Massachusetts
Culpepper Archives
Any names
below in red have not been matched
with a person in the Culpepper family tree. If you can identify any of
them,
please let us know.
Immigration and Ship
Passengers
Deeds and Other Court Records
From Bob Ford (vabob@cox.net)
:
About 14 years ago, I found 35 records of a 1662-1663 lawsuit at the
MA State Archives and made copies. The copies were enlarged to
the extent that I had to paste the pages together. Now they are
too large to copy. Also I lost the citation.
The lawsuit involved John Ford, Robert Gibbs and John Freke (Frake),
all of Boston, and Captain Edward Wood of the ship (a ketch named
William.) One of the records was signed by John Culpepper in VA.
I am unable to make out every word, but two of three documents
containing his name are below. Notice that Culpepper
sailed from Boston to VA in the first one that says:
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you having all your passengers with the necessareys aboard the Ketch
William our desire is you would take first opportunity of wind and
weather sayling for James River in Virginia where you are to attend
the orders of our friend Mr. John Culpeper who goeth with you in the
Katch delivering him what good of ours is in the Katch and
likewise what freight is there due to the Katch conforming your self
to his order as to the dispatch of our voyage home for New England and
for all things ___ (possible "made") ___ (possible
"before") you to him and desire you if possible to ___ send
you to your ___ port and to return in ___ is the desire of your loving
friend. (Signed) John Fford and John Ffreke
Manafords(?)
10th May 1663
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you are hereby desired to take the first opportunity of wind and
weather to sail from this Port of ____ to the port of Boston in New
England where you are to deliver what good are aboard the ketch
William ___ ___ ___(possible "what") freight shall ___ there
___ to the Ketch in Mr. John ffrieke march to who ___ they are ___ and
consigned and for ___ thins ___ you to him onley ___ to your
descression and judgment for touching along the coast to ___ freight
according to Mr. Fords letter to you to ___ in his ___ ___ send you to
your desired port in Scfty(?) (Signed) John Culpeper
Census Records
Except for
1830 and 1920, no Culpeppers were found in any Massachusetts census prior
to 1940.
1830 US Census
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Page 28, Ancestry.com image 5, Lunenburg, Worcester
Co., MA
Alleyne Culpepper, 1M0-5, 1M20-30, 1M30-40, 1F0-5, 1F15-20,
1F20-30 (#9067) |
1920 US Census
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ED 214,
Sheet 1B, Norfolk Township, Norfolk Co., MA
United States Public Health Service Hospital
Henry Culpepper, Patient, M, Wh, 28, Sng, FL/SC/MI |
Obituaries
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Madeline Culpepper (African-American, bc
1925)
Madeline Culpepper, 73, nurse, piano teacher. She worked as an LPN at the
Hollypark Hospital in Los Angeles and University Hospital in Boston. She was also director
of the Samuel H. Bullock Nursery School for many years. She also taught piano privately in
her home. Mrs. Culpepper was the first musician of the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church,
which was founded by her father. She was also a member of the Missionaries, taught Sunday
school and worked with the Girl Scouts. Mrs. Culpepper devoted her life to helping others. She opened her home to the
homeless whenever needed, was a foster mother for many years, fed the hungry in her own
home and nursed the sick and took care of babies, even as her health began to deteriorate.
She was co-founder of the Children's Choir, God's Little Angels, at Pleasant Hill Baptist
Church. Mrs. Culpepper won the Mothers of Murdered Children's Outstanding Community
Service Award in 1997 on behalf of the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. She led the community
in the memorialization of slain children in the name of Germaine Goffigan. She marched to
free the Wilmington Ten and participated in other civil rights events. In 1998, she
received the Arthur Whitaker award given by the American Baptist Churches from the
Commission on Social Witness. Mrs. Culpepper leaves her mother, Lucille Bullock of Dorchester; three sons,
Gentle Lee Culpepper Jr. of Los Angeles,
Donald Culpepper of Boston, and the
Rev. Miniard Culpepper of Boston;
four daughters, Renee Culpepper Cail of Boston,
Melody Culpepper Maduakor of Decator, Ga.,
Deborah Culpepper of
Lithonia, Ga., and Lucille Culpepper Jones of Boston; her former husband,
Gentle Lee Culpepper of Atlanta, Ga;
a sister, Martha B. Smith of Columbus, Ohio; and 12 grandchildren and three
great-granchildren. A funeral service will be at 10 a.m. today at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church,
Dorchester. Burial will be in Blue Hill Cemetery, Braintree. Arrangements by Davis Funeral
Home, Roxbury. (26 Sep 1998; Boston Herald) |
Places
If you have a photograph or more information on any of these,
please send it to us! In particular, we'd like to know which Culpepper a place
may have been named for. See Sending Us
Information.
|
 Culpepper House,
240
Whalom Road, Lunenburg,
Worcester Co, MA. Built c. 1808. Named for Alleyne Culpepper (1795-1847) who lived there
in the 1820's and 1830's after emigrating from Barbados. He moved his family to New Jersey
prior to 1840 and he died in Demara, Guyana, South America in 1847. (Photograph provided by
Deborahanne Mayer, a former owner of the
home) (Photographs of
Alleyne's children are posted in the Family Tree.) |
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Culpepper's Pub & Grill, 815 Turnpike St., North Andover, MA
01845. (978) 794-1100. |
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Culpepper Bakery and Cafe, 500 Cambridge Street, Worcester, MA.
Owner: Robert LaPierre. |
Last Revised:
01 Oct 2006 |
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