"Ancestrees"

John COPPOCK The Tanner ^{3 4 5 6 7}

  General Notes:

A Coppock researcher, a Mr. Dale, copied a newspaper article from "The Guardian" published in 1910 which implies that this John and Margaret Deane Coppock are the parents of our Aaron Coppock. "The Coppocks of Mobberley & Tarvin, There appears to have been two distinct branches of the Northenden family living at Mobberley. One branch, probably cousins of John & Margaret Dean in 1634, and they had several children baptized at Mobberley, including Bryan, the eldest, 1645 (probably called after a kinsman of Etchells), Jonathan, Mary, Aaron, & Elizabeth. " Here is how I interpret this: One branch of the Northenden Coppock family living at Mobberley were probably cousins to John and Margaret Dean who married in 1634. John and Margaret Dean had several children baptized at Mobberley, including Bryan, the eldest, 1645 (probably named after the relative named Bryan who was a kinsman of the Etchells), Jonathan, Mary, Aaron and Elizabeth. It matches in it's entirety with what I have gleaned over the years about John the Tanner and Margaret Dean's family from Cheshire records, Ann Natalelli's sortings and Gary Hawley's research. Furthermore, her letter stated: "John Coppock of Mobberley, Tanner, was buried there in 1666, and his will is at Chester. His father was named John." This also matches the parents that I've sorted out for John the Tanner. There are no time line discrepancies to prove otherwise. Aaron would have been born late, near the time of his father's death. His mother could still have been in her 40's at the time. The fact that she is young compared to her husband is supported by the fact that her mother was still living at the time John died as he names her in his will.

It should be noted that Alan Dale's transcription of this article in the Guardian implied that it's source was an 1838 letter from Margaret Holland to her cousin Abigail Holland Coppock that was published in Irvine's "History of the Hollands". I located this book entitled "The Family of Holland", but it dosn't mention anything about Aaron Coppock. Only the first paragraph of the letter is quoted in the Guardian. It simply talked about her current Coppock cousins in Mobberley, but she never implied any relationship to this branch of the Coppock family or to our Aaron. Therefore, the quote above was from whomever submitted the article to the Guardian in 1910 and this remains to be found. As for Margaret Holland of Mobberley, her Coppock cousins descended from John Coppock of Ringey, in the Parish of Bowdon who married Katherine at Mobberley on Dec. 26, 1717 and died about 1754. In other words, her Coppock cousin was likely born in the 1690s and is a full generation younger than our Aaron Coppock.

Margaret and her husband were having children every couple of years. Several of the children were not in the christening records. This included Ann, William and Magdelin. They had an "infant" born in 1648 whom we assumed died and was never named in the christening records. (C-2430)

John is listed as a Tanner by trade of "Halle", also spelled Hale located in Bowden Parish according to Annie. In 1634, he is also listed of Bowden Parish when he marries Margaret Deane. (C-2247) I suspect their first couple children were born in Bowden Parish and then they moved to Moberley, where the majority of their children were born. He is listed as John, the Tanner, in both locations and the time line fits perfectly for him being one and the same person.

The transcription of his will is as follows: "Will of John Coppock of Moberley, yeoman; to Wm. Coppock, my brother & unto John Coppock his son being my executors; all my lands in Mobberley; to my son Bryon Coppock; f50; my daughter Elizabeth f50, daughter Ann Coppock, f50, to Elizabeth Deane, my mother, Susanna Strettell of Manchester, Lancaster Co. widow; & to Susanna Burton daughter of the Susanna Strettell, to my son William Coppock lands if Wm. does not marry Rebecca Cowley of Ashton, Chester Co.; but if he does marry, then my brother William & his son John to pay to my son f20.40, to son Bryan Coppck, Magdelen Fletcher, Mary Cawley, Ann Coppock & Elizabeth Coppock, my daughters my wife Margarett Coppock. Proved Jan 17, 1666." He apparently submitted a will in 1660 and 1665 according to Annie Natalelli Waloszek. (This transcription is by Glenn Russhell and is his will written in 1665.) (C-1333b, 2249) ^{6 8}

  Noted events in his life were:

• Will, 10/30/1666, Mobberley, Cheshire, ENG. ¹

• Probate, 1/17/1666, Mobberley, Cheshire, ENG.

John married Margaret DEANE, daughter of Unknown DEANE and Elizabeth UNKNOWN, on 7/21/1634 in , Cheshire, ENG.^{1 2} (Margaret DEANE was buried on 10/13/1683 in Friends Burial Ground, Mobberley, Cheshire, ENG ⁹.)