COPP JOHN JOSEPH of Groton Ct
b. there June 28 1840, grad. Amherst Coll. 1860 principal of Lancaster Inst., Lancaster, Wis., 1864-6, admitted to bar of New London county, Ct., 1869, delivered an historical address at Fort Griswold, 1879, member of Bunker Monument Association (m Apr. 5, 1879, Ellen dau of Orlando and Susan [Osborn] Chester, gr.- dau of and Mary [Walworth] Chester a desc. of Samuel Chester, who csme to New London 1663, from Boston, engaged in the West India trade as commander, owner and factor);
son of Belton Allyn Copp of Groton, Ct., b. there May 22, 1796, d. there Mar. 5, 1858, and lawyer in St. Marys, Ga., moved to Groton, Ct., 1833, representative to Legislature, judge of New London County Court 1847, large land-owner in Groton and real estate owner in New London, capitalist and farmer (m. Aug. 15, 1833, Betsey Ann dau of Noyes and Catherine [Burdick] Barber, he, Noyes, was a representative to Congress 1821-34 and a lineal desc. of Thomas Barber, who came to Boston in the ship Christian from London 1634, aged 21, first settler of Conn., served in the Pequot war under Capt. John Mason, mentioned by him in his narrative of the Pequot fight at Mystic; and had nine children Ellen Barber, b July 20, 1834 [m. Nov 1870 Christopher Lester Avery and had two children: Christopher L. and Mary Jane] Sarah Maria, b. May 29, 1836 [m Aug 7, 1862, Frank Larrabee and had three children: Rachel, Katie C., d May 11, 1883, and Betsey], Daniel ...
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b. there June 28 1840, grad. Amherst Coll. 1860 principal of Lancaster Inst., Lancaster, Wis., 1864-6, admitted to bar of New London county, Ct., 1869, delivered an historical address at Fort Griswold, 1879, member of Bunker Monument Association (m Apr. 5, 1879, Ellen dau of Orlando and Susan [Osborn] Chester, gr.- dau of and Mary [Walworth] Chester a desc. of Samuel Chester, who csme to New London 1663, from Boston, engaged in the West India trade as commander, owner and factor);
son of Belton Allyn Copp of Groton, Ct., b. there May 22, 1796, d. there Mar. 5, 1858, and lawyer in St. Marys, Ga., moved to Groton, Ct., 1833, representative to Legislature, judge of New London County Court 1847, large land-owner in Groton and real estate owner in New London, capitalist and farmer (m. Aug. 15, 1833, Betsey Ann dau of Noyes and Catherine [Burdick] Barber, he, Noyes, was a representative to Congress 1821-34 and a lineal desc. of Thomas Barber, who came to Boston in the ship Christian from London 1634, aged 21, first settler of Conn., served in the Pequot war under Capt. John Mason, mentioned by him in his narrative of the Pequot fight at Mystic; and had nine children Ellen Barber, b July 20, 1834 [m. Nov 1870 Christopher Lester Avery and had two children: Christopher L. and Mary Jane] Sarah Maria, b. May 29, 1836 [m Aug 7, 1862, Frank Larrabee and had three children: Rachel, Katie C., d May 11, 1883, and Betsey], Daniel ...
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COPP JOHN JOSEPH of Groton Ct
b. there June 28 1840, grad. Amherst Coll. 1860 principal of Lancaster Inst., Lancaster, Wis., 1864-6, admitted to bar of New London county, Ct., 1869, delivered an historical address at Fort Griswold, 1879, member of Bunker Monument Association (m Apr. 5, 1879, Ellen dau of Orlando and Susan [Osborn] Chester, gr.- dau of and Mary [Walworth] Chester a desc. of Samuel Chester, who csme to New London 1663, from Boston, engaged in the West India trade as commander, owner and factor);
son of Belton Allyn Copp of Groton, Ct., b. there May 22, 1796, d. there Mar. 5, 1858, and lawyer in St. Marys, Ga., moved to Groton, Ct., 1833, representative to Legislature, judge of New London County Court 1847, large land-owner in Groton and real estate owner in New London, capitalist and farmer (m. Aug. 15, 1833, Betsey Ann dau of Noyes and Catherine [Burdick] Barber, he, Noyes, was a representative to Congress 1821-34 and a lineal desc. of Thomas Barber, who came to Boston in the ship Christian from London 1634, aged 21, first settler of Conn., served in the Pequot war under Capt. John Mason, mentioned by him in his narrative of the Pequot fight at Mystic; and had nine children Ellen Barber, b July 20, 1834 [m. Nov 1870 Christopher Lester Avery and had two children: Christopher L. and Mary Jane] Sarah Maria, b. May 29, 1836 [m Aug 7, 1862, Frank Larrabee and had three children: Rachel, Katie C., d May 11, 1883, and Betsey], Daniel ...
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b. there June 28 1840, grad. Amherst Coll. 1860 principal of Lancaster Inst., Lancaster, Wis., 1864-6, admitted to bar of New London county, Ct., 1869, delivered an historical address at Fort Griswold, 1879, member of Bunker Monument Association (m Apr. 5, 1879, Ellen dau of Orlando and Susan [Osborn] Chester, gr.- dau of and Mary [Walworth] Chester a desc. of Samuel Chester, who csme to New London 1663, from Boston, engaged in the West India trade as commander, owner and factor);
son of Belton Allyn Copp of Groton, Ct., b. there May 22, 1796, d. there Mar. 5, 1858, and lawyer in St. Marys, Ga., moved to Groton, Ct., 1833, representative to Legislature, judge of New London County Court 1847, large land-owner in Groton and real estate owner in New London, capitalist and farmer (m. Aug. 15, 1833, Betsey Ann dau of Noyes and Catherine [Burdick] Barber, he, Noyes, was a representative to Congress 1821-34 and a lineal desc. of Thomas Barber, who came to Boston in the ship Christian from London 1634, aged 21, first settler of Conn., served in the Pequot war under Capt. John Mason, mentioned by him in his narrative of the Pequot fight at Mystic; and had nine children Ellen Barber, b July 20, 1834 [m. Nov 1870 Christopher Lester Avery and had two children: Christopher L. and Mary Jane] Sarah Maria, b. May 29, 1836 [m Aug 7, 1862, Frank Larrabee and had three children: Rachel, Katie C., d May 11, 1883, and Betsey], Daniel ...
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Listed in the "Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions", Vol. 18 page 40
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