Joshua
Cope
Born in Frederick County, Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Son of George Cope
and Abigail (Steer) Cope
Brother of
George Cope and Abigail C. (Copes) Hoopes
Husband of
Rebecca Metcalf
— married
26 Apr 1820 in Colerain Township, Belmont, Ohio, Untied States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 86
in Colerain Township, Belmont, Ohio, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Jul 2022
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Biography
Joshua was born in 1792. He was the son of George Cope and Abigail Steer. He passed away in 1878.
Cope was an active station agent on the Underground Railroad. See the attached pdf for a detailed account of some of his activities.
Sources
- Concord Monthly Meeting, Belmont Co., Ohio Marriages 1802-187, pp. 72-75 images 40-41.
Hinshaw, William Wade, An Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, vol IV. (Ann Arbor, Mi: Edwards bros., 1936-50), p. 149.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joshua by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joshua:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joshua by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joshua:
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~0.78%
Bryan Walling
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ZW3931935 [compare], yourDNAportal BRY9c6435f2, Ancestry member Bwalling055
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