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Descendants of Lawrence Copeland

Generation No. 2

2. JR., IMMIGRANT LAWRENCE⁴ COPELAND (LAWRENCE³, ROBERT², COPELAND¹) (Source: TITLE.) was born Bet. 1599 - 1612 in Northumberland County, England (Source: (1) John W. Copeland 8300 Bar Harbor Lane, Charlotte,NC 28202 Phone 704-556-1233" Copeland Family History"., (2) TITLE, 11404 Meadow Lane Ceawood, Kanasa, 66211.), and died December 30, 1699 in Mount Holliston Or Braintree, Massachusets (Source: J. Donald Adams, TITLE, Riverside Press Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA Copyright 1960, page 13.). He married LYDIA TOWNSEND (Source: TITLE, PO Box 2482 Cottonwood, Arizona 86326.) December 12, 1651 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Source: TITLE, PO Box 2482 Cottonwood, Arizona 86326.), daughter of THOMAS TOWNSEND and MANSFIELD. She was born 1630 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts (Source: Furnished by son, Josh Chamberlain to Jesse Lawrence, June 1997, TITLE.), and died January 08, 1687/88 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Source: Clarence F.Copeland, Data from Copeland Genealogy 1913,.).

Notes for JR., IMMIGRANT LAWRENCE COPELAND:
The "emigrant" Lawrence Copeland came to Boston and settle d in Braintree, Massachusetts sometime in the 1630's. He m arried late in life. He probably like most of the Massachu setts settlers, emigrated from the east coast of England . There is quite a clan of Copelands in the vicinity of Ne wcastle, England and have been for a very long time. The n ame crops up in the 13th century and probably earlier, the n spelled Coupland and Couplaunde. John and William seem t o be favorite names. Their crest is a 'Swan with a broke n wing.'
Among the Quincy inscriptions is the following: "In me mory of Mr. Lawrence Copeland,who died Dec.30,1699 with 10 0 years of age".settled in Brainstree (Braintry), MA in 163 7. Founder of northern Branch of Copeland Family.

several sources including "Gen Dict of NE" and "Copey of Ha rvard" cite an age of 100 or 110 which is hard to justify i f Lawrence , Sr. was the one born in 1590
Records of Mrs. Sarah I.C. Matheson
History of Bridgewater MA, pg 141
Records of the Town of Braintree, MA
"Records of First Church of Braintree" pg 45
IGI'88 listed as Laurance COPELANDE
GS0940974 "Birth, Marriages, Deaths of Braintree 1640-1848"

History of Bridgewater MA, pg 141
Records of the Town of Braintree, MA
"Records of First Church of Braintree" pg 45
IGI'88 listed as Laurance COPELANDE
GS0940974 "Birth, Marriages, Deaths of Braintree 1640-1848"
AF 9/19/95 bur.date/place + ord. dates
Fact-Settled in Massachuettes

More About JR., IMMIGRANT LAWRENCE COPELAND:
Burial: January 01, 1699/00, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Christening: 1609, Saint Mary's Church, Lancaster Parish, Lancashire County, England

Notes for LYDIA TOWNSEND:
IGI'88

AF 9/19/95: SP + parents' names

Marriage Notes for LAWRENCE COPELAND and LYDIA TOWNSEND:
Marriage fact:
Reference Number:24715
2nd date from PA Marriages on ancestry.com

Children of LAWRENCE COPELAND and LYDIA TOWNSEND are:

9.	i.	THOMAS⁵ COPELAND, b. December 08, 1654, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; d. June 06, 1706, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
10.	ii.	WILLIAM COPELAND, b. November 15, 1656, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; d. October 30, 1716, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
11.	iii.	JOHN COPELAND, b. December 10, 1658, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; d. August 07, 1714, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
12.	iv.	LYDIA COPELAND, b. March 31, 1661, Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; d. May 08, 1727, Mendon, Uxbridge, Worchester County, Massachusetts.
	v.	EPHRAIM COPELAND, b. November 17, 1665, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Source: TITLE, PO Box 2482Cottonwood, Arizona 86326.); d. August 09, 1690, Cape Ann, Canada (Source: (1) TITLE., (2) TITLE, 11404 Meadow LaneCeawood, Kanasa, 66211., (3) TITLE, 11404 Meadow LaneCeawood, Kanasa, 66211.).

Notes for EPHRAIM COPELAND:
Quote from source: "died unmarried, of smallpox on boar d a ship of his fleet before the sailing of the disastrou s expedition of Sir William Phips, 1690
Ephraim died of smallpox on board a ship to Canada and wa s thron overboard with six others"Records of First Church a t Braintree" pg 45 IGI'88
GS0940974 "Births, Marriages, Deaths of Braintree 1640-1848"
Ephriam died of smallpox on a boat to Canada along with 6 o ther men and
they were thrown overboard at Nantasket(today is Hull,Mass)

AF 9/19/95 ord. dates
GS0940974 "Births, Marriages, Deaths of Braintree 1640-1848"

vi.

HANNAH COPELAND, b. December 25, 1668, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Source: James Savage, TITLE, Genealogical Pub. Co., Inc. Baltimore 1981, vol 1 pp455-456.); d. Y; m. EPHRAIM JONES (Source: TITLE, 11404 Meadow LaneCeawood, Kanasa, 66211, Reference the Book,"A Genealogy of the Copeland Family" Page 16.), April 10, 1735, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Source: TITLE, 11404 Meadow LaneCeawood, Kanasa, 66211.); b. Abt. 1668; d. January 27, 1752 (Source: TITLE, 11404 Meadow LaneCeawood, Kanasa, 66211.).

Notes for HANNAH COPELAND:
"Records of First Church at Braintree" pg 45
IGI'88

IGI'88
AF 9/19/95 SP + spouse

Marriage Notes for HANNAH COPELAND and EPHRAIM JONES:
Reference Number:51273

vii.

RICHARD COPELAND, b. May 11, 1672, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Source: TITLE.); d. May 11, 1672, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Source: TITLE.).

Notes for RICHARD COPELAND:
"Records of First Church at Braintree" pg 45
IGI'88

IGI'88
AF 9/19/95

viii.

ABIGAIL COPELAND, b. November 26, 1674, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Source: TITLE.); d. February 14, 1752 (Source: TITLE.); m. (1) ELEAZER ISGATE, November 23, 1715; b. Abt. 1674; d. Y; m. (2) ELEAZER ESGATE, November 23, 1715 (Source: TITLE.); b. Abt. 1674; d. Y.

Notes for ABIGAIL COPELAND:
"Records of First Church at Braintree" pg 45
IGI'88
IGI'88
AF 9/19/95 d. date + SP + spouse + SS

Marriage Notes for ABIGAIL COPELAND and ELEAZER ESGATE:
Reference Number:73223

Married By Mr. Joseph Marsk

3. IMMIGRANT JOHN "JO"⁴ COPELAND (LAWRENCE³, ROBERT², COPELAND¹) (Source: (1) TITLE, 2312 Wood Lair Way Signal Mountain,Tenn.37377 http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/e/n/Paul-M-Hendricks/index.html?Welcome=989872130., (2) TITLE.) was born February 24, 1611/12 in Dolphin Leigh, Dolphinholme, York County, England (Source: TITLE, PO Box 2482 Cottonwood, Arizona 86326.), and died 1682 in Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Formed 1634 (Source: Data from Joel & Debra Copeland,merged Copeol.FTW file <dcopel@communique.net> 6/20/97.). He married (1) SARAH RATCLIFFE (Source: (1) TITLE, 2312 Wood Lair Way Signal Mountain,Tenn.37377 http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/e/n/Paul-M-Hendricks/index.html?Welcome=989872130., (2) TITLE.) 1640 in Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Formed 1634 (Source: TITLE, Page 8.), daughter of RICHARD RATCLIFFE and ELIZABETH COTCHINGS. She was born 1620 in Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Formed 1634 (Source: (1) John W. Copeland 8300 Bar Harbor Lane, Charlotte,NC 28202 Phone 704-556-1233" Copeland Family History"., (2) Data from Joel & Debra Copeland,merged Copeol.FTW file <dcopel@communique.net> 6/20/97.), and died Bef. 1667 in Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Formed 1634 (Source: TITLE, W. Grant Street Dexter, MO 63841.). He married (2) MRS. CHRISTIAN COPELAND (Source: TITLE.) 1667 in England (Source: (1) Furnished by son, Josh Chamberlain to Jesse Lawrence, June 1997, TITLE., (2) William Wade Hinshaw, TITLE.). She was born Abt. 1635, and died 1675.

Notes for IMMIGRANT JOHN "JO" COPELAND:
John who was actually born in 1612 (not in 1616 as reporte d in other written genealogies)was christened in St.Mary' s Church in Lancaster , Lancashire, England; and, his fathe r is listed as being Lawrence Cooplande (Copeland) of Dolph inholme which is 6 miles to the south of Lancaster . Dolphi n Leigh may have been the name of the manor estate accordin g to those in the Preston Record Office. John came to Virgi nia in 1635 on the ship Assurance de lo and landed near Jam estown. He was twenty three (not 19 as some have reported ) and he married Sarah Ratcliff. Michael G. Copeland<junos tar@ airmail.net>

the National Geographic Society (Mr. Michael Horner, map ar chivist) resulted in placing Dolphin Leigh in the southeas t outskirts of Lancaster, Lancs at Latitude 54 degrees, 3 m inutes, and 9 seconds north; and Longitude 2 degrees, 46 mi nutes and 3 seconds west. The only additional information i s that it is not a town or topographical mark. By eliminati on it is either a farm, estate, or crossroads.

Notes for JOHN COPELAND: It is likely that John Copeland wa s born in Lancashire. His father was Lawrence Copeland. Mor ris Guess author of "Genealogy of the Families of Copeland " states that this John was a famous roundhead whose land s were confiscated for his religious beliefs. Quoting Jame s Winnefeld and Fredda Coupland Winnefeld, researchers of t he Copeland Family "To date we do not know whether Dolphi n Leigh was/is an estate, town or parish. It is not liste d in any gazetteer we have examined. However, an inquiry t o the National Geographic Society resulted in placing Dolph in Leigh in the southeast outskirts of Lancaster, Lancs a t Latitude 54 degrees, 3 minutes and 9 seconds north, and L ongitude 2 degrees, 46 minutes and 3 seconds west. The onl y additional information is that it is not a town or topogr aphical mark. So, by elimination it is either a farm, estat e or crossroads. As you will note, John later became a devo ut Quaker. Quakerism was strong in both Lancashire and York shire. The record clearly indicates that John left Gravesen d (near London) for Virginia aboard the "Assurance" in Jul y of 1635. In conformance with the then existing law, he wa s "examined" by a town official before leaving and require d to take an oath of "allegiance and supremacy" to suppor t the Church of England. He was carried on the passenger ma nifest as being 19 years old at the time. It is not known w here he debarked in VA, though based on his subsequent move ments it was likely in the Hampton Roads region. It is no t known when John was converted to Quakerism, but it is unl ikely that such an event happened until the late 1640s or e arly 1650s when Quakerism's founder, George Fox, greatly ex panded the geographical coverage of his ministry. What we d o know with some certainty is that he settled in the sout h side of colonial Virginia and married Sarah Ratliff in 16 44 in Isle of Wight, Virginia (IGI, VA, p.7, 026). As far a s is known this was his first marriage. If his given age o n sailing for Virginia in 1635 was correct, he must have be en 29 years old at time of his marriage. One other research er we have talked with believes that John travelled from Vi rginia to Boston in 1651. Sometime later he returned to Eng land. It is possible he converted to Quakerism at this time . He left England 30 May 1656 for Boston aboard "Speedwell " and is listed as a Quaker on the passenger manifest. On a rrival in Boston he and seven other co-religionists were pr omptly jailed. The captain of Speedwell was required to tak e them back to England. But the following year, John return ed to Boston in the "Woodhouse". John's stay in Boston wa s again a stormy one and resulted in his having his right e ar cut off by order of a Boston Court in 1658 and again bei ng ejected from the Colony. John's subsequent travels unti l 1665 are unknown, but in that year he was again in Englan d and was among the Newgate prisoners to be sentenced to tr ansportation, first to the Barbados, and subsequently to Vi rginia Sarah died about 1675. This date is consistent wit h a report of his second marriage in England. He became a c elebrity in his old age as one of the old Quakers who had s uffered for his beliefs. He was asked on several occasion s to display his mutilation to sympathizers. He remarried ( his third marriage by our count) in 1691, and reportedly re ceived many visitors in his home as late as 1698. Herman L . Coplen's "The Copeland/Coplen and Allied Families, Immigr ants to Virginia" gives the date of his death as 9 Jan 171 8 and his burial site as North Cave, Yorkshire, England. "

The evidence suggests that John entered into three marriage s, the first to Sarah Ratcliffe of Isle of Wight, Virgini a The names of second and third wives are not known and i t is not known if he had any children from those later marr iages. Notes by Jo Martin on GedForum August 29, 2000

+++++++++++++ + From "Copeland Genealogical Record" by Leona Har t Copeland (GEN 929.2 C79CO in Texas State Library, A ustin. John Copeland, age 19, is shown as a passenger on th e ship Assurance which departed from the port of London o n July 24, 1635, He came from Dolphin Leigh. The Complete B ook of Emigrants, 1607-1776

24 July 1635. Persons to be transported (from London) t o Virginia by the Assurance of London, Mr. Isack Bromwell , after examination by the Minister of Gravesend: Rober t Brian 27; Maudlin Jones 60; Ann Shawe 32; John Duncomb 46 ; Sith Haieward 30; Richard Hamdy (or Hamey) 38; William H olland 35; Henry Snowe 26; Marie Southwood 22; Francis Ro wlson 29; Jane Sowthern 19; Margerie Baker 39; Sara Rayn e 18; Andrew Underwood 22; Phillipp Johns ; Henrie Marshal l 35; Henry Heiden 30; Elizabeth Sherlocke 29; Thomas Hurl ock 40; Samuel Handy 25; John Gater 36; Joan Gater 23; Will iam Lee 36; Josua Titloe 19; John Middleton 23; Robert Hai ward 22; Samuel Powell 19; Richard Glover 24; Thomas Pagit t 41; Mathew Holmes 21; Elias Harrington 22; Richard Smit h 35; Thomas Robinson 24; Evan Ap Evan 19; John Browne 21 ; Robert Frith 23; Thomas Wilkinson 23; Dennis Hoggin 24 ; John Friccar 25; Richard Ridges 19; Edward Davies 27; Th eodorus Bakewell 21; John Dermot 21; John Morgan 27; Thoma s Baycock 46; Richard Rogers 48; Richard Lockley 51; Joh n Jakes 20; Thomas More 19; John Baker 22; Nehemiah Caso n 21; Robert Mayes 28; Richard Barnes 38; John Buttler 50 ; William Rebbell 19; Robert Wyon 22; Mathew Dixon 18; Joh n Wheeler 23; John North 24; Moutford Newman 27; Robert St eere 17; William Lake 35; Humfrey Wilkins 19; Antony Stilg o 21; Thomas Deacon 19; Robert Rigglie 19; Benjamin Pillar d 18; Robert Davies 28; John Smith 20; Walter Merridith 33 ; Thomas Phillips 24; James Kingswill (or Kingsmill) 18; J ohn Bowton 20; Walter Chapman 44; James Arnold 37; Richar d Leake 18; Thomas Edwynn 13; Handgate Baker 22; John Abroc k 20; Thomas Hall 15; James Edwin 18; Edward Commins 28; J ohn Gater 15; Nicolas Gibson 22; John Roberts 46; George M osely 20; James Ravish 20; John Hales 21; Warram Tuck 20 ; John Jones 30; William Culture 19; Robert Silby 19; Rich ard Bruster 26; John Swanley 21; William Charles 21; Antho ny Lee 21; William Williams 28; Henry George 19; John Billi ns 21; William Write 18; Robert Lovett 20; Job Jefferie 19 ; Henrie Haler 22; Richard Symonds 33; James Sparks 57; Ri chard Kirbie 32; James Hingle 40; Thomas Saunderson 24; Wi lliam Spicer 20; William Thomas 19; Henry Madin 30; Edwar d Ednall 21; Thomas Jefferies 22; Nicolas Jackson 22; Thom as Spratt 23; Thomas Leonard 18; Thomas Beson 24; Christoph er Dixon 24; Isack Kemp 23; Jeremie Slie 19; John O'Mulli n 18; Antony Procter 16; Robert Handley 19; John Aymies 18 ; John Tayler 21; William Roffin 18; Richard Halsey 13; An tony Otland 18; Robert Oldrick 18; William Hall 21; JOHN C OPELAND 19 ; John Goad 18; John Pooly 17; Francis Gayer 18 ; Thomas Craven 17; Richard Lucas 16; George Cullidge 18 ; Lawrence Barker 26; John Bowes 20; John Woodbridge 32; J ohn Johnson 20; John Chappell 38; George Whittaker 32; Ric hard Liversidge 24; Henrie Wood 20; Robert Max 21; John Wa rren 18; Thomas Turner 18; John Garland 19; John Humfrey 2 3; Isack Ambrose 18; William Huncote 35; Thomas Williams 1 9; Thomas Foxcrofte 19; Thomas Hobbs 22; Charles Collohon 1 9; Henry Donn 23; Roger Quintin 21; William Small 18; Will iam Coleman 16; Antony Androwe 21; John Richardson 18; Wil liam Claddin 17; Thomas Gudderidge 17; Roger Burley 17; Th omas Bard 16; Henry Butler 14; John Budd 15; John Marshal l 35; William Read 30; Edward Mitchell 18; Robert Drewri e 16; Richard Wells 17; John Cotes 17; John Stubber 17; Hen ry Lee 18; Richard Ball 17; John Cooke 17; Thomas Syer 14 ; John Partridge 18; John Johnson 24; Isbell Davies 22; Is abell Hakesby 23; Joan Vallins 17; Marie Chambney 28; Eliz abeth Allcott 20; Francis Bakewell 30; Elizabeth Payne 21 ; Elizabeth Hughson 22; Marie Averie 22; Sara Alport 25; Ma rie Lee 22; Elizabeth Bateman 23; Thomazin Markcom 26; An n Goldwell 17; Ann Griffinn 26; James Brookes 28 and his w ife Alice Brookes 18; Dorcas Mercer 30; Ellin Davies 23; A lice Harris 21; Eedie Holloway 22; Sara Coggin 20; Elizabe th Baker 20; Dorothie Davies 17; Elizabeth Raynard 20; Mar ie Olliver 21; Alice Riall 18; Rabecca Parmeton 19; Mari e Middleton 17; Katherine Fulder 17; Elizabeth Dicks 18; S ara Greene 20; Margaret Rickord 20; Winnifredd Congrave 22 ; Mathew Plant 23; John More 28; Elizabeth Powell 17; Mari e Shorter 26; Marie Lee 14 weeks; Mathew Clatworthy 25. (PR O:E157/20).

He was a Quaker by faith later in life but would not have b een a Quaker when he first came to America for the Quaker m ovement had not started yet, He was though a decender, as s een on his father, for he was what was called a S'Roundhead T. He probably became a Quaker in America. One of the ear liest records of Quakerism in Virginia was Elizabeth Harris , a native of London, in 1656, The first yearly meetings we re first held in Virginia in 1673, If he first went to Bost on in 1656, he must have gone soon after his conversion t o Quakerism. There are several references to John Copelan d in early records, they may not be John Copeland or his so n, John Nicholas Copeland. It was interesting to discover t hat when he went to Boston preaching (see story below) tha t when they deported him they did not put him on a ship goi ng back to Virginia but instead put him on a ship bound fo r England, Therefore, he probably crossed the ocean severa l times. Some of the references are listed below: Came t o Virginia in 1635 at age 19, Went to Mass, in 1656 on th e 'Speedwell'. Was in Boston again in 1657 o Returned to Bo ston again in 1658. Was in London in later part of year 165 8, Was in London in 1661. Was married in 1667 (probably ha d been married before). His wife died in 1675. Married agai n in 1677. He & Elizabeth Copeland witness marriage 1684 o f Edman Belson & Mary Crew, was in America again in 1687. H e & Elizabeth Copeland witness marriage 1687 of Robert Jord an & Outland Taberer, He & Elizabeth were witness to marria ge of Nathan Newby & Elizabeth Hollowell on Oct. 10, 1687 * He & Elizabeth were witness to marriage of James Jordo n & Elizabeth Ratliff on Mar, 29, 1688o He & Elizabeth wer e witness to marriage of Thomas Jordon & Margaret Burgh o n Dec. 9, 1688 Married again in 1691, In 1698 Mr. Story lod ged at his house, showed his mutilated ear. 1679-96 signatu re appears many times at Chuckatuck, John Copeland and a Ma ry Copeland witnessed the marriage of Joseph Kenerly and Sa ra Ratliff on July 20, 1696* Jan. 9, 1718 date of death an d burial in England.

INFORMATION ON THE CHILDREN Nicholas - see separate page, W illiam had children William, John, James, Charles,, Christi an & Sarah. Hangar married Cornelian Outlaid on 5 March 167 5. Most researchers believe that Nicholas & William are hi s sons, and it would appear that they would have been bor n before his marriage in 1667 for he would have been 51 yea rs old-so his sons were by a previous wife.

*Joseph-there may have been a son named Joseph. There i s a Joseph Copeland witness to marriage of John Scott & Eli zabeth Belong in 1682 (this is too old to be the Joseph, so n of Nicholas & Elizabeth Tabored.) In 1688 he was witnes s to marriage of James Jordan, married at John Copeland's h ouse. Mary wife of Joseph Cop(e)land departed this life y e 27th day of the 3rd month 1678. Witnessed a marriage of W illiam Cop(e)land to Christian Tabored the 15th day of th e 9th month of 1678...Witness John Cop(e)land,, Joseph Cop( e)land, This appears to be the Joseph Copeland of the Chuck atuck spoon story-the pewter spoon was excavated at Chuckat uck, Virginia with a mark 'Joseph Copeland - 1675 (again th is would be to old to be Joseph the son of Nicholas & Eliza beth Tabored) . It would appear that Joseph had no children , Persecuted in Plymouth Colony, MA?? - Fled to VA??. Prob ably immigrated to VA in 1651?? servant to Mr. Rowland Laws on?? John's brother Laurence( Lawrence ) Copeland, Jr. sett led in Braintree MA in 1637?(1651?). LC is Founder of north ern Branch of Copeland Family. There is no record to sho w John came to America? first joined relatives in Staffords hire, then to Virginia in 1635

Jesse M. Lawrence (jmljr@flash.net): Fact-christened in St . Mary's Parish in Lancaster Copeland Genealogy chart in Co peland Cuzzins, V2,#1 from Mrs. Davi= Fredda's ancestor Wil liam upstream a bit. One takes us to Scotlan= the other t o York/Lancashire.

As an aside, I believe the IGI records are excellent in gen eral; o= Thomas. The names common to all three lists are : William and Nich= The children of William and Nicholas ar e fairly well documented by= various genealogical researche rs. However, the children of Willia= Thompson attribute th em to William son of Quaker John and Christia= Taberer. nd , and NOTE: P.
Taylor, 8110 NE Wygant, Portland, OR 97218, submitted b y James E.=

1616: approx. date of birth based on age ate time of immigr ation i= NOTE: 1635 1635: immigrated to Virginia on Assuran ce from Gravesend, London, Englan= 1640: witness to a Bil l of Sale in Accomack County 1643: granted headright in low er Norfolk County (above two facts from Lower Norfolk Count y Minute Book, 1637-1643)

Copeland Cuzzins, V2,#2 has article on "Joseph Copeland, 17 th Cent=
Pewterer". This article lists Joseph's father as Thomas C opeland o=
London and states that he was born c1649. The article the orizes th= NOTE: John
Copeland may have been a favored uncle (not father) of Jo seph. The=
article also lists Joseph as the husband of Elizabeth Tab erer and =
of the Joseph Copeland mentioned in Thomas Taberer's will.

Further information from: Jim and Freda Winnefeld To: PaulM HMD (it should be noted that the Winnefeld's subsequently h ave decided=
John Copeland who entered Virginia in 1635 and John "Th e Quaker" Copelan= NOTE: were
different men. It seems more likely that John who came i n 1635 was=
one who married Sarah Ratliff and sired the Virginia Cope lands, and that=
"The Quaker" may have never settled in America, but preac hed here =
then returned to England to die. This would also accoun t for a see=
excessive age at death of 102 y/o since John "The Quaker " was prob=
born c1628, not 1616 which was apparently the birth dat e of the ot=
John. )

Our information on Quaker Missionary John Copeland (1616-17 18) has= derived from the most part from:

1. Secondary sources (e.g. Morris Guess, "Genealogy of th e Familie= NOTE: of Copeland," and Carol Lee Copeland Thomp son's "Descendents of John = and Sarah Ratliff of Virgini a and Allied Families."). [Note we di=
with some of the results of their research and are more i nline with Her= NOTE: n L. Coplen's "The Copeland/Coplen an d Allied Families: Immigrants to
Virginia"]

2. The invevitable IGI for first approximations

3. Field work in the state archives in Richmond, Raleigh, A nnapolis.

4. Direct access to records held by DAR and Society of Colo nial Da= NOTE: s of the 17th Century (both in DC). Als o National Archives (but not very u=
our purposes).

5. Considerable field work in North Carolina and Virginia ( County Historical Societies)

We have not yet gone into gravestone and parish church reco rd chec=
(except from secondary sources). Our trip to the UK i s to track both Joh= NOTE: just needs to look at them wit h some skepticism and a willingness to us= NOTE: them t o form and test hypotheses. Indeed they are contradictory a nd often
frustrating (and incomplete).

Jim Winnefeld

A Biography of John Copeland (1616-1718)

by James Winnefeld and Fredda Coupland Winnefeld.

Based on Speculation and incomplete Records John Copel and was= England several times, was mutilated in Massachus etts for his reli=
beliefs and teachings, and finally returned to England wh ere he di= NOTE: in
1718. John is an ancestor of many American Copelands. T he purpos=
this essay is to compile in one place what is known abou t him, his=
parents, his siblings, and his children and grandchildren . There = NOTE: much
that is not known for certain about John, even though h e is freque=
mentioned in early histories and records of Virginia an d Massachus=
Some of these uncertain ties carry down to his children a nd the var=
lines of descendents they parented. An examination of th ese
uncertain ties should start with ascertaining what is kno wn of John=
origins.

John's Origins

It is likely that John was born in either Yorkshire o r Lancas=
If he was born in Lancashire, he was probably the son o f Lawrence
Copeland. Guess states that this Lawrence was a famous r oundhead =
lands were confiscated for his religious beliefs. The LD S Internat=
Genealogy Index (IGI) for Lancashire indicates that a Joh n, son of=
Lawrence Cooplande (sic) was Christened in St. Mary's par ish Lanca= NOTE: er on 24 February 1612. The IGI also in dicates that Lawrence had a son =
Lawrence Christened in St Mary's parish in 1609. There w as one mo= NOTE: son recorded in the IGI: William Copela nd, Christened 6 July 1616 in =
Mary's parish. If John originated in Yorkshire, he was pr obably th= NOTE: son of Robert Copeland and Alice Young , born 10 April 1616 and Christe= NOTE: d in Easingwold o n 27 October 1616. This John had numerous brothers an=
sisters. There is at least one cite that says John was f rom Yorks=
There is a possibility that John originated in Scotland . There is= NOTE: IGI entry that shows a John Copelan d being born in Dumphries, Scotland= NOTE: in 1616. Bu t we have been unable to establish other linkages to Scot = NOTE: nd to date. Several sources state that John was f rom Dolphin Leigh. Gue=
indicates that it was in Lancashire (he says that was fat her Lawre=
home). Copeland and Barnes suggest much the same.To dat e we do n= NOTE: know whether Dolphin Leigh was/is an es tate, town, or parish. It is no=
listed in any gazetteer we have examined. However, an inq uiry to t=
National Geographic Society (Mr. Michael Horner, map arch ivist) re=
in placing Dolphin Leigh in the southeast outskirts of La ncaster , =
at Latitude 54 degrees, 3 minutes, and 9 seconds north; a nd Longit= NOTE: e 2 degrees, 46 minutes and 3 seconds we st. The only additional infor=
is that it is not a town or topographical mark. By elimi nation it=
either a farm, estate, or crossroads. As we will see, Joh n later b= NOTE: ame a devout Quaker. Quakerism was stro ng in both Lancashire and Yorks= (less so in Scotland) . As a working hypothesis, we assume in the
remainder of this essay that John is from Lancashire.

John Emmigrates to America

The record clearly indicates that John left Gravesen d (near L=
for Virginia aboard Assurance in July 1635. In conforman ce with t= NOTE: then existing law, he was "examined" b y a town official before leaving =
required to take an oath of "allegiance and supremacy" t o support =
Church of England. He was carried on the passenger manife st as bei= NOTE: 19 years old at the time. It is not kno wn where John debarked in Virg=
though based on his subsequent movements it was likely i n the Hamp=
Roads region.

John's Early Period in Virginia

It is not known when John was converted to Quakerism , but it =
unlikely that such an event happened until the late 1640 s or early=
when Quakerism's founder, George Fox, greatly expanded th e geograp=
coverage of his ministry. Also it is not known whether J ohn becam=
Quaker as a result of a conversion in England or in Virgi nia. Wha= NOTE: we do know with some certainty is that h e settled in the southside of co=
Virginia and married Sarah Ratliff in 1644 in Isle of Wig ht County=
VA, p. 7,026). As far as we know this was his first marr iage. If =
given age on sailing for Virginia in 1635 was correct, h e must hav= NOTE: been 29 years old at the time of his ma rriage.
John and Sarah had four children according to the IGI:
Nicholas Copeland (1645)
William Copeland (1647)
Hannah Copeland (1654)
Joseph Copeland (1655)
All were born in Isle of Wight County. We will retur n to the=
children later in this essay.

John the Quaker Missionary

One researcher believes John travelled from Virginia t o Boston
1651. Sometime later he returned to England. It is possi ble that
converted to Quakerism at this time. He left England 3 0 May 1656
Boston aboard Speedwell, and is listed as a Quaker on th e passenge
manifest. On arrival in Boston he and seven other co-rel igionists
promptly jailed. The captain of Speedwell was required t o take th NOTE: back to England. But the following yea r John returned to Boston in the
Woodhouse. He was described at the time as young, unmarr ied, and
educated. John's stay in Boston was again a stormy one an d resulte
his having his right ear cut off by order of a Boston cou rt in 165 AND again being ejected from the Colony. John' s subsequent travels unt NOTE: 1665 are unknown, but i n that year he was again in England and was amon
Newgate prisoners to be sentenced to transportation, fir st to the
Barbadoes, and subsequently to Virginia. Sarah died eith er in 167 OR in in England. A letter sent to George Fo x in 1678 states that John

John's Later Years

Chuckatuck County records in Virginia show his signatu re many
between 1679 and 1696. He became a celebrity in his ol d age as on
the old Quakers who had suffered for his beliefs.He was a sked on s
occasions to display his mutilation to sympathizers. H e remarried
third marriage by our count) in 1691, and reportedly rece ived many
visitors in his home as late as 1698. Coplen gives the d ate of hi NOTE: death as 9 January 1718 and his burial si te as North Cave, Yorkshire.

John's Relationship with Lawrence of Braintree, Mass achusetts

Several genealogists have pointed to the possibility , even
probability, that Quaker John was the brother of Lawrenc e of Braintree
Massachusetts. The evidence for this connection is scant y and con=
of a possible common father in Lawrence of Lancashire an d the fact
John made several journeys to Massachusetts during the co urse of his
ministry. The birth dates in the IGI suggest that if Law rence of
Braintree is the son of Lawrence of Lancashire, it is qui te possibly NOTE: that his brother John is not Quaker Jo hn. If we accept the "John is from
Yorkshire" hypothesis set out earlier in this essay, it f ollows te=
Quaker John and Lawrence of Braintree were not brothers , but may he NOTE: e had an earlier joint ancestor in Eng land or Scotland. If Lawrence and =
John were brothers, Lawrence was much the older, having b een born NOTE: 1599 (see IGI and William Copeland Clark , p. 43) while Quaker John was NOTE: rn in either 1612 o r 1616.

John and Sarah's Children

We have already cited four children born of John a nd Sara= Nicholas (1645), William (1647), Hannah (1654), a nd Joseph (1655). (p. 8) cites four sons: John, Nicholas , William, and possibly Thom Guess makes no mention of Han nah or Joseph.Thompson has still a di list of John's and S arah's children: William, Nicholas, John, Sara= of Quake r John and William son of William Copeland of Middlesex C o Virginia are either almost identical in naming and seque nce, or so genealogists have borrowed the family of one an d attributed it to other William.

From 'Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy' John Copel and "Quaker John" One cannot close a sketch of Lower Virgin ia Quakers without a few words concerning four most inter esting personages to impress the pages of their history. I ncidentally, they are also four of the most colorful Virgin ia colonials. The first of whom we shall speak is John Cop eland, We know that he was living at Chuckatuck in 1698 fo r the missionary, Thomas Story, tells of lodging at his hou se. He says, in his Journal, 'Upon some discourse with ou r friend (Copeland) I found he was one of the first of thos e who had their ears cut off by the Presbyterians (Puritans ) , or Independents, in New England for the testimony of tr uth, in the first publishing thereof to that rebellious gen eration; and at my request he showed us his right ear yet b earing the badge of their antichristianity . This quotatio n is most interesting as it throws new light upon the caree r of one of the earliest martyrs of the Quaker faith. Joh n or John Nicholas came to American colonies as a missionar y to Boston, Massachusetts, in 1656. He was with eight oth er missionaries, and with them he suffered persecution, imp risonment and eventually the sentence of banishment from th e colony. John Copeland was from Yorkshire, England, and i n all probability an acquaintance of Robert Fowler who wa s of the same county and the skipper and owner of that famo us vessel, "The Woodhouse". Certain it is that Copeland wa s one of that renowned band that made the epic voyage acros s the Atlantic on that tiny vessel in 1657. As can be seen , this was Copeland's second mission to America, Like his f riend and traveling companion, Christopher Holder, he was a t this time young and unmarried and is referred to as bein g well educated. In New England the two friends were banis hed again, after being cruelly beaten with a three-corded k notted whip. They were thrown into prison, without bedding , food or drink and left for three days and their wounds ra w and uncared for. After nine weeks they were released an d forbidden to ever show their faces in those parts since t hey preached a Gospel uncongenial to the local authorities , Refusing to be intimidated by the unjust and intolerant l aws of the New England persecutors John Copeland,, like hi s associates of the same period, defied the cruel law of ex ile and returned again and again to the forbidden towns an d settlements, though he knew he did so at his own bodily p eril. In 1658 he and Christopher Holder again felt a relig ious call to proceed to Boston-known to Quakers as the "th e Lion's Den". For such an act the law specified that thei r ears should be cut off. This they knew. Yet they went t o protest the denial of their religious liberties. As soo n as it was known that they were within the bounds of the s tate of Massachusetts they were arrested and thrown into pr ison, A week later after the wicked sentence had been prono unced, it was privately carried into execution by the hangm an, within the walls of Boston. In the latter part of 165 8 John Copeland was in England and in 1661 we hear of his p resence in London and in 1667 he married. The record of th is marriage describes him as being from Lockington, North C ave, in the county of York. He married again in 1677 (pres umably in England) after the death of his first wife in 167 5. Ten years later (1687) he is again in America, as a let ter to George Fox mentions that he is in Virginia. His sign ature appears many times in the Chuckatuck record between 1 679-96, In 1691 he entered for the third time into the stat e of matrimony and, as has been seen, Story lodged in his h ouse at Chuckatuck in 1698. His residence seems to have be en a frequent meeting place for the Friends of the Chuckatu ck area, Bowden gives the date of his death as the ninth o f the first month 1718 and says he was buried at North Cave , England. In connection with John Copeland a news item o f June 1940 becomes most interesting: Jamestown, Virgini a - Possibly the oldest example of American pewter in exist ence was excavated recently during archaeological work at J amestown Island... It consists of the fragment of a spoon ' by Joseph Copeland'. It is dated 'Chuckatuck 1675". Thi s Joseph Copeland was the son of John Nicholas Copeland, ac cording to Boddie the Isle of Wight historian, and inherite d the estate of Major Taberer of that County. It should b e possible to show that all the Copelands of Virginia Quake r tradition are descendants or relatives of this most unusu al man - John Copeland,

on page 39: " among these earliest Quaker families not al l of whom had been puritans, are found the names of Goodwi n, Bennett, Hutchens, Jordan, Draper, COPELAND, Devion, Jo hnson, Jones, Murrey, Bressie, Chapman, Boddy (Boddie), Ou tland, Howard, Wiggs, Exum, Barnes, West, Lawrence , Took , Taberer, Newman, Bufkin (Buskin), Perkins, Garret, Belso n, Grove, Pope, Lacee and others too numerous to mention . " (JP NOTE: Many of these names are later found to i

More About IMMIGRANT JOHN "JO" COPELAND:
Christening: February 24, 1611/12, Saint Mary's Church, Lancaster Parish, Lancashire County, England

Notes for SARAH RATCLIFFE:
From "Copeland Genealogical Record" by Leona Hart Copelan d (GEN 929.2 C79CO in
TX State Library, Austin.

Marriage Notes for JOHN COPELAND and SARAH RATCLIFFE:
Reference Number:59673

Marriage Notes for JOHN COPELAND and MRS. COPELAND:
Reference Number:63401

Children of JOHN COPELAND and SARAH RATCLIFFE are:

13.	i.	JOHN NICHOLAS⁵ COPELAND, b. 1642, Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Formed 1634; d. 1693, Chuckatuck, Isle Of Wight County, Virginia.
	ii.	WILLIAM COPELAND, b. Bet. 1647 - 1650, Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Formed 1634; d. Y; m. CHRISTIAN; b. Abt. 1650; d. Y.
	iii.	HANNAH COPELAND (Source: TITLE.), b. 1654, Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Formed 1634 (Source: Data from Joel & Debra Copeland,merged Copeol.FTW file <dcopel@communique.net> 6/20/97.); d. January 11, 1675/76, Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Formed 1634 (Source: (1) Early Quaker Records of Southeast Virginia by Martha A Putnam, Page48., (2) TITLE, Page 49.); m. CORNELIUS OUTLAND, April 03, 1675, Chuckatuck, Suffolk County, Virginia (Source: Early Quaker Records of Southeast Virginia by Martha A Putnam, page48.); b. Abt. 1654, Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Formed 1634; d. December 13, 1676, Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Formed 1634 (Source: Early Quaker Records of Southeast Virginia by Martha A Putnam, Page 48.).

Notes for HANNAH COPELAND:
From "Early Quaker Records" Cornelius Outland took Hannah C opeland to wife at a
General meeting house (Quaker) at Chuckatuck (upon the 5 da y of 3 month 1675)

Notes for CORNELIUS OUTLAND:
From "Early Quaker Records" Cornelius Outland took Hannah C opeland to wife at a
General meeting house (Quaker) at Chuckatuck (upon the 5 da y of 3 month 1675)

Marriage Notes for HANNAH COPELAND and CORNELIUS OUTLAND:
Reference Number:40685

From "Early Quaker Records" Cornelius Outland took Hannah C opeland to wife at a
General meeting house (Quaker) at Chuckatuck (upon the 5 da y of 3 month 1675)

14.	iv.		1675 SPOON JOSEPH COPELAND, b. 1655, Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Formed 1634; d. February 26, 1724/25, Chuckatuck, Suffolk County, Virginia.
15.	v.		SARAH COPELAND, b. 1657, Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Formed 1634; d. 1725, Isle Of Wight County, Virginia Formed 1634.

Children of JOHN COPELAND and MRS. COPELAND are:

	vi.		JR. JOHN⁵ COPELAND (Source: TITLE.), b. 1669; d. 1728, North Carolina Formed 1712 From Carolina.
	vii.		HANNAH COPELAND (Source: TITLE.), b. Abt. 1670; d. Y.
	viii.		JOSEPH COPELAND (Source: TITLE.), b. Abt. 1672; d. Y.
	ix.		CHARLES COPELAND (Source: TITLE.), b. Abt. 1674; d. Y.
	x.		CHRISTIAN COPELAND (Source: (1) TITLE, 2312 Wood Lair WaySignal Mountain,Tenn.37377http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/e/n/Paul-M-Hendricks/index.html?Welcome=989872130., (2) TITLE.), b. Abt. 1675; d. Y.

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