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Sarah Copeland (Ratcliff)

Also Known As: "Ratliffe"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Probably, Lancashire, England
Death: circa 1675 (46-63)
Isle of Wight County, Virginia, British Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Richard Ratcliffe, Sr. and Elizabeth Ratcliff
Wife of John ‘the Quaker’ Copeland
Mother of Joseph Copeland; Hannah Copeland; Sarah Elizabeth Sanbourne; Nicholas Copeland; John (Nicholas) Copeland and 7 others
Sister of William Henry Ratcliffe; Mary Elliott; Rebecca Ann Ratcliffe; Richard Ratcliffe, Jr.; Cornelius Ratcliffe and 2 others

Managed by: Kevin Lawrence Hanit
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About Sarah Copeland

Biography

Sarah Ratcliff was born about 1620 in Lancashire, England and her parents were Elizabeth (Cotchings, c1600-c1679) and Richard Ratcliff, Sr. (c1585–1630).

Some Copelands emigrated to America to escape persecution, in particular [1] ...

"John Copeland, son of Lawrence, born in 1612, sailed to America in 1635 on the "Assurance de Lo". He had married, possibly outside his local community, a Miss Radcliffe from Lancaster".

Sarah Ratcliffe married John Joseph Copeland [2] (1615–1690).

She died about 1675 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia. [3]


References

A Quaker.

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Sarah Copeland's Timeline

1620
1620
Probably, Lancashire, England
1640
1640
Isle of Wight, VA, British Colonial America
1640
Essex County, Virginia
1642
September 1642
Isle of Wight County, Virginia
1647
March 26, 1647
Chuckatuck, Suffolk, Isle of Wight County, Virginia, United States
1654
1654
Isle, Virginia, United States
1655
1655
Isle of Wight County, Virginia, British Colonial America
1655
Isle of Wight County, Virginia, United States
1657
1657
Isle of Wight , Virginia, Colonial America