New England family history : a magazine devoted to the history of families of Maine and Massachusetts . ged twenty-six, and his brotherRichard, two years younger, embarked from London,England, 17 June, 1635, for Xew England in thebark Blessing. Joseph Leicester, master. In June, 1640, William was admitted to the FirstChurch, in Boston. i\Iass., and 2 June, the followingyear was admitted a freeman. He is said to havebeen married twice, and to have had a son anddaughter by the first wife. His second w-ifes name\vas Judith and she survived him. Drakes Historyof Boston says her maiden name was Tew
New England family history : a magazine devoted to the history of families of Maine and Massachusetts . ged twenty-six, and his brotherRichard, two years younger, embarked from London,England, 17 June, 1635, for Xew England in thebark Blessing. Joseph Leicester, master. In June, 1640, William was admitted to the FirstChurch, in Boston. i\Iass., and 2 June, the followingyear was admitted a freeman. He is said to havebeen married twice, and to have had a son anddaughter by the first wife. His second w-ifes name\vas Judith and she survived him. Drakes Historyof Boston says her maiden name was Tewksbury, andapparently takes his will for autliority; an examinationof the will as published (in 48 Gen. Reg., 459), showsa reference to a daughter of that name, and I am in-clined to believe that Drake was thus led into daughter mentioned was Martha, wdio marriedHenr> Tewksbury in 1659. William Copp owned the then beautiful hill inBoston which still bears his name, and on part ofwhich is Copps Hill Burying Ground. His wifestombstone is one of the oldest there. (See illustra-tion. ) 239. Gravestone of Judith Copp. William Copps estate amounted to £109:17:6. Heremembered in his will his grandchildren John- (seep. 236) and Sarah Atwood. His will was made 31Oct., 1662; he died March, 1670, and his will wasproved 2/ March of the same year. In the Boston Book of Possessions (says Drake),among the first entries is the description of the posses-sion of William Copp within the limits of Boston, viz,one house and lot of one-half acre in the mill-field,etc. His daughter Ann. by wife Judith, perhaps born mEngland, married 11 Aug., 1646, Harman^ Copp died 25 Alar., 1760, aged sixty-five. Referring to the Copps Hill Cemetery, Shurtlef?says: How and when it took its name is not Mr. William Copp, the cordwainer of the earlydays of the town, indeed dwelt on the northwesternpart of the extreme limits of the hill, but he did notdie until ten years after the e
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