7552. William COPELAND
COPELAND/COPLEN AND ALLIED FAMILIES
William and Mary immigrated to the south side of the Rappahannock River
into what was then Lancaster Co. VA. William's first wife, Mary, apparently
died c1660 and he then married Grace. William and Grace's children, William
and John, were christened in Christ Church, Middlesex Co. VA and their birth
dates, as recorded in the Parish Register, were 26 Mar 1667 and 21 Mar 1669
respectively.Based on Lancaster Co. VA records, William (or Will, as he was called) was
known as a carpenter in his early years in VA. In 1655, he bought 537 acres
of land "on S. side of the Rappahannock River and on the N. side of Sunder-
land Creek, bordering land of Richard Lewis" from Daniel and Elizabeth
Welsh. In 1663, Will Copeland was appointed Constable of Lancaster Co.
(in the portion south of the Rappahannock which became Middlesex Co. in
1673. Will was still living htere in 1668 and died there probably c1700.
7620. Stephen ARNOLD
THE ARNOLD MEMORIAL - He (Stephen) had, in Pawtuxet and other places in Rhode Island, large landed property, a protion of which, called the Cowesett Purchase, he divided among his sons in his lifetime. In 1682 he was one of the Inman proprietors of land spoken of in ancient deeds as the "thousnad acre purchase." Stephen had a garrison house at Providence where his father took refuge when forced to leave his home during the Indian War.
7632. John INGALLS
NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES Genealogical and Memorial Volume III
He lived in Lynn, MA, but removed from there provious to 1687, as would
appear from the follwing record: "John Ingalls of the Church of Bristol, Rhode
Island, 1687, late of Toverton." He settled next at Rehoboth, Massachusetts,
where his death is thus recorded: "Old John Ingalls died Dec. 31, 1721." His
will was dated April 16, 1718, and mentioned his sons John and Edmund, and two
daughters, Elizabeth Crabtree and Sarah Hayward.
7634. Benjamin LUDDEN
Genealogies of the EARLY FAMILIES OF WEYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS
(page 412-13) He died, probably on the expedition to Canada, between 15 July,
1690 and 28 Jan 1691. Capt. Ephraim Hunt of Weymouth led the Weymouth
expedition, and Benjamin Ludden(son) became a proprietor of Ashfield in 1739 as
heir to a soldier who served under Capt. Hunt. "Being now called fourth as a
souldier in this time of great distress for to fight the Lord's Battells
against the bloody enemies of the Chh & people of God in New england namely
those Antichristian & Bloody ffrench together with those Bloody murtherous &
Salvage Indians and considering whether I may Returne againe with my Life to
see my parents, wife & relations," made his will, 15 July 1690.
7636. James WHEELER (twin)
NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES - GENEALOGICAL AND MEMORIAL - VOL III
(page 1025) He removed to Rehoboth, and was a resident of Swansea in 1738. He
died in 1753.