town was near Guilford Co., NC and the New Garden MM. Martha was probably rescued by 1767 when she likely accounts for one of the individuals living with her mother when Martha Sr. applied for 300 acres of land in Newberry/Berkeley Co., SC in 1767. This amount of acreage means that Martha had 5 persons including herself, living in her household. (C-2289)
The only factual information we have on Martha is that she did marry in Quaker Records, William Tomlinson on Dec. 30, 1771. (C-701) Her birth date of 1755 is possibly incorrect. It was recorded in Springfield Monthly Meeting, Guilford Co., NC Quaker records after she had died. It is included with a list of her husband and children's birth and death dates which means it was information relayed after the most recent death date which was daughter Martha who died in 1843. Her mother Martha's birth date of 1755 could easily be miscalculated. If the date of 1754 is correct for her capture, her birth date is likely to be previous to that. (C-1019) Her birth place is sometimes listed as Newberry, SC, but is more likely Granville Co., NC where a Moses Coppock is paying taxes in 1755.

Martha married William TOMLINSON, son of Josiah TOMLINSON and Elizabeth WILSON, on Dec 30, 1771 in Bush River M.M., Newberry, SC, USA.¹ (William TOMLINSON was born on Mar 27, 1749 in Timahoe, Kildare, IRL and died on Mar 17, 1813 in , Randolph, NC, USA.)

  Marriage Notes:

or Berkley, SC. (C-988)