Associated Line AL3 - The Copper Family 1594 - 1747

This ancestral line merges the Dumbrell family (AL2), the Young family (AL1), and the Copper family (AL3), before joining the Main Breach Ancestral Line through Richard Breach (b. 1718) and Elizabeth Copper (b. 1722)(Generation Five). Names in bold type continue the ancestral line down.

Click here to return to the main ancestral line - Generations One to Five - Breach 1592 - 1743.

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East Sussex Map

The Copper family lived in East Blatchington, East Sussex.

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First Branch Generation

AG1 - William Copper and Eleanor Scottrell 1575 - 1615

William and his wife Eleanor Scottrell were both born about 1875, in Sussex. They married on the 15th of October 1599, in Bishopstone, Sussex. Only one child was found, Wylliam, born in 1615. Eleanor died in 1618, but no dates have been found for William.

Wylliam continues the ancestral line down.

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Second Branch Generation

AG2 - Wylliam Copper and Joane Younge 1615 – 1654

Wylliam was born in 1615 in Slinfold, Sussex, the son of William Copper and Eleanor Scottrell. Wylliam married Joane Younge (b. 1620) on the 19^th of June 1637 in East Blatchington. The couple had nine children, all born in East Blatchington, as follows:

1. Joane (b. 1638)
2. Susann (b. 1640, d. 1641)
3. Elenor (b. 1642)
4. John (b. 1644)
5. George (b. 1647) George continues this ancestral line below.
6. Elizabeth (b. 1648)
7. Susan (b. 1651, d. 1651)
8. Richard (b. 1652, d. 1654)
9. William (b. 1654)

Click here for the Young family - Associated Line AL1 - The Young Family 1526 - 1654.

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Third Branch Generation

AG3 - George Copper and Frances Dumbrell 1647 – 1694

George was born in 1647 in East Blatchington, the son of Wylliam Copper and Joane Younge. George married Frances Dumbrell (b. 1657) (daughter of Richard Dumbrell and Ann Jesley) on the 29^th of May 1684 in East Blatchington. The couple had six children, as follows:

1. Susanna (b. 1684)
2. George (b. 1686)
3. John (b. 1688)
4. Thomas (b. 1689) Thomas continues this ancestral line below.
5. Richard (b. 1691)
6. Anne (b. 1694)

Click here for Branch Line AL2 - The Dumbrell Family 1462 - 1694.

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Fourth Branch Generation

AG4 - Thomas Copper and Elizabeth Shoesmith 1689 – 1724 

 

Thomas Copper was born in 1689, in East Blatchington, Sussex, and died in 1747. He was the son of George Copper and Frances Dumbrell. He married Elizabeth Shoesmith (b. 1692)  and they had four children, as follows: 

1. Thomas (b. 1719)
2. Elizabeth (b. 1722). Married Richard Breach (b. 1718) in Hailsham, Sussex. Their son, Thomas Breach (b. 1742) continues the main Breach ancestral line in Generation Six (see below).
3. William (b. 1724)
4. Judith (b. 1732)

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Family Tree

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Click here to continue to the main ancestral line - Generation Six, Thomas Breach and Sarah Knight 1742 - 1818.

Thanks to Ian Cooper for information contained in this post.

 

Alison Vainlo 2022