Elizabeth Culpeper1

Female, #8941, (circa 1637 - Feb 1709)

ParentJohn Lord Culpeper 1st Baron of Thoresway (7 Aug 1599 - 11 Jul 1660)
ParentJudith Culpeper (before 1 Jun 1606 - Nov 1691)
Elizabeth Culpeper|b. circa 1637\nd. Feb 1709|p8941.htm|John Lord Culpeper 1st Baron of Thoresway|b. 7 Aug 1599\nd. 11 Jul 1660|p8477.htm|Judith Culpeper|b. before 1 Jun 1606\nd. Nov 1691|p8889.htm|Thomas Culpeper of Wigsell|b. 1561\nd. before 19 Sep 1613|p8391.htm|Anne Slaney|b. circa 1575\nd. before 26 Feb 1602|p8443.htm|Sir Thomas Culpeper of Hollingbourne, the Elder|b. before 8 Dec 1575\nd. before 27 Jan 1661|p8879.htm|Elizabeth Cheney|b. say 1582\nd. 27 Oct 1638|p8881.htm|

Name Variation Elizabeth Culpeper was also known as Culpepper of England. 
Name Variation Elizabeth Culpeper was also known as Colepeper. 
Birth*circa 1637 Elizabeth was born circa 1637. 
 She was the daughter of John Lord Culpeper 1st Baron of Thoresway and Judith Culpeper. 
Baptism4 Jan 1637/38 She was baptized at Hollingbourne Church, Hollingbourne, co. Kent, England, on 4 Jan 1637/38.2  
Married Name1661 As of 1661, her married name was Hamilton.2 
Marriage*1661 She married James Hamilton Groom of the Chamber to Charles II in 1661.2 
Death*Feb 1709 She died in Feb 1709.2 
Biography* She was baptised in Hollingbourne, January 4, 1637/8, as 'Elizabeth Culpep', daughter of Sir John Culpep' and Dame Judith, his wife;' and was named in her father's will as unmarried, 1660, with provision for her portion. Her m., 1661, is noted in Collins Peerage, ed. Brydges, 1812, ii, 527, to record the fact that her son succeeded as sixth earl of Abercorn. In 1695 she recorded herself on her father's MI. as 'Elizabeth, widow of James Hamilton, late Groom of the Bed Chamber to King Charles the Second,' and was buried in Hollingbourne, February 6, 1709/10, as 'the Honourable Elizabeth Hamilton.' She had acquired in 1698 the manor of Chilston, co. Kent, and it was there that she died, aet. 72; and was succeeded by her younger son, William, who m. a dau. of Sir Thomas C.13 of Hollingbourne, and d. 1737, having served the office of Sheriff of Kent (Hasted, ii, 435). - Fairfax Harrison
(Names referenced above: Elizabeth Culpeper Elizabeth Culpeper). 
Burial*6 Feb 1709/10 Her body was interred on 6 Feb 1709/10 at Hollingbourne Church, Hollingbourne, co. Kent, England.2 
Note* The connection between the modern day Culpeppers and Diana, Priness of Wales, came about from the marriage of Elizabeth Culpeperand James Hamilton and is through their son James, 6th Earl of Abercorn. 

Family

James Hamilton Groom of the Chamber to Charles II (circa 1620 - 6 Jun 1673)
Marriage*1661 She married James Hamilton Groom of the Chamber to Charles II in 1661.2 
Children

Charts Charlemagne's Descendants, Part 2: William Malet to Henry Culpeper of Lower Norfolk
Ancestry of Diana, Princess of Wales
Descendants of William Culpeper of Hunton and Wigsell, from 1509: 7 generations
The Culpepers of Hollingbourne, from 1539 to present? (Possibly extinct)
Last Edited 19 Mar 2008

Citations

  1. Col. F.W.T. Attree R.E./F.S.A. & Rev. J.H.L. Booker M.A., "The Sussex Colepepers, Part I", Sussex Archaeological Collections, XLVII, 47-81, (1904) http://gen.culpepper.com/historical/sussex/default.htm.
  2. Richard K. Evans, The Ancestry of Diana Princess of Wales for Twelve Generations, Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007, Repository: Warren Culpepper's Personal Library.