John Copp Esq. (1673 - 1751)

Born 9 Jun 1673 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Jaggers) Copp — married 15 Mar 1698 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Died 16 May 1751 at age 77 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

Deacon of the first church in Norwalk.

Christening

15 JUN 1673 Boston, Suffolk, MA

Burial

Norwalk, CT

• Fact: Christening (15 June 1673) Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay
• Fact: Residence (1673) Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay
• Fact: Burial Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Probate

His will is dated 12 October 1749 and proved on 31 May 1751 in Fairfield.^[1]

• He first freed his enslaved black man Jack and his wife, a black or mulluto woman named Sarah upon his death, but only if they are under the guardianship of ""Isaac Hayes of said Norwalk whom I do appoint their guardian willing and desiring him to take ye overfight & care of them and directing them to take his advice and direction in ye management of their affairs and business."
• He mentions his son-in-law Samuel Belden.
• He mentions his cousin, John Copp of New London, his "kinswoman" Sarah Copp of New London, and his cousin Jonathan Copp of Stonington.

His inventory was taken on 5 June 1751 in Norwalk and recorded in Fairfield. Included in his inventory was the enslavement of a 3-year-old black boy named Andrew and a 6-year-old black girl named Sarah. (Perhaps the children of Jack and Sarah that were manumitted in his will).^[2]

Source

1. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 9-10, 1741-1755”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9922-6WZN  : 20 May 2022), FHL microfilm 007627281, image 422-423, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 10, 1748-1755, Page 241-243.
2. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 11-12, 1753-1762”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-YLV5  : 24 May 2022), FHL microfilm 007627290, image 102-104, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 11, 1754-1757, Page 184-188.

• Van Hoosear, David Hermon. A Complete Copy of the Inscriptions Found on the Monuments, Headstones, &c., in the Oldest Cemetery in Norwalk, Conn. (Standard Assoc., Bridgeport, Conn., 1895) Page XIX
• Find A Grave: Memorial #45410670
• Wikipedia: John_Copp
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 31 March 2017, 02:40), entry for John Copp(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KCRF-143); contributed by various users.
• Selleck, Charles Melbourne. Norwalk (The Author, Norwalk, Conn., 1896) Page 66-67.
  • "John Copp, for whom another of the quintette group is named, did eminent public service, in his day, in Norwalk. He was a surveyor, a teacher and a physician. In Nov., 1699, (at the age of twenty five) he removed, temporarily, to Bedford, N.Y., which town, recognizing the honor thus conferred upon it, at once granted him forty acres of Westchester land, and purchased from him a "grindle stone," for which it generously allowed him "six acres of pasture land." He returned to Norwalk and married the widow of merchant John Belden. He died May 16, 1751, having will disposed, (see Belden lineage) of a handsome competency."