Document A.44 · probate file capture · transcription: partial
FHC capture of Benjamin Cooper's estate docket 1704J — Film 461828 / DGS 5646382, the same Hunterdon file already catalogued at [A.1]–[A.4].
- repository
- LDS Family History Center capture of Hunterdon Co. probate film
- identifier
- Film 461828 / DGS 5646382 — Benjamin Cooper estate docket 1704J
What is transcribed: An image-by-image content map of the film capture, plus notes on how it differs from the earlier PDF capture. The documents themselves are transcribed in [A.1]–[A.4], not here.
People named
| As written | Role | Identified as | What this document says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Cooper | deceased | Benjamin Cooper 1741–1794 | |
| John H. Cooper | administrator | John H Cooper |
What this document records
Why it exists
IT IS A SECOND, INDEPENDENT CAPTURE OF THE SAME DOCKET — useful because the earlier 9-page PDF is incomplete: it does not contain the supplementary inventory page that [A.3] transcribes. ⇒ for that document the film capture is the only route.
The misnamed file
ONE CAPTURED FILE IS NAMED WRONG AND IS LEFT WRONG. (archive file) shows a page dated February, verified at high zoom 2026-05-15 (see [A.3]). Rename on the next file pass; recorded here so the mismatch is not mistaken for a second document.
Transcription and notes
Provenance, why a second capture of an already-catalogued docket is worth keeping, and the
misnamed file are all in the source: and coverage: headers and are not repeated here.
The documents' verbatim contents are in [A.1]–[A.4].
Image-by-image content map
| FHC image | Filename | Content | Corresponds to existing entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| A-513 | (image held in the family archive) | Front of docket folder envelope; "1704J" stamp visible. | (cover only — no body content) |
| A-514 | (image held in the family archive) | Endorsement: "The Estate of Benjamin Cooper deceased, Accounts filed Feb 3d 1796. 1704J. Throckmorton Clk." + approval "We Allow the within Account Aug 4th 1796" with signatures Jos. Reading / Jos. Beavers / Wm. Haflett. | = A.4 page 1 cover endorsements |
| A-515 | (image held in the family archive) | Court document, State of New Jersey / Hunterdon County, referencing Benjamin Cooper deceased, signed Throckmorton, Surrogate. | = A.1 page 4 sworn-statement page OR A.4 page 2 sworn account |
| A-516 | (image held in the family archive) | Account-style register entry; "Hunterdon Wills 1703-1900" viewer label; dates 1794, 1795 visible; itemized £.s.d. figures. May be Volume 36 page 168 register ledger (= A.7) cross-included in the loose-paper film. | candidate match to A.7 register entry; verify on re-zoom |
| A-517 | (image held in the family archive) | Bond folder endorsement (rotated), date 1795. | = A.1 page 4 outer endorsement "Benjamin Cooper Intestate 1704J Flemington 1795 filed in Lib 35 folio 168" |
| A-518 | (image held in the family archive) | Printed "KNOW all Men by these Presents" bond form, dated 5th Day of February 1795, bond sum £275. Signatures John H. Cooper, John Dawes, Dennis Wickoff; witnessed R. Throckmorton, Surrogate. | = A.1 page 5 (the bond proper) |
| A-519 | (image held in the family archive) | Endorsement: "Benjamin Cooper, Hunterdon Co., Inv., 1795" + side note "Additional Inventory of the Estate of Benjamin Cooper 1795." | = A.2 page 7 wrapper / A.3 wrapper |
| A-520 | (image held in the family archive) | TWO inventories on one image (top + bottom panels). ** Date RESOLVED 2026-05-15 via maintainer high-res zoom: both panels read "February the 18[th] 1795 An Inventory of Goods on the premises of Benj's Cooper Late [of Lebanon]" — date is FEBRUARY 18, 1795 (NOT January 13/14 as v195 first-pass low-res reading suggested). My v195 "Jan 13/14" reading was a misread of cursive "February" (looping "F" can resemble "J" at low resolution). Top: items include 2 pitchforks, 1 raw hide, 3 rakes, beetle & wedge & axe, rocking cradle, 2 casks salted meat, dressing glass razors & box, warming pan, Mr Cooper's Wearing Apparel — £2. 5. 0, 1 half bushel, 1 old [plow] & shear. Bottom: oats one hundred bushels at 2/6 — 12.10.0, Buckwheat thirty Bushels at 4/0 — 6.0.0, Indian Corn thirty Bushels at 4/6 — 6.0.0, Hay 1 Ton & half — 3.15.0, Rye in the Sheaf Ten Bushels at 6/ — 3.5.0, Flax in the Sheaf — 0.3.9, "Mathers of Rye Near the Barn 4/9", "one half of Mr [Vanderventer's] Quine of [unclear]", "Mr Cooper from the Day and Year above 81.13.9 [unclear]". Bottom signature: Dennis Wickoff, Appraiser. = A.3 supplementary inventory** at primary-source register/loose-paper-FHC-capture level; the A.3 date "February 18, 1795" STANDS. Filename "Jan 1795" in moved file is stale and should be corrected on next pass. | |
| A-521 | (image held in the family archive) | Court endorsement signed by J. Throckmorton, Surrogate. | = A.2 page 8 sworn statement OR A.4 page 2 sworn account |
| A-522 | (image held in the family archive) | Inventory/account page with column for £, s, d showing values; header indicates Lebanon location. | candidate match to A.4 page 3 ledger OR an additional un-cataloged account page |
Data already verbatim in existing entries
The substantive verbatim transcription of the docket content is in A.1, A.2, A.3, A.4, and A.7. This entry adds the FHC alternate scans without re-transcribing the bodies.
New observations vs prior PDF capture
- ~~A-520 January-dating possibility~~ → RESOLVED 2026-05-15: my v195 first-pass "January 13/14, 1795" reading was wrong. Maintainer high-res zoom confirms BOTH inventory panels read "February the 18[th] 1795", matching A.3's existing date exactly. No catalog change required — A.3 date stands.
- "General Account By John Cooper" phrasing on A-520 bottom panel — confirms John (H.) Cooper's direct involvement in appraising the farm produce alongside Dennis Wickoff, consistent with A.3 "Claimed By John H Cooper" reading.
- No new heirs named. As with the prior PDF capture, the docket file does NOT name Benjamin's children as heirs; the Administration was intestate and only names administrators (John H. Cooper + John Dawes) and appraisers (John Hoffman + Dennis Wickoff). The Benjamin's-son-John identification question per project
pr.12 Benjamin daughters per Littell.mdremains primary-source-attested at the John H. Cooper administrator level only, not at an heir-distribution level.