Caleb Cope and Mary M. Mendenhall

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Husband Caleb Cope ^{1 2 3 4}

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            AKA: Caleb Coope 1
           Born: 4 Jan 1736 - Bradford, Chester Co, PA 1 4
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         Father: John Cope (Abt 1691-1773) 4 5 6 7 8
         Mother: Charity Jefferis (1695-Abt 1743) 4 5 7

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       Marriage: 17 Oct 1760 9

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Wife Mary M. Mendenhall ^{4 9}

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1 M Thomas P. Cope ¹⁰

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2 M William Cope ^{2 3 10}

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         Spouse: Elizabeth Rohrer (      -      ) 2 3

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3 M John Cope ³

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4 M Israel Cope ⁶

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5 M Jasper Cope ⁶

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General Notes: Husband - Caleb Cope

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From Chester County, Pennsylvania, he went to Lancaster, where his children were born, but later in life he removed to Philadelphia.

From him are descended the Philadelphia shipping merchants of the name.

"Major Andre (when Captain Andre) was captured at St. John's, Upper Canada, by Gen'l. Montgomery, on the 3d of November, 1775, and with other British officers, sent to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, as a prisoner of war. Caleb Cope was then residing in that place and filling the office of a Burgess. He was a member of the Society of Friends, a non-combatant, of course, and more disposed to yield to the pretentions of the British Government than to engage in a bloody war, believing that there would still be remaining blessings enough to be thankful for. It was under these circumstances that he offered the prisoners a shelter under his roof, when it seemed impossible for them to obtain accommodations elsewhere. This act required the exercise of no little moral courage, as the populace were greatly excited against the prisoners, and soon gave evidence of their hostility by destroying every window in the house of their generous benefactor, an act of violence, however, which was fully redeemed in after years, when the people of Lancaster liberally assisted the unfortunate owner in the reconstruction of his dwelling, which had been accidentally destroyed by fire. Among the children of Andre's benevolent host there was one named John, then aged about thirteen years, in whom the former felt deeply interested. He had displayed a remarkable talent for drawing. * * * All the brothers (including a fourth one named William,) were then living under the same roof with Andre, and the elder ones were frequently entertained by him in games of marbles and other useful sports. * * * Whilst Andre was a prisoner at Lancaster, he proposed to the father of his "young disciple," as he called the boy artist, to take the latter to England and educate him at his own expense for the profession of a painter. For this purpose (as he alleged) he proposed to sell his commission; and on more than one occasion he stated that he had opportunities to dispose of it. Andre's friends believed that he longed to return to England, on account of his love affair with Honora Sneyd, (afterwards the wife of Richard Lovell Edgeworth), and that he made this proposition his excuse for abandoning the service. His offer, (I need scarcely say), was gratefully declined on conscientious grounds, after the counsel had been sought of esteemed and reliable friends. A most unfortunate decision for both preceptor and pupil!"- "C. C." in American Historical and Literary Curiosities, John Jay Smith, 1860.

1 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 502.

2 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 283.

3 —, Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Biography of Pennsylvania, Vol. I (New York: Atlantic Publishing & Engraving Co., 1889), Pg 307.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 100.

5 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 502, 613.

6 —, Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Biography of Pennsylvania, Vol. I (New York: Atlantic Publishing & Engraving Co., 1889), Pg 308.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 370.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 24.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 25.

10 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 503.