Jacob KOPP & Mary Ellen __?_

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Jacob KOPP
Mary Ellen __?__

NOTICE: Our subject is one of several Jacob CUPP / COPP / KOPP in the southern U.S. being mixed up by secondary sources. Please see this disambiguation page for my ongoing attempt at sorting them out.

Husband: Jacob KOPP
Birth: ca. 1735-45
Death: 1810-19, Mason Co., KY

Marriage: by 1770

Wife: Mary Ellen __?__
Birth: 1740-50

Children:

— said to be born in Amity Twp., Berks Co., PA:
. (Son A) KOPP, b. ca. 1771
. (Son B) KOPP, b. ca. 1773
. Barbara / Barbary KOPP, b. 1775
. Dorothy "Dolly" KOPP, b. 1778
. Philip KOPP / CUPP, b. 1780/1, PA
. (Son C) KOPP, b. ca. 1784
. (Son D) KOPP, b. ca. 1787
. Margaret KOPP / COOP, b. 1790, PA
. Elizabeth KOPP, b. ca. 1795
. (Daughter A) KOPP, b. 1784-94
. (Daughter B) KOPP, b. 1784-94

— born in Mason Co., KY:
. Daniel KOPP, b. 25 Nov 1797, KY

Said to have had this son, but Mary Ellen is too old to be his mother. Is he a grandson?
. Joseph KOPP / CUPP, b. 14 Jan 1801

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Timeline
Year	Location	Event
		birth of Jacob KOPP
		birth of Mary Ellen __?__
		marriage of Jacob KOPP to Mary Ellen __?__
1775		birth of daughter, Barbara
1778		birth of daughter, Dorothy
1780/1	PA	birth of son, Philip
1790		birth of daughter, Margaret
1790 Census	PA: Berks Co.: Amity Twp.	Jacob KOPP, head-of-household
1797	KY: Mason Co.	marriage of daughter, Dorothy, to Samuel CRESWELL
1797	KY	birth of son, Daniel
1800 Tax List	KY: Mason Co.	Jacob COPE
1808	KY: Mason Co.	marriage of daughter, Barbara, to Uriah LAFTER
1810 Census	KY: Mason Co.: Mason	Jacob KOPP, head-of-household
1810	KY: Mason Co.	marriage of daughter, Margaret, to William MURPHY
1812	KY: Lewis Co.	marriage of son, Philip, to Hannah MURPHY
1816	KY: Mason Co.	marriage of daughter, Elizabeth, to William EADES, father gives permission
bef. 1819		death of Jacob KOPP
1819	KY: Mason Co.	estate papers of Jacob KOPP filed
1820 Census	KY: Mason Co.	Mrs. CUPP, head-of-household
1822	KY: Lewis Co.	marriage of son, Daniel KOPP, to Sarah BROWNFIELD
1830 Census	KY: Mason Co.	Mrs. M.E. CUPP, head-of-household

Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1790 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1 of 6; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1790 PA Berks Co. Amity Twp. Roll M637_8 p. 24 Ln. 8 Jacob Kopp 3-3-3-0-0

These data indicate:

Gender and Type Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

3 free white males 16 or over in or bef. 1774 = Jacob KOPP
= Son A (b. ca. 1770/1)
= Son B (b. ca. 1772/3)

3 free white males 15 or under 1774-1790 = Philip (b. 1780/1)
= Son C (b. ca. 1784)
= Son D (b. ca. 1787)

3 free white females all ages in or bef. 1790 = Mary Ellen (b. 1740-50)
= Barbara (b. 1775)
= Dorothy (b. 1778)

3a. 1800 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): the 1800 Kentucky census was lost.

3b. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1800 (Broderbund CD-312):•

1800 Tax List Cope, Jacob KY Mason Co.

Tax lists are substituted for the missing KY census.

4. 1810 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #2 of 53 — list was roughly alphabetized; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1810 KY Mason Co. Mason Roll 7 p. 58/25 Ln. 5 Kopp Jacob 11031-00201-00

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 9 or under 1800-1810 = Joseph? (b. 1801)

1 male 10-15 1794-1800 = Daniel (b. 1796/7)

3 males 26-44 1765-1784 = Son Philip or C
= Son B or Philip
= Son A or B

1 male 45 or over by 1765 = Jacob

2 females 16-25 1784-1794 = Daughter B
= Daughter A

1 female 45 or over by 1765 = Wife (b. 1740-50)

Where is Elizabeth?

5. 1820 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #11 of 24 — indexed "M T Cuppy"; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1820 KY Mason Co. Roll M33_26 p. 62 Line 2 M^rs Cupp 001100-00101-0-200 no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 16-18 1801-1804 = Joseph? (b. 1801)

1 female 16-25 1794-1804 = Daughter? Granddaughter?

1 female 45 or over in or bef. 1775 = Mrs. Cupp (b. 1740-50)

2 persons engaged in agriculture

*In the 1820 Census, the third column is age class 16-18 and the fourth column is age class 16-25; therefore, any individual in column three is duplicated in column four, so the number in column three should be subtracted from the number in column 4.

Listed one line above Phillip CUPP. Along with Peter CUPP, in Maysville, Mason Co., KY, they are the only CUPPs in Kentucky.

6. 1830 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #17-18 of 52 — indexed "Mrs. M. E. Cupp"; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1830 KY Mason Co. "town of Maysville and east Division" [signed] 10 Nov 1830 Roll 39 pp. 196B-197A Line 17 Mrs M E Cupp?/Kupp? 000 010 110 000 - 000 000 000 010 321 000 - 412 000

These data indicate:

No., Race, Gender Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 white male 20-29 1800-1810 = grandson?

1 white male 40-49 1780-1790 = son?

1 white male 50-59 1770-1780 = son?

1 white female 80-89 1740-1750 = Mrs. CUPP

3 male slaves 9 or under 1820-1830 = ? ? ?

2 male slaves 10-23 1806-1820 = ? ?

1 male slave 24-35 1794-1806 = ?

4 female slaves 9 or under 1820-1830 = ? ? ? ?

1 female slave 10-23 1806-1820 = ?

2 female slaves 24-35 1794-11806 = ? ?

Mrs. CUPP appears to have come into considerable wealth since 1820, when she owned no slaves. Was her father's estate settled upon her after 1820? Or is this simply not our subject? Listed 12 lines above Phillip KUPP.

7. Mrs. William Breckenridge Ardery, compiler. 1984. Kentucky Court and Other Records, from Original Court Entries: Wills, Deeds, Orders, Suits, Church Minutes, Marriages, Old Bibles, and Tombstone Inscriptions. Vol. II. Genealogical Publ. Co., Baltimore (online at Ancestry.com):

p. 69 Mason County
(Formed from Bourbon County, 1788)
Index to Estates to 1840 ...

p. 74 1819...
Kopp, Jacob

The lack of an asterisk on his entry indicates he did not leave a will.

8. Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com).

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