1. | Aaron F. COPPOCK was born on 20 Sep 1762 in Nottingham M.M., Cecil, MD (son of John COPPOCK and Abigail (Skillern) SCHELLENGER); died on 22 Feb 1837 in , Miami, OH, USA. Notes: Aaron was a Quaker minister. All of his children were born in Tennessee from 1798 to 1811. He was received into the New Hope MM, Greene Co., TN on Dec 31, 1796 from the Bush River MM in SC where he had grown up. On Jan. 3, 1818 they had moved and were received into the Newberry Monthly Meething in Blount Co., Tennesse. Aaron married Margaret TUCKER on 9 Feb 1797 in Little Limestone, Washington, TN. Margaret was born on 4 Apr 1770; died on 6 May 1848. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children:
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2. | ![]() Notes: According to Nottingham M.M. records, John was born the 9th month, 18th day in 1736 to John Coppock and Margaret, his wife. One correspondent with Mendenhall states that John married Catherine King before marrying Abigail in 1761. They supposedly had three children named Thomas, Samuel and Jonathan. This has no proof to support it at this point in time. (C-1430) John received a certificate of removal from the E. Nottingham M.M. in Cecil Co., MD on the 26d, 7m, 1777. It stated that he had made amends with the E. Nottingham M.M. several years after marrying out of unity and being disowned for it. It also stated that John currently was living within the "verge" of the Bush River Monthly Meeting in South Carolina when the letter of removal was written. John's will was written July 19, 1801 and proved Aug. 3, 1801. His administrators were (wife) Abigail, Aaron and John (possible sons) Coppock. Purchasers included Joseph Coppock and Joseph Furnas. (C-884, 1301) He is listed on the same page as his son John in the 1800 Newberry Co., SC census records. His household included he and his wife over 45, and one son between age 16 and 26. (C-931, 1057) Of his 9 or 10 children, Aaron, John, Susannah Elleman and Abigail Weeks emigrated to Ohio. (C-1017) John married Abigail (Skillern) SCHELLENGER in 1761. Abigail was born about 1742 in Cape May, Cape May, New Jersey, United States; died on 20 May 1818 in New Hope M.M., Greene, TN, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Abigail (Skillern) SCHELLENGER was born about 1742 in Cape May, Cape May, New Jersey, United States; died on 20 May 1818 in New Hope M.M., Greene, TN, USA. Notes: She moved to Green Co., Tenn. after her husband's death with their son, Samuel sometime around 1805. According to a descendant, Almedia Lappin, Abigail is a descendant of Jacobus Schelinx who moved to New Amsterdam in 1643. He married Cornelia Melyns. She was the daughter of a politician, Cornelis Melyn, who owned half of Stanton Island (NY, NY). Jacobus had Cornelius about 1658. Cornelius married Lydia called Abigail who lived to age 92 (d. 1748). They had son Abraham (b. 1710). Abraham married Jane Taylor and lived in Katemay Co., NJ. They were the supposed parents of Abigail, though no first hand proof has yet been found. (C-1258, 1303, 1305-1316)
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4. | ![]() Notes: John, the youngest son of Aaron Coppock, was willed his father's plantation of abt. 100 acres when he wrote his will on the 10th mo, 3rd day of 1726. This he received prior to his marriage to Margaret Coulson. John is listed as the son of Aaron Coppock of East Nottingham, Chester Province, PA, deceased when he marries Margaret Coulson on the 16th day, first month of 1731. Witnesses in the relatives column in order of signature are: Miriam Coppock (his mother) Tho. Coulson (her brother), Martha Coulson (her sister-in-law), Jn. White (his step-brother), Mary White (his step-brother's wife), Joel Bailey (his Uncle, brother-in-law to his mother, Miriam Short), Lydia Gregg (his sister), Miriam Jones (his sister), Eliz. Delaney (possibly his step-sister, formerly Eliz. White), Marg. Richard, Sarah Wily, Sarah Powell, David Gregg (his likely brother-in-law), John Robinson (husband to his step-sister, Martha Coppock), and William Wily. I've noted the ones whose relationship I understand. The mystery relatives could be important clues as to the rest of the makeup of this family. (C-2474) John married Margaret COULSON on 16 Jan 1731 in Nottingham M.M., Cecil, MD. Margaret (daughter of Joseph COULSTON and Mary Margaret EVANS) was born before 1710 in Germantown, Philadelphia, PA, USA; died on 3 Mar 1788 in Little Britain M.M., Lancaster, PA, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | ![]() Notes: She and her husband witnessed the marriage of their daughter Jane Coppock in 1769 at the Little Brittain Monthly meeting along with their grown children, Thomas, Samuel and Margaret.
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8. | ![]() Notes: Aaron spells his name Aron in his will and his certificate of removal to PA, but signs his name AARON in his Quaker Marriage Record. The name Coppock comes from the place of origin for this family when the surname came into use. It was a small estate in East Cheshire and almost all early Coppock references come from near this region. The exception is a few Coppocks listed from South Lancashire in England. From medieval times forward, the name has been spelled Coboke, Coppack, Coppick, Copuck, Coppak and Coppack and Coppock. (C-963, E) Aaron was christened on January or February 6, 1666 on his original christening record and listed as the son of John. This problem with knowing the date was that the Bishop transcripts give the date as January 6, 1666. Aaron's birth date varies according to several second hand sources. The 25th day, 10th mo, 1662 date for Aaron's birth comes from an old book entitled "A Collection of Memorials Concerning divers deceased Ministers and others of the People called Quakers in Pennsylvania, New-Jersey, and Parts adjacent, from nearly the first Settlement thereof in the Year 1787." This was a Quaker obituary basically done over sixty years after his death and they could have easily had the date wrong. It had his death date wrong and his likely age wrong. (C-253b, C-703). He was born the 9th of August 1667 according to an L.D.S. ancestral file of unknown source. Aaron married Miriam SHORT in 30th da 9th mo 1704 in Chichester M.M., Chester, PA. Miriam (daughter of Henry SHORT and Miriam INGRAM) was born about Apr 1664 in Ford, Sussex, ENG; was christened on 10 May 1664 in Ford, Sussex, ENG; died on 19 Dec 1748 in , New Castle, DE, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
9. | Miriam SHORT was born about Apr 1664 in Ford, Sussex, ENG; was christened on 10 May 1664 in Ford, Sussex, ENG (daughter of Henry SHORT and Miriam INGRAM); died on 19 Dec 1748 in , New Castle, DE, USA. Notes: She was a passenger on the ship "Welcome" that came to Pennsylvania from Aug.-Oct. 1682. Her mother and uncle, Isaac, both died on board in the smallpox epidemic. She and her siblings came under the care of her mother's bother, G. Ingram. (C-253b, 1427) She was married shortly thereafter to George Thompson by a Swedish priest. George as well as the clergyman who performed the ceremony were taken to court for violating the laws of the Province (possibly because she was with child?). Thompson appeared in court on Feb. 14, 1682/3 and the charges were dismissed as no one came to accuse him. It appears that Thompson left Miriam, as she was in the town records on Nov. 6, 1684 as needing public assistance for herself and child (Ralph Thomson). In some sources it assumes he dies before she marries again. However, this George Thompson seems to be the same Thompson that was listed as a married man in church records in 1698. There is a descendant of a Joshua Thompson, b. 1696 in this area named Lew Chaplick that believes that Joshua is a son or grandson of George Thompson, possibly through Miriam Short. She next married William White of New Castle Co. He was a Wheelwright. He died in 1703 and left her widowed with three additional children.
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10. | Joseph COULSTON was born on 17 Jul 1663 in Hartshorn, Derbyshire, ENG (son of Capt. Thomas COULSTON and Anne BORROW); died on 1 Feb 1708 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried about 2 Feb 1708 in Germantown, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Notes: Although I've seen second hand sources stating that Joseph and family immigrated to Philadelphia, PA in 1704, there is a deed record dated Dec. 2, 1696 where a Joseph Coolsen witnesses the sale of 8 acres of land by Randolph Croxen of Chester (Co., PA) toThomas Powell in Chester Co., Pennsylvania I know that the spelling varies, but that spelling was only phonetic in those days. I personally believe that this Joseph is one and the same as our Joseph. (C-2136) At any rate, Joseph received a license to run a tavern or inn on March 28, 1704. He is on record as having sent one of his children to study at school with Pastorius, the founder of Germantown. He paid into the school fund from 1706-1708. Joseph and Margaret's children were Thomas, Margaret, and Samuel. Samuel died at age six weeks. A second son born in 1748 was also named Samuel. Both Margaret and Thomas raised large families, some of whose ancestors intermarried. At the marriage of Margaret Coulson to John Coppock, Joseph and Margaret were listed as Margaret's parents of Germantown, Philadelphia, Province of Penn. Her parents were already deceased at this point in time though the marriage record does not state that. Her parents are, however, missing from the witness list for the wedding as would be expected. (C-467, 2020) He is buried at the old Hood Cemetery in Germantown. Up till 1920, his stone was still visable and was the oldest standing in the cemetery. It's inscription read, "Here lyeth the body of Joseph Coulston, once husband of Margaret Coulston, Son of Capt. Thomas Coulston of Hartshorn in old Derbyshire, England who departed this life the first day of February 1707/8, ages 38 years and 8 months. It is highly likely that this stone was placed there years after his death as Quakers would not have listed a Feb. date, but a month like 12mo 1707. They also did not use gravestones in the 18th century. (C-2020) Charles Coulson Rich, a well known early Mormon Church Leader, is a descendant of this line. (C-620, 1442) Joseph married Mary Margaret EVANS before 1689. Mary (daughter of Jane HODGES) was born about 1667 in Hartshorn, Derbyshire, ENG; died in 1715 in Germantown, Philadelphia, PA, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
11. | Mary Margaret EVANS was born about 1667 in Hartshorn, Derbyshire, ENG (daughter of Jane HODGES); died in 1715 in Germantown, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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