William J. Copeland, Jr.

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William J. Copeland, Jr.

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Birthplace: Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Death: June 29, 1727 (32)
Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Son of William J Copeland and Mary Spear
Husband of Mary Copeland
Father of Rebecca Parke; Lydia Fassett; James Copeland; Mary Copeland; Anna Fassett and 2 others
Brother of Ephraim Copeland; Ebenezer Copeland; Jonathan Copeland, Sr.; David Copeland; Joseph Copeland and 10 others
Half brother of Hannah Webb; Susanna Webb; Mary Arnold; Sarah Arnold and Christopher Webb, IV

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The Copeland family trace their ancestry to Sir John Copeland, who fought at the battle of Neville's Cross, during the reign of Edward III, October 17, 1346, and with his own hand captured King David of Scotland, whom he bore from the field with a company of attendants, and proceeding to Calais delivered him into the hands of his royal master, then in France.

For this service he was created a banneret by the King and given a pension of 500 pounds per annum. He was also made a warden of Berwick, Sheriff of Northumberland and helper of Roxburgh Castle. Lawrence Copeland, a lineal descendant of Sir John, from whom sprang all the Copelands in America, came to this country and settled at Mount Holliston, Mass., where he died December 30, 1699, aged 110 years,

William Copeland who married Mary Bass. was a son of Lawrence Copeland


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@R850667487@ Ancestral File (R) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Name: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998;

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William J. Copeland, Jr.'s Timeline

1695
March 7, 1695
Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1697
September 19, 1697
Age 2
Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1719
March 16, 1719
Boston, Suffolk, MA, United States
1720
October 25, 1720
Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1722
August 19, 1722
Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1724
March 1724
Braintree, MA, United States
1726
May 31, 1726
Braintree, Norfolk, MA, USA
1727
June 29, 1727
Age 32
Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
August 4, 1727
Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States