Document G.123 · find a grave memorial · transcription: verbatim
Find a Grave memorial 150811719 - John Cooper, Old Cemetery, Long Hill, Morris County, New Jersey
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- 1778
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What is transcribed: The whole memorial: header, inscription and bio (both as typed by the contributor), family panel (two parents, spouse, four siblings and one child, with memorial ids) and two images - a photograph of the brownstone (cut out from its background) and a typed transcription of it. The parser returned no Ancestry record links (the records in suggested_records were taken from an earlier reading of the page).
People named
| As written | Role | Identified as | What this document says |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Cooper | deceased | John Cooper 1738–1778 | birth: 20 Aug 1734, Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey death: 31 Mar 1778, New Jersey burial: Old Cemetery, Long Hill, Morris County, New Jersey |
| Judge Daniel Cooper | parent | Daniel Cooper Sr 1695–1795 | |
| Grace Runyon Cooper | parent | Grace (Runyon) Cooper 1707–1755 | |
| Magdalen Lynche Boyle Cooper | spouse | Lynche Boyle Cooper 1746–1809 | |
| Daniel Cooper Jr | sibling | Daniel Cooper Jr 1729–1787 | |
| Rosanna Cooper Gaston | sibling | Rosanna (Cooper) Gaston 1743–1817 | |
| George Cooper | sibling | George Cooper 1745–1801 | |
| Anna Cooper Carle | sibling | ||
| Lucretia Cooper Moore | child | Lucretia Cooper 1778 |
Transcription and notes
- Name: "John Cooper"
- Birth: "20 Aug 1734 - Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey, USA"
- Death: "31 Mar 1778 (aged 43) - New Jersey, USA"
- Burial: "Old Cemetery", "Long Hill, Morris County, New Jersey, USA"
Bio, as given on the memorial:
From The History of Morris County, New Jersey, This published by W.W. Munsell & Co., 1882, Chapter 31, Pages 260-264. "Let us look at another of these ancient worthies. The parents of Daniel Cooper emigrated from Holland to New York in the year 1695." This apparently is a brother of Daniel Cooper. Long Hill, Morris, New Jersey with the Cooper family. Born at the old homestead in Passaic valley,Morris County - near what is now called Millington. Married Magdeline and they resided on a farm on Long Hill, Morris Co, NJ - near Stirling station on D-L & W-R-R and adjoing the farm now (1907) occupied by the family of Alexander Cooper, son of Peter Cooper, son of Daniel Cooper, Jr. On Sept 28, 1793 the Executors of John Cooper deeded 1/4 of water power and grist mill to Daniel - John's son - so that it would appear that he had also engaged in milling. Contributor: Karen Hanna - [email protected] The Cooper stones are now located at Cooper Family Memorial Park. Thank you to Guy Roshto for taking the photos of the graves for Old Cemetery and Thanks to Kelly Roshto for sharing them with me.
Family panel: - parent: "Judge Daniel Cooper", 1695-1795, memorial 64658271 - parent: "Grace Runyon Cooper", 1706-1755, memorial 70802032 - spouse: "Magdalen Lynche Boyle Cooper", 1746-1809, m. 1763, memorial 70802082 - sibling: "Daniel Cooper Jr", 1729-1787, memorial 150816493 - sibling: "Rosanna Cooper Gaston", 1742-1817, memorial 26663343 - sibling: "George Cooper", 1745-1801, memorial 7633052 - sibling: "Anna Cooper Carle", 1750-1795, memorial 7633001 - child: "Lucretia Cooper Moore", 1764-1827, memorial 216664503
Inscription, as given on the memorial: "In memory of John Cooper who died March 31st, 1778, aged 40 years." "My friends that live to mourn and weep, To see my grave where in I sleep, Remember well that you may die, And be entombed, as well as I." as per the Cooper papers
Photograph (brownstone):
JC In memory of John Cooper who died March 31st. 1778 aged 4[6?] Years My friends that live to mourn & weep To see my grave wherein i sleep Remember well that you must die And be intomb'd as well as I
Image (typed transcription): "In memory of ~ John Cooper who died March 31st. 1778 aged 46 Years" and the same four lines of verse.