The Coopers of Long Hill

Document G.92 · find a grave memorial · transcription: verbatim

Find a Grave memorial 150816493 - Daniel Cooper Jr., Old Cemetery, Long Hill, Morris County, New Jersey

repository
Find a Grave
date
1787

What is transcribed: The whole memorial: header with plot, gravesite details, bio, family panel (two parents, spouse, four siblings and four children, with memorial ids) and three images - two photographs of the headstone and a typed transcription of it. The parser returned no Ancestry record links.

People named

As writtenRoleIdentified asWhat this document says
Daniel Cooper Jr. deceased Daniel Cooper Jr 1729–1787
birth: 14 Jan 1729, Long Hill, Morris County, New Jersey
death: 25 May 1787, Long Hill, Morris County, 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
Anna "Nancy" Cross Cooper spouse Nancy (Cross) Cooper 1737–1803
John Cooper sibling John Cooper 1738–1778
Rosanna Cooper Gaston sibling Rosanna (Cooper) Gaston 1743–1817
George Cooper sibling George Cooper 1745–1801
Anna Cooper Carle sibling
Mary Cooper Crane child Mary (Cooper) Crane 1759–1831
Peter Cooper child Peter Cooper 1761–1847
Dr John Cooper child John Cooper Sr 1765–1851
Sarah Cooper Kirkpatrick child Sarah (Cooper) Kirkpatrick 1776–1852

Transcription and notes

Bio, as given on the memorial:

Daniel was the son of Daniel Cooper Sr. & Grace Runyon Cooper. It appears as though he lived his entire life in Long Hill, Morris, New Jersey. He married Anna Cross, year of marriage unknown at this time. 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: "Anna "Nancy" Cross Cooper", 1737-1805, m. 1755, memorial 150815727 - sibling: "John Cooper", 1734-1778, memorial 150811719 - sibling: "Rosanna Cooper Gaston", 1742-1817, memorial 26663343 - sibling: "George Cooper", 1745-1801, memorial 7633052 - sibling: "Anna Cooper Carle", 1750-1795, memorial 7633001 - child: "Mary Cooper Crane", 1759-1831, memorial 132609879 - child: "Peter Cooper", 1761-1847, memorial 70802191 - child: "Dr John Cooper", 1765-1851, memorial 169490858 - child: "Sarah Cooper Kirkpatrick", 1775-1852, memorial 147200281

Gravesite details, as given on the memorial: "Photos by Guy Roshto".

Photograph (headstone; the verse is under a break):

DC Here lies the Body of Daniel Cooper jun[r] who died M[a]y the 25[th] 1787 aged 58 Years

Image (typed transcription, posted on the memorial):

DC Here lies the Body Of Daniel Cooper jun[r] who died May the 25th 1787. Age 58 Years My friends& children when [unreadable] the sod of earth which covers [unreadable] Remember well your [unreadable] Prepare for death [unreadable]