Person:Thomas Copps (1)

Thomas Copps was baptised on 1st December 1745 in the small village of Letchworth, Hertfordshire, son of Elizabeth Copps, formerly Arnold, and her husband Henry Copps, a labourer. Sadly young Thomas died as a baby, being buried just four months after his baptism.

1. ↑ Church of England. Parish Church of Letchworth. Parish registers, 1696-1937. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   1745 / Thomas, the Son of Henry Copps, & Elisabeth his second wife, was Baptiz[e]d, on Dec[em]ber the 1st

2. ↑ Church of England. Parish Church of Letchworth. Parish registers, 1696-1937. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   1746 / Thomas, the Son of Thomas Copps, & Elisabeth, his wife, was Buried, on Apr[il] 2

   Although the father's name is here given as Thomas rather than Henry, no evidence has been found to suggest that there was a couple called Thomas and Elizabeth Copps living in the area at this time, and the only Copps couple having children in Letchworth at this time was Henry and Elizabeth. It is therefore considered more likely that a mistake was made on the burial register as to the father's name.