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Culpepper Legends

Not everything you've heard about your forefathers is necessarily true. Some of the more widespread myths are reviewed in the links found below.

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Four Lord Culpepers, but Not Enough Sons (1644-1725). Many modern-day Culpeppers have heard that they were descended from Lord Culpeper of Virginia. We review the facts that show the claim to be a myth.
 

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The Apocryphal Culpeppers. An analysis debunking a hundred year old hoax involving fanciful accounts of four fictitious Culpeppers: John Marlow, Thomas Fairfax, Sam Low  and Charles Marion. If you have grafted any of these characters into your family tree, you may want to read this article and then call a tree surgeon.
 

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Irish Culpeppers. Were there any Irish Culpeppers?  We know of none. However, from time to time, we have heard researchers who believed that they descended from Culpeppers in Ireland. We examine one source of the misunderstanding: an article that appeared on David Culpepper and is discussed here.
 

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Indian Princesses and Other American Indian Stories. There is an old story about an Indian princess marrying a Culpepper. There are also claimed linkages between the Culpeppers and Cherokee Indians. We're currently working on an analysis of these claims and would appreciate any information that you might provide about Culpeppers and Native Americans. Send it to Warren Culpepper.
 

Last Revised: 20 Nov 2001

 

 
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