Four or more generations of descendants of William Copeland (1748-1840) if they are properly linked:
1. William Copeland (1748-1840)
- 2. Isaac Copeland (1776-1777)
- 2. William Copeland (1778-1849)
- 2. Hannah Copeland (1780-1834)
- 3. Loretta Bates (1804-1807)
- 3. Stella Bates (1806-1843)
- 3. Benjamin Edward Bates (1808-1878)
- 4. Josephine Bates (1839-1886)
- 4. Benjamin Edward Bates (1863-1906)
- 4. Sarah Hersher Bates (1867-1937)
- 4. Lillian Gilbert Bates (1872-1951)
- 3. William Billings Bates (1811-1880)
- 4. Alfred Willard Bates (1836-1892)
- 5. Willie Bates (1858-1910) ... (more)
- 5. Alfred Willard Bates (1869-1896) ... (more)
- 5. Thomas Towar Bates (1874-) ... (more)
- 5. Putnam Asbury Bates (1875-1938) ... (more)
- 5. John Grenville Bates (1880-1944) ... (more)
- 4. Mary Jane Hodges Bates (1841-)
- 4. Harriet R Bates (1843-1847)
- 4. William Ellery Bates (1855-1857)
- 4. Alfred Willard Bates (1836-1892)
- 3. Charlotte Bates (1813-)
- 3. Elkanah G Bates (1816-1881)
- 3. Alfred Bates (1819-)
- 3. Elizabeth Bates (1823-)
- 2. Luen William Copeland (1783-1811)
- 2. Elijah Copeland (1785-1872)
- 2. Sally Copeland (1787-1814)
- 2. Betsey Copeland (1789-1790)
- 2. Belinda Copeland (1791-1848)
- 2. Alvin Copeland (1793-1826)
- 2. Eunice Copeland (1795-1824)
- 2. Susanna Copeland (1798-1798)