The Coopers of Long Hill

Document F.101 · church register · transcription: partial

History of the First Presbyterian Church, Morristown, N.J., Part II: The Combined Registers, 1742 to 1889 (341 pages)

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First Presbyterian Church, Morristown NJ — History of the First Presbyterian Church, Morristown, N. J., Part II: The Combined Registers, 1742 to 1889
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Part II, the Combined Registers (341 pp.)

What is transcribed: 1742-1889, alphabetical by surname; each Cooper-headed family forms a clustered block, with cross-references under spouse surnames (Boyle, Goble, Wick, Ayres, Roff, Riggs, Youngblood, Pierson). 84 Cooper-surname hits across the volume.

People named

As writtenRoleIdentified asWhat this document says
Ichabod Cooper Sr head
Phebe _ Cooper spouse
Hannah (Morris) Lyon Cooper spouse
Moses Cooper child
Samuel Cooper child
Rachel Cooper child
Ephraim Cooper child
Daniel Cooper child
David Cooper child
Lewis Cooper child
Silas Cooper child
Phebe Cooper child
Huldah Cooper child
'Hannah' Cooper child
John Cooper member John Cooper 1738–1778
Magdalen Boyle spouse Lynche Boyle Cooper 1746–1809
Constant Cooper head
Abigail (Kenny) Cooper spouse
Sarah _ Cooper spouse
Phebe (Vanderhoof) Cooper spouse
David Cooper child
Mehetabel Cooper child
[unnamed child] child
Ebenezer Cooper deceased
Doritheah Cooper member
Elizabeth Cooper bride
Mary Cooper bride Mary (Cooper) Ayres 1746–1809
Mary Cooper bride
Phebe Cooper bride
Rubin Cooper groom
Margaret Cooper bride
Jemima Cooper bride
Stephen Cooper groom
Stephen Cooper child
Ann Eliza Cooper bride
Anna Isabella Cooper member
Mary Elizabeth Cooper member
Eliza Cooper bride
George Cooper groom
James Cooper deceased James Cooper 1786
James Cooper of Roxbury groom
James J. Cooper member
Myra Kenward Cooper child
John J. Cooper deceased
Joseph B. Cooper groom
Maria G. Cooper bride
William J. Cooper member
Agnes Jackson (Cooper) child
William S. Cooper deceased
Mary W. (Smith) Cooper spouse
Polly Cooper child
Polly Cooper II child
Amos Cooper child
Margaret Cooper child

What this document records

Abbreviations

B. = baptised; C. = communicant; L. = by letter; R. C. = received into communion; aet. = aged; dg. = daughter; dis. = dismissed. "B. f. w." is printed without expansion here.

Moses null

No Moses Cooper in the volume other than Moses, son of Ichabod, b. 15 Feb. 1770.

Transcription and notes

A. Cooper, Ichabod (book pages 48-49)

Cooper, Ichabod ; C. 4 May 1770 ; d. 27 Nov. 1809, aet. 68.

Phebe — L. 1770 ; d. 30 April 1777, aet. 32.

Hannah (Morris), wid. [of Ephraim] Lyon ; m. 21 June 1778 : "moved away," Roll 1 ; L. 23 Nov. 1826, fr. 1st. Ch., Newark ; d. 7 June 1831, aet. 84.

Moses, b. 15 Feb. 1770 ; B. 6 May 1770.

Samuel, b. 15 Jan. 1773 ; B. f.w. 28 Feb. 1773, [m. 26 Dec. 1801, to Hannah Freeman.]

Rachel, b. 8 July 1775 ; B. 13 Aug. 1775 ; d. 6 Jan. 1778, aet. 2.

Ephraim, b. 4 May 1779 ; B. 12 May 1779.

Daniel, b. 20 Nov. 1780 ; B. 14 Jan. 1781.

David, b. 5 Dec. 1782 ; B. 5 Jan. 1783 ; [m. 12 Aug. 1802, to Susanna Hinds.]

Lewis, b. 16 Aug. ; B. 25 Sept. 1785.

Silas, b. 4 Oct. ; B. 11 Nov. 1787.

Phebe, b. 1 Sept. ; B. 8 Nov. 1789 ; d. 15 Dec. 1792, aet. 3.

Huldah, b. 6 June ; B. 15 July 1792.

"Hannah," d. 21 Sept. 1795, aet. 3.

Cross-references under Lyon and Morris

Ephraim Lyon ; m. 8 April 1764, Hannah Morris, who R. C. 3 Aug. 1775 ; C. 31 Aug. 1775 ; "moved away," Roll 1 ; [he ? d. in Aug. 1776, aet. 36 ; she ? m. 21 June 1778, Ichabod Cooper, q.v.]

Also from Morris cross-reference:

Morris, Hannah, m. 8 April 1764, Ephraim Lyon ; [? m. (2d) Ichabod Cooper.]

B. Cooper, John (book page 49)

Cooper, John ; C. 3 May 1765 ; "moved away." Roll 1 ; [at Rockaway Presby.ch. 1781 ; m. 11 Sept. 1763, Magdalene Boyle].

Cross-reference under Boyle:

Boyle, Magdalen m. II Sept. [11 Sept.], 1763, to John Cooper.

C. Cooper, Constant (book page 48)

Cooper, Constant.

Abigail Kenny ; m. 7 Dec. 1758 ; B. adult 18 Feb. 1759 ; d. 9 July 1771, aet. 28.

Sarah — d. 20 Feb. 1777, aet. 35.

Phebe Vanderhoof ; m. 10 April 1777.

David ; B. f.w. 25 Jan. 1761.

Mehetabel ; B. f.w. 4 Nov. 1763.

Plus an "unnamed child of Constant Cooper, d. 4 Nov. 1776" appears in deaths section : "Cooper, Constant ; a child of his d. 4 Nov. 1776."

D. Other Cooper entries

Verbatim register entries:

E. Wick, Henry

Wick, Henry ; [b. 23 Oct. 1707] ; d. 21 Dec. 1780, aet. 72 ; he m. Mary Cooper ; b. 4 ___

Henry ; [b. 9 March 1737 ; d. 10 Sept. 1781] ; m. 7 Feb. 1760, Elizabeth Cooper

F. Lyon, Ephraim

Ephraim Lyon ; m. 8 April 1764, Hannah Morris, who R. C. 3 Aug. 1775 ; C. 31 Aug. 1775 ; "moved away," Roll 1 ; [he ? d. in Aug. 1776, aet. 36 ; she ? m. 21 June 1778, Ichabod Cooper, q.v.]

Rebecca [dg.] ; b. 3 Sept. 1764 ; B. f.w. 3 Aug. 1775.

Isaac [s.] ; b. 20 Nov. 1766 ; B. f.w. 3 Aug. 1775.

Ezekiel [s.] ; b. 17 Feb. 1769 ; B. f.w. 3 Aug. 1775.

James [s.] ; b. 4 Aug. 1773 ; B. 12 Sept. 1773.

Samuel [s.] ; b. 23 Nov. 1773 ; B. f.w. 3 Aug. 1775 ; [? d. 9 Dec. 1788, aet. 15.]

Mary [dg.] ; b. 12 March 1775 ; B. f.w. 3 Aug. 1775 ; C. 1 Nov. 1796 ; "moved," Roll 2.