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The English/New World Linkage:
An outline of our working theory

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Generation #1 is Sir Thomas Culpeper, born circa 1170. The ancestral linkages below start with Generation #10 and the white boxes depict  the direct American ancestors.
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William Culpeper of Wigsell
Son of Walter of Calais and Wigsell
1509-1559
m. Cicely Dingley Barrett

11 Edmund Culpeper, Canon of Lincoln
Son of William
c1547-1605+

Francis Culpeper of Greenway Court
Son of William
1538-1591
m. Philippa Hinckstead

John Culpeper of Wigsell
Son of William
1530-1612
m. Elizabeth Sedley

12 Rev. William Culpeper of Barbados
Son of Edmund
1605-1674
m. Margaret Alleyne

Progenitor of the Barbados, Puerto Rican and South African lines**
Thomas Culpeper of Hollingbourne, the Elder, Son of Francis of Greenway Court
1578-1660
m. Joan Pordage
Progenitor of some of the
20th century Culpepers in England**

John Culpeper of
Astwood in Feckenham
,
Son of John of Wigsell
1565-1635
m. Ursula Woodcock

Thomas Culpeper of Wigsell
Son of John of Wigsell
1561-1613
m. Anne Slaney
13

 

The Culpepers of India and Australia probably descend from one of the above lines.

Thomas Culpeper of the Middle Temple
Son of John of Astwood in Feckenham
c1602-c1652
m. Katherine St. Leger
[Co-owner of the ship, Thomas & John]

John Culpeper the Merchant
Son of John of Astwood in Feckenham
1606-????
[Co-owner of the ship
Thomas & John]

John Lord Culpeper, 1st Baron of Thoresway
Son of Thomas of Wigsell
1599-1660
m. Judith Culpeper, Daughter of Thomas of Hollingbourne
14  

Frances Culpeper
Daughter of Thomas of the Middle Temple
1634-1690+
Married VA Governors: Stephens,  Berkeley and Ludwell

John Culpeper
The Rebel of Albemarle*

Son of John the Merchant
c1644-c1692

Henry Culpeper of Lower Norfolk, VA*
Son of John the Merchant
c1633-1675+
m. Elizabeth Greene

Thomas Lord Culpeper, 2nd Baron of Thoresway
Son of John, 1st Lord
1634-1688
m. Margaretta Van Hesse.

Elizabeth Culpeper Daughter of of John, 1st Lord
1637-1709
Married
James Hamilton,
Groom of the Chamber to Charles II

    End of Line

No male
children.

Progenitor of the US Culpeppers ** No male children Ancestor of  Diana, Princess of Wales
*   The parents John the Rebel and of Henry Culpepper of Lower Norfolk are not proven and are shown here as theory, only
** In the year 2011, living Culpeppers are primarily in generation numbers 23 to 27

Last Revised: 02 Jan 2015

 
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