Four or more generations of descendants of Hannah Copeland (1780-1834) if they are properly linked:
1. Hannah Copeland (1780-1834)
- 2. Loretta Bates (1804-1807)
- 2. Stella Bates (1806-1843)
- 2. Benjamin Edward Bates (1808-1878)
- 3. Josephine Bates (1839-1886)
- 3. Benjamin Edward Bates (1863-1906)
- 3. Sarah Hersher Bates (1867-1937)
- 3. Lillian Gilbert Bates (1872-1951)
- 2. William Billings Bates (1811-1880)
- 3. Alfred Willard Bates (1836-1892)
- 4. Willie Bates (1858-1910)
- 4. Alfred Willard Bates (1869-1896)
- 4. Thomas Towar Bates (1874-)
- 4. Putnam Asbury Bates (1875-1938)
- 4. John Grenville Bates (1880-1944)
- 3. Mary Jane Hodges Bates (1841-)
- 3. Harriet R Bates (1843-1847)
- 3. William Ellery Bates (1855-1857)
- 3. Alfred Willard Bates (1836-1892)
- 2. Charlotte Bates (1813-)
- 2. Elkanah G Bates (1816-1881)
- 2. Alfred Bates (1819-)
- 2. Elizabeth Bates (1823-)