Ancestry of
Melvil Dewey

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William Cope

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• • 9th Great-grandfather of Melvil Dewey — 12th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2620 
  • Father:
  • Anthony Cope 
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  • 7 Apr 1513 
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  • Banbury Church, Banbury, Northamptonshire, England 
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  • Jane Spencer
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  John Cope (Ahnentafel No:1310 )

  Anthony Cope

• Sources for William Cope

  • ¹ Richardson, Douglas and Kimball G. Everingham, editor, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson (2011), Vol. 1, pp. 121-122.
  • ² Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 50.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 431.
  • ⁴ Sharpe, Thomasin Elizabeth, A Royal Descent: With Other Pedigrees and Memorials, London: Mitchell and Hughes, Printers (1875), 14.