Sarah (--?--)

Spouse: Patrick Fassett
Marriage:

• Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Baltimore : Genealogical Publishing, 1985), p. 260.

1. Benjamin Fassett, born 7 Jul 1690, Billerica, Middlesex Co, MA

Notes:

Some sources suggest Sarah's surname is Reyley. [Src: Clarence Almon Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Baltimore : Genealogical Publishing, 1985), p. 260; also Katherine Fassett Schuster, The Fassett Genealogy: Descendants of Patrick and Sarah Fassett (Binghampton, NY: author, 1974), p. iv.

John Brewer

Spouse: Mary Jones
Marriage: 5 Jul 1693, Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA

• Sudbury Vital Records to the End of the Year 1849; John Brewer and Hannah Jones, who is in later records called Mary.
• Henry Bond, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Society, 1860), p. 92; online at Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/genealogiesoffam121bond/page/92/mode/2up : accessed 7 Jan 2023).
• Charles Henry Pope, Merriam Genealogy in England and America (Boston, Mass.: Charles H. Pope, 1906), p. 69; online at Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/merriamgenealogy00pope/page/68/mode/2up : accessed 7 Jan 2023).

1. Mary Brewer, born estimated 1698

Nathaniel Cooledge

Death: 29 Jan 1732/33, Weston, Middlesex Co, MA

• Town of Weston, Births, Deaths, and Marriages 1707-1850, Gravestone, 1703-1900, Church Records, 1709-1825 (Boston: McIndoe Bros, Printers, 1901), p. 383; online at Archive.org, accessed 24 Dec 2022.

Spouse: Lydia Jones
Marriage: 2 Jan 1687/88, Watertown, Middlesex Co, MA

• Watertown Historical Society, Watertown Records Comprising East Congregational and Precinct Affairs 1697 to 1737 also Record Book of the Pastors 1686 to 1819 (Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1906), p. 98; online at AmericanAncestors.org, 6 Jan 2023.

1. Thankfull Cooledge, born estimated 1705

Rebecca Copeland

Birth: 16 Mar 1718/19, Braintree, Norfolk Co, MA

• Esther Littleford Woodworth-Barnes, Alicia Crane Williams, John Bradley Arthaud, et al., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations (Plymouth, Mass. : General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2015), John Alden, Vol. 16, part. 4, p. 169; online at AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2728/i/48619/169/68981891 : accessed 8 Jan 2023).
• Warren Turner Copeland, The Copeland Family (Rutland, Vermont: Tutle Plublishing, 1937), p. 20, 34-5; online at Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/copelandfamilyco00cope/page/20/mode/2up : accessed 8 Jan 2023).

Father: William Copeland
Mother: Mary Thayer

Spouse: Isaac Parks
Marriage: 14 May 1740, Uxbridge, Worcester Co, MA

• Uxbridge Vital Records to 1850

Notes:

Note that Rebecca's presumed sister, Anna Copeland, married Adonijah Fassett, son of Benjamin Fassett and his first wife Elizabeth Parks.¹

Sources:

1. Esther Littleford Woodworth-Barnes, Alicia Crane Williams, John Bradley Arthaud, et al., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations (Plymouth, Mass. : General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2015), John Alden, Vol. 16, part. 4, p. 172-3; online at AmericanAncestors.org (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB2728/i/48619/172/68981894 : accessed 25 Jan 2023).

Stephen Fish

Spouse: Mary Micrist
Marriage: 22 Nov 1680, Salem, Essex Co, MA

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-G47H : 19 May 2022), Steephen Fish and Mary Micrist, 22 Nov 1680; citing Marriage, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009706.

1. Stephen Fish, born 15 Dec 1695, Reading, Middlesex Co, MA

Caleb Grant

Spouse: Elizabeth Jackson
Marriage:

• Frank Farnsworth Starr, The Edward Jackson Family of Newton, Massachusetts in the Line of Commodore Charles Hunter Jackson ... (Hartford, Conn. : University Press, 1895) p. 39, also 33; Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/edwardjacksonfam00star/page/39/mode/1up : accessed 6 Jan 2023).

1. Sarah Grant, born 16 Mar 1701/2, probably Watertown, Middlesex Co, MA

Elizabeth Jackson

Spouse: Caleb Grant
Marriage:

• Frank Farnsworth Starr, The Edward Jackson Family of Newton, Massachusetts in the Line of Commodore Charles Hunter Jackson ... (Hartford, Conn. : University Press, 1895) p. 39, also 33; Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/edwardjacksonfam00star/page/39/mode/1up : accessed 6 Jan 2023).

1. Sarah Grant, born 16 Mar 1701/2, probably Watertown, Middlesex Co, MA

Lydia Jones

Death: 21 May 1718, Weston, Middlesex Co, MA

• Town of Weston, Births, Deaths, and Marriages 1707-1850, Gravestone, 1703-1900, Church Records, 1709-1825 (Boston: McIndoe Bros, Printers, 1901), p. 385; online at Archive.org, accessed 24 Dec 2022.

Spouse: Nathaniel Cooledge
Marriage: 2 Jan 1687/88, Watertown, Middlesex Co, MA

• Watertown Historical Society, Watertown Records Comprising East Congregational and Precinct Affairs 1697 to 1737 also Record Book of the Pastors 1686 to 1819 (Boston: David Clapp & Son, 1906), p. 98; online at AmericanAncestors.org, 6 Jan 2023.

1. Thankfull Cooledge, born estimated 1705

Mary Jones

Spouse: John Brewer
Marriage: 5 Jul 1693, Sudbury, Middlesex Co, MA

• Sudbury Vital Records to the End of the Year 1849; John Brewer and Hannah Jones, who is in later records called Mary.
• Henry Bond, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts (Boston: New England Historic and Genealogical Society, 1860), p. 92; online at Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/genealogiesoffam121bond/page/92/mode/2up : accessed 7 Jan 2023).
• Charles Henry Pope, Merriam Genealogy in England and America (Boston, Mass.: Charles H. Pope, 1906), p. 69; online at Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/merriamgenealogy00pope/page/68/mode/2up : accessed 7 Jan 2023).

1. Mary Brewer, born estimated 1698

Joseph Merriam

Birth: 3 Mar 1697, Lexington, Middlesex Co, MA

• Charles Henry Pope, Merriam Genealogy in England and America (Boston, Mass.: Charles H. Pope, 1906), p. 69; online at Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/merriamgenealogy00pope/page/68/mode/2up : accessed 7 Jan 2023).

Death: 15 Nov 1745

• Charles Henry Pope, Merriam Genealogy in England and America (Boston, Mass.: Charles H. Pope, 1906), p. 69; online at Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/merriamgenealogy00pope/page/68/mode/2up : accessed 7 Jan 2023).
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16639581/joseph-meriam: accessed 07 January 2023), gravestone photo for Joseph Meriam (d. 14 Nov 1745), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16639581, Old Burying Ground, Lexington, Middlesex Co, MA, maintained by Bill Boyington (contributor 46800933).

Burial: Old Burying Ground, Lexington, Middlesex Co, MA

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16639581/joseph-meriam: accessed 07 January 2023), gravestone photo for Joseph Meriam (d. 14 Nov 1745), Find a Grave Memorial ID 16639581, Old Burying Ground, Lexington, Middlesex Co, MA, maintained by Bill Boyington (contributor 46800933).

Spouse: Mary Brewer
Marriage: 9 Oct 1718, Weston, Middlesex Co, MA

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZV-7TXN : 28 Dec 2022), Joseph Merriam and Mary Brewer; citing Marriages, Weston, Middlesex Co, MA, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009675.
• Charles Henry Pope, Merriam Genealogy in England and America (Boston, Mass.: Charles H. Pope, 1906), p. 69; online at Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/merriamgenealogy00pope/page/68/mode/2up : accessed 7 Jan 2023).

Mary Micrist

Spouse: Stephen Fish
Marriage: 22 Nov 1680, Salem, Essex Co, MA

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-G47H : 19 May 2022), Steephen Fish and Mary Micrist, 22 Nov 1680; citing Marriage, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009706.

1. Stephen Fish, born 15 Dec 1695, Reading, Middlesex Co, MA