Document G.134 · search results · transcription: verbatim
Find a Grave cemetery search, Old Bethlehem Presbyterian Churchyard, Grandin, Hunterdon County, New Jersey (cemetery 2220599), last name "Cooper" (2 results), with memorial 188634435
- repository
- Find a Grave
- date
- 1763
What is transcribed: The whole results list ("2 matching record[s]") and memorial 188634435 in full. The Infant Son's memorial (188634442) not read.
People named
| As written | Role | Identified as | What this document says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charity Hoff Cooper | deceased | Charity (Hoff) Cooper | death: 18 May 1763 burial: Old Bethlehem Presbyterian Churchyard, Grandin, Hunterdon County, New Jersey |
| Infant Son Cooper | child | ||
| Benjamin Cooper | spouse | Benjamin Cooper 1741–1794 |
Transcription and notes
Search: Old Bethlehem Presbyterian Churchyard, last name "Cooper". "2 matching record".
| Name | Birth - Death | Plot |
|---|---|---|
| Charity Hoff Cooper | unknown - 18 May 1763 | 149 / Owned by Benjamin Cooper |
| Infant Son Cooper | 11 May 1763 - 11 May 1763 | 149 / Owned by Benjamin Cooper |
Memorial 188634435: - Name: "Charity Hoff Cooper" - Birth: "unknown" - Death: "18 May 1763" - Burial: "Old Bethlehem Presbyterian Churchyard", "Grandin, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA" - Plot: "149 / Owned by Benjamin Cooper"
Bio, as given on the memorial:
New Jersey Gen Web Project / Morris County Online collection of historical & genealogical databases available at http://www.usgenwebsites.org/NJMorris/ RE: Biographies / “Family Records: or Genealogies of the First Settlers of the Passaic Valley…” — Coopers (annotated) Extracted passage from: THE STORY OF AN OLD FARM OR LIFE IN NEW JERSEY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY WITH A GENEALOGICAL APPENDIX; BY ANDREW D. MELLICK, JR. Originally published by The Anionist=Gasette, Somerville, New Jersey, 1889. pp573-575 "*Benjamin Cooper married Charity, the daughter of Charles and Mary Hoff of Pittstown, in Hunterdon Co. The wife died on the 17th of May, 1763, after giving birth to a boy, and both mother and child are buried in the old graveyard of the Bethlehem Presbyterian church. They each have separate monuments upon which is inscribed their ages as well as their names, the mother's being given as seventeen and the child's as '4 hours'" ∼ Wife Of Benjamin Cooper; Daughter of Charles & Mary Hoff; Aged 17 Years.
Family panel: child "Infant Son Cooper", 1763-1763, memorial 188634442.
Photograph (stone):
HERE lies Interr'd y Body of Charity wife of Benjamin Cooper Dau.r of Charles & Mary Hoff in y County of Hunterdon West New Jersey who Departed this Life May 1[3 or 8] A.D 1763 aged 17 Years Who are Beholds this Monumentoll Ston Wee are informd that Under it lies one Who led A Carefull & A Vertuous life A Tender Mother & a Faithfull Wife As you ar now So once was I In health and Strength tho here I ley As I am now So you must Bee Prepare for Death & Follow me