Hi, Randi, The only Copeland I have is Sarah Ann Copeland (Couplin) born 10/26/1817 Ohio Possibly Mt. Pleasant. However her daughter Maria Jane was born in West Virginia. Descendant's group record says Sarah's father was David Copeland and mother Ann. Sarah disowned for marrying Enoch Berry 6/27/1842. Note says Enoch may have been married before. Sarah/Enoch had several children, all scattered among neighbors and relatives in 1850 and 1860. Apparently both were dead by then. At one point I noticed that Sarah's sister had at least one of her children but I didn't make a note of her married name. She was a Copeland, though. One of the children was Maria Jane, born 11/26/1846 in Wheeling WVA died Somerton 2/23/1917. That's all I have and I'm just guessing that Sarah's husband Enoch Berry must have been related to my Berry line since my ancestor fostered their daughter, Maria Jane. Jae On Jul 13, 2007, at 4:27 PM, Randi Meetzen wrote: > Hi Would you be nterested in sharing some of your Copeland line? I > have Copelands from this area who originally were in MD. > My Sarah Copeland married John Timmons > Randi > > Jae BROWN <jberry@indy.rr.com> wrote: > > > You can find listings of early Belmont County marriages online, but > something happened to me recently which reminded me that the actual > document can be fascinating. > > I noticed that my ancestor in in 1860 had two young girls living with > him, both named Maria Berry, one was Maria A Berry and one was Maria > J Berry. I knew Maria A was his daughter, but didn't know Maria J was > and suspected it wasn't his daughter. In fact, I had observed that > there seemed to be a number of Berry children in Belmont County not > living with their own families in 1850 and 1860. > > Well, through a series of events, I met the great granddaughter of > the Maria J Berry. The descendant still lives in Belmont County AND > she had Maria J's marriage certificate. The marriage certificate's > requirement that the bride be 18 was crossed out and 17 written in > instead and the certificate included this fascinating note: > > The father of David (M.C. Brown... the groom) is present and makes > this application. The parents of Mary Jane is deceased and she has > no guardian. > > Of course... the father and mother were dead and Maria J, plus a > number of other children had obviously been distributed to other > families. In 1850 we see Maria J living with one of the founders of > the Methodist church in Belmont County. > > Interestingly, my Belmont County contact also had Maria J's death > certificate, which named her father (Enoch) and mother (Sarah > Copeland). > > Jae > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHBELMON- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > Randi Bowles-Meentzen > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHBELMON- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

For those researching the name Copeland, I looked in the Ohio Quaker records and see that "Sarah Ann Berry (form. Couplin)"...so, that's one to keep in mind....this was from the Somerset mm, in Belmont Co

Thank you Jae, I will see if this fits into my tree. Thanks again, Randi Jae BROWN <jberry@indy.rr.com> wrote: Hi, Randi, The only Copeland I have is Sarah Ann Copeland (Couplin) born 10/26/1817 Ohio Possibly Mt. Pleasant. However her daughter Maria Jane was born in West Virginia. Descendant's group record says Sarah's father was David Copeland and mother Ann. Sarah disowned for marrying Enoch Berry 6/27/1842. Note says Enoch may have been married before. Sarah/Enoch had several children, all scattered among neighbors and relatives in 1850 and 1860. Apparently both were dead by then. At one point I noticed that Sarah's sister had at least one of her children but I didn't make a note of her married name. She was a Copeland, though. One of the children was Maria Jane, born 11/26/1846 in Wheeling WVA died Somerton 2/23/1917. That's all I have and I'm just guessing that Sarah's husband Enoch Berry must have been related to my Berry line since my ancestor fostered their daughter, Maria Jane. Jae On Jul 13, 2007, at 4:27 PM, Randi Meetzen wrote: > Hi Would you be nterested in sharing some of your Copeland line? I > have Copelands from this area who originally were in MD. > My Sarah Copeland married John Timmons > Randi > > Jae BROWN wrote: > > > You can find listings of early Belmont County marriages online, but > something happened to me recently which reminded me that the actual > document can be fascinating. > > I noticed that my ancestor in in 1860 had two young girls living with > him, both named Maria Berry, one was Maria A Berry and one was Maria > J Berry. I knew Maria A was his daughter, but didn't know Maria J was > and suspected it wasn't his daughter. In fact, I had observed that > there seemed to be a number of Berry children in Belmont County not > living with their own families in 1850 and 1860. > > Well, through a series of events, I met the great granddaughter of > the Maria J Berry. The descendant still lives in Belmont County AND > she had Maria J's marriage certificate. The marriage certificate's > requirement that the bride be 18 was crossed out and 17 written in > instead and the certificate included this fascinating note: > > The father of David (M.C. Brown... the groom) is present and makes > this application. The parents of Mary Jane is deceased and she has > no guardian. > > Of course... the father and mother were dead and Maria J, plus a > number of other children had obviously been distributed to other > families. In 1850 we see Maria J living with one of the founders of > the Methodist church in Belmont County. > > Interestingly, my Belmont County contact also had Maria J's death > certificate, which named her father (Enoch) and mother (Sarah > Copeland). > > Jae > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHBELMON- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > Randi Bowles-Meentzen > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHBELMON- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to OHBELMON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Randi Bowles-Meentzen