Elizabeth Clarke Copley Greene
(1770-1866)
BIRTH
1770
PLACE
NAME
Elizabeth Clarke Copley
DEATH
1866
PLACE
FAMILY
BROTHER
John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst
(1772-1863)
CHILDREN
John Singleton Copley
(1738-1815)
CHILDREN
Susanna Clarke Copley
(1745-1836)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
NOT YET RESEARCHED
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MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Elizabeth Clarke Copley Greene (1770–1866) was the Boston-born daughter of painter John Singleton Copley and Susanna Clarke. Raised partly in London, she appears in her father’s family portrait. In 1800 she married Gardiner Greene and returned to Boston, where their mansion and garden became local landmarks. Her daughter Martha Amory’s travel letters to her were later published. The family also preserved Copley’s art; Martha brought the family portrait to America in 1864.
EARLY LIFE
Elizabeth Clarke Copley was born in Boston in 1770, a daughter of painter John Singleton Copley and Susanna Farnham Clarke Copley. The reviewed family records establish her parentage but provide no reliable detailed account of her childhood schooling or early training.
Elizabeth Clarke Copley married Gardiner Greene in 1800 and is documented in the Copley and Greene family histories. No reliable evidence of a separate occupation, professional career, or public office was found in the reviewed material. Her father’s artistic profession cannot be assigned to her.
CAREER
DEATH
Elizabeth Clarke Copley Greene died in 1866. Elizabeth Clarke Copley Greene was the Boston-born daughter of painter John Singleton Copley and Susanna Clarke. Raised partly in London, she appears in her father’s family portrait. In 1800 she married Gardiner Greene and returned to Boston, where their mansion and garden became local landmarks. Her daughter Martha Amory’s travel letters to her were later published. The family also preserved Copley’s art; Martha brought the family portrait to America in 1864. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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