"1. Thomas1 Copley was of Springfield at the time of his marriage in 1672; subsequent to which he lived at Westfield, Mass., until about 1679, when he settled at Suffield, now in Connecticut but then in Massachusetts. At Suffield he was highway surveyor in 1681 and 1689, and constable in 1688. Thomas Copley, John Burleson, William Holleday, and James Lawton of Suffield were sent to keep garrison at Deerfield, 12 Apr. 1697. 'Old Thomas Copley' died at Northampton, Mass., 29 Nov. 1713 [error for 1712]. … He was the son of widow Elizabeth Copley, who married at Windsor, Conn., Nathaniel Phelps. They moved to Northampton, Mass., in a few years, …"
