Born in New London, New London County, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph Copp
and Rachel (Denison) Copp
Sister of
Elizabeth (Copp) Harris, Joseph Copp, Margaret Copp, Ann Copp, Jonathan Shipley Copp, Daniel Copp, Margaret Stanton Copp and Catharine (Copp) Morgan
Wife of
Samuel Edgecomb II
— married
11 Dec 1791 in New London, New London, Connecticut, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Julia Edgecomb, Samuel Edgecomb, Sarah (Edgecomb) Knowles, Albert Edgecomb, Harriet (Edgecomb) Morgan, Daniel Denison Edgecomb, John Edgecomb and Thomas Edgecomb
Died about
at about age 76
in New London, New London County, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Oct 2010
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Biography
Rachel Copp, born 21 Jul 1762 @ New London, Connecticut, was the third child of Joseph Copp and Rachel Denison.
She married about 1 (or 11) Dec 1791 Samuel Edgecomb. Their children included:
- Julia Edgecomb (1792-1851); married 1 Jan 1815 Edmund Williams
- Samuel Edgecomb (1794 - 1819); unmarried
- Sarah Edgecomb (1796-1864); married 13 Feb 1820 Daniel Knowles; 2 children
- Albert Edgecomb (1797 - 1874)
- Harriet Edgecomb Morgan (1800 - 1837)
- Daniel Denison Edgecomb (1802 - 1887)
- John Edgecomb (1803 - 1878); married 1 Aug 1826 Abigail Gates
Rachel (Copp) Edgecomb died Sep. 30, 1834, age 72, @ New London, New London County, Connecticut, USA: Find A Grave: Memorial #76666759
Source
- Denison Genealogy: Ancestors and Descendants of Captain George Denison; E. Glenn Denison, Josephine M. Peck and Donald L. Jacobus; Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 1993 [Originally published, Pequot Press 1963; Reprinted, Baltimore, MD 1978, 1982, 1993], no. 811: https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/29/mode/1up; https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/404/mode/1up
- Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 054, page 261. Member #53584, Mrs. Ruth E. (Edgcomb) Scrivner
- White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
- The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. LXII, 1931; Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
- Connecticut Births Index (@ familysearch.org)
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Categories: Avery-Morgan Burial Ground, Groton, Connecticut
Sep. 30, 1834 to be used as DOD - Reference for date of death - http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=76666759