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Thomas Copley III (1763 - 1856)

Thomas Copley III
Born in Montgomery, Virginiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , , , , , , , and [half]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of — married 7 Aug 1786 in Montgomery, VA, USAmap
Descendants descendants
Father of and
Died at about age 93 in Wayne, West Virginia, United Statesmap
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Biography

Thomas Copley was born in 1764 in the Colony of Virginia.[1] He died after 1850 in Wayne County Virginia (West Virginia).

Name

Name: THOMAS 1763 /COPLEY/[2][3]

Birth

Birth:
Date: 1763
Place: Montgomery, VA, USA[4][5]

Found multiple copies of BIRTH DATE. Using 1763

Marriage

Husband: Thomas 1763 Copley
Wife: Sarah Sally Norris
Child: William Henry Copley
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Marriage:
Date: 07 AUG 1786
Place: Montgomery, VA, USA[6]
Marriage:
Date: 4 Sep 1786
Place: Montgomery, VA, USA


Husband: Thomas 1736 Copley
Wife: Rhonda Prater
Child: Thomas 1763 Copley
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Step
Child: James B. Copley
Relationship to Father: Natural
Relationship to Mother: Natural
Marriage: [some say 3 JAN 1792 Montgomery County, Virginia.]
Date: 13 JUL 1792
Place: GILES COUNTY, VA, USA[7]

Residence

Residence:
Date: 1850
Place: District 66, Wayne, VA, USA[8]

Research Notes

On findagrave:

Thomas Copley Jr was born in 1765 to Thomas Copley II and Mary (Day) Copley in Montgomery County,Virginia.

Thomas Copley Jr married Mary Marshall and Sarah Norris.

Children:

Ebenezer Copley

Thomas Copley Jr passed away in 1850 in Waynesboro City Virginia.

During the 1850 US Census:

Thomas Copley, age 86, was living in Wayne, Virginia, with his wife, Mary Copley, age 69, and

Charles Burt, unknown relationship, age 27

Dwelling #624 Family#651, race: white. Thomas and Mary were born in Virginia and Charles in Ohio. Charles' occupation is Farmer. No household members can read and write. Thomas is Blind.

In the same dwelling with family #652 is Penelope Copley with 3 children that I consider Charles Burt might the their father.

Living next door is nephew, William (wife Nancy) Copley, the son of Thomas' brother James Benton Copley.

2nd FAG [1]: Name: Thos./Copley Sex: Male Death Date: 1856 Death Place: Wayne, West Virginia Age at Death: 92y 2m 2d Informant: Thomas Copley +++++++++++ Father: Thomas Sr. Copley b: 19 AUG 1736 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England Mother: Mary Day b: in Leckhamstead, Buckingham, England

1st Marriage: Mattie Bar ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2nd Marriage: Sarah 'Sally' Norris Married: 7 AUG 1786 in Montgomery Co, VA

Known Children: 1. Thomas Jefferson Copley b: in Giles Co, VA 2. Clarinda 'Clary' Copley b: in North Carolina ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3rd Marriage: Mary Rachel Frasher

Known Children: 1. Sarah Copley 2. Cyrus Copley 3. James Copley 4. Nancy Copley 5. Penelope Copley +++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Additional Notes

Note: #Joshua Copley
Birth: ABT 1760 in Aboard ship on way to America
Father: Thomas Copley
Mother: Mary Day
Marriage 1 Sarah Morris
Children
1. William Henry Copley b: ABT 1790 in Virginia
Sources:
1. Abbrev: SAP - family info
Title: SAP - family info
Note:
Source Media Type: Letter
Repository:
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# Thomas Copley
Sex: M
UID: A3DF8FC843CAD611871B0040F453705DC33D
Birth: ABT 1764 in Montgomery Co., VA
Father: Thomas Copley
Mother: Mary Day
Marriage 1: Sarah "Sally" Norris
Children:
1. Clarinda Copley b: 1803 in Virgina
2. Thomas Copley b: ABT 1801
Marriage 2: Mary Frasher b: ABT 1781
Children:
1. Penelope Copley b: ABT 1827
Note: Thomas Copley Memorial Church 1
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=8b7a2ae6-9ef1-4d04-b04a-6a394ea42c82&tid=11795205&pid=544


Sources

  1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DY-86D : 4 April 2020), Thomas Copley, Wayne county, part of, Wayne, Virginia, United States; citing family 651, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  2. ↑ Source: #S-2096946822 Page: Source number: 353.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JED. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=275739&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1764 Birth place: Marriage date: 1786 Marriage place: APID: 1,7836::275739
  3. ↑ Source: #S-2096873161 Page: Year: 1850; Census Place: District 66, Wayne, Virginia; Roll: M432_980; Page: 262B; Image: . Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=15621461&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1764 Birth place: Virginia Residence date: 1850 Residence place: District 66, Wayne, Virginia APID: 1,8054::15621461
  4. ↑ Source: #S-2096946822 Page: Source number: 353.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JED. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=275739&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1764 Birth place: Marriage date: 1786 Marriage place: APID: 1,7836::275739
  5. ↑ Source: #S-2096873161 Page: Year: 1850; Census Place: District 66, Wayne, Virginia; Roll: M432_980; Page: 262B; Image: . Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=15621461&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1764 Birth place: Virginia Residence date: 1850 Residence place: District 66, Wayne, Virginia APID: 1,8054::15621461
  6. ↑ Source: #S-2096946822 Page: Source number: 353.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JED. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=275739&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1764 Birth place: Marriage date: 1786 Marriage place: APID: 1,7836::275739
  7. ↑ Source: #S-2096946822 Page: Source number: 355.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JED. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=worldmarr_ga&h=275740&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1736 Birth place: or Marriage date: 1792 Marriage place: VA APID: 1,7836::275740
  8. ↑ Source: #S-2096873161 Page: Year: 1850; Census Place: District 66, Wayne, Virginia; Roll: M432_980; Page: 262B; Image: . Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=15621461&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1764 Birth place: Virginia Residence date: 1850 Residence place: District 66, Wayne, Virginia APID: 1,8054::15621461
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 October 2020), memorial page for Thomas Copley Jr. (1763–1850), Find A Grave: Memorial #166480865; Maintained by Genealogy Researcher (contributor 48945311) Unknown.
  • Same person? Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 October 2020), memorial page for Thomas Copley Jr. (1764–19 Oct 1856), Find A Grave: Memorial #96637323, citing Thomas Copley Cemetery, Webb, Wayne County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Walter Pack Family (contributor 47557175).
  • WikiTree profile Copley-237 created through the import of My Tree.ged on Aug 10, 2012 by Jennifer Justice. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Jennifer and others.
  • Source: S-2096736708 Repository: #R-2142803482 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees Note: Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=11795205&pid=544
  • Repository: R-2142803482 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com Note:
  • Source: S-2096873161 Repository: #R-2142803482 Title: 1850 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, Note: APID: 1,8054::0
  • Source: S-2096946822 Repository: #R-2142803482 Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was deriv Note: APID: 1,7836::0

CLARINDA "CLOE" 1802/6 MARCUM d. 1880 D/O Thomas Copley, II and 1st Wife, Sarah (Norris) Copley FAG: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44862168?search=true hasFAG spouse/children





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