Catherine Bigham Brode, Ludlow-Ross Genealogy: The Ancestors of Lydia Ludlow and Ogden Ross and Their Descendants, With Allied Families (privately printed, Walla Walla WA, 1932) — the Cooper, Runyon and Ludlow chapters at book pp. 68-89, from the NYPL copy digitised by Google Books.

Transcription and notes

Source identification

Verbatim — title page (book front matter, image seq_9)

LUDLOW-ROSS
GENEALOGY

THE ANCESTORS
of
LYDIA LUDLOW AND OGDEN ROSS
and
THEIR DESCENDANTS
With Allied Families

BY
CATHERINE BIGHAM BRODE

PRIVATELY PRINTED
WALLA WALLA, WASHINGTON
1932

Verbatim — "OUR WHITE LINE" chain (book page 19, image seq_23) = the author's matrilineal lineage

                   OUR WHITE LINE

14. William Algar of England.
13. Robert White m. Bridget Algar, dau. of William Algar.
12. John White b. 1595 d. 1683-4. m. Mary Levit d. 1666.
11. Nathaniel White b. abt. 1629 d. Aug. 27, 1711 m. Elizabeth ____.
10. Sarah b. Jan. 22, 1664 m. John Smith of Haddam.
 9. Elizabeth b. Nov. 26, 1699 d. Mar. 12, 1790 m. abt. 1726.
    Jeremiah Ludlow b. 1697 d. 1764.
 8. Cornelius Ludlow b. 1728 d. Apr. 27, 1812, m. Catherine Cooper, b. 1728.
 7. John Ludlow b. Dec. 12, 1752 d. Mar. 26, 1823 m. 1772. Catherine
    Cooper (his cousin) b. May 3, 1754 d. June 23, 1783.
 6. Lydia Ludlow b. Apr. 1, 1780 d. Apr. 4, 1826 m. Nov. 1, 1802,
    Ogden Ross b. Sept. 10, 1771, d. Nov. 2, 1869.
 5. Martha Catherine b. Jan. 16, 1807 d. Apr. 6, 1889 m. Jan. 15, 1829,
    William Bigham b. Apr. 12, 1802 d. Jan. 27, 1853.
 4. John Reed b. Oct. 27, 1831 d. Dec. 13, 1919 m. Oct. 11, 1859
    Roseann B. Traxler b. Apr. 20, 1833 d. April 15, 1924.
 3. Martha Catherine b. Jan. 30, 1865 m. Aug. 30, 1893 Howard
    Stidham Brode b. Aug. 28, 1866.
 2. James Stanley b. May 1, 1895 b. June 30, 1920 Ruth Leonard
    b. Oct. 22, 1895.
 1. Roseann Catherine b. Jan. 21, 1922.

Verbatim — "OUR RUNYON LINE" (book page 70, image seq_74)

                  OUR RUNYON LINE

11. Vincent Rognion b. ___ d. Nov. 1713, m. July 17, 1668, Ann Boutcher.
10. Peter Runyon b. 1680, m. Providence Blackford, Oct. 4, 1704.
 9. Grace Runyon b. Jan. 7, 1707, d. Nov. 1755 m. April 17, 1726, Daniel Cooper, Sr.
 8. Catherine Cooper b. Jan. 1728, d. ___ m. 1751, Cornelius Ludlow.
 7. John Ludlow b. Dec. 14, 1752, d. March 26, 1823, m. Oct. 19, 1772, Catherine Cooper.

Verbatim — "OUR COOPER LINE" (book page 73, image seq_77)

                OUR COOPER LINE

 9. Daniel Cooper born at sea May 1, 1695, d. May
    2, 1795, m. 1726 Grace Runyon.
 8. (a) Catherine Cooper b. 1728, m. Cornelius
    Ludlow b. 1728.
    (b) Daniel Cooper b. 1729, m. Catherine Han-
    kinson.

Verbatim — Daniel Sr origin narrative (book page 75, image seq_79)

                  DANIEL COOPER

The parents of Daniel Cooper came from Holland
in 1695. Whether they were descendants of the Puri-
tans who fled to Holland from England in the early
years of the century or whether they were of Dutch
extraction is not stated. Daniel Cooper was born on
the voyage on the first day of May 1695. His father
died on the voyage. The family came to New York.
When Peter came into the Elizabethtown Purchase
is not recorded, but it must have been before the end
of the first quarter of the century, for he married,
April 17, 1726 Grace Runyon of Piscataway. They
lived there until March, 1732, when he bought lot
number 2, of the Berkeley Tract, in the Passaic Val-
ley, Morris County and removed to that place. This
tract contained five hundred acres, lying east of and
adjoining the quarter belonging to Jacob Carle, whose
son married Cooper's youngest daughter.

NOTE on "Peter" in this passage: Brode's narrative uses "Peter" where context demands "Daniel" — = either (a) Brode-1932 typo for "Daniel" (= most likely; her source A.E. Cooper 1895 has Daniel throughout), OR (b) preserved-error from her 1895 source preserving an earlier confusion between Daniel Sr and another family member named Peter. This catalog reads the passage as referring to Daniel Sr; the typo is flagged but does not affect the substantive Holland-origin + voyage-death-of-father content.

Verbatim — "THE COOPER ANCESTRY" Daniel Sr's six wives + 10 children (book page 74, image seq_78)

Re-read from the image at 5x, 2026-09-04 — wife #6 is "Hannah Martin", not "Hannah Marbla". This block carried Marbla from the 2026-05-24 pass. The printed line is (6) Hannah Martin. A previous reader's ink annotation crosses the page diagonally, passing through the ti of Martin and hooking up through Margaret on the line above; at whole-page scale that stroke turns tin into something readable as bla. The same stroke is why this block previously hyphenated "Barbaty-Margaret" — the page prints no hyphen, the pen crosses the gap. ⇒ Brode agrees with Littell ([I.4] p. 90, "Hannah Martin, widow of Colonel Ephraim Martin"); there was never a spelling discrepancy between them. The consequences for [p.281] are worked out there, not here.

              THE COOPER ANCESTRY

Daniel Cooper married six times.
 (1) Grace Runyon b. Jan. 7, 1707, d. Nov. 1755,
 (2) Jane Westbrook, (3) Grace Manning, d.
April, 1779, (4) Fannie Jones d. Feb., 1787,
 (5) Barbaty Margaret Gibbs b. 1738 d. 1789,
 (6) Hannah Martin.
Children of Daniel Cooper and Grace Runyon:
1. Catherine b. 1728, m. Cornelius Ludlow.
2. Daniel, Jr., b. Jan. 17, 1729, d. May 1787, m.
   (1) Catherine Hankinson, (2) Nancy Cross.
3. Agnes b. May 1732, d. 1732.
4. Peter b. Feb. 11, 1735, d. Oct. 1755.
5. John b. Aug. 20, 1738, d. March, 1778, m.
   Lynche Boyle b. 1746, d. 1809.
6. Benj. b. Dec. 13, 1741 m. (1) Charity Hoff, (2)
   ____ children by second wife.
7. Rosannah b. March 26, 1743, d. 1794.
8. George b. Aug. 20, 1745, d. Sept. 1801, m.
   Margaret Lafferty, b. 1743, d. 1825.
9. Providence b. March 27, 1748, d. Feb. 1798.
10. Ann b. Oct. 4, 1750, d. Feb. 1795, m. Jonas Carle.

Verbatim — Daniel Jr's 12 children (book page 75, image seq_79)

Daniel Cooper, Jr., m. (1) Catherine Hankinson,
their child:
1. Catherine Cooper, m. John Ludlow.
Daniel Cooper Jr. m. (2) Nancy Cross, Their
children were:
2. Lydia m. Samuel Annin.
3. Polly m. Mr. Crane.
4. Peter m. Susan Boyle, dau. of Joseph Boyle of
   Long Hill.
5. William.
6. Dr. John.
7. Slebben m. Mehitabel dau. of Col. Israel Day.
8. Amie m. Alexander Richards.
9. Betsey m. Henry Freeman.
10. Sally m. Capt. David Kirkpatrick.
11. Daniel 3rd.
12. Joseph.

Verbatim — "Miss Conover" vs Hankinson correction (book page 77, image seq_81)

For 40 years the record of the marriage of a Miss
Conover and Daniel Cooper Jr. has been in our family.
It was obtained from Arthur E. Cooper, who published
The Cooper Family Tree in 1895. It is also given in
Littell. Since I have completed these sketches there
has come to me a different record which Mr. Cooper
wrote for the N. J. Historical Society in 1898. As it
is a later contribution, it must have been considered
the authentic record though no references were given.
The statement follows: John Ludlow married first,
Catherine Cooper, only child of Daniel Cooper and his
first wife, Catherine Hankinson. If this statement is
correct there is no Conover connection.

Verbatim — Hankinson family research (book page 78, image seq_82)

Later—A search of the N. J. Archives shows the
following:
Marriage Licenses (Vol. xxii)
Cooper, Daniel Jr., (Morris Co.) and Catherine
Hankinson, Freehold, 4-3-1751. This surely establish-
es our connection with the Hankinson Family.
A note in the New Jersey Archives mentions a
Thomas Hankinson, "arrested in 1700 for rioting
against the crown." He might have been the father of
Catherine. Others of the name who are mentioned in
the Abstracts of Wills of that time are John, Daniel,
Joseph, and William, all of Freehold, where Catherine
lived.
A continued reading in the abstracts brings the
following: List of persons imported for account of
Stephen and Thomas Warne Indentured for three
years—4 years— for the Custom of the country. Jane
Hankinson and her children, Thomas, Peter and Rich-
ard. All came into the province about March 31, 1683-4.
Deed, Thomas and Richard Hankinson of Capt.
John Boune of Monmouth Co. for 120 acres, the
headland, to their mother Jean Hankinson and
brother, Peter, both deceased.
This probably is our family. Men of the name are
mentioned frequently in the affairs of the community,
Freehold.

Verbatim — Cornelius Ludlow biography (book pages 68-70, images seq_72 + seq_73 + seq_74)

                CORNELIUS LUDLOW

2. Cornelius, son of Jeremiah, Sr., b. 1728, d.
   1812, m. (1) Catherine Cooper b. 1728, their son:
1. John Ludlow.
Cornelius m. (2) Martha Lyon, their children:
2. Agnes m. Oct. 15, 1774, Jonathan Pierson.
3. Patty m. William Remsen.
4. Benjamin m. Elenor Harris, dau. of Benjamin
   Harris of Morris County and sister of the wife
   of John McCarter. He became Maj. General of
   the Militia of New Jersey.
5. Israel m. Charlotte Chambers of Chambersburg,
   Pa. He emigrated to Cincinnati.
6. Elizabeth m. Col. Israel Day.
7. William m. Betsey Haines, dau. of Samuel
   Haines of Vealtown, removed to Mill Creek,
   Ohio, then to Oxford.
Cornelius m. (3) Polly Wall.

Col. Cornelius Ludlow made his home at Long Hill,
New Jersey. He was a soldier of the Revolution, serv-
ing until wounded at the Battle of Germantown. He
died in 1812, Long Hill, N. J. He is buried in New Pro-
vidence Pres. ch. g.y. Every reference to the birth of
Cornelius Ludlow, both in print and in manuscript,
gives his birth place as New Providence, New Jersey.
Most of these same statements say that his father came
there in 1737. I think that the latter statement is true
and that Cornelius was born on Long Island for the
[continues onto p.69:]
date of his birth is 1728, nine years before his father
moved to New Jersey.
...
Cornelius Ludlow was a member of the Eastern
Battalion of New Jersey troops raised Jan. 13, 1776.
He took part in the battle of Long Island as Major
in Gen. Heard's Brigade. He was Lieut. Col. of the
Eastern Battalion when it was detailed to cover Wash-
ington's retreat, across New Jersey after the evacua-
tion of New York. He served at Trenton, Princeton,
and Springfield. He was wounded at Germantown,
Oct. 4, 1777. Because of disability he resigned Nov.
13, 1777. Accepted 1916.

Verbatim — Daniel Sr judicial career (book page 76, image seq_80)

The Berkeley Tracts were inside the Elizabeth-
town Purchase and it was this purchase of Daniel
Cooper that was the cause of litigation that dragged
out over many years.

Daniel Cooper was Justice and Judge of the Quo-
rum for more than forty years. The first recorded
nomination was in September, 1739. The last nomi-
nation was made April 2, 1768. The New Jersey Arch-
ives says "He was justice and judge for over 40
years." The sources of information are given in a
copy of the D. A. R. accepted paper which follows.

He died May 2, 1795, just one day over a century
old.

Verbatim — DAR Supplementary Paper Daniel Sr descendant chain (book pages 76-77, image seq_80)

       DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
       Supplementary Paper accepted 1931, National
                  Number 122972

           Descendant of Daniel Cooper

Martha Catherine Bigham Brode, m. Howard Stid-
ham Brode, dau. of John Reed Bigham, b. Oct. 27,
1831, d. Dec. 13, 1919, m. Oct. 11, 1859, Roseann Bonar
Traxler, b. April 20, 1833, d. April 15, 1924, he son of
William Bigham, b. 1802, d. 1853, m. Jan. 15, 1829,
Martha Catherine Ross, b. Jan. 16, 1807, d. April 6,
1889, dau. of Ogden Ross, b. Sept. 10, 1771, d. Nov. 2,
1869, m. 1802, Lydia Ludlow, b. 1780, d. April 4, 1826,
dau. of John Ludlow, b. 14, 1752, d. March 26, 1823, m.
Oct. 19, 1772, Catherine Cooper, he the son of Col.
Cornelius Ludlow, b. 1728, d. 1812, m. Catherine
Cooper, b. 1728, dau. of Daniel Cooper, b. May 1,
1695, d. May 2, 1795, m. Jan. 7, 1726, Grace Runyon,
b. Jan. 7, 1707, d. 1755.

for over 40 years, under the Colonial Government, be-
ginning in 1739.

"Daniel Cooper nominated Justice of the Quorum,
Sept. 1, 1739. Renominated March 28, 1749. Nom-
inated Judge of Morris County, N. J., 1768."

  Jerseymen in the Revolution p. 360.
  New Jersey Records, New Jersey Archives,
  Centennial History of Cincinnati, p. 312.
  Descendants of Daniel Cooper and Grace Runyon,
A Family Tree, A. E. Cooper (1895).
  Thomas Halsey and His Descendants, Halsey,
(1895).
  First Settlers of Passaic Valley, Littell, pp. 90-91,
264-265.

The DAR chain confirms the Cooper-line descent at the 1931 DAR-acceptance grade (= medium certainty per DAR-paper standard of evidence; DAR papers can contain errors but require some documentation).

Verbatim — Adjutant General reply on Daniel Cooper RevWar service (book pages 78-79, image seq_82 + seq_83)

Copy of Revolutionary Service of Daniel Cooper Jr.

       STATE OF NEW JERSEY
   OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL
                TRENTON
                                          May 9, 1932.
Mrs. H. S. Brode,
Walla Walla, Wash.

Dear Madam: In reply to your communication of
May 4th, I wish to advise that the records of this
office show the following:

Daniel Cooper—served as Commissioner for the
classing of the Militia in Morris County, 1778—during
the Revolutionary War.
                       (Signed) FREDERICK GILKYSON,
                          The Adjutant General.

During the terrible winter of 1780 Washington
was compelled to resort to forced requisitions on the
New Jersey Counties. During the period from the 20th
of January to the 1st of June 1780, the New Jersey
Records, according to the Adjutant General, show that
Daniel Cooper assisted in the "impressing of teams,
in carting and sledding," etc. In that time five certifi-
cates were issued to him.

Some of the certificates are issued to Daniel
Cooper and some to Daniel Cooper Jr., but they no
doubt all refer to the same man, Daniel Jr.

The "no doubt all refer to the same man, Daniel Jr." is Brode's interpretive guess; the original NJ records distinguished the names and catalog should preserve both attestations separately.

Verbatim — Vincent Rognion Huguenot origin (book pages 71-73, images seq_75 + seq_76 + seq_77)

                THE RUNYON FAMILY

Vincent Rognion b. in Poitou, France, m. Ann
Boutcher, July 17, 1668. Their children are:
1. Vincent Runyon b. 1670, m. Mary Hill, 1691.
   Their children are:
   1. Sarah, 2. Martha, 3. Rezior, 4. Mary, 5.
   Anna, 6. Vincent, 7. Reuben, 8. Reune.
2. Peter b. 1680, m. 1704, Providence Blackford.
   Their children are:
   1. John, 2. Joseph, 3. Peter, 4. Richard, 5. Ben-
   jamin, 6. Grace, 7. Rosannah, 8. Providence,
   9. Sarah.
   Grace, dau. of Peter b. Jan. 7, 1707, d. Nov.
   1755, m. April 17, 1726, Daniel Cooper, Sr. b.
   1695, d. May 2, 1795.

One ancestor that stands apart from all the other
original emigrants is Vincent Rognion. He was a
Frenchman from the province of Poitou, a Huguenot,
who fled from his native land to escape religious per-
secution. I had, as a girl, been fascinated by tales of
the heroism and fidelity of the French Protestants of
his day and when I found that I had a real ancestor
of that faith, he seemed very much alive to me even if
he had been dead more than 200 years.

[Hatfield's "History of Elizabeth" note re Vincent at p.72:]
"Vincent Runyon (Rognion, Ronyon) was a car-
penter, and tradition says, of French origin. He prob-
ably came over from Jersey in a second or third im-
portation of laborers by the governor. He bought,
March 20, 1671-2 of Francis Barber, Thomas Moore's
original house-lot. He was a witness for the prose-
cution and so lost caste with the town; on which ac-
count he removed, not later than 1677 to Piscataway,
where he had 154 acres of land allotted to him,
March 1677-8. He died Nov. 1713."

BOUTCHER ANCESTRY
The only record we find of our connection with the
Boutcher family is the notice of the marriage of Ann
Boutcher, daughter of John Boutcher of Hartford,
England to Vincent Rognion, July 17, 1668. The license
was granted by Governor Carteret, in June.

BLACKFORD ANCESTRY
Providence Blackford married Peter Runyon is
the only reference found.

Catalog significance: this opens 4 NEW maternal-grandparent + great-grandparent identifications for p.148 Grace Runyon Cooper: - Peter Runyon + Providence Blackford (parents) - Vincent Rognion + Ann Boutcher (grandparents) - John Boutcher of Hartford England (great-grandfather)

Each warrants a new p.N stub. Vincent's Huguenot-Poitou-France origin via Isle of Jersey to NJ 1671 + carpenter trade is a substantive new line.

Verbatim — Lydia Ludlow Ross's children (book page 89, "Our Ohio Ancestry") — added 2026-07-02

Maintainer-supplied crop of book p. 89 (a page NOT in the original I.130 image set; captures items 3–10 of Lydia Ludlow × Ogden Ross's children — items 1–2, Mary Ross Gaston + Martha Catherine Ross Bigham, are on the preceding page):

                    Our Ohio Ancestry                    89
 3. Caroline Ludlow Ross, b. Feb. 14, 1809, d. Oct. 22, 1894, m. Sept. 30, 1829, Chamberlain Andrew.
 4. Sarah Lyon Ross, b. Feb. 12, 1812, d. Nov. 3, 1892, m. Oct. 22, 1845, James Andrew.
 5. John Ludlow Ross, b. Dec. 23, 1813, d. Dec. 4, 1884, m. 1848, Frances Waldo.
 6. Charlotte Ross, b. Nov. 22, 1816, d. July 1906, m. April 9, 1844, John T. Nathurst.
 7. Harriet, b. April 19, 1818, d. April 1917, m. Nov. 28, 1861, William P. Andrew.
 8. Matthias Denman Ross, b. Nov. 1, 1819, d. Sept. 14, 1892, m. (1) Mary Swift Waldo, d. March 24, 1868, m. (2) Emily E. Archer.
 9. Jane Ludlow Ross, b. June 20, 1823, d. ——, m. (1) Holland Smith, b. Jan. 20, 1821, d. June 14, 1868, m. (2) Doctor —— Palmer.
10. Lydia Ross, b. Jan. 31, 1826, d. ——, m. 1849, Cyrus Moore Warren.
    Four died in infancy.

This page independently enumerates Lydia's children with exact dates — corroborating the p.882 Lydia (Ludlow) Ross child roster and, in particular, clearing the two "L.4-only" flags: #7 Harriet (Ross) Andrew [p.1003] (b. 19 Apr 1818, d. 1917, m. William P. Andrew 1861 — see [G.292]/[C.53]/[F.209]) and #10 Lydia Ross [p.1006] (× Cyrus Moore Warren 1849) are both here. "Four died in infancy" accounts for the remainder of I.131's count of 10 surviving + infant deaths.

What this source does NOT establish

• Identity of Daniel Sr's father — Brode does NOT name the father. She says "the parents of Daniel Cooper came from Holland in 1695" and "his father died on the voyage" without naming him. The "John Cooper" naming comes only from I.36 House of Cooper (which inherited it from Dr. John Sr's notebook).
• Daniel Sr's mother's name — silent.
• Specific Boutcher / Blackford ancestry pre-John Boutcher of Hartford — silent (Brode says "the only record we find" = exhausted Boutcher research).
• Marriage dates for wives #2 through #6 — none given. Only Gibbs carries birth/death years, and only Grace Runyon carries a marriage date (April 17, 1726).
• Any source citation for the wives list. Brode's footnote 32 hangs off the children, not the wives. (Where her "Gibbs b. 1738 d. 1789" came from was traced against her whole stated bibliography and found in none of it; that investigation now lives on p.280, which also holds the primary-source marriage register and signature that supersede it.)

Cross-references

• I.4 — Littell First Settlers of Passaic Valley 1851 pp. 90-91 + 264-265 — direct root source for Brode
• I.36 — Theodore Arthur Cooper House of Cooper 1946 — parallel publication of same family tradition via Dr. John Sr notebook
• I.22 — Craddock entry 204 — Daniel Sr's child set (= 8 children; Brode's 10 expands)
• I.86 — Blair Michael Shoemaker Book p. 850 — Daniel Sr's children incl. Catharine 1728
• C.24 — Cornelius Ludlow birth year attestation 1729 (= conflicts with Brode 1728)
• G.135 — Cornelius Ludlow Find A Grave memorial
• B.49 — SAR application Cornelius Ludlow Eastern Battalion Morris Militia
• F.118 — Agnes Cooper 1804 baptism (= granddaughter named for Daniel Sr's infant-deceased daughter Agnes 1732)
• L.71 — Ancestry tree giving Catherine Sr d. 1752 (= probably wrong per Brode)
• L.81 — Ancestry tree giving Cornelius Ludlow d. 27 Aug 1812 (= Brode says died 1812 without month)
• pr.2 Daniel Sr father search — 2026-05-24 ADDENDUM integrating Brode "died on voyage" datum
• pr.5 Daniel Sr Grace Manning Agnes 1732 — Brode's "Agnes b. May 1732 d. 1732" resolves the infant-death-explanation for the Agnes-name reuse
• pr.16 Cooper-Coriell Y-DNA mystery
• pr.51 Arthur E Cooper 1906 NJHS Proceedings — Brode cites Arthur E. Cooper 1898 (vs pr.51's 1906) NJHS Proc Vol III 3rd Series pp. 43-59
• M.14 — Daniel Sr × Janneke Wesbroek 3 July 1757 Minisink Valley DRC marriage = primary-source for Brode's Wife #2 "Jane Westbrook"

Follow-up on the artifact itself

• The book-p. 89 crop is NOT on disk. The "Lydia Ludlow Ross's children" block above was transcribed 2026-07-02 from a maintainer-supplied crop of a page outside the original image set, and that image was never filed into Docs/. Per RULE ZERO-C the transcription cannot be re-checked and its values cannot be re-cropped. Book p. 89 = image seq_93 in this scan's numbering (offset 4); it needs re-capturing from the same NYPL/Google copy (barcode nyp.33433083332068) and filing beside its 22 siblings.
• Acquire A.E. Cooper's 1898 NJHS Proceedings Vol III 3rd Series pp. 43-59 — Brode quotes it correcting her own root source, and the catalog holds the volume at (image held in the family archive) but has not transcribed the article.
• Brode's 1931 DAR Supplementary Paper NN 122972 (Washington DC) would itemise her citations fact-by-fact — the one document that could show whether a given Brode datum rests on a source or on inference.