Culpeper/Culpepper/Colepeper Coat of Arms
 "I die a Queen, but I would rather die the wife of Culpeper"
Catherine Howard,
5th wife of Henry VIII

Culpepper Connections!
The Culpepper Family History Site

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Learn about Culpepper Family History

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Meet some interesting Culpeppers

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Discover your Culpepper ancestry

Lord Thomos Culpeper
Thomas Lord Culpeper
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Margaret Lady Culpeper
Margaret Lady Culpeper
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Content Summary

Family Tree: The Culpepper Family Tree contains genealogical records for 20,000+ Culpeppers and how they are related to each other and to about 20,000 other non-Culpeppers. The following indexes can be used to access these records:

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Culpepper Index (incl. Culpepers and Colepepers)

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Other Surnames Index

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Charts of Family Branches

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Focus of Research Index (more info needed on these)

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Photograph Index (Deceased people, only)

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Places Index (A geographic index to our names)

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Reunions Index (Reunion info for various branches)

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Wartime Service Index (Culpepper patriots)

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African-American Index

Archives: Census, marriage, deed, death, wills and other archived records of genealogical significance. Also includes over 200 places (towns, cemeteries. islands, streets, mountains and streams) named Culpepper.

Historical Records, Theories and Legends: Historical documents, treatises, biographies, theories and debunked legends concerning the early Colepepers and Culpepers of England, Barbados and Virginia.

Military Service: From the American Revolution up to the modern times, we have names and stories of Culpepper patriots who have served their nation in the military. While the "War Index" to the family tree includes only the deceased, this separate Military section also includes living Culpeppers.

DNA Project: The current results of the family DNA Project and why you should join.

Interesting Folks: Lists of Culpeppers, primarily of the modern day, who are artists, athletes, business people, judges, musicians, physicians, preachers, politicians, students, teachers, and more. Famous, infamous, or just simply interesting. Drawn from news articles and directories.

Historical Places in England. During the 13th through 17th centuries in England, the Culpeper family enjoyed considerable prominence in the southeastern counties of Kent and Sussex. Many impressive church monuments and grand estates still stand today bearing witness to the Culpeper's place in English history.

Culpepper Linkage to European Notables. Our paper-based research suggests that most living Culpeppers descend from a 16th century Englishman, William Culpeper of Hunton and Wigsell and his wife, Cicely Barrett. Through this couple, modern-day Culpeppers descend from the oldest known Culpepper, Sir Thomas Colepeper (born circa 1170), and from Charlemagne, the 9th century European Emperor. There are also connections to Catherine Howard, fifth Queen of Henry VIII, and Diana, Princess of Wales. The relationship of these individuals to each other and to the worldwide Culpeppers can be seen in an overview chart  and in a series of detailed charts.

About This Web Site

Eleven Years Old! On April 19, 2009, Culpepper Connections celebrated its eleventh anniversary. Since our inception in 1998, we have had over a thousand Culpeppers provide us with genealogies, other forms of new or corrected information, photographs, biographies, and more. The publishers, Lew Griffin and Warren Culpepper, say a hearty thanks to all of our many contributors! For more information on our website, see:

Overview
Publishers
Contributors
Discussion Groups
Finding Your Ancestors
Sending us information
Copyright
Privacy

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What's New?

A new version of the Culpepper Family Tree. In our latest periodic update, published January 1, 2010, we added several hundred new names and updated the records for nearly 1,000 other individuals. Our next update will be on or shortly after April 30, 2010. (Index to Family Tree)

All Other Significant Updates (since January 2003)

Ways You Can Help

If you have found information on this site that was helpful, it was probably something that was provided by another Culpepper family member. Wouldn't you like to return the favor? Here are some ways you can do that.

  1. In our Family Tree, tell us which members of your family are missing. Or provide additional or corrected facts about those whom we have listed.

  2. Join our DNA project. We seek at least one DNA project participant from each major branch of the Culpepper family. For qualifying individuals, testing is free.

  3. In our Photograph Index, we show the names of all deceased family members for whom we have photographs. If we don't have a photo of one of your ancestors who is deceased, please send us one.

  4. In our Archives. Scan the locations where your extended family has lived and see if you can identify any of the Culpeppers whom we cannot yet tie to a name in the family tree. The unidentified names will be in red.

  5. We are in the process of transcribing the census records for every Culpepper in every US Census that has been released to the public (1790-1930. How you can help on the census.

Culpepper Daughters:
A Separate Website

Lew Griffin maintains on Rootsweb.com a separate website for the descendants of many female Culpeppers. These include descendants of the daughters and granddaughters of John and Nancy (Gillespie) Culpepper of Randolph County, Alabama; of Benjamin Culpepper of South Carolina, and of Sheriff Joseph Culpepper of Pike County, Georgia, as well as non-Culpepper ancestors of many of these folks.

* Portraits reproduced by kind permission of the Trustees of the Leeds Castle Foundation.

Last Revised: 01 Jan 2010