Daniel Cooper Sr × Grace Manning — Colonial Marriage Bond, 11 March 1768 (NJSA Colonial Marriage Bonds 1666–1799, Vol C Part 2 [1765–1797] p. 449). Bond signed by groom Daniel Cooper Esq.r + co-bondsman his son Dan.l Cooper Jun.r Esq.r (both of Morris Co.), under Gov. William Franklin; bride Grace Manning, Widow, of [Essex] County; witnesses Peter Kemble & Rich.d Kemble. Acquired NJSA Order 202605-87163 ([pr.72](../../projects/pr.72%20NJSA%20Order%20202605-87163%203%20Daniel%20Cooper%20marriage%20bonds.md)), received 2026-06-16.

Transcription and notes

Identification

• Repository: New Jersey State Archives — Colonial Marriage Bonds 1666–1799, Volume C (Part 2 : 1765–1797), p. 449.
• Subjects: Groom p.1 Daniel Cooper Sr (1695–1795) (his marriage #4); bride Grace Manning of Essex Co.; co-bondsman/son p.79 Daniel Cooper Jr.
• Acquired: NJSA Order 202605-87163 (pr.72), received 2026-06-16.
• Filename: (image held in the family archive) (1 p.).

Data from the document (printed form with manuscript insertions)

• Obligors: "We Daniel Cooper Esq.r & Daniel Cooper Jun.r Esq.r both of the County of Morris and Province of New Jersey are holden and do stand justly indebted unto…"
• Obligee: "His Excellency William Franklin Esq.r"
• Penal sum: "the Sum of Five Hundred Pounds, of current lawful Money of New-Jersey"
• Dated: "this Eleventh Day of March, Annoque Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Eight" (11 March 1768)
• Condition: "whereas the above-bounden Daniel Cooper Esq.r and Daniel Cooper Jun.r Esq.r hath obtained Licence of Marriage for Daniel Cooper Esq.r of the one Party, and for Grace Manning of [Essex] County Widow of the other Party…"
• Witnesses (Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of): "Peter Kemble" · "Rich.d Kemble"
• Signatures: "Daniel Cooper" [seal] · "Dan.l Cooper Jun.r" [seal]

Notes (standardized / cross-reference — not document text)

• Grace Manning was a WIDOW at the 1768 marriage — a new datum (her prior married surname therefore = "Manning"; maiden name still unknown). She was Daniel Sr's fourth wife.
• Co-bondsman = the groom's son, Daniel Cooper Jr ("Esq.r") — a family-network attestation (father + adult son both styled Esq.).
• Witnesses Peter & Richard Kemble — the prominent Morris/Somerset Kemble family (Peter Kemble of Mount Kemble, near Morristown).
• Marriage already attested at published-tier (NJ Colonial Documents Marriage Records p. 74; Vol 22) per p.1; this manuscript bond is the primary-source confirmation + adds bondsman/witness/"Widow" detail.
• Bride county read as Essex (matches the NJSA index residence); flagged [Essex] for the partially-obscured county word.