Notes:

It appears that this Robert called Robert Evans Sr. in a Jan. 11, 1823 Deed sold land to his son Robert that had been purchased by Robert Evans Sr.'s father in 1770 on Bush River. (C-2603)

Robert married Keren Happock GAUNT on 28 Feb 1805 in Bush River M.M., Newberry, SC, USA. Keren died after 1823. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Robert was a young man when listed as one of the first Quakers to settle in the valley of Bush River somewhere in the 1762-1765 range most likely. He was obviously a well respected member to the Bush River Monthly Meeting. He was often appointed to take care of the affairs of the Quaker Church. Ex.: He was one of the persons appointed to check on the clear intent of a man, Joseph McNeal, who had requested marriage on the 1st mo. 1779 in the Bush River Monthly Meeting to Elizabeth Perkins. Robert purchased 200 acres of land on Aug 24, 1770 on Mathias Branch of Bush River adjacent to James Dobbins, John Myers, John Coate, Benjamin Neal and William Dillan. (C-2603) Robert was in the 1779 Old Ninety Sixth District census records along with John Coats (his neighbor?). His death was reported to the Bush River Monthly Meeting on Mar. 27, 1784 as occurring on 3/4/1784. He was buried at the Friends Burial Ground at Bush River and was listed at age 40 at the time of his death in Hinshaw's Quaker Encyclopedia. His wife was listed in the 1790 census. Some of their children moved to Tennessee and some moved to Miami County, Ohio. (C-95)

Robert married Rebecca COPPOCK in 1761. Rebecca (daughter of Moses COPPOCK and Martha LESTER) was born after Sep 1740; died in 1801 in , Newberry, SC, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rebecca after she was married witnessed her sister, Marther Coppock Tomlinson's Quaker marriage in 1771. Rebecca is the Rebecka Evans living next to Gentleman John (John Sr.) Coates in the 1790 Newberry, SC index. She had 2 males above age 16, 1 male under age 16 and 4 females in her family. Her husband was obviously deceased as she was listed as the head of household. I know this to be her, because her husband, Robert Evan's land, adjoined Gentleman John's land in 1771. She is the only Rebeckah Evans listed in the 1790 census in that region. (C-1906)

Notes:

There are some sources from the early 1900's that state that Moses and Martha came to America from England. (C-356, 1519f) This has been shown to simply be a misinterpretation of the truth, as the Coppocks had been in America from England originally since the 1680's. (C-710) It should be noted that all of the early 1900 records of many separate family members who submitted information to A.E.Krell, several of them state that they were descended from Moses and Martha Scarr Coppock. Martha Lester was the supposed widow of a Mr. Scarr before she married Moses. (C-683)

The marriage record for Moses Coppock and Martha Lester in NJ Colonial Records, doesn't support this, as she is simply listed as Martha Lester. Moses is listed as Moses in his father's will, but is listed as Moses William or William Moses in many family lineages of him. This is a confusion with a Moses William Coppock who was a likely nephew of this Moses (son of his brother, Bartholomew?). (C-1304d, 1348)

His birth is recorded at Chester Monthly Meeting, PA on 2d 5m 1708. He was willed 338 acres in Marlborough, Chester Co., PA in his grandfather, Bartholomew Sr.'s will in 1718 while still a youth. On Jan 26/27, 1729, he deeded 140 acres of this away to Francis Widlo of Marlborough when he had attained a majority in years. On Aug. 4, 1730, he sold 198 acres or the rest of the property he had been given by his grandfather, to Henry Camm, stocking weaver. Moses is listed as a yeoman of Marlborough in both of these deeds. A yeoman was the title for a farmer who owns his own land. I did not find him purchasing other land in Chester Co., PA in the abstracts through 1745. When he marries in 1740 in NJ, he is listed as "of Richalan, Bucks Co., PA". He is not however, listed in any land records for Bucks Co., Pennsylvania He was listed as a cordwainer by profession in Bucks Co., PA in the licenses in Trenton, NJ. (C-2137, 2221)

In the NC Colonial Records, a Moses was enlisted in the Cherokee (French and Indian) Wars in Andrew Hampton's Co., under Col. Wm. Eaton of Granville Co., N.C. This record was dated 10/8/1754. This war service might apply to this Moses who would have been aged about 46 or his nephew, Moses William who would have been about age 18 at the time. Whoever the Moses is that is listed in Granville Co. Muster Rolls in 1754, is listed in the tax records for Granville Co., NC in 1755 with 1 white person in his household. This probably meant 1 white male over the age of 16. Females and children in the household typically weren't counted in these tax records. The next tax record to be taken in Granville wasn't till 1769 and no Coppocks were listed there at that time. I personally believe that this tax record supports the fact that the Coppock in Granville Co., NC in 1754 and 1755 was our Moses because as a general rule, the age to own land and thus be taxed at the time was commonly age 21. In all probability this rules out the 18 or 19 year old Moses William Coppock. Moses was still living in Granville, NC in May of 1763 when he signed his named Moses Coppack to a petition to repeal an extra tax on Mulato's and free negroes. It was presented to the North Carolina Council at that time. Again, however, the deed records give no further clues as there are no Coppocks involved in buying or selling land in Granville Co., NC in this time frame.

The events that do place him in Granville from 1754 to 1763 disproves the statement in the "History of Coates and Coppock Families", that Moses settled in Newberry Co., SC in Feb. 1758 where his son James was born shortly thereafter. No proof has been found at this point that Moses ever lived in South Carolina. (C-1304c.2, 1519f, 2221, 2245)

There is contradictory information available about Moses's death. Many sources state that he was killed by Indians and this occurred in 1754 or 1760. His approximated death date is now sometime between May 1763 and Dec. 1767 when his wife only is listed as she petitions the Newberry, SC council for 300 acres of land on Bush River. (Note that it is the same day that son-in-law Marmaduke petitions for land). She is also listed as a widow when she actually finalizes the land deal of 300 acres in 1771 in what is then called Berkeley Co, South Carolina. Since her husband would have been the purchaser of the land in 1767 if he had been living, it can be assumed that he was dead by the Dec. 1767 date. According to letters from Mary Helen Pemberton in 1982, he was killed by Indians near White Lick Meeting house. White Lick reported to the Bush River Monthly Meeting so this still needs verified. (C-253b, 2221, 2289, 2245, 2289, E)

Moses married Martha LESTER on 22 Sep 1740 in , , NJ, USA. Martha (daughter of Peter LESTER, daughter of Peter LESTER and Joyce UNKNOWN) was born before 1721 in , Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA; died about Feb 1797 in , Newberry, SC, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Martha's surname is usually published as Lester but she was also stated to be a Scarr in some sources suggesting that she had a previous husband. The New Jersey Colonial Records dispell both. When she marries Moses in 1740, she is simply listed as Martha Lester with no indication of being a widow or having the name Scarr. Her husband's name is simply Moses Coppock and her father is listed as Peter Lester, yeoman. They were both listed as of Richland Twp., Bucks Co., PA in the NJ colonial marriage records found in the New Jersey Archives, Marriage Licenses, Set 2, Reel 8, p. 57 1/2 (C-683, 2220, 2298) From the above record we know that Martha is the daughter of Peter, but which Peter, Sr. or Jr.? They both lived in Richland Twp., Bucks Co., Pennsylvania. Martha's parents are invariably listed in second hand sources as Peter and Mary Lester with her birth date being given as 1704 or 1719 respectively. Let's attack this problem from Martha's age.

The only thing we know for certain on her age at this point, is that she was born before 1721, because she would have been at least 18 when she and Mary Lester were witnesses signing consecutively at a Quaker marriage of Wm & Martha (Foulke) Edwards in 8mo 24, 1738. (C-2222) If she had been born in 1704 she would have been four years older than her husband. She also would have been only 12 in 1716 when her parents changed their monthly meeting location to Gwynedd and would have been included as moving with her parents and sister Elizabeth in her families monthly meeting transfer. She was not included. If she was born in 1719, she would have been 33 years older than Peter Lester's wife's first child, making it an extremely unusual stretch of time for one mother to be having children. She basically would have been born after her siblings had all grown and moved away. (C-613)

It should also be noted that she is not listed as the child of Peter and Mary Lester in "Early Friends Families of Upper Bucks" or in the Griffith Genealogy in Wales and North America. (C-247, 1875) Lastly, in 1740 when Martha marries, her father is listed as a Yeoman (farmer). It is much more likely that her father the farmer was Peter Lester Jr. who was in his 40's than the Peter Lester, Sr. who was about 80 years old.

Taking her age, her father's location and profession into account as well as the other points above, we can now feel much more comfortable that her father was Peter Lester (Jr.) who was the son of the original Peter and Mary Duncalf Lester.

Martha and her husband lived in Granville Co., NC from 1754 through at least May of 1763 when Moses signed a petition and was on tax lists and militia rolls for that county. By Dec. of 1767, Moses likely died (in an Indian raid?) when Martha and son-in-law, Marmaduke Coate had moved to Newberry Co., South Carolina. Both were listed on Tuesday, the (1st) of Dec, 1767) with "The following Petitions for Warrants of Survey to prolong Warrants and Certifying Platts were presented and Read."

She was listed as Martha Coppock (her husband wasn't mentioned) requesting 300 acres on Bush River. Her likely son-in-law, Marmaduke requested 200 acres on the waters of Bush River at the same time. The number of acres petitioned reflected the number of persons in one's household. Martha would account for 100 or her acres and then 4 other persons would account for the rest requested at 50 acres per head. She had 2 married daughters at this point in time that probably got their own land suggesting that her other 4 children still lived at home. This last statement is theory. (C-2289)

On 12/30/1771 she witnessed her daughter Martha's Quaker wedding ceremony in the Bush River Meeting, NC. Martha is listed in some sources as having been killed by Indians, but this is a confusion with her husband. A William Mendenhall sometime in the mid 1900's passed down his family's tradition about her this way, " Martha (Lester) Coppock ..."had to go to a Wedding with in the city, leaving at home, Mary, her brother and her husband, who were killed along with 15 others of the city with one exception Mary ......." then along came Marmaduke to provide ransom, marry her indian fashion, then return her to her home.)" (E)

Though the William Mendenhall's tradition has yet to be verified, Martha's will does let us know that she was not the person killed by Indians. Martha's will written Nov. 13, 1794, was probated on Feb. 28, 1797 in Book B, p. 82-83. Important points included that she lived in Newberry in common health. She gave each of her daughters 2 pounds: Rebekah Evans, Mary Coats, Phebe Pugh and Martha Tomlinson. To son James, she gave the 300 acres she was currently living on and her personal estate. Her executors were son, James Coppock, and son-in-law, Marmaduke Coate. (C-683) The original will is apparently missing from the Probate records, but a will book copy is still available. Witnesses were Mercer Babb, Wright Coates, Rhoda Babb and Jas. Weeks. (C-2082)

Notes:

This Bartholomew has a birth date of Oct. 1, 1681 in Elizabeth Harris' E-mail letter dated 9/8/95. (C-613) According to a second descendant, Rodger Smith, Bartholomew and Jacob Jonathan were twins. He was given the family bible and the journal of George Fox, the famous Quaker leader, in his father's will. Bartholomew owned land adjacent to his father's land in Springfield, Chester Co., PA in a deed dated Oct 13, 1709. (C-2136)

He and his wife Phebe deeded 373 acres to Henry Lewis in Marple, Chester Co., PA on Dec 26, 1711. This land formally belonged to Jonathan Taylor, deceased, which might give a clue to a possible first marriage for Phebe as her known name included Taylor. (C-2139)

He is supposedly listed in "Smith's Atlas of Early Grants" which shows his residence as Marple, Chester Co, PA in 1715. He is also listed "of Marple Twp." when his daughter Rebecca marries in 1744. He witnessed a will of William West of Springfield in Chester Co., PA in Feb of 1720. (C-2150)

I have a very illegible copy of his own will written in 1761 which I will try to transcribe herein: " I Bartholomew Coppck of ( ) in the County of Chester and Province of Pennsylvania being weak of Body But of Sound mind and memory thanks be to almighty God for Same Do make this my Last will and testament in manner following First my will and (desirs) that all my just Debts and funerall expenses be paid by Executors hereafter named as soon as May be after my (Descese) ( ) I Give and bequeath to my Son (in Law Seth Pencoast) all that my Plantation and being in (Marple ) Containing one hundred and Eighty (Acres) (be same) more or less to him & his heirs and assigns forever He ( ) to be paid one hundred and Sixty pounds Lawfull money within ( ) years after my Decease to be Divided in manner following that is fifty pounds to my Daughter Rebecca Fell to be paid to my daughter Sarah ( ) forty pounds to my Daughter Margret Camm and ( ) Son Bartholomew Coppock I give to my Son Moses Coppock the Sum of Five Shillings I give and bequest to my Daughter Rebecca Fell one Feather Bed and Furniture one Silver ( ) and Francis Howgill's Journal Item I Give my Daughter Margret Camm Thomoas Chalkley's Journal Item I Give my Daughter Esther Pencoast my Best Feather Bed & Furniture one ( ) ( ) George Fox's Journal and my ( ) that all my (Pewter) ( ) Daughter Rebecca Sarah and Esther also my Wearing apparrel (to) Equally Divided Between my three Son in Laws William Fell Daniel Sharples and Seth Pencoast and as for the rest and residue of my Estate I Give to my Daughter Esther Pencoast to her her heirs and afsigns Item I Do appoint my three Sons in Laws William Fell Daniel Sharples and Seth Pencoast (Executors) of this my Last Will and Testament Revoking all other wills heretofore by one made in witnefs whereof I have here ( ) Set my hand and Seal this Ninth Day of the Second month one thousand Seven hundred and Sixty one 1761 Signed Sealed Published and Declared by the Said Bartholomew Coppock and for his Last Will and Testament in the presence of (Nathan Hall) (J. Maris) Aaron (Vern......) Bartholomew Coppok (C-1425f)

Bartholomew married Rebecca MINSHALL, (Mendenhall) on 5 Sep 1704 in Springfield M.M., Chester, PA, USA. Rebecca (daughter of Thomas MINSHALL and Margaret HICKOCK) was born on 1 Apr 1685 in Chester Nether Providence Twp., PA, USA; died on 29 May 1708 in Chester M.M., Chester, PA, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Rebecca was born the 1d, 4m, 1685 and died on 29d, 5m 1708. She and Bart Coppock were both of Springfield Twp., Chester Co., PA when they married. Elizabeth Harris in an E-Mail letter gives the marriage place as Springfield MM, Pennsylvania Rebecca had a twin named Jacob in some sources, but it looks more like they were born two years apart to the day in transcribed Quaker records provided by Lappin. (C-613, 1073, 1304d)

Rebecca's father, Thomas Menshall, owns land adjacent to Rebecca's husband, Bartholomew Coppock, on a map of the original purchasers from William Penn, dated 1681. (C-2136)

Notes:

Peter and Joyce did not have any children listed in "The Early Friends Families of Upper Bucks" by Clarence V. Roberts, c. 1925. However, a recent copy of the marriage record for Moses Coppock and Martha Lester found by Patti Sue McCrary states that Martha Lester is the d. of Peter Lester, yeoman (farmer), of Richland Twp., Bucks Co., Pennsylvania Since this is where Peter lived during his adulthood, it makes perfect sense that this is the Peter who is Martha's father by timing and place. His own father, Peter, would have been near 80, and probably not listed as a farmer -- even if he was still living at the time. Peter was deeded 200 acres of his father's land in Richland on May 15, 1721, in the area known as the great swamp. It is highly likely that his father was living with him for over a 20 year period since the elder Peter had deeded away all of his 600 acres to his son-in-laws and son a good twenty years before his death. Land records need checked for Peter Jr. as the "Early Friends Families of Upper Bucks" states that he sells this land at 2 different times - in 1724 and 1741. He had purchased 204 additional acres in 1739 on Cooks Creek near Durham, Springfield Twp., Pennsylvania. That land was sold in 1742 suggesting to me that he had possibly died at this time.

Peter married Joyce UNKNOWN before Oct 1716. Joyce died after 1740. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]