This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/RSB.2ACE/1646.1 Message Board Post: I would think it is quite possible that they are related. Elizabeth Murphey married a Samuel Hopper, she had a brother and an uncle named John Murphey. Elizabeth's father Gabriel's name appears on court records as a witness, indicating that he worked at the courthouse, perhaps a John did as well. The following families appear to have connections back to the Culpeper area: Murphey, Hopper, Terrell, McIntosh, Herndon