Ann (Copp) Saxton (abt. 1627 - 1661)

Born about 1627 in Hatton, Warwickshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Herman Atwood — married 11 Aug 1646 in Boston, Massachusetts

Wife of Thomas Saxton — married 10 Mar 1652 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 23 Jun 1661 at about age 34 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Ann (Copp) Saxton immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Ann was the daughter of William Copp and his first wife, Anne Rogers. A child was baptised 16 April 1630 at Hatton, Warwickshire. Entry gives only the father's name, William Copp. ^{[1] [2]}

Record of her baptism has not been found in the records of Hatton, Warwickshire. Based on her marriage in 1646, she is not likely to be the unidentified daughter of William Copp who was baptized in Hatton on 16 August 1630; Worthen suggested that the daughter baptized in 1630 was Martha, who married in 1650.^[3] Anne is estimated to have been born some time after the birth of Joan, who was baptized in Hatton on 13 October 1625, and before 1630.

She married her first husband, Herman Atwood, on August 11, 1646.^[4] Two children were born to their marriage: John and Sarah Atwood. ^[5][6][7]

Herman Atwood died in 1651 and Ann married Thomas Sexton (or Saxton) on March 10, 1651/2 in Boston, MA. Entry reads: Thomas Saxton was married to Ann Atwood, widow, 10th of the 1st month 1651 per Richard Bellingham, Esq. ^[8]

There were four Saxton children from this second marriage: Samuel, Joseph, Nathaniel, and Elizabeth.^[6]

Anne Sexton died June 23, 1661, 15 days after the birth of her daughter Elizabeth Sexton.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Hatton Warwickshire Parish Register https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6MZ3-B6S?i=34&cc=1462403
2. ↑ Many sources, including Atwood and Woodgate and the Thwing Collection identify her mother as William Copp's second wife, Goodeth or Judith, but since Ann married in 1646, she has to have been born earlier than 1634, when William and Goodeth were married.
3. ↑ Worthen, "English Antecedents Of William Copp," page 152.
4. ↑ A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston Containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, Boston, Massachusetts, 1883. page 24: Herman Atwood & Ann Copp married 11th -- 6th month.
5. ↑ Atwood and Woodgate, page 23.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Thwing Collection, page 5795.
7. ↑ Transcript of Marriages, Boston 1657-1720 (1651-1662-1689-1720 Link on Ancestry Marriage Transcript: Name: Herman Atwood [Harman Atwood ] Event Type: Marriage Marriage Date: 11-6-1646, Marriage Place:Boston, Massachusetts Spouse Name: Anne Copp
8. ↑ Boston Transcripts of County Records https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2495/40902_263989__0005-00160?pid=9399398

• Atwood, Charles, and Woodgate, Henry Arthur. History of the Atwood Family, in England and the United States, Boston: Press of George H. Ware, 1888.
• Find A Grave Memorial #75611273, Ann Copp Saxton. [No gravestone].
• Thwing Collection: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630–1800 and The Crooked and Narrow Streets of Boston, 1630–1822. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.) page 5795.
• Torrey's New England Marriages to 1700. Vol. 1, page 52: ATWOOD, Herman/Harman (-1651) & Ann COPP (-1661), m/2 Thomas SAXTON 1651/2; 11 Aug 1646; Boston {McCormick-Hamilton 272; Cape Cod Lib. 41:2; Warner-Harrington 791; McIntire Anc. 318; Boston 24; Sv. 1:77, 457; Pope's Pioneers 23; Pillsbury Anc. 683; Reg. 8.
• Worthen, Samuel Copp. "English Antecedents of William Copp of Copp's Hill, Boston." The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, v. 64 (1933), no. 2, pages 150-152.