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Robert Culpepper, Sr.

Male Abt 1664 - Abt 1742  (~ 78 years)


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  • Name Robert Culpepper 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Born Abt 1664  Lower Norfolk Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Will 16 Oct 1739  Norfolk Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died Abt 1742  Norfolk Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Probate 21 Jan 1742  Norfolk Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3432  MyTree
    Last Modified 29 Feb 2012 

    Father Henry Culpeper,   b. Abt 1633, pos. Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1675, Lower Norfolk Co, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 43 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Green,   b. 1640,   d. 1676  (Age 36 years) 
    Family ID F4621  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah LNU (Culpepper),   b. 1666,   d. Bef 16 Oct 1739, Norfolk Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 73 years) 
    Married Abt 1687  Lower Norfolk Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Robert Culpepper, Jr.
     2. Rachel Culpepper
     3. Elizabeth Culpepper
     4. Mary Culpepper
     5. Mury Culpepper
     6. Ann Culpepper
     7. Benjamin Culpepper
    +8. Joseph Culpepper,   b. Abt 1696, Norfolk Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1745, Edgecombe Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 49 years)
    Last Modified 17 Jul 2017 
    Family ID F4620  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Robert emerges in Norfolk County records in 1692 when he bought 50
      acres from Thomas and Elizabeth Green, for 2,000 pounds of tobacco.

      Records on the Culpepper family in Norfolk County in the early 1700's
      are scarce.

      12 Feb 1710 -- THOMAS GREEN of the Western Branch of the Elizabeth
      River Parish and heir at law to THOMAS GREEN late of the same parish
      to RICHARD BUNTING, weaver, of the same place for 2,250 pounds of
      tobacco, and also in consideration of the vast expense and charge that
      hath bin in a suite of law between the said RICHARD BUNTING and JOHN
      WILLIS, guardian to the said Green, about a certain tract and dividend
      of land, wherefore the said Green being come to age to avoid further
      charge about the land doth give and confer to the said Bunting this
      indenture of lease and release -- 200 acres on the south side of the
      West Brand of the Elizabeth River known by the name of Fishey Neck,
      being that land which PETER SMITH late of this county, deceased,
      patented and after sold and conferred to the said Bunting which said
      land was and is within the bounds of the said Green and his patent,
      bounded ... etc.
      Witnesses: ROBERT CULPEPPER, James Sabord(?), John Portlock

      In 1713, Robert Culpepper and Eleazer Tart witnessed the will of
      Robert's uncle, Richard Bunting (Norfolk Co DB 9, p. 269). There were
      two Eleazer Tarts, father and son. This Eleazer Tart was probably the
      son of Eleazer Tart, Sr. Eleazer Tart, Jr, married Robert Culpepper's
      daughter, Mary.

      In 1716, Robert Culpepper and Edward Lewelling witnessed the will of
      William Dale. (Richard Dale later witnessed Robert Culpepper's will.)

      In 1727, Robert Culpepper bought 50 acres on the West Branch of the
      Elizabeth River from his cousin Jonas Winfield, for £10. (See will of
      Jeane Green, Robert's grandmother).

      Robert Culpepper died in 1743. He must have been about 80 years old,
      which was well above average for his day and age.

      Robert's will, written in 1739 and proven in 1743, is important, as he
      and his brother Henry are the ancestors of most of the American
      Culpeppers. It is necessary to look at a copy of the actual document
      and not the abstract, to note that Robert had a son, Robert, Jr., to
      whom he gave his great Bible, his "lancets, horse flemes, and other
      instruments of iron for the use of horses." A fleam was a surgical
      knife, as was a lancet.

      Robert gave five Shillings each to his sons Joseph and Benjamin
      Culpepper, who by this time were in Edgecombe County, NC.

      He gave half a Crown each to his daughters Rachel Wilder and Ann
      Wilder. These small gifts of money indicate that Rachel and Ann had
      moved away from Norfolk County, and had probably already had some help
      along the way from Robert.

      He gave his daughter Elizabeth Ward, wife of John Ward, an ewe and a
      lamb, suggesting that she still lived nearby in 1743.

      And daughter Mury Green must have been nearby in 1743, as she received
      an ewe as well. Mury's husband may have been Henry Green (see below).
      At the moment, descendants of Mury Green are unidentified. However,
      there were folks named Green in early Edgecombe County, NC records.

      Robert Culpepper made a point of mentioning his grandson, William
      Culpepper, in his will. William got a cow and calf, and an ewe and
      lamb. Robert must have been particularly fond of William, since
      William got more live stock than Robert's daughters, Elizabeth Ward,
      and Mury Green. This was probably his grandson William, son of Robert
      Culpepper, Jr.

      Robert gave all his land in Norfolk County to "his loving daughter
      Mary Tart," and appointed her husband, Eleazer Tart, as his sole
      executor. Henry Green, John Joyce, and Richard Dale witnessed the
      will.

      One could suspect that Robert's daughter Mary was the one who was
      looking after him in his old age, and so she was the one who was
      rewarded with Robert's land.