Born about in Colony of Virginia
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
William Coppedge
— married
1666 in Wicomico Parish, Northumberland County, Colony of Virginia
Descendants 
Died
at about age 42
in Northumberland County, Colony of Virginia
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Biography
Anne (Knight) Coppedge was a Virginia colonist.
Birth
Anne Knight was born in about 1646.[citation needed]
She married William Coppedge in 1666 at Wicomico Parish Church in Northumberland County, Virginia.
Anne Coppedge died in Northumberland County, Virginia, in about 1688, around the age of 41–42.[citation needed] She was buried in Wicomico Parish Church Cemetery in Northumberland County, Virginia.[citation needed]
Children
They were the parents of Charles Coppedge and at least 4 other children.[citation needed]
Research Notes
Disputed Parents
Anne (Knight) Coppedge (abt.1646-1688) was previously attached to unsourced parents Peter Knight (bef.1620-bef.1705) and Anne (Hawley) Knight (bef.1635-aft.1676).
- If Anne was born in 1646, Anne (Hawley) Knight (bef.1635-aft.1676) could not be her mother.
- Unsourced birth alternatively given as 1656 in Berkshire, England. [certainly not her]
- Unsourced birth alternatively given as 1697 in Northumberland Co., Virginia. [certainly not her]
Purported Father's Will
Anne (Knight) Coppedge (abt.1646-1688) is not listed in her purported father Peter Knight's Will executed 28 November 1702.[1] The original Will was presented in Northumberland County Court by her son Jno Coppedge. The book of records was destroyed in a fire, and John resubmitted the Will on 16 July 1712.
The Will lists four children: Leonard, James, Elizabeth, and Mary.
Sources
- ↑ County Court, Northumberland County, Virginia, Deeds and orders, and record books, 1649–1749, Record book 1652–1658 -- Record book, 1658–1666 -- Record book, 1666–1672 -- Record book, 1706–1720 (1724?); database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99P6-YHF5?cat=363009), image 562.
See also - other family trees:
- Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I82927&tree=Tree1
- Find A Grave: Memorial #73127076 for Anne Knight Coppedge (1646–1688) (memorial only, no headstone photo).
See also - not reliable sources:
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 > Anne Knight, spouse William Coppage; database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/703724:7836?tid=&pid=&queryId=b4568df5b8da7fbab4ed0a6e0f2cb370&_phsrc=kOy1&_phstart=successSource).
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Anne by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Anne:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Anne by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Anne:
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~0.39%
David Williamson
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AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Jim Cumbie :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member setchmom
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~0.39%
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I think that Capt. Peter and Anne Hawley got married in 1654 because he was giving gifts away that year (according to court records). He otherwise doesn't come across as a really generous person, so maybe getting married cheered him up a bit. I think he was pretty cranky and demanding otherwise.
So, unless there is some record that confirms that Anne Knight Coppedge was born in 1646, the usual retro-calculations from the birth of the first child should hold some weight.
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Capt. Peter had a brother, William, who apparently died abt. 1652. There are no firm offspring connections, but he could have been the father of Anne Knight Coppedge as well as a John Knight who married Elizabeth Dixon.
The following is what I have on William:
1625 – May 1 – UK London St Bride – Birth/Bap – William Knight - s/o Peter Knight & Cicely (London Met Arch)
1650 - May 13 – VA Northumberland – William Knight - is witness to a bill of sale of a yellow heifer from John Bennett to Thomas Kingwell. (Sparacio, 1650-1652, p. 9)
1650 - May 24 - VA Northumberland – Peter Knight, William Knight - Court: According to sufficient proofe made to this Court, there is due to Mr. Peter Knight One hundred & Fifty acres of Land for the transportation of these persons into this Colony, Viz his own transportation, William Knight, John Cloberry (Claborry). (Haynie, p. 11)
1650 - May – VA Northumberland – Capt. William Knight - Court: Whereas it appears to this Court that Capt. William. Knight hath abused William Cooke by Strikinge the said Cooke and rasinge him to fight in the presents of the Court, the Court hath therefore ordered that the said Capt. Knight shall by the last day of November next satisfie and pay the quantity of Three hundred pounds of tobacco to Publique Use or else Execucon. (Sparacio, 1650-1652, p. 12-13)
1651 - Feb 20 – VA Northumberland – William Knight - Court – pages missing and index shows: p. 57: Trussell, John. Agt. Mr. Peter Knight; Wilsford, Thomas Agt. William Knight. (Sparacio 1650-1652, p. 26)
1651 Mar 25 – VA Northumberland – Thomas Thornbrough - Land patent for 700 acs. …”Abutting Sly. Upon a branch issueing out of Nomeny Riv.” Trans. Of 14 pers. Incl. Richard Knott, William Knight, Jane Davis. (Nugent I, p. 212) Note: This is not a son of Capt. William Knight or Capt. Peter Knight because the headright would likely be at least 18 yrs old and Capt Peter is only 31 and his brother, 5 years younger (assuming the pair are the ones from St Bride's). Considering the fact that a Richard Knott is also included, who is likely the son of George Knott of Northumberland, who was a business associate of Capt. Peter's, it seems more likely to be a "borrowing" of associated persons for headright purposes by Thornbrough and Capt. William Knight volunteered. We can't exclude that it is another Knight coming from England, but the associations suggest a borrowing.
1652 Sep 20 – VA Northumberland – Capt William Knight - Court: Mr. Richard Turney agt Thomas Wilsford: “The Court doth order that the 330 lb. Of tobacco attached in the hands of Tho Wilsford being the estate of Capt William Knight and due unto Mr Richard Turney from the said Knight shall be paid unto the said Mr Turney by the 20th of Novem next with charges of Court.” (Fleet, p. 6) Note: This is the only notification we get that William Knight, probably the brother of Capt. Peter Knight, has died since his appearance in court 1651 Feb 20, being sued by the above-mentioned Thomas Wilsford.
I'm still looking for any additional records that might give clarification.
So, certainly, Capt. William Knight, likely the brother of Capt. Peter Knight, could have been father to Anne Knight Coppedge. Since she had children with Coppedge (Charles Coppedge and at least 4 others), one would think that Capt. Peter would mention children of a deceased child in his will.
But, on the other hand, she could also be a daughter of Capt. Peter by a first wife about whom we know nothing. But I think the weight of evidence tends slightly toward someone else being her father, and that someone being closely related to Capt. Peter Knight. The obvious choice is his brother, William.