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Mary Singleton

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Colonial Boston shopkeeper, mother of artist John Singleton Copley

Lived 1710 to 1789 · aged 79
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Mary Singleton Copley Pelham was an Irish-American colonial settler. Her son was the artist John Singleton Copley. She operated a tobacco retail and wholesale business and taught education, art, and manners classes. By 1751, she had been widowed twice.

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Mary Singleton Copley Pelham was an Irish-American colonial settler. Her son was the artist John Singleton Copley. She operated a tobacco retail and wholesale business and taught education, art, and manners classes. By 1751, she had been widowed twice. Her sons, John Singleton Copley and Henry Pelham were accomplished artists. She was step-mother to her second husband, Peter Pelham's five children.

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Lived 1710 to 1789 · aged 79
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