I have split this family into two groups.
Group 1. c1.JAMES COPLEY
Group 2. c25.JONAS COPLEY
(I am unable,at the moment to make a connection between these two groups.)
Both groups do however connect to the Knowles Family
If you make a connection to group 1 of the Copley family
E.mail Terry Lunn This is part of his family Genealogy.
Group 1
JAMES COPLEY.had the following children.
c2. JONAS COPLEY born.c.1782
JOB COPLEY born.c.1786
MARTHA COPLEY born.c.1788
WALT COPLEY born.c.1788
c2. JONAS COPLEY born.c.1782.Son of JAMES COPLEY. He married MARY SMITH in 1804 at Kirkburton.
They had the following children.
c3. GEORGE COPLEY born.c.1805
c4. WILLIAM COPLEY born.c.1807
c5. JOB COPLEY born.c.1810.
c6. SARAH COPLEY born.c.1820.
c3. GEORGE COPLEY born.c.1805 at Kirkburton,Yorkshire.Son of JONAS COPLEY & MARY SMITH.
He married on the 24 Apr 1830 at Kirkburton Parish Church,ELIZABETH KNOWLES.Daughter of
JONATHAN KNOWLES & MARY LOCKWOOD.Born.c.1810 in
Kirkburton,Yorkshire. They had the following children.
c** ELIZABETH ANN COPLEY.
c** JOB COPLEY.born.c.1844
c** HENRY COPLEY.born.c.1846
c** ANN COPLEY.born.c.1846
c** FANNY COPLEY.bon.c.1857
c8. HARRIOT COPLEY.born.c.1861
c9. MARY A COPLEY.born.c.1835
c10. JONAS COPLEY.born.c.1839
c11. MARTHA E COPLEY.born.c.1841
c12. JOSH COPLEY.born.c.1843
c13. SARAH COPLEY.born.c.1848
c4. WILLIAM COPLEY born.c.1807 at Kirkburton,Yorkshire.Son of JONAS COPLEY & MARY SMITH.
He married BATHSHEBA ?.
They had the following children.
c14. HARRIET COPLEY.born.c.1832
c15. BEN COPLEY.born.c.1828
c16. ANN COPLEY.born.c.1829
c17. DAVID COPLEY.born.c.1839
c18. FANNY COPLEY.born.c.1843
c19. ALFRED COPLEY.born.c.1840
c** NAPOLEON COPLEY.born.c.1835
c** SAMUEL COPLEY.born.c.1831
c5. JOB COPLEY born.c.1810 at Kirkburton,Yorkshire.Son of JONAS COPLEY & MARY SMITH.
He married SARAH STRINGER in 1833 at Wakefield,Yorkshire.
They had the following children.
ELIZABETH COPLEY.born.c.1836
MARY ANNE COPLEY.born.c.1834
c6. SARAH COPLEY born.c.1820 at Kirkburton,Yorkshire.The daughter of JONAS COPLEY & MARY SMITH.
She married on the 19 Nov 1846 at Kirkburton JOHN NEWTON born.c.1824.The son of BENJAMIN NEWTON & ANN KNOWLES
c8. HARRIET COPLEY born.c.1827 at Kirkburton,Yorkshire.Daughter of GEORGE COPLEY & ELIZABETH KNOWLES.
c9. MARY ANN COPLEY born.c.1835 at Kirkburton,Yorkshire.Daughter of GEORGE COPLEY & ELIZABETH KNOWLES.
She married on the 20 Sep 1857 at Kirkburton Parish Church,JOHN ARMITAGE born.c.1837 at Kirkburton.Son of DAVID ARMITAGE.
c10. JONAS COPLEY born.c.1839 at Kirkburton,Yorkshire.Son of GEORGE COPLEY & ELIZABETH KNOWLES.
He married ANN ARMITAGE born.c.1841 at Kirkburton,Yorkshire.
They had the following children.
c21. GEORGE ARTHUR COPLEY.
c22. NANCY ELIZABETH COPLEY.
c11. MARTHA ELLEN COPLEY born.c.1841 at Kirkburton,Yorkshire.Daughter of GEORGE COPLEY & ELIZABETH KNOWLES.
c12. JOSH COPLEY born.c.1843 at Kirkburton,Yorkshire.Son of GEORGE COPLEY & ELIZABETH KNOWLES.
c13. SARAH COPLEY born.c.1848 at Kirkburton,Yorkshire.Daughter of GEORGE COPLEY & ELIZABETH KNOWLES.
c14. HARRIOT COPLEY born.c.1827 at Kirkburton,Yorkshire.Daughter of WILLIAM COPLEY & BATHSHEBA ?.
c15. BEN COPLEY born.c.1828 at Kirkburton,Yorkshire.Son of WILLIAM COPLEY & BATHSHEBA ?.
He had the following children.
c23. EMMA COPLEY.
c24. NAPOLEON COPLEY.
c16. ANN COPLEY born.c.1829 at Kirkburton,Yorkshire.Daughter of WILLIAM COPLEY & BATHSHEBA ?.
c17. DAVID COPLEY born.c.1839 at Kirkburton,Yorkshire.Son of WILLIAM COPLEY & BATHSHEBA ?.
c18. FANNY COPLEY born.c.1843 at Kirkburton,Yorkshire.Daughter of WILLIAM COPLEY 7 BATHSHEBA ?.
c19. ALFRED COPLEY born.c.1846 at Kirkburton,Yorkshire.Son of WILLIAM COPLEY & BATHSHEBA ?.
c21. GEORGE ARTHUR COPLEY.Son of JONAS COPLEY & ANN ARMITAGE.Born.c.1874 in Kirkburton,Yorkshire.
c22. NANCY ELIZABETH COPLEY.Daughter of JONAS COPLEY & ANN ARMITAGE.Born.c.1874 in Kirkburton,Yorkshire.
c23. EMMA COPLEY born.c. 1854 at Kirkburton,Yorkshire.Daughter of BEN COPLEY & MARY ?.
She married on the 17 Jan 1874 at Kirkburton Parish Church,PRESTON TUNNICLIFFE born.c.1853 at Kirkburton.
Son of HENRY TUNNICLIFFE & MARY KNOWLES
c24. NAPOLEON COPLEY born.c.1862 at Kirkburton,Yorkshire.Son of BEN COPLEY & MARY ?.
He married on the 28 Jun 1884 at Kirkburton Parish Church,ELIZABETH ANNE PINDER born.c.1861 at
Kirkburton.Daughter of EDWARD PINDER.
c26.JAMES COPLEY born.c.1785 bon.c.1785.died.c.1814.Son of JONAS COPLEY.
He married ELIZABETH(Betty)HIRST on the 29 Oct 1807 at Kirkburton.
They had the following children.
c27.HENRY COPLEY born.c.1808
--JOHN COPLEY born.c.1811
--SUSANNAH COPLEY born.c.1814
c27.HENRY COPLEY born.c.1808.Son of JAMES COPLEY & ELIZABETH(Betty)HIRST.
He married on the 16 Feb 1829 at Kirkburton SELINA LODGE.
They had the following children.
--SARAH COPLEY born.c.1829
--MARY COPLEY born.c.1832
--HARRIET COPLEY born.c.1835
--JAMES COPLEY born.c.1837
c28.MARTHA COPLEY born.c.1840
--SIMON COPLEY born.c.1846
c29.SABRINA COPLEY born.c.1849
--BYNAY COPLEY born.c.1849
c28.MARTHA COPLEY born 6 Feb 1840 at Kirkburton.Daughter of HENRY COPLEY & SELINA LODGE.
She married JOHN TODD on the 3 Oct 1864 at Kirkburton.
They had the following children.
--ELLEN TODD born.c.1871 at Kirkburton. She married on the 04 Feb 1893 at Kirkburton.
SAM KNOWLES born.c.1868 at Kirkburton.The son of ALFRED KNOWLES & SOPHIA SHAW.
c29.SABRINA COPLEY born.c.1849 at Kirkburton.Daughter of HENRY COPLEY & SELINA LODGE.
She married on the 11 Jul 1870 WALTER KNOWLES born.c.1845 at Kirkburton.
Son of ANN KNOWLES (unmarried).
