Deacon Benjamin Copeland

1708 - 1790  (82 years)

• Name	Deacon Benjamin Copeland  [1]
  Birth	5 Oct 1708	Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	of Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts   [4]
  Death	20 Oct 1790	Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts   [3, 5]
  Person ID	I39508	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LD
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	William Copeland,   b. 15 Nov 1656, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts d. 30 Oct 1716, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Mary Bass,   b. 11 Feb 1669, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts d. 10 Apr 1725 (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	13 Apr 1694	Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts   [6, 7]
  Family ID	F23214	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Allen,   b. 15 Apr 1709, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts d. 20 Mar 1801, Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	21 Nov 1734  [3]
  Children	+ 1. Susanna Copeland,   b. 1 Apr 1740, Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts d. 12 Mar 1816 (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F23213	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2024

  
  

• Notes

  He was a tanner and currier.

  
  

• Sources

  [S5287] The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower by Gary Boyd Roberts. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2020. [S2717] Massachusetts births and christenings, 1639-1915, on familysearch.org. [S7065] The Copeland Family by Warren Turner Copeland. Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Publishing Company, 1937. [S7062] Danforth Genealogy: Nicholas Danforth of Framlingham, England, and Cambridge, N.E. (1589-1638) and William Danforth, of Newbury, Mass. (1640-1721) and Their Descendants by John Joseph May. Boston: Charles H. Pope, 1902. [S2984] Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910, on familysearch.org. [S1739] Mayflower Increasings: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants by Susan E. Roser. 2nd edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1995. [S7065] The Copeland Family by Warren Turner Copeland. Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Publishing Company, 1937., date only.