This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: F0CUS0NINFINITY Surnames: Copp, Nixon, Palmer, Robinson, Dudley, Winthrop, De Jean Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.robinson/4417.4419.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: You should be able to trace this lineage back twice to Gov. Thomas Dudley and once to Gov. John Winthrop and join the Winthrop Society. Your first name is new to me and most interesting? I descend Patriot legislator, inn keeper, Maj Barbabas Palmer's daughter Margaret who wed legislator Patriot LtCol David Copp, Sr., who fought the disenfrangement of Catholics. Exeter academy lawyer son David Copp, Jr., fled gambling debts to New Orleans where 1803 he was murdered in a gambling house. Daughter Adeline Cecelia Copp wed New Orleans lawyer, Adj. Lt. Jiohn Nixon, DeJean's 1st La. Militia in the Battle of New Orleans. He owned the Nixon House Hotel, Biloxi, where he died. Jim Miller, Southport, N.C. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.