Document A.6 · probate abstract · transcription: verbatim

Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. VIII (1791–1795), p. 84 — the abstract of Benjamin Cooper's intestate administration, File 1704J.

repository: Published archival abstract
collection: New Jersey Post-Revolutionary Documents / Calendar of Wills, Vol. VIII (1791–1795)
identifier: Vol. VIII, p. 84
date: 1795-02-05

What is transcribed: The COMPLETE Benjamin Cooper entry on p. 84, quoted verbatim. The rest of the page (including Daniel Sr's will, which is [A.9]) is not transcribed here.

People named

As written	Role	Identified as	What this document says
Cooper, Benjamin	deceased	Benjamin Cooper 1741–1794	death: before 31 Dec 1794 residence: Hunterdon Co., New Jersey
John H. Cooper	administrator	John H Cooper
John Dawes	administrator
Dennis Wickoff	fellowbondsman
John Hoffman	appraiser

What this document records

Children

NAMES NONE. He died intestate, so the administration entry names only the administrators, the fellowbondsman and the appraisers — there is no will to enumerate legatees. ⇒ this record cannot answer who Benjamin's children were, and that is structural, not a gap in the transcription.

Relationships

STATES NONE. No relationship is given between the decedent and any of the five men named — not for John H. Cooper, not for John Dawes. The abstract records roles only.

Transcription and notes

Provenance, what the record does NOT say, and every person it names are in the header and are not repeated here.

Verbatim — the Benjamin Cooper entry, entire

1795, Feb. 5. Cooper, Benjamin, Capt. of Hunterdon Co. Int. Adm'rs—John H. Cooper and John Dawes; both of Lebanon Twsp., said Co. Fellowbondsman—Dennis Wickoff, of Tewksbury, said Co.

1794, Dec. 31. Inventory, £132.4.6; made by John Hoffman and Dennis Wickoff.

1796, Feb. 3. Account by John H. Cooper, one of the Administrators; total £197.16.10. File 1704J.

Int. = intestate. Lib. 36, p. 168 is the volume-and-page the abstract cites, which is [A.7].