Early Years Culpeper was the son of (after 1644 first baron Culpeper of Thoresway) and his second wife, Judith Culpeper Culpeper. He was born at Greenway Court, his father’s English estate in Hollingbourne Parish in Kent, where he was christened on March 21, 1635. His family included several prominent investors in the Virginia Company of London and other men who sought large grants of land in North America. Read more about: Thomas Culpeper second baron Culpeper of Thoresway (1635–1689)