Document G.227 · find a grave memorial · transcription: verbatim
Find a Grave memorials 150815383 and 7476239 - Stephen Cooper (Old Cemetery, Long Hill, Morris County) and Mehetabele Merry Day Colwell (Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Somerset County), New Jersey
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- Find a Grave
- date
- 1844
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What is transcribed: Two memorials. 150815383 (Stephen, Old Cemetery, Long Hill): header, bio, family panel (spouse, with memorial id) and two images: his headstone and a contributor's typed transcription of it. 7476239 (Mehetabele Merry Day Colwell, Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, plot 67): header, gravesite note, bio (a christening note and a long family quotation), family panel (one parent, two spouses and two children, with memorial ids) and three images; its report is in source.files. The parser returned no Ancestry record links on either.
People named
| As written | Role | Identified as | What this document says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Cooper | deceased | Stephen Cooper 1767–1844 | death: 14 Jul 1844, Long Hill, Morris County, New Jersey burial: Old Cemetery, Long Hill, Morris County, New Jersey |
| Mehetabele Merry Day Colwell | spouse | Mehitabel Day (Colwell) Cooper 1787–1827 | |
| Mehetabele Merry Day Colwell | deceased | Mehitabel Day (Colwell) Cooper 1787–1827 | death: 24 Mar 1827 burial: Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey |
Transcription and notes
- Name: "Stephen Cooper"
- Birth: "unknown"
- Death: "14 Jul 1844 - Long Hill, Morris County, New Jersey, USA"
- Burial: "Old Cemetery", "Long Hill, Morris County, New Jersey, USA"
- Plot: "Unknown"
Bio, as given on the memorial:
Stephen Cooper was a brother of Daniel and John Cooper. I'll do additional research and try to find out more about him and will post the data. The Cooper stones are now located at Cooper Family Memorial Park. My thanks to Guy Roshto for taking the photos for Old Cemetery and to Kelly Roshto for sharing the with me.
Family panel: - spouse: "Mehetabele Merry Day Colwell", 1788-1827, memorial 7476239
Photograph (Stephen's headstone):
STEPHEN COOPER. DIED July 14, 1844 Aged 7[7?] Years. [a verse of four lines, not legible in the photograph]
Image (a contributor's typed transcription of the same stone): "STEPHEN COOPER / DIED / July 14, 1844 / Aged 77 Years / Farewell ye friends who's [unreadable] care / Her [unreadable] engaged my love / Your fond embrace [unreadable] exchange / For better friends above".
Memorial 7476239, Mehetabele Merry Day Colwell: born 1788; died 24 Mar 1827 (aged 38-39); Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, plot 67. Gravesite note: "Died at age 35. Wife of John Colwell." Family panel: parent Col Israel Day (1765-1853, memorial 12741345); spouses John Colwell (1780-1821, m. 1806, memorial 7476241) and Stephen Cooper (memorial 150815383); children James Colwell (1808-1873, memorial 29942412) and Janet Parker Colwell (1819-1821, memorial 7476245).
Photograph (Mehetabel's headstone, worn):
[In memory of] MEHETABLE M. [wife] of STEPHEN COOPER [formerly wife] of JOHN COLWELL who died March 2[1 or 4] 1827 in the 3[9?] year of her age
Photograph (the plot, labelled by the contributor: "#67 Mehetable Merry Cooper, previous Colwell, nee Day"; "#66 John Colwell, husband of Mehetable"; "#65 Janet, daughter of John and Mehetable"; "#68 Hugh Colwell, previous son of John and Mehetable").