Ancestry of
John Cuppy

(1761–1861)

John Cuppy

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • John Cuppy 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Devore   
  • Birth Date:
  • 11 Mar 1761 
  • Birth Location:
  • near Morristown, Morris, New Jersey 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 28 Jun 1861 
  • Death Location:
  • Wayne Township, Montgomery, Ohio 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Fairfield Cemetery, Fairborn, Greene, Ohio 
  • Notes: 

  • Revolutionary War veteran

    John Cuppy was said to be an Indian scout in Capt. Brady's company in Gen. Wayne's army from 1790 to 1794. His daughter referred to his service as a "ranger or spy for the space of two years or upwards . . . in or about the years A.D. 1792 and 1793."

    John Cuppy's birth date and location come from his 1844 Revolutionary War pension application. The pension application states his birth date is in a family bible of his father, that was then in his possession. The marriage date of John's marriage to Lydia is given as 07 OCT 1824 in a certified copy provided to a probate judge and contained within the pension file. This document gives Lydia's last name as Russell.

• Marriages for John Cuppy

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  • Spouse:
  • Rachel Caxton
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1779
  • Marriage Location:
  • prob. Hampshire County, Virginia (now West Virginia)

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  • Spouse:
  • Lydia Oilar
  • Marriage Date:
  • 7 Oct 1824
  • Marriage Location:
  • Montgomery County, Ohio

• Sources for John Cuppy

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A028688.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 12/24/2018).
  • ³ Revolutionary War Pensions, Pension file for John Cuppy.
  • ⁴ The History of Montgomery County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County; Its Townships, Cities . . ., Chicago: W. H. Beers and Co. (1882), 326-328.
  • ⁵ The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 26 JUL 1861, p. 5, Obituary for John Cuppy.
  • ⁶ Conover, Frank, ed., Centennial Portrait and Biographical Record of the City of Dayton and of Montgomery County, Ohio . . ., Logansport, Indiana: A.W. Bowen and Co. (1897), 1253, gives John's death date as 08 JUN 1861.