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Bradley Family Tree - William Copp, Cordwainer

William Copp, Cordwainer

8th Great-grandfather of Ruth Ann Hazen



William Copp was born in Hatton, Warwick District, Warwickshire, England in 1589. He married Ann Rogers at Hatton on November 24, 1614. They had six children, all born in Hatton. 
            
                Mary            b. 1616        d. 1617
                Rebecca       b. 1618        d. before 1641
                John             b. 1622        d. 1623
                Joanna          b. 1625       d. 1656
                Ann               b. 1627       d. 1661
                Martha          b. 1630       d. 1728

Ann Rogers died in 1633. William married Judith Ichenor on July 21, 1634 in Hatton. They had six children:

                David            b. 1635            d. 1713
                Naomi           b. 1638            d. 1653
                Jonathan        b. 1640            d. 1673
                Rebecca         b. 1641            d. bef, 1662
                Ruth               b. 1643            d. after 1662
                Lydia              b. 1646            d. after 1662

David was born in Hatton. Naomi might have been born in either place.  The other children were born in Boston. 

William, Judith, and the children immigrated to Boston sometime before July 4, 1640 when William was admitted as a member of the church in Boston. He was admitted Freeman on June 2, 1641. 

William was a cordwainer - a cobbler who only makes shoes from new leather. In addition he had a farm on a property that became known as Copp's Hill in Boston, and another property in Mount Walliston, now called Braintree. 

His exact date of death is not known, but his will was executed on March 15, 1669. His wife died on March 25, 1670 in Boston. 

The town of Boston purchased part of William Copp's land in 1659 to establish a graveyard for the town. Some of William's children were already buried on the land when it was purchased. The town of Boston initially named it the North Burying Ground. It is now known as Copp's Hill Burying Ground. 

One other note about Copp's Hill - During the Occupation of Boston, the British maintained a cannon battery on Copp's Hill. They used those cannons to fire on the Colonist forces in Charlestown during the Battle on Bunker Hill. 


Note: William Copp appears twice in Ruth Hazen family tree. 

William Copp > Martha Copp > John C. Tewksbury > John Tewksbury > Henry Tewksbury > Henry Tewksbury > Mariam C Tewksbury > Charles Sydney Babcock > Jessie Louise Babcock  > Charles Stuart Bradley > Ruth Ann Bradley

William Copp > Martha Copp > Naomi Tewksbury > Naomi Elliot > Sarah Calf > Henry Tewksbury > 
Mariam C Tewksbury > Charles Sydney Babcock > Jessie Louise Babcock  > Charles Stuart Bradley > Ruth Ann Bradley

Charts: B-Main and B-C

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