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Peter Pelham

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Birthplace: London Greater London, England
Death: December 01, 1751 (55)
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Burial: Burial: Cremated, Other. Specifically: Unknown
Immediate Family:

Son of Peter Pelham and Penelope Pelham
Husband of Margaret Pelham; Martha Patty Pelham and Mary Sarah Copley
Father of Peter Pelham, Jr.; Charles Pelham; William Pelham; Phebe Pelham; George Pelham and 1 other

Managed by: Ned Reynolds
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About Peter Pelham

Married widow of Richard Copley, mother of portrait artist John Singleton Copley

Birth: Sep. 26, 1696 London Greater London, England Death: Dec. 1, 1751 Boston Suffolk County Massachusetts, USA

Father of Peter Pelham, Organist for Bruton Parish Chapel, in Williamsburg, Virginia. Famous colonial engraver in Boston. He trained his famous stepson, John Singleton Copley, who become the famous mezzotint engraver of the Colonial era. Copley engraved pictures of some of the Founding Fathers.

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Parents:
 Peter Pelham (1671 - 1756)

Spouses:

 Martha Patty Guy Pelham (1700 - 1734)
 Margaret Lowrey Pelham (1710 - 1748)
 Mary Sarah Singleton (1710 - 1789)

Children:

 Peter Pelham (1721 - 1805)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Cremated, Other. Specifically: Unknown

Maintained by: Abigail Banks Dennison Originally Created by: Andrea Winstead Record added: Aug 24, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 57584514

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Peter Pelham's Timeline

1696
September 26, 1696
London Greater London, England
1720
December 1720
London, Middlesex, England
1721
December 9, 1721
London, London, England
1722
November 1722
London, Middlesex, England
1726
1726
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
1729
February 22, 1729
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
1748
February 14, 1748
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1751
December 1, 1751
Age 55
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States