Daughter of John and Jane (Bruffe) Singleton of Quinville Abbey, County Clare. Wife to 1)Richard Copley (m. Ireland. deceased 1737) 2) Peter Pelham (m.1747, Boston)
Mother of Artist John Singleton Copley and of engraver Henry Pelham.
Ran a tobacco shop with husband Richard on Long Wharf- which she continued to operate after his death and throughout the Revolutionary War. They also offered classes in reading, writhing, maths and French as well as painting, needlework and dancing.
Daughter of John and Jane (Bruffe) Singleton of Quinville Abbey, County Clare. Wife to 1)Richard Copley (m. Ireland. deceased 1737) 2) Peter Pelham (m.1747, Boston)
Mother of Artist John Singleton Copley and of engraver Henry Pelham.
Ran a tobacco shop with husband Richard on Long Wharf- which she continued to operate after his death and throughout the Revolutionary War. They also offered classes in reading, writhing, maths and French as well as painting, needlework and dancing.
Gravesite Details
Burial May 4. Cemetery defunct. If not reinterred elsewhere by family, removed to Mt Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge.
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