Jonathan Copp, son of Jonathan and Margaret Copp, of Stonington, and grandson of Deacon Jonathan Copp, of that part of New London which is now Montville, Connecticut, was baptized August 1, 1725.
Soon after graduation he became the master of the New London Grammar school, and there in 1747 fell under the influence of the Rev. Matthew Graves, a missionary of the Church of England, and was led to conform to that Church. He crossed the ocean for orders, in the summer of 1750, and was ordained deacon by the Bishop of London (Sherlock), December 23, and advanced to the priesthood four days later. He returned to America at once, a missionary to Augusta, Georgia.
Here he labored, under discouraging circumstances, from 1751 till 1755, when he accepted an invitation to the rectorship of St. John's Parish, Colleton District, South Carolina, where he remained till his death, January 4, 1762, in his 37th year.
He married. May 30, 1747, Mrs. Esther Seabury, daughter of James Rogers, originally of New London and afterwards of Norwalk, Connecticut.
AUTHORITIES.
Connecticut Church Documents, i, 265.
Dalcho, Hist, of the P. E. Church in S. C, 361.
N. E. Hist, and Geneal. Register, x, 369.
Stevens, Hist, of Ga., i, 361-2.
Wheeler, Hist, of 1st Church, Stonington, 218.
