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Martha Tewksbury (Copp)

Also Known As: "Mrs Martha /Harvey/Tuxebury"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hatton, Warwickshire, England (United Kingdom)
Death: January 12, 1729 (98)
Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Copp and Anne Copp
Wife of Capt. William Harvey, of Boston and Admiral Henry Tewksbury
Mother of William Harvey; Capt. Thomas Harvey, of Amesbury; John Harvey, of Amesbury; Mary Harvey; Elizabeth Tewksbury and 10 others
Sister of Mary Copp; Rebecca Copp; John Copp; Joanna Norden and Ann Saxton
Half sister of David Copp; Naomi Copp; Jonathan Copp, I; Rebecca Copp; Ruth Mumford and 1 other

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About Martha Tewksbury


AKA Tewksbury Teweksbury Touexbury Tuxbury Tuxbrey Tueksbury

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Martha Copp, dau. of William Copp and Anne Rogers, was born August 1630 in Hatton, Warwickshire, England. She married 1st with CAPT. WILLIAM HARVEY, of Boston, in 1650. She married 2nd, on Nov. 10, 1659, with HENRY TEWKSBURY.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~colby/colbyfam/b3...

Martha COPP was christened/baptized on 16 AUG 1630 in Hatton, Warwickshire, England. She died on 12 JAN 1729/30 at Amesbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. (SOURCE: Early Vital Records of Essex County, Massachusetts to 1850 for Amesbury.)

Parents: William COPP and Anne ROGERS.

Spouse: William HARVEY. William HARVEY and Martha COPP were married about 1651 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Children were: William HARVEY, Captain Thomas HARVEY, John HARVEY, Mary HARVEY.

Spouse: Henry TEWKSBURY. Henry TEWKSBURY and Martha COPP were married on 10 NOV 1659 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. (SOURCE: Early Vital Records of Sulfolk County, Massachusetts to 1850.) Children were: Elizabeth TEWKSBURY, Hannah TEWKSBURY, Henry TEWKSBURY, Naomi TEWKSBURY, Ruth TEWKSBURY, Mary TEWKSBURY, Martha TEWKSBURY, Deacon John TEWKSBURY.

GEDCOM Note

Puritan Great Migration

Proof of Maiden name and Marriage

:"William Copp, father of Martha [Copp] [Harvey] Tewksbury, died in 1662, and his will was probated 31 October. He named therein his "daughter Tewksbury" and grandchildren William, Thomas, John and Mary Harvey."<ref>Harvey Book p ___, citing NEHGR XLVIII:459</ref>

Biography

Martha COPP was born about 1630 in Hatton, Warwickshire, England, daughter of William and Ann Rogers Copp. She married abt 1650 William Harvey of Boston (as distinct from William Harvey of Taunton). He was born in 1620 +/- at Ashill, Somerset, England, a son of Thomas and Joan Collis Harvey. by him had children William, Thomas, John and Mary, recorded in the Boston records. He died on 15 August 1658 at Boston, Massachusetts.

She was executor of her husband Harvey's estate in 1658. Martha first married, in 1651 at Boston, William Harvey Martha married, as her second husband, on 10 Nov. 1659 at Boston, Ma, Henery Tewksbury by whom she had at least two sons.

She possibly died 12 January 1730 at Amesbury, Massachusetts.

Children

by William Harvey:

  • William HARVEY b: August 27, 1651 d: Aft. 1662
  • Thomas HARVEY b: August 16, 1652 d: Abt. 1716 in Amesbury, MA* John HARVEY b: February 05, 1654/55 in Boston, MA d: March 08, 1705/06 in Amesbury, MA
  • Mary HARVEY b: 1657 d: Aft. 1662

by Tewksbury:* Henry TEWKSBURY b: Abt. 1640 m: November 10, 1659 in Boston, MA d: Unknown

  • Elizabeth TEWKSBURY b: August 22, 1660 in Boston, MA d: Unknown
  • Hannah TEWKSBURY b: September 01, 1662 in Newbury, MA d: Unknown
  • Henry TEWKSBURY b: December 15, 1664 in Newbury, MA d: Unknown
  • Naomi TEWKSBURY b: January 18, 1666/67 in Newbury, MA d: Unknown
  • Ruth TEWKSBURY b: March 10, 1668/69 in Newbury, MA d: Unknown* Mary TEWKSBURY b: January 23, 1670/71 d: Unknown
  • Martha TEWKSBURY b: March 03, 1672/73 d: Unknown
  • John TEWKSBURY b: July 27, 1674 d: Unknown

Birth

:: 1630

Death

:: 12 JAN 1729/1730 Amesbury, Essex County, MAcitation needed

:: Another, unsourced profile showed her death in 1670.

Name

: Martha Copp

Event

:: 16 AUG 1630 :: Arrival :: 1635 Massachusetts<ref>Filby</ref>

Note

Martha Copp Harvey Tewskbury : "The facts in the case are these: In 1650 there was residing in Boston a certain William Harvey, who was married in that year to Martha Copp, daughter of William Copp, of Boston, cordwainer. They became the parents of four children: i.: William, b. 27 Aug., 1651; ii. Thomas, b. 16 Aug., 1652; iii. John, b. 5 Feb., 1654; iv. Mary, b. 1656 or '7. In 1654 the first three of these children were baptized in Boston. [See "Report of the Record Comsrs. of Boston," pp. 46 and 49] : William the father died 15 Aug., 1658. [See "Report of the Record Comsrs.," p. 66.] His widow Martha married Henry : Tewksbury 10 Nov., 1659. [See "Report of Record Comsrs.," p. 72.] : William Copp, father of Martha (Copp) (Harvey) Tewksbury, died in 1662, and his will was probated 31 October. He named therein his "daughter Tewksbury" and grandchildren William, Thomas, John and Mary Harvey.[See New Engl. Hist. & Gen. Reg., XLVIII.: 459.]" from Message Board http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.britisles.england.gls.general....

Marriage

:: BET 1646 AND 1650<ref>Ancestral File</ref> ::: Husband: William Harvey

Sources ==* Treat, John. Ancestry of Col. John Harvey, of Northwood, New Hampshire (Priv. print., Boston, 1907) Page 7

Footnotes

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Martha Tewksbury's Timeline

1630
August 16, 1630
Hatton, Warwickshire, England (United Kingdom)
August 16, 1630
August 16, 1630
Hatton, Warws., England
August 16, 1630
Hatton, Warws., Eng
August 16, 1630
Hatton, Warws., Eng
August 16, 1630
Hatton, Warws., Eng
1651
August 27, 1651
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
1652
August 16, 1652
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
1655
February 5, 1655
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony