William
Copeland
Born in Braintree, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of William Copeland
and Mary (Bass) Spear
Brother of
Hannah Webb [half], Sarah (Webb) Arnold [half], Christopher Webb IV [half], Ephraim Copeland, Ebenezer Copeland, Jonathan Copeland, David Copeland, Joseph Copeland, Benjamin Copeland, Moses Copeland and Mary (Copeland) Jones
Husband of
Mary (Thayer) Copeland
— married
15 Jun 1718 in Braintree, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Father of
Rebecca (Copeland) Parks, Lydia (Copeland) Fassett, William Copeland, James Copeland, Mary Copeland, Anne (Copeland) Fassett and William Copeland
Died about
at about age 78
[location unknown]
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Biography
William Copeland was born on 7 Mar 1694/5, in Braintree, in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. He was the son of William Copeland and Mary Bass.
William was married to Mary Thayer in Braintree on 15 Jun 1718 by Rev. Samuel Niles.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Boston, MA: Marriages, 1700-1809. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006), Originally published as: Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, Containing the Boston Marriages from 1700 to 1751 (Vol. 28), Boston, Municipal Printing office, 1898. Records Relating to the Early History of Boston, Containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809 (vol. 30), Boston, Municipal Printing Office, 1903., p. 304: https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/boston-ma-marriages-1700-1809/image/?volumeId=7456&pageName=304&rId=248396476 (accessed 24 Apr 2017)
- Author: Yates Publishing Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was deriv;
- Author: Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.; Repository: #R1
- Author: Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Births Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.; Repository: #R1
- Information Ancestry.com. Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data: Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992. [https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/3718/mayflowerbdi-001562.60?pid=22599 MBD
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Robert Cherry for creating WikiTree profile Copeland-959 through the import of CherryOttosen_2013-03-19.ged on Mar 19, 2013.
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- Trevor Copeland
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup E-M35, FTDNA kit #522366 - Bryan Copeland :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test, haplogroup R-M198, FTDNA kit #B646599
- Steve Beals :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H6a1a9, FTDNA kit #B86069, MitoYDNA ID T17748 [compare]
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~0.39%
Bruce Blair :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch MN8755525 [compare], Ancestry member microrotor
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William is 10 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 23 degrees from Carl Sagan, 20 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 26 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 21 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 18 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 24 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 9 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 16 degrees from Isaac Newton, 21 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 20 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 13 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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Categories: Mayflower Project Alden Family Work List | Braintree, Massachusetts | Mayflower Family Member
William Copeland Jr., son of William Copeland and Mary Bass, born Mar 7, 1694/95 at Braintree, married Mary Thayer of Braintree on Jun 15, 1718. He died about 1774 at Randolph.
His father, William Copeland, born Sep 15, 1656 at Braintree, died Oct 30, 1716.