Document G.27 · headstone photographs · transcription: verbatim
Headstone photographs, Daniel Cooper and Grace Cooper, Presbyterian Church at Basking Ridge Cemetery, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
- repository
- Maintainer's own photographs
- collection
- Presbyterian Church at Basking Ridge Cemetery (photographs, 2006 and August 2008)
What is transcribed: The two stones, which stand in adjacent plots. A numbered marker post beside Daniel's stone reads 251. Grace's verse is legible only in part. Earlier versions of this entry gave both verses from Theodore Cooper's 1903 transcription ([I.24]); the stone readings below replace them, and differ from it in Daniel's verse.
People named
| As written | Role | Identified as | What this document says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Cooper Esq.r | deceased | Daniel Cooper Sr 1695–1795 | death: 2 May 179[5] burial: Presbyterian Church at Basking Ridge Cemetery, Bernards Twp, Somerset Co., New Jersey |
| Grace the 1.st wife of Daniel Cooper Esq. | deceased | Grace (Runyon) Cooper 1707–1755 | death: 8 Nov 1755 burial: Presbyterian Church at Basking Ridge Cemetery, Bernards Twp, Somerset Co., New Jersey |
Transcription and notes
Daniel Cooper
In memory of Da- niel Cooper Esq.r who died May 2.d 179[5] aged 100 years & 2 days Our age to seventy years is set How short the time how frail the state And if to eighty we arive We'd rather sigh and groan and live
The fourth digit of the year lies under a cemented crack; what survives matches this carver's 5, and the third digit is a 9. The long s is written as s.
Grace Cooper
In memory of Grace the 1.st wife of Daniel Cooper Esq.r who died Nov.r 8.th 1755 aged 49 Years Weep not for me my friends For why my race is run [...] the will of God [line illegible]