Hannah Copp
about 1798–
Rhode Island, United States
The Life of Hannah
When Hannah Copp was born about 1798, in Rhode Island, United States, her father, John Copp, was 23 and her mother, Sarah Sally Clemmons, was 22.
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Family Time Line
John Copp
1775–1850
Sarah Sally Clemmons
1776–1850
James Copp
1794–1858
John Copp
1794–1860
Hannah Copp
1798–
John Copp
1806–
Lucy F Copp
1809–
Richard Copp
1800–1886
Louisa Copp
1803–1880
Luthania Copp
1805–1880
Lorenzo Dow Copp
1811–1883
Sarah Rebecca Copp
1814–1891
William Copp
1817–1860
Reuben Copp
1819–1895
Harrison Copp
1824–1909
Parents and Siblings
1775–1850Male
1776–1850Female
siblings
(13)
1794–1858Male
1794–1860Male
1798–Female
1800–1886Male
1803–1880Female
+8 More Children
World Events (3)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 2
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1803
Age 5
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1811 · USS Revenge
Age 13
On January 9, 1811, the USS Revenge hits a reef off of Watch Hill, Rhode Island. The load the ship is carrying is handed off to other ships and the USS Revenge is tied down by tow ropes. It brakes free from the ropes and later sinks. In 2011 divers find what are believed to be the remains of the ship.
Name Meaning
1 English: topographic name for someone who lived on the top of a hill, from Middle English coppe, Old English copp ‘summit’ (a transferred sense of copp ‘head’, ‘bowl’, cognate with modern English cup), or a habitational name from Copp in Lancashire, named with this word.2 English: nickname for someone with a large or deformed head, from Middle English cop(p) ‘head’ (the same word as in 1 above).3 Respelling of German Kopp .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (1)
- Legacy NFS Source: Hannah Copp - Published information: Transcript: birth-name: Hannah Copp
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