Ann Saxton

Ann Copp was born in Hatton, Warwickshire, England on Aug. 13, 1630. She came to America from England June 17, 1635 on the ship Blessing, commanded by Capt John Leicester, with her father William and step-mother Goodeth. Her mother, Ann (Rogers) Copp, died 1633 in Warwickshire, England. She was baptised in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts on June 23, 1861.

Ann first married Herman Atwood 11 Aug 1645 in Boston and they were the parents of two children:

John/1647 - died young Sarah/1650

After Herman died in 1651, Ann married Thomas Saxton and they were the parents of:

Thomas/1652 Mary Samuel/8 Oct 1653 m. Elizabeth; 2) Susannah Adams Joseph/9 May 1656 Nathaniel/29 Nov 1658 (unmarried) Elizabeth/8 Jun 1661 Benjamin/18 May 1665

"Copp's Hill Burying Ground is Boston's second oldest burying ground. It was first founded in 1659 as Windmill Hill. The area was named after shoemaker William Copp who once owned the land.

GEDCOM Note

Biography==Ann was the daughter of William Copp and his first wife, Anne Rogers.<ref>Many sources, including Atwood and Woodgate and the Thwing Collection identify her mother as William Copp's second wife, Goodeth or Judith, but since Ann married in 1646, she has to have been born earlier than 1634, when William and Goodeth were married.</ref> Record of her baptism has not been found in the records of Hatton, Warwickshire. Based on her marriage in 1646, she is not likely to be the unidentified daughter of William Copp who was baptized in Hatton on 16 August 1630; Worthen suggested that the daughter baptized in 1630 was Martha, who married in 1650.<ref name=Worthen152>Worthen, "English Antecedents Of William Copp," page 152.</ref> Anne is estimated to have been born sometime after the birth of Joan, who was baptized in Hatton on 13 October 1625, and before 1630.

She married her first husband, Herman Atwood, on August 11, 1646.<ref>A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston Containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, Rockwell and Churchill, City Printers, Boston, Massachusetts, 1883. page 24: Herman Atwood & Ann Copp married 11th -- 6th month. </ref> Two children were born to their marriage: John and Sarah Atwood. <ref>Atwood and Woodgate, page 23.</ref><ref name=Thwing>Thwing Collection</ref>
Herman Atwood died in 1651 and Ann married Thomas Sexton (or Saxton) on March 10, 1651/2. There were four children from this second marriage: Samuel, Joseph, Nathaniel, and Elizabeth.<ref name=Thwing>Thwing Collection</ref> Anne Sexton died June 23, 1661, 15 days after the birth of her daughter Elizabeth Sexton.<ref name=Thwing>Thwing Collection</ref>

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• American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI): Author: Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.* Atwood, Charles, and Woodgate, Henry Arthur. History of the AtwoodFamily, in England and the United States. Boston: Press of G.H. Ware, 1888.* Find A Grave Memorial #75611273, Ann Copp Saxton. [No gravestone].* Public Member Trees Ancestry.com - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.* Thwing Collection: Inhabitants and Estates of the Town of Boston, 1630–1800 and The Crooked and Narrow Streets of Boston, 1630–1822. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014.) page 5795.* Torrey's New England Marriages to 1700. Vol. 1, page 52: ATWOOD,Herman/Harman (-1651) & Ann COPP (-1661), m/2 Thomas SAXTON 1651/2; 11 Aug 1646; Boston {McCormick-Hamilton 272; Cape Cod Lib. 41:2; Warner-Harrington 791; McIntire Anc. 318; Boston 24; Sv. 1:77, 457; Pope's Pioneers 23; Pillsbury Anc. 683; Reg. 8. * Worthen, Samuel Copp. "English Antecedents of William Copp of Copp'sHill, Boston." The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record,v. 64 (1933), no. 2, pages 150-152.