Thomas Copley

Thomas married Ruth Denslow on 15 Nov 1672 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA. Ruth (daughter of Henry Denslow and Susannah Denslow) was born on 19 Sep 1653 in Pine Meadow, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 5 Oct 1692 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Matthew Copley was born on 11 Nov 1673 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 11 Nov 1673 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA.
2. Thomas Copley was born on 28 Jul 1675 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA; died on 30 Aug 1751 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
3. Matthew Copley was born on 14 Apr 1679 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 18 Feb 1763 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
4. Samuel Copley was born on 20 Sep 1682 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died in 1747 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 30 Oct 1597, Skelbrooke, York, England

Thomas married Elizabeth Griswold on 7 May 1628. Elizabeth (daughter of George Griswold and Joanna Dousabele Leigh) was born in 1604 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England; died on 6 Dec 1712 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The following is based on excerpts from "Descendants of Thomas and Elizabeth Copley in America," by William Copley, Concord,49 High St., New Hampshire, 1981.

Thomas 1 Copley died August 18, 1634, leaving a widow with two young children and not much future in England. Since her parents and sister Sarah had emigrated to Dorchester, Mass., and then Windsor, Conn., in 1636, Elizabeth1 Copley followed suit. Her name is first mentioned in America on Sept. 17, 1650, when "widow Elizabeth Copley, and English woman," married Nathaniel Phelps in Windsor. He was born in England about 1627, the son of William Phelps. His brother Samuel married Elizabeth's sister Sarah Griswold less thatn two months later in Windsor.

Nathaniel and Elizabeth1 Phelps moved to Northampton, Mass., about 1656, where they spent the rest of their lives. Elizabeth1 was the mother of six children by her second husband. Nathaniel Phelps died in Northampton 27 May 1702. Elizabeth1 (Copley) Phelps died 6 Dec. 1712 in Northampton. She was probably about 100 years old, but no source gives her age.

George married Joanna Dousabele Leigh in 1594 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England. Joanna was born in 1576 in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England; died on 28 Aug 1615 in Wooten, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]