Culpeper/Culpepper/Colepeper Coat of Arms
 "I die a Queen, but I would rather die the wife of Culpeper"
Catherine Howard,
5th wife of Henry VIII

Culpepper Connections!
The Culpepper Family History Site

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Learn about Culpepper Family History

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Meet some interesting Culpeppers

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Discover your Culpepper ancestry

 Lord Thomos Culpeper
Thomas Lord Culpeper*		 Margaret Lady Culpeper
Margaret Lady Culpeper*

The Culpepper Family Tree

The Culpepper Family Tree contains genealogical records for about 17,000 Culpeppers, 11,000 spouses and 25,000 others, including ancestors of spouses, and descendants of John and Nancy Culpepper of Randolph Co. Al, and descendants of Benjamin Culpepper of South Carolina, a related family.

General Indexes to the Family Tree

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Master Index (Can be used for all names)

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Surname Index (Use for non-Culpeppers)

What's New?

Final Update. Our final update of this site was August, 2020. With this update, our information on living folks has been scaled back. If you are the oldest living generation in your family, you may find you are only listed under the names of your deceased parents. And your children and grandchildren may be missing altogether. This was a necessary change, as I'm no longer able, due to age and health, to maintain all these many living folks. You can still find them, as of 2017, here. I appreciate everyone who has helped, since I first began my research in 1976. Thanks to each of you.

Descendants of John Culpepper & Nancy Gillespie. Our site still includes more than 18,000 descendants of the daughters of John Culpepper and Nancy Gillespie, as well as many descendants of the daughters of Benjamin Culpepper of SC, and of Joseph Culpepper, the Sheriff of Pike County, GA.
(Index to Family Tree)

Other website news. Culpepper Connections was first launched in 1998 by Warren L. Culpepper. Originally, it was based on the research of Lew Griffin, who had been researching the Culpepper family since 1976. Over the years Warren Culpepper made significant contributions to our research. Warren retired from the project in 2014. Lew Griffin continues to keep this site online, but new information is no longer being added. April 19th, 2020 was Culpepper Connections' 22nd Anniversary. Our thanks to all of our contributors.

All Other Significant Updates (since January 2005)

Major Sections

About This Web Site.  Since its inception in 1998, over two thousand family members have provided Culpepper Connections! with genealogies, new or corrected data, photographs, biographies, and more. The publishers, For more information on our website, see our overview

Archives: Census, marriage, deed, death, wills and other archived records of genealogical significance. Organized by state and county.

DNA Project: The Culpepper DNA project has over 150 members and has confirmed many of our ancestral theories while changing a few others. We've learned that 80% of Caucasian Culpeppers descend from a common ancestor, and we have developed unique genetic signatures for more than 20 family branches.

Historical Records, Theories and Legends: Historical documents, treatises, biographies, origin of and variations on the name, and theories and debunked legends concerning the early Colepepers and Culpepers of England, Barbados and Virginia.

Historical Places in England. During the 13th through 17th centuries in England, the Culpeper family enjoyed considerable prominence in the southeastern counties of Kent and Sussex. Many impressive church monuments and grand estates still stand today bearing witness to the Culpeper's place in English history.

Culpepper Linkage to European Notables. Our  research suggests that most living Culpeppers descend from a 16th century Englishman, William Culpeper of Hunton and Wigsell and his wife, Cicely Barrett. Through this couple, modern-day Culpeppers directly descend from:

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Charlemagne, the 9th century European Emperor, and

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Sir Thomas Colepeper (born circa 1170), the oldest known Culpepper. 

There are also connections  as cousins to:

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Catherine Howard (fifth Queen of Henry VIII), and

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Prince William - Duke of Cambridge and currently second in line to the throne of England.

The relationship of these individuals to each other and to the worldwide Culpeppers can be seen in an overview chart.

 Interesting Folks Indexes

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Artists, Entertainers and Journalists

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Athletes

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Clergy Notables

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Content Contributors

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Doctoral Degrees

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Ham Radio Operators

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Historical Notables

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Noteworthy Culpeppers of the 20th Century

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Politicians and Government Officials

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Professionals - Legal

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Professionals - Medical

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Professionals - Other

Wartime Service Indexes

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Combined Index - All Wars

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American Revolution Index, 1775-1783

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War of 1812 Index, 1812-1815

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Indian Wars Index, 1836-1858

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Mexican War Index,1846-1847

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Civil War Index, 1861-1865

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Spanish-American War Index, 1898

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World War I Index, 1917-1918 (US)

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World War II Index, 1941-1945 (US)

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Korean War Index, 1950-1953

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Viet Nam War Index, 1964-1973

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Post-Viet Nam War Index, 1973-Today

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Military Service Academies (Narrative)

Special Purpose Indexes

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Chart Index (50 branches in indented line charts)

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English Culpeper Wills (70+ transcriptions)

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Family Bible Index (15 transcriptions)

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Photograph Index (Over 650 photographs)

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Place Index
(By Country/State/County/City/Cemetery)

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Reunion Index (20 periodic family reunions)

Pop Culture. For a little casual diversion, see how many of these references to fictional Culpeppers you recall from the field of entertainment and literature.

* Portraits reproduced by kind permission of the Trustees of the Leeds Castle Foundation.

Last Revised: 16 August 2020