Wigsell, Aylesford & Wakehurst
Culpeper Pedigree Charts
Generations 9-17
By Warren H. "Dick" Culpepper
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Wigsell (w)
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Aylesford (a)
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Wakehurst (wk)
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Walter
Culpeper 9w
He was born in 1475 and died in March 1515. He inherited Wigsell
in Salehurst, county Sussex. He was the daring Under Marshal of
Calais, in Normandy during King Henry VIII's war in France. He
married Ann, daughter of Henry Aucher in 1500. They had five
children: Elizabeth, Ann, Anthony, who died young, Thomas and
William their heir. |
Sir
John Culpeper 9a
He was a knight of the realm, living partly in the time of King
Henry V, who ruled from 1413 to 1422, and King Henry VI, who ruled
from 1422 to 1461. His son and heir was: Sir
William Culpeper 10a
He was knighted by King Henry VI. He married a daughter of Ferrers
of Groby, and had 3 sons, Sir Richard (below), Jeffrey (do not
know what happened to him), and William.
Generations 9 & 10 above are
believed by Culpeper Connections to be in error. Subsequent
numbers below have been reduced by 2. Further errors below and not
yet corrected
Sir Richard Culpeper 9a
King Edward IV, knighted him a Knight of Oxen Hoath. He was an
influential and politically powerful man. He was the Sheriff of
county Kent from 1473 until his death in 1484. He married
Isabella, the daughter and heiress of 0twell Worsley. Her first
husband, whom she married at about age thirteen, was Sir John
Leigh, many years her senior. John's father was Sir Ralph Leigh,
who married Richard's daughter, Joyce, for his second wife.
Richard had three daughters: Margaret, the eldest who married Sir
William Cotton of Lanwade, Joyce (See below), and Elizabeth, the
youngest who married Henry Barham of Teston.
William Culpeper, Esq.
9a
Son of Sir William Culpeper 8a, William Culpeper, Esq inherited
Preston Hall (from his brother, Richard)
and married Margaret Pedwarden. Their son and heir
was Edward.
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Richard
Culpeper, Esq. 9wk
He was a Dr. of Law and inherited Wakehurst. He married
Joan, daughter of Richard Naylor of London. They had five sons:
Thomas, William, Edward, a Dr. of Medicine, John and Jasper. A
daughter, Alice, married Roger Harlakenden in 1478. Their heir
was: |
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William
Culpeper, Esq. 10w
He was born in 1509 and died in 1559. He was schooled in
the law. In 1538, he was included in the prestigious list of
"gentlemen enrolled as aids" to Thomas Cromwell, the
powerful Vicar General and Lord Privy Seal to King Henry VIII. He
married Cecilia Barrett, 4 January 1530. They had nine children:
Elizabeth Ann, Walter, Thomas, Richard, Edmund, Francis, 11h, who
started the house of Hollingbourn, Martin, 11f, who started the
house Feckenham, and John. |
Edward
Culpeper, Esq. 10a
He inherited Preston Hall and married Jane Sheldon of
Bedfordshire. Their heir was:
Joyce Culpeper 10a
Second daughter of Sir Richard. At the age of thirteen, she first
married Sir Ralph Leigh, many years her senior. He had power and
wealth. By him she had five children before she was twenty-four.
Next she married Lord Edmund Howard, the young son of Lord Thomas
Howard, Duke of Norfolk. She was Edmund's senior, but he needed
money and she had wealth. By him she had five more children. Her
ninth child was Catherine, Queen of England (below) |
Sir
John Culpeper 10wk
He was the Baron of Wakehurst during the reign of King Henry VIII.
He married Emma, daughter of Sir John Erneley.They had three sons:
William, Edward and Thomas, the oldest and heir. |
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John
Culpeper, Esq. 11w
He was born in 1530 and died 20 Oct 1612. He inherited the manor
of Wigsell, and married Elizabeth Sedley in 1560. She died in May
1618. Their children were William 1562-1587, who died unmarried;
John, 12f, 1565-1635, who is the progenitor of the American line
and who inherited Feckenham, from his uncle Dr.
Martin Culpeper, 11f; and Cicely, 1604-1664, who married Sir William
Stede. Their heir was Thomas, the oldest son. See chapter 3,
Wigsell. |
John
Culpeper, Esq. 11a
He lived in the time of King Edward VI. He married Jane Whetenhall,
and had three children. Ann, married John Sedley. The younger girl
(?) married Charles Blower. Their son and heir was Thomas Culpeper, Esq.
Catherine
Howard 11a
She was born in 1521, and raised from the age of four by her
paternal grandmother, the dowager Duchess of Norfolk. She and King
Henry VIII were married 28 July 1540. The ailing king was more
than thirty years her senior. Their life together was short. She
was beheaded 13 February 1542, for her love affair with her
cousin, Thomas Culpeper Jr. 10b, of Bedgebury. Young Thomas was a
favorite of the king. Thomas was beheaded 10 December 1541. Queen
Ann Boylen, Catherine's cousin, the second wife of King Henry
VIII, suffered the same fate as Catherine, and for the same
reason, her love affairs. more on Catherine and Thomas in chapter
one. |
Sir
Thomas Culpeper 11wk
He married Philippia, daughter and heiress of John Teacher of
Presthouse, county Suffolk. His son and heir was: |
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Thomas
Culpeper 12w
Born 1651, died 18 Sep 1613. A member of the Virginia Co.
1609-1613. First married Ann Slaney in*1597. She died 25 Feb.
1601. They had Elizabeth 1598-1683, Slaney, 1599-1618, John,
1600-1660, their heir. Thomas' second wife was Mary Beestone. They
had four more children. For complete detail see chapter 3,
Wigsell.
Sir Alexander Culpeper 12w
Born 1570, died 1645. He was of Greenway Court, county Kent, a
knight and youngest son of John of Wigsell, co. Sussex. He married
Mary Scott, the widow of Anthony St. Leger. He died with the
king's army at Bridgwater, Aug 1645. He had no children. His will
is the key to the pedigree. See chapter 3, Wigsell. |
Thomas
Culpeper, Esq. 12a
He inherited Preston Hall and married his cousin Margaret Culpeper, daughter of Thomas
Culpeper, Sr., 10b, of Bedgebury.
They had six sons, the five youngest died young. Their daughter
Ann, married Henry Crispe. Mary, married another Henry Crispe.
Thomas died in 1587, at the age of seventy. His heir was: |
Sir
Edward Culpeper 12wk
He was knighted by King James I, on 23 July 1603. He married
Elizabeth, daughter of William Fernhold of Nashin, county Sussex.
They had eleven children: Ann married John Hayward, Mary never
married, Elizabeth married John Fynes, Alice married William Byrd,
Jasper married Ann Stafford-widow of Richard Clifford, Gerard and
Edmund died as children, John died young and childless, Edward-the
third son-married Mary Bellingham, Sir Thomas died childless, Then
William became the heir. |
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Sir
John Culpeper 13w
Born 7 Aug 1600 and died at Hollingbourn 11 Jul 1660. He was
knighted by King James I, 14 Jan 1621. He sold Wigsell 30 Jan 1623
to his uncle Sir Thomas Culpeper 12h and prepared for the
adventures of a soldier. Later he was a member of Parliament, a
statesman and a friend and advisor to Kings Charles I and Charles
II. He was the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Master of the
Rolls. He was created a baron by King Charles I. He first married
Philippa Sneling, 29 Oct 1628, and buried her 16 Sep 1630. They
had two children: Alexander died childless; Philippa married Sir
Thomas Harlackenden on 12 Jan 1631. John married his cousin
Judith, the daughter of Sir Thomas Culpeper 12h. They had nine
children. See chapter 4, Hollingbourn. |
Sir
Thomas Culpeper 13a
He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth, whose mother was Queen Ann
Boylen, a distant cousin of Sir Thomas. He married Mary Pynner,
daughter of Thomas Pynner, who was Queen Elizabeth's comptroller.
Sir Thomas died 12 October 1604. He had other children but his
successor was Sir William Culpeper. |
Sir
William Culpeper 13wk
1602-1678. He was made a baron by King Charles 1, on 20 Sept.
1628. He married JANE, the daughter of Sir Benjamin Pellet of
Bodney, County Sussex. They had: Sir Benjamin, William, John,
Elizabeth, Jane, Catherine, Dorthy, Mary and Ann, who married
Simon Burrell of Cuckfield, County Sussex. Benjamin died without a
son. The manor of Wakehurst then passed to William's brother,
Sir.Edward Culpeper. His eldest son succeeded him. |
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Sir
Thomas Culpeper 14w
Born 1635 and died in 168 He was the second Boron of Thoresway and
was a large figure in colonial history of Virginia. He married the
Lady Margaret Van Hess of Holland in 1660. He was a member of the
Council of Foreign Plantations 1671, Governor of Virginia
1677-1683, and eventually the proprietor of all Virginia in 1673.
Having no male heirs, the baronetcy passed to his brother, John,
who married his cousin Frances Culpeper, daughter of Sir Thomas Culpeper
13h. Thomas and Margaret's heir was their daughter
Catherine. |
Sir
William Culpeper 14a
He was born in 1588 and died in 1651. He was created a baron on 17
May 1627, by King Charles I. He married the eldest daughter of Sir
Richard Spencer. Their only son and heir was: |
Sir
Benjamin Culpeper 14wk
He was born in 1629, and married Judith, daughter of Baron, Lord
William Wilson. They had a son: |
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Catherine
Culpeper
Born 1670 and died in 1719. She married Baron, Lord Thomas
Fairfax, 1657-1710. She inherited her father's holdings plus her
uncle Alexander's holdings in England and America. She willed
Leeds Castle and her holdings in Virginia to the Fairfax heirs. |
Sir
Richard Culpeper 15a
Sir Richard, Baron of Preston Hall, married Margaret Reynolds,
and had two children, Sir Thomas and Alicia. |
Sir
William Culpeper 15wk
He died 28 March 1740. The baronetcy expired with him. It is not
known if he had children.
End of Wakehurst Culpepers |
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Thomas
Fairfax
Thomas Fairfax (1693-1781) of Leeds
Castle and Greenway Court, Virginia succeeded in 1710 as the sixth
Lord Fairfax. He died without children. He willed Alexander Culpeper's one-sixth proprietary in the Northern Neck and Leeds
Manor in Virginia to his nephew Denny Martin.
Robert Fairfax
Robert Fairfax (1706-1793) of Leeds
Castle succeeded as seventh Lord Fairfax in 1781. He died
without children. He was five-sixths proprietor of the Northern
Neck in 1786, when the proprietary was abolished by the Virginia
Assembly. He collected from the British Government, under the
American Loyalist Act, £13,000.
Frances Fairfax
Frances Fairfax (1703-1791) married
Denny Martin of Loose, county Kent. They had three children:
Denny, Thomas and Philip |
Sir
Thomas Culpeper 16a
Sir Thomas, Baron of Preston Hall, was made Sheriff of county Kent
by Queen Ann in 11134. He died childless on 18 May 1723. His heir
was his sister Alicia, who was married to Sir Thomas Culpeper 13h, of
Hollingbourn. On his death the baronetcy and the Preston
Hall Culpepers came to an end.
Alicia Culpeper 16a
She was born in 1639 and died in 1730. Her first husband was
Robert Stapley. Her second husband was Sir Thomas Taylor, Baron of
Maidstone. Her third husband was Baron, Lord Thomas Culpeper 13h,
of Hollingbourn, her cousin, who she married on 18 December 1663,
at the age of thirty-seven. Her last husband was Dr. John Miller,
who she married in 1698.
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Denny
Martin
Denny Martin (1726-1800) Assumed the name Fairfax in 1781.
Died childless. When the proprietary was abolished, he sold Leeds
Manor and his claim to John Marshal and Company.
Thomas Martin
Thomas Martin (1731-1798) He died
childless. He willed Greenway Court in Virginia to his house
keeper, Betsy Powers.
Philip Martin
Philip Martin (1733-1821) He inherited
Leeds Castle on the death of his brother Denny in 1800. He was a
General in the British Army. He also died without children. Leeds
Castle then went to a remote kinsman. |
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Last Revised:
12 Apr 2004
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