Person:Catherine Copley (2)

Catherine Copley
b.Abt 1760
Facts and Events
Name Catherine Copley
Married Name[3] Most Hon. Catherine Hamilton, Marchioness of Abercorn
Gender Female
Birth[4] Abt 1760
Marriage Bond 19 Jun 1779 St. Marylebone, London, Englandto Most Hon. John James Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn KG PC
Marriage License 19 Jun 1779 St. Marylebone, London, Englandto Most Hon. John James Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn KG PC
Marriage 20 Jun 1779 St. Marylebone, London, Englandto Most Hon. John James Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn KG PC
Death[1] 13 Sep 1791 Harrow, Middlesex, Englandat Bentley Priory
Burial[1][2] 19 Sep 1791 Stanmore, Middlesex, England

Personal History

Catherine died 13 September 1791 at Bentley Priory[1] and was buried 19 September in the parish of Stanmore, Middlesex.[2]

Marriage and Family

(see the Family page for references)

On 19 June 1779, in the Diocese of London, John James Hamilton Esq. of the parish of St. George, Hanover Square, Middlesex, appeared to make oath that he was a bachelor aged 21 years and up and intended to marry Catherine Copley of the parish of St. Marylebone, Middlesex, a spinster and minor aged 19 years. Her father Sir Joseph Copley Bt. also appeared to make oath and give his consent. Both men signed a bond in the amount of £200. On the next day, John and Catherine were married by licence in the parish of St. Marylebone by Joseph Turner. It was witnessed by [Earl of] Abercorn (John's uncle) and Jos. Copley (Catherine's father).

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59)
    vol. 1, p. 7.

    See transcript, under ABERCORN: EARLDOM IX.

  2. 2.0 2.1 Church of England. Parish of St John the Evangelist, Stanmore (Middlesex). Parish Registers, 1599–1989. (Salt Lake City: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1969)
    London Metropolitan Archives, City of London DRO/014/A/01/005. Register of baptisms and burials, 1765–1796, p. 53.

    Digital image in London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538–1812 (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/1624/31281_a100315-00027 : accessed 7 Feb. 2018).

    Burials, 1791, “Sepr 19 Marchioness of Abercorn”

  3. From 1790 when her husband was created Marquess of Abercorn.
  4. From the age at which she was married, see the references for her marriage.