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William COPELAND 1671 – 1735 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Sept 1671

Birth Location: Pennsylvania, United States

Death Date: 1735

Death Location: Pennsylvania, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

Father: Copeland None

Mother: mary bass

Spouse(s): Agnes None

Children(s): Alexander Copeland, Caleb Copeland, William Copeland, Sarah Copeland, David Cowpland, Mary Copeland, Abigail COPELAND

The story of William COPELAND began in 1671 in Pennsylvania, United States. William COPELAND married Agnes, and had children including Alexander Copeland, Caleb Copeland, William Copeland, Sarah Copeland, David Cowpland, Mary Copeland, Abigail COPELAND. William COPELAND passed away in 1735 in Pennsylvania, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of William COPELAND began in 1671 in Pennsylvania, United States.
  • William COPELAND married Agnes, and had children including Alexander Copeland, Caleb Copeland, William Copeland, Sarah Copeland, David Cowpland, Mary Copeland, Abigail COPELAND.
  • William COPELAND passed away in 1735 in Pennsylvania, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Copeland None
Birth Location: –
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mary bass
1654 – 1707
Birth Location: MA
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Spouses(s)

Agnes None
1668 – 1725
Birth Location: England
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Children(s)

Alexander Copeland
1691 – 1744
Birth Location: Blackwood, England
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Caleb Copeland
1692 – 1757
Birth Location: Beckhouse, Kendal Mm, Yorkshire, England
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William Copeland
1702 – 1721
Birth Location: Howgill, Yorkshire, England
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Sarah Copeland
1703 – 1774
Birth Location: Sedbergh, Yorkshire, England
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David Cowpland
1704 – 1777
Birth Location: Howgill, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
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Mary Copeland
1710 – 1758
Birth Location: Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
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Abigail COPELAND
1710 – 1758
Birth Location: , Chester, Pennsylvania
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William COPELAND's Ancestors

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William COPELAND
1671 – 1735
Birth Place: Pennsylvania, United States
Parents
Copeland
mary bass
1654 – 1707
MA
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William COPELAND's Descendants

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William COPELAND (Sept 1671 – 1735) m. Agnes (1668 – Aft. 20 May 1725)
  1. 1. Alexander Copeland (1691 – 1744)
  2. 2. Caleb Copeland (17 Jan 1692 – 12 Oct 1757)
  3. 3. William Copeland (14 Jun 1702 – Aug 1721)
  4. 4. Sarah Copeland (Abt. 1703 – 7 Jun 1774)
  5. 5. David Cowpland (1704 – 1777)
  6. 6. Mary Copeland (Abt. 1710 – 8 Apr 1758) m. William (Scattergood) Pancoast (1698 – 14 Aug 1763)
    1. 1. Joseph Pancoast (1731 – 1749)
    2. 2. Caleb Pancoast (8 Oct 1731 – 03 Mar 1762) m. Hannah Andrews (1733 – abt 1815)
      1. 1. Ann Pancoast (1754 – 23 Dec 1841) m. Francis Robinson (13 Jan 1746 – abt 1798) m. Jacob (Clemens) Ziegler (17 Feb 1754 – 24 Jan 1823) m. James Lownes (22 Aug 1740 – Aft. 1830)
        1. 1. Hannah Robinson (1774 – 1844)
        2. 2. Caleb Robinson (Abt. 1776 – )
        3. 3. Thomas Robinson (Abt. 1778 – )
        4. 4. Eleanor Robinson (Abt. 1780 – 1848)
        5. 5. Joseph (West) Robinson (Abt. 1782 – 02 Apr 1855)
      2. 2. William Pancoast (Abt. 1756 – 1826)
    3. 3. Edward Pancoast (Bet. 16 Mar 1732–16 Mar 1733 – 26 Oct 1808) m. Hannah King (09 Dec 1739 – 15 Jun 1812)
      1. 1. William Pancoast (26 Dec 1761 – 19 Sep 1829) m. Sarah Lishman (19 Mar 1760 – 13 Oct 1821)
        1. 1. Sarah Pancoast (14 Jan 1786 – 03 Jul 1834) m. Samuel Dickeson (1783 – 1849)
        2. 2. Edward Pancoast (13 Sep 1790 – 14 Aug 1849) m. Martha Coles ( – Abt. 1815) m. Hannah Unknown ( – 06 May 1826) m. Rachel Birch ( – 07 Mar 1847)
        3. 3. William (Henry) Pancoast (02 Feb 1792 – 18 Sep 1835) m. Hannah (Ivins) Hackney (1796 – 18 Apr 1882) m. Martha Coles ( – ABT 1815)
        4. 4. William Pancoast (24 Dec 1798 – 02 Aug 1875) m. Elizabeth Wright (1803 – 21 Jan 1825) m. Nancy Davis (28 Jan 1806 – 02 Feb 1873) m. Mary (C.) Stratton (03 Dec 1803 – 15 Jun 1839)
        5. 5. Samuel (L.) Pancoast (29 Nov 1800 – ) m. Rhoda Elwell m. Jane Elwell
      2. 2. Edward Pancoast (14 Aug 1763 – before 1812)
      3. 3. John Pancoast (17 Mar 1765 – 8 July 1831) m. Sarah Keasby m. Sarah Keasbey (15 May 1764 – 20 Mar 1849)
        1. 1. David (Collins) Pancoast (13 Dec 1802 – 26 Nov 1881) m. Ann (Haines) Davis (3 Sep 1807 – 10 Dec 1878)
      4. 4. Achsah Pancoast (26 Jan 1767 – ) m. Thomas Clark
      5. 5. Samuel Pancoast (11 Sep 1769 – 06 Oct 1832) m. Dorcas Stretch (04 Apr 1775 – 09 Nov 1852)
        1. 1. Elizabeth (A.) Pancoast (01 Oct 1796 – )
        2. 2. Hannah (King) Pancoast (08 Jul 1803 – 1862) m. Townsend Hilliard (1804 – )
      6. 6. Mary Pancoast (16 Apr 1781 – ) m. Joseph Allen
      7. 7. Beulah Pancoast (1783 – 14 Aug 1824) m. Enoch (R) Allen (17 May 1781 – 23 January 1852)
        1. 1. Mary (R.) Allen (13 Mar 1809 – 15 Dec 1829)
        2. 2. Hannah (P.) Allen (11 Oct 1810 – 20 Feb 1878)
        3. 3. Eliza (C.) Allen (14 Mar 1813 – 20 Apr 1845)
        4. 4. Enoch (R.) Allen (26 May 1816 – 24 Mar 1818)
        5. 5. Joseph (M) Allen (11 June 1817 – 09 Feb 1891) m. Hannah (Walker) Baker (23 Nov 1819 – 19 Dec 1900)
        6. 6. Beulah Allen (16 Sep 1820 – 21 Feb 1821)
        7. 7. Franklin Allen (26 Apr 1824 – 21 Jan 1903)
      8. 8. Hannah Pancoast m. Samuel Hancock
      9. 9. Caleb Pancoast
    4. 4. William Pancoast (1734 – 1735)
    5. 5. Joshua Pancoast (1736 – 1737) m. Sarah Marll
    6. 6. Benjamin Pancoast (1737 – 1740)
    7. 7. David Pancoast (23 Sep 1738 – Sep 1804)
    8. 8. Seth Pancoast (1740 – 1740)
    9. 9. Sarah Pancoast (06 Aug 1742 – 1792) m. James Lownes (22 Aug 1740 – Aft. 1830)
      1. 1. Mary Lowndes (06 Aug 1764 – 20 Nov 1837) m. Thomas Chapman (1758 – 13 Jun 1794)
        1. 1. Marianne Chapman (1 Sep 1784 – 11 Feb 1865) m. George (Smith) Gibbes (12 May 1771 – 23 Jun 1851)
        2. 2. Charles Chapman (20 Sep 1785 – 27 Aug 1821) m. Charlotte Christie (Abt. 1796 – 16 Jan 1871)
        3. 3. Elizabeth Chapman (02 Mar 1787 – 11 Nov 1858) m. Samuel (Dawes) Harvey (19 Sep 1773 – 04 Jan 1845)
        4. 4. Charlotte Chapman (23 Apr 1788 – 21 Mar 1867) m. Thomas Inglis (8 Aug 1786 – 1812) m. Maurice James (1786 – September 1848)
        5. 5. John (James) Chapman (10 Jan 1790 – 21 Jan 1867) m. Mary Gibson (14 Sep 1819 – 01 Dec 1874)
        6. 6. Sarah (Ann) Chapman (12 Aug 1792 – 29 May 1868) m. Thomas (Joshua) Ash (Abt. 1784 – 07 Apr 1838)
        7. 7. Louisa Chapman (24 May 1794 – 1846)
      2. 2. Sarah Lownes (17 Aug 1766 – 20 NOV 1837) m. John (Scott) Pleasants (5 Jan 1756 – 19 Jul 1836)
        1. 1. Sarah (Lownes) Pleasants (22 Jan 1791 – )
        2. 2. George Pleasants (6 Jul 1793 – 15 SEP 1793)
        3. 3. Frederick (Woodson) Pleasants (1794 – )
        4. 4. Mary (Hewes) Pleasants (22 Sep 1794 – 8 Dec 1829)
        5. 5. Charles (Scott) Pleasants (1797 – )
        6. 6. Louisa Pleasants (1798 – )
        7. 7. Eliza (Ann) Pleasants (2 August 1799 – 2 March 1891) m. Jahial Parmly
        8. 8. James Pleasants (1800 – )
        9. 9. Fitzhenry Pleasants (1801 – )
        10. 10. Cyrus (Radalphus) Pleasants (1803 – )
        11. 11. George Pleasants (1805 – )
      3. 3. Hyatt Lownes (26 Aug 1769 – 27 Oct 1821) m. Elizabeth Emmery (1775 – ca 1850)
        1. 1. John Lownes (1795 – Bef. 1828)
        2. 2. Elias Lownes (1802 – )
        3. 3. Margaret Lownes (1804 – Bef. 1828)
        4. 4. James (Pancoast) Lownes ( – Bef. 1828)
        5. 5. George (Emery) Lownes ( – Bef. 1828)
        6. 6. Betsey (Ann) Lownes
        7. 7. John Lownes ( – BEF 1828)
      4. 4. John Lownes (21 Sep 1771 – Aug 1800)
      5. 5. Deborah Lownes (20 Feb 1774 – ) m. Samuel Pleasants (1770 – 04 Oct 1814) m. Samuel Pleasants ( – 4 OCT 1814)
        1. 1. Samuel (Madison) Pleasants (2 Feb 1800 – 25 Oct 1884)
        2. 2. Sarah ("Sally" Ann) Pleasants (1798 – 1827) m. Unknown Christian
        3. 3. Edwin (Chapman) Pleasants (10 Sep 1804 – 20 Feb 1891) m. Indiana Pleasants
        4. 4. Lucinda Pleasants (1806 – Bef. 1828)
        5. 5. Charlotte (C.) Pleasants (31 March 1808 – 4 March 1884) m. William (Jessup) Armstrong (29 Oct 1796 – 26 Nov 1846)
        6. 6. Ellen Pleasants (1810 – Bef. 1828)
        7. 7. Mary (Galego) Pleasants (1813 – Bef. 1828)
        8. 8. Lucinda Pleasants ( – Bef. 1828)
        9. 9. Samuel (M.) Pleasants
        10. 10. Christian Pleasants
        11. 11. Madison Pleasants
      6. 6. James Lownes (21 Aug 1776 – 20 Aug 1820) m. Sarah Donaldson
        1. 1. Caleb (Pancoast) Lownes (09 Dec 1803 – 3 Sep 1891) m. Sophronia Applegate (03 Mar 1828 – 11 DEC 1883)
        2. 2. Sarah (Donaldson) Lownes
        3. 3. Lydia (Greene) Lownes
        4. 4. William (Donalson) Lownes
      7. 7. Caleb Lownes (17 Aug 1778 – 1828) m. Jane Steel
        1. 1. George (Steel) Lownes (1790 – 19 Aug 1861) m. Kate Williams (abt 1802 – 6 Nov 1888)
        2. 2. Hannah (Pancoast) Lownes m. George Shippen ( – Bef. 1828)
        3. 3. Araminta (Steel) Lownes ( – Bef. 1828) m. Francis Barnes
        4. 4. Levin (Bordhead) Lownes
        5. 5. Samuel (Pleasants) Lownes m. Julia
        6. 6. Ann Lownes ( – Bef. 1828)
        7. 7. James Lownes ( – Bef. 1828)
        8. 8. Andrew (Jackson) Lownes ( – Bef. 1828) m. Mary Bucknall
      8. 8. Jane Lownes (30 Jun 1780 – Bef. 1786)
      9. 9. Joseph Lownes (21 Feb 1783 – 21 Aug 1814)
      10. 10. William Lownes (23 Mar 1785 – Aug 30, 1824) m. Arrianna (Wormly) Glynn (1792 – Dec 29, 1831)
        1. 1. Josiah (Hewes Davis) Lowndes (14 May 1809 – 9 Oct 1849) m. Sarah (Arabella) Sinton (27 March 1810 – Dec 23, 1893)
        2. 2. Virginia (Radcliff) Lowndes (5 Jun 1816 – 15 May 1914) m. Francis (Davis) Allan (1814 – 9 Jun 1887)
        3. 3. Samuel (Pleasant) Lownes (16 Jul 1816 – 7 Jan 1903) m. Julia Cardwell (abt 1830 – 9 June 1917)
        4. 4. John (Henry Augustus) Lownes (30 Jul 1819 – 25 December 1864) m. Ida Spooner (17 JUN 1819 – 5 Mar 1889)
        5. 5. Willianna (P) Lowndes (Jan 1825 – Abt 1912) m. George (Ellington) Miller (abt 1812 – 13 Dec 1901)
        6. 6. Mary (Glenn) Lownes m. G.L.Denison
        7. 7. Charles (Chapman) Lownes
        8. 8. Jane (Dade) Lownes m. Unknown Root
        9. 9. Margaret Lownes
        10. 10. Ann Lownes
      11. 11. Caleb (Pancas) Lownes (9 Dec 1803 – )
    10. 10. Achsah Pancoast (1744 – 1802)
    11. 11. Aaron Pancoast (22 Sep 1744 – 12 Aug 1800) m. Hannah Childs (17 Apr 1745 – 12 Dec 1792) m. Anne Cooper
      1. 1. James Pancoast (Abt. 1765 – )
      2. 2. Caleb Pancoast (Abt. 1767 – )
      3. 3. Mary Pancoast (Abt. 1771 – )
      4. 4. Tacy Pancoast (29 Apr 1774 – ) m. Job Eldridge (23 Jun 1774 – )
        1. 1. Isaac (K) Eldridge (Abt 1807 – ) m. Elizabeth (1803 – Bef. 1856)
      5. 5. Hannah Pancoast (Abt. 1775 – )
      6. 6. Aaron Pancoast (Abt. 1777 – ) m. Annie Cooper (20 July 1784 – 21 Mar 1855)
        1. 1. Josiah (Cooper) Pancoast (21 May 1817 – 27 Jan 1873) m. Mary (Ann) Young (28 Oct 1828 – 03 Aug 1902)
    12. 12. Mary Pancoast (02 Feb 1748 – 23 Jan 1829) m. Aaron (Hughes) (Hewes) (1747 – 02 Jun 1819)
      1. 1. William (Hewes) Hughes (6 Feb 1772 – 1780)
      2. 2. Hezekiah Hewes (1772 – )
      3. 3. Lydia Hewes (1773 – 1825)
      4. 4. Lydia (Hewes) Hughes (1773 – 1825)
      5. 5. Sarah Hewes (1778 – )
      6. 6. David Hewes (1780 – )
      7. 7. Capt. (Aaron Hewes) (Hughes) (1786 – Aug 1859) m. Helen (Elizabeth) Boult (10 JAN 1807 – 15 Apr 1812) m. Adeline (A) Watts (14 Aug 1798 – 25 Nov 1863)
        1. 1. Sarah (C) Hewes (1809 – )
        2. 2. Mary (Elizabeth) Hewes (1809 – )
        3. 3. Mary (Elizabeth) Hewes (1815 – 27 Dec 1876)
        4. 4. Lydia (Green) Hewes (10 Jan 1819 – 6 Dec 1885)
        5. 5. Virginia (Augusta) Hewes (1825 – )
        6. 6. Capt. (Aaron) Hewes (1829 – 11 Aug 1863)
        7. 7. Edward (E) Hewes (1832 – 1906)
        8. 8. Virginia (Augusta) Hewes (1835 – )
        9. 9. Cordelia (Anne) Hewes (1839 – 12 Nov 1879) m. William (Washington) Talbot (22 Dec 1823 – 17 Feb 1864) m. Sanford Cutler (abt 1839 – )
        10. 10. Rodman Hewes (1838 – 24 Aug 1869)
      8. 8. Mary (Ann Hewes) Hughes (1788 – )
    13. 13. Abigail Pancoast
  7. 7. Abigail COPELAND (Abt. 1710 – 1758) m. Samuel Pancoast (Abt. 1708 – Abt. Oct 1748)
    1. 1. Joshua PANCOAST (02 Apr 1737 – 27 Oct 1769) m. Hannah Lownes (15 Mar 1733 – 16 Nov 1815)
      1. 1. Ann Pancoast (12 Sep 1764 – 17 February 1858)
        1. 1. Mary (Luke) Morris (28 Jan 1803 – 28 Apr 1884) m. Charles Ellis (31 Jan 1800 – 16 May 1874)

William COPELAND's Timeline

3 Records

1671
Sept 1671
Birth of William COPELAND in Pennsylvania, United States
Pennsylvania, United States
1675
Abt. 1675
Age 4
Birth of William COPELAND in Yorkshire, England
Yorkshire, England
1735
1735
Age 64
Death of William COPELAND in Pennsylvania, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Pennsylvania, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1675
    Event Place: Yorkshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Sept 1671
    Event Place: Pennsylvania, United States

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Fact

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1735
    Event Place: Pennsylvania, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
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