James Culpeper of England and Virginia

Male, #36055, (say 1639 - )

Parent*John Culpeper the Merchant (b 26 Oct 1606 - a 1663)
James Culpeper of England and Virginia|b. say 1639|p36055.htm|John Culpeper the Merchant|b. before 26 Oct 1606\nd. after 1663|p8384.htm||||John Culpeper of Astwood in Feckenham, co. Worcs.|b. 1565\nd. circa 16 Dec 1635|p8385.htm|Ursula Woodcock|b. before 27 Jan 1566\nd. before 2 Jun 1612|p8455.htm|||||||

Name Variation  James Culpeper of England and Virginia was also known as Culpepper of England and Virginia. 
Name Variation  James Culpeper of England and Virginia was also known as Colepeper of England and Virginia. 
Birth*say 1639 James was born at England say 1639. 
Biography* A James Culpepper came to Virginia from abroad several times, and may have been the son of John Culpeper (born 1606).

The first mention of this James in immigration records was in 1665 or some time prior (Cavaliers and Pioneers Vol. I, p. 523, Patent Book 5, p. 397, one of the 52 headrights to Mr. Robert Davis or Davies, a ship captain.).

He is mentioned again as arriving in Virginia in 1667 or some time prior (Cavaliers and Pioneers, Vol. II, p. 23, Patent Book 6, p. 80, one of the 52 headrights of Anne Tofft or Toft. Anne was one of the more interesting characters in early Isle of Wight Co. VA history.

And James is mentioned a third time as arriving in Virginia in March 1670/1 or earlier (Cavaliers and Pioneers, Vol. II, p. 90, Patent Book 6, p. 348, one of the 85 headrights of Mr. John Prosser and Henry Creighton.

These multiple trips to Virginia suggest that James may have been a merchant, and was perhaps travelling between London, Barbados, and Virginia on business. This writer has seen no evidence as yet that James stayed in Virginia long enough to have left descendants, but it is possible. He may have been the son of John Culpeper (born 1606) in England, who was the son of John Culpeper of Feckenham and Ursula Woodcock.

It has been suggested that this James might have been the father of the James Culpepper of Norfolk County, VA, who died in Nash County, NC, in 1799, but proof is lacking. It seems more likely that James of Nash was the son of Henry Culpepper and Mary Bruce.
 
 He was the son of John Culpeper the Merchant. 

Charts Charlemagne's Descendants, Part 2: William Malet to Henry Culpeper of Lower Norfolk
Descendants of William Culpeper of Hunton and Wigsell, from 1509: 7 generations
Last Edited 14 Jan 2003