Family: Cowper, Capt. William / Parker, Ann Pierce (F44622)
m. 1802-
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Cowper, Capt. William
Birth Abt 1775 Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States 
Death Yes, date unknown Burial Marriage 1802 Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States Father Mother
Female
Parker, Ann Pierce
Birth 1775 Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States Death 21 Mar 1849 Burial Father Parker, Col. Josiah | F97625 Group Sheet Mother Pierce, Mary | F97625 Group Sheet
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Cowper, Josiah
Birth Abt 1803 Virginia, United States Death Bef 1850 Burial Spouse Pinner, Elizabeth | F97627 Marriage Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States Spouse Keith, Mary Ann | F97628 Marriage
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+ Cowper, Capt. Thomas Frederick Pierce Parker
Birth Abt 1810 Virginia, United States Death 9 Nov 1879 Virginia, United States Burial Spouse Smith, Virginia | F44623 Marriage 4 Aug 1841 Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
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Cowper, Leopold Copeland Parker
Birth Mar 1811 Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States Death 19 Jul 1875 Portsmouth, Portsmouth (city), Virginia, United States Burial
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Notes Separation:
- Ann Pierce (Parker) Cowper petitioned the Virginia House of Delegates for a bill of divorce from William Cowper, citing physical abuse and fraudulent dissipation of her inheritance from her father's estate. A legal separation was finally granted, and she gained custody of her children, in the year 1817. Her legal travails are documented in a book, "The Great Catastrophe of My Life: Divorce in the Old Dominion", by Thomas E. Buckley, S.J. (The University of North Carolina Press, 2002).