Family Tree Standards for
Colepeper, Culpeper & Culpepper
Also see:
Origin of the Culpepper Name
Variations in the spelling
of the Culpepper name
How the name forms of Colepeper, Culpeper and Culpepper are used
within the Culpepper Connections! Family Tree:
The earliest form of the
Culpepper name appears to have been Colepeper, and the first known Colepeper
was Sir Thomas, born about 1170 A.D. Nearly every Caucasian Culpepper in our
family tree is believed to be his descendant.
Over a two century period
(1500-1700), the Colepeper name slowly evolved to Culpeper. Many individuals
used both spellings!
Then, over the next century, the name evolved again,
this time to the modern 3-p Culpepper.
To simplify your search for names,
while trying to retain some historical consistency, we have adopted the
following conventions within our family tree.
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Early Culpeppers.
For those who were apparently born in England or Barbados, we used the 2-p
Culpeper spelling. |
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American Culpeppers.
We have adopted the modern day 3-p Culpepper spelling for all names of
those believed to have been born in the US, unless we have been explicitly
told that a particular family uses the 2-p spelling. |
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South African Colepepers.
The South African branch, which emigrated from Barbados around 1900,
adopted the Colepeper spelling. |
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Emigrants. There
are a few inconsistencies in the above rules related to those who may have
been born in England or Barbados but who emigrated, or may have emigrated,
to America or Canada. |
