The Coopers of Long Hill

Document A.3 · estate inventory · transcription: verbatim

Supplementary inventory of the estate of Benjamin Cooper of Lebanon, 18 February 1795 — two inventories on one page, the second of farm produce claimed by John H. Cooper. File 1704J.

repository
Hunterdon County Surrogate, Flemington, N.J.
identifier
Probate file 1704J
date
1795-02-18

What is transcribed: The single page 10 in full — both inventories and the closing attestation. The bond ([A.1]), main inventory ([A.2]) and final account ([A.4]) are separate entries from the same file.

People named

As writtenRoleIdentified asWhat this document says
Benj Cooper deceased Benjamin Cooper 1741–1794
John H Cooper claimant John H Cooper
Mrs Cooper mentioned
Mr Vanderventer mentioned
Dennis Wickoff witness

What this document records

Two inventories

THERE ARE TWO INVENTORIES ON THIS PAGE, AND THE SECOND IS A CLAIM. The first lists personal goods on the premises (total £7. 10. 0). The second is headed "… Claimed By John H Cooper" and lists farm produce (total £31. 13. 9). ⇒ the second is an assertion of ownership BY the administrator against the estate, not a valuation of the deceased's goods. What that implies is not argued here — see Benjamin Cooper.

Transcription and notes

Provenance, the retracted date reading, and the fact that the second list is a CLAIM are in the source: and coverage: headers and are not repeated here.