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William Copeland

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• • 7th Great-grandfather of George Plimpton — 10th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 828 
  • Father:
  • Lawrence Copeland 
  • Mother:
  • Lydia Townsend   
  • Birth Date:
  • 15 Nov 1656 
  • Birth Location:
  • Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 30 Oct 1716 
  • Death Location:
  • Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Bass
  • Marriage Date:
  • 13 Apr 1694 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  William Copeland

  Ephraim Copeland

  Ebenezer Copeland

  Jonathan Copeland (Ahnentafel No:414 )

  David Copeland

  Joseph Copeland

  Benjamin Copeland

  Moses Copeland

  Mary Copeland

• Sources for William Copeland

  • ¹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 309, 589, 725, 809.
  • ² Williams, Alicia Crane, ed., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 16, Part 1, Family of John Alden, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (1999), 47, 144-145.