Stillwell, John E., M.D. — Historical and Genealogical Miscellany: Data Relating to the Settlement and Settlers of New York and New Jersey, Vols. I–V (1903–1932). Full Cooper-surname sweep of all 5 volumes (~199 raw hits). HEADLINE NULL: Daniel Cooper Sr of Long Hill + son Benjamin do NOT appear in any volume; the two 'Daniel Cooper' hits are the Long Island / West-Jersey Quaker Spicer son-in-law (m. Sarah Spicer 1695), and 'Long Hill' appears only as the landmark 'Coopers Wind Mill on Long Hill' (Rev-War beacon list). Coopers present = Monmouth (fam.9) + Gloucester (fam.3) + Staten Island + Burlington/Mt Holly + Thomas Cooper of London (p.220) + LI Quaker (fam.1).

Transcription and notes

[verbatim for the quoted bullets; the OCR is garbled in places — illegible text marked [?]. The back-of-book indexes are legible; body registers less so.]

Headline result — NO Daniel Cooper Sr of Long Hill in any of the 5 volumes

A complete Cooper-surname sweep (Cooper / Cowper / Couper / Coopere / Coupir / Coper / Kuyper / Cuyper, ~199 raw OCR hits) of all five volumes finds no Daniel Cooper of Long Hill / Morris Co., and no son Benjamin of Long Hill, anywhere. This was verified per-volume (each volume independently NULL for "Daniel Cooper" + Long Hill / Morris / Passaic / Basking Ridge). Two decoys and one genuinely on-target landmark must be recorded so the null is defensible and not re-litigated:

• Decoy "Daniel Cooper" #1 — Long Island Quaker, m. 1695: "Sarah Spi[ce]r, born Feb. 16, 1677; married, in 1695, D[ani]el Cooper. Records of Newtown Meeting." (Vol 4, l.19327). Newtown/Gravesend LI Quaker provenance. Cannot be our Daniel Sr — who was himself born ~1695 and could not be marrying that year. = the fam.1 / West-Jersey-Quaker "Daniel Cooper × Sarah Spicer" line.
• Decoy "Daniel Cooper" #2 — same couple, Spicer probate: Will of Hester Spicer, 27 July 1702, names grandson "Samuel son of my daughter Sarah, the wife of Daniel Cooper"; executor "son-in-law Cooper" (Vol 5, l.8016). Same Daniel-Cooper-×-Sarah-Spicer couple (Oyster Bay LI / West Jersey Spicer family). Not our line.
• The one on-target hit — the Cooper Windmill on Long Hill (a landmark, not a named person): in a Revolutionary-War militia beacon/alarm-signal list, "No. 11 — at Coopers Wind Mill on long Hill at Corns [Cornelius] Ludlows" (Vol 3, l.21987). This is Daniel Sr's family-seat windmill on Long Hill (cf. p.1 to-do: the Erskine 1777–78 maps showing "Cooper's Windmill" at 1434 Long Hill Rd). A primary-source attestation that the Cooper windmill on Long Hill was a recognized landmark used as a beacon station ~1777–80, beside Cornelius Ludlow's. The sole genuinely Daniel-Sr-relevant item in the entire 5-volume set — and it names no Cooper person, only the windmill.

Source identification

Note on Christ Church Shrewsbury coverage: the parish-register baptisms reproduced here run ~1733 onward (the section header reads "Baptisms 1746"; entries are 1745–47) — postdating Daniel Sr's ~1695–1730 window, confirming the earlier assessment that Christ Church Shrewsbury cannot hold his baptism.

Cooper occurrences by family bucket (verbatim, with vol·line)

A. Monmouth / Shrewsbury Coopers → fam.9

Simon Cooper, chirurgeon of Shrewsbury (earliest documented Monmouth-area Cooper; cf. name.175): - Quit-rent rolls 1670: "Shrewsbury … Simon Cooper … 330 [acres]" (Vol 2, l.25119; dup l.28032). - "1689, Apr. 15. Col. Lewis Morris conveyed … land, that he had acquired, in 1681, by purchase from Simon Cooper … called Norransont or Passage Point … now known as Rumson Neck" — "Simon Cooper, chirurgeon" (Vol 4, l.2472 + l.2769). - Shrewsbury Friends MM marriage witness, with Mary Cooper, ~1680s (Vol 1, l.16180 + l.16219).

Christ Church Shrewsbury parish-register Cooper/Cowper family (Vol 1, ~1744–1755; Middletown & Shrewsbury): - bp. "James, son of Joseph & Deborah Cowper of Mid'town" (l.10760); bur. ref "at the house of John Cowper" (l.10864) + "John Cowper, at Middletown" (l.12583). - bp. "William, son of Mr. John & Mary Cowper" (l.10799); "Ezekial, son of John & Mary Cowper of Mid'town" (l.10849); "Mary, wife of John Cowper … Samuel, son of John & Mary Co[w]per" (l.11387); bp. "Leah, daughter of John & Mary Cooper, Middletown" (l.11748). - bp. "Mary, daughter of Hendrick & Ann Cowper" (l.11474); mar. "Henry Cowper & Hannah Brunet" Sept. 1750 (l.11489). - bp. "George, son of George & Barbary Cooper" (l.11704). - Philip Cooper (cf. p.541 / name.275 — reconcile): mar. "Philip Cooper & Margaret Bebut … by banns" 20 Oct 1753 (l.11949); bp. children Jasper (l.11990), and David, Sarah, George, Michael "children of Philip Cooper" (l.13201); bp. "William, son of Henrich Cooper" (l.11993); daughter "Elizabeth, daughter of Philip and Margaret Cooper" m. Aaron Robbins Brewer (Vol 4, l.3210); admin bond w/ Margaret Morford 1764, "Philip Cooper" (Vol 4, l.333). - bur. "Benj. Cooper, adult … Middletown" + "Phebe Cooper" (l.12937).

Ezekiel Cooper Sr × Sarah Layton → p.68 / p.69: - "Sarah Layton married Ezekial Cooper by license Aug. 28 (Sept. 4), 1766. She made her will Mch. 2, 1817, proved Mch. 20, 1818. Issue: John, Charlotty (m. Mr. Mathews), Benjamin, Samuel (had Sarah Ann and Ezekial), William (had Sarah) and Thomas Cooper (had Sarah)." (Vol 5, l.243). - gravestones: "Ezekial Cooper died Dec. 28, 1782, in 39th year"; "Sarah, wife of Ezekiel Cooper, died March 12, 1818, in 72nd year"; "Elizabeth, dau. of Ezekiel and Sarah Cooper, died May 11, 1783, aged 8 months" (Vol 2, l.20303). - earmark: "Samuel Cooper … the Mark Formerly his Father Ezekil's Cooper" 1807 (Vol 2, l.17375). - "1763, Nov. 2. Deborah Mott and Ezekiel Cooper" (Vol 4, l.7335) — a marriage 3 years before the 1766 Sarah-Layton license; either a first marriage of this Ezekiel or a distinct one. Reconcile vs p.68.

Joseph Cooper of Nutswamp (× 1st Euphame Layton, × 2nd Martha Stillwell) → p.78: - "Martha Stillwell; married Joseph Cooper, of Nutswamp, whose first wife was Euphame Layton" (Vol 4, l.10827). - "Euphame Layton died prior to Aug. 31, 1820; married Joseph Cooper. They had: Mrs. Eliza Everett, Margaret Cooper, Mrs. Lydia Morris, Joseph and James Cooper" (Vol 5, l.421; Vol 4, l.8809). - An earlier Joseph Cooper: surety on Esther Layton/Richard Borden license 1747 (Vol 5, l.601); "Deborah Taylor … license to marry … Joseph Cooper, December 1741. She administered his estate in May 1751" (Vol 5, l.2522) — this Joseph (d. 1751) is NOT p.78 (likely the earlier fam.9 Joseph b.1702).

Uriah Cooper × Elizabeth Green cluster → already catalogued as p.401 + children: - "154 Rachel Woolley married, Apr. 10, 1828, Samuel, son of Uriah and Elizabeth (Green) Cooper, b. Jan. 31, 1802, d. Dec. 20, 1864. Issue: Joseph, Thomas W. (b. 1830), Martha W. (b. 1833)" (Vol 5, l.27979 → p.484 / p.483). - "Hannah Woolley … m. Sep. 21, 1833, Benjamin, son of Uriah and Elizabeth (Green) Cooper, b. Oct. 22, 1809" + "Mary Ann Woolley … m. Mch. 14, 1832, William, son of Uriah and Elizabeth (Green) Cooper, b. Dec. 18, 1807" (Vol 5, l.28016 → p.490). - Phebe Woolley's 1822 will names "grandson Uriah Cooper, executor; Sarah Cooper and Zilpah Cooper, daughters of Uriah Cooper and Elizabeth his wife" (Vol 5, l.27215 → p.493 / p.494); Uriah as appraiser 1814/1831/1842 (Vol 5, l.17608, 28016, 30055).

Other Monmouth Cooper attestations (mostly via in-marriages / gravestones / narratives): - Gravestones (Vol 2): "Charlotte Cooper, wife of George Heiser, d. 1852" (l.19678); Samuel & Elizabeth Cooper family deaths 1820–1833, "Samuel Cooper died June 26, 1833, aged 56" (l.19681); "Ella, dau. of James and Rebecca Cooper, d. 1837" (l.19495); George & Mina/Maria Cooper children d. 1818/1826 (l.20324); "Jno. W. Cooper d. 1851, aged 62" (l.23700). - Earmarks (Vol 2): "Joseph Cooper son of James" 1825 (l.16865); "Reverend John Cooper" 1807 (l.17368). - In-marriages of Cooper women/men (narratives, Vols 3–5): Sarah Bray m. "Mr. Cooper" (Vol 3, l.7335/James Bray 1794 will l.7232); George F. Cooper m. Sarah E. Applegate 1851 (Vol 3, l.902; "George Cooper of Red Bank" l.30614); Harriet R. Cooper of Long Branch (Vol 3, l.9683); Phebe Cooper widow m. Benjamin Woolley 1758 (Vol 5, l.20396); Catharine Cooper m. Thomas Stout (Vol 5, l.20600); Lydia Cooper m. John Shepherd (Vol 5, l.18837); Benjamin Cooper m. Rebecca (Mount) Tilton 1816 (Vol 4, l.8830 / Vol 5, l.12950); Jonathan Cooper m. Sarah Morris 1810 (Vol 4, l.4377); William Cooper m. Lucy White 1834 Freehold (Vol 5, l.23341); Mary Cooper 2nd wife of Robert P. Morris (Vol 4, l.3403); Abigail Cooper (bp. 1823) m. Michael Price Mount (Vol 4, l.8906); Clark Cooper m. Anna Scudder (Vol 5, l.11315); Martha Cooper m. Thomas Woolley (Vol 5, l.27230); Ruth (Woolley) Cooper (Vol 5, l.28366); John Cooper m. Lydia Layton (Vol 5, l.394). - Probate appraisers/witnesses (Vol 3): John Cooper appraised James Bowne's estate 1750 (l.3872); William Cooper witnessed Andrew Bowne's will 1778/proved 1780 (l.4227); Thomas Cooper (mariner of Middletown, son of Benjamin Cooper) deeds 1732/1744/1753 (l.5552, l.5562); Thomas Cooper witnessed William Lawrence's will 1751 (l.25791).

B. Gloucester / Camden Coopers → fam.3

• mar. "Benj. B. Cooper, of Gloucester & Sarah Van Mater, of Middletown" 26 Sept 1811 (Vol 1, l.13293; Vol 3, l.24896). Benj. B. Cooper = the Gloucester (fam.3) line; the marriage took place into the Monmouth Van Mater family.
• placename "Cooper's Creek … fronting on the Delaware … Stockton township, Camden County" (Vol 4, l.19287) — the fam.3 Cooper's Creek namesake locus.

C. Long Island English-colonial / Quaker → fam.1

• Daniel Cooper × Sarah Spicer 1695 + Hester Spicer 1702 will (the two decoys above; Vol 4 l.19327, Vol 5 l.8016).

D. Thomas Cooper of London (East Jersey Proprietor) → p.220

• Absentee English Proprietor of a 1/48 share of the Eastern Division: "Feb. 5, 1706, Thomas Cooper, of London, merchant, for £260, conveyed his proprietary interest … to Obadiah Holmes … Daniel Hendrickson … the Lawrences" (Vol 3, l.31344; also l.2509, l.16606, l.16728); power of attorney 1701 to Richard Salter & Richard Hartshorne (Vol 4, l.11849); "Tho: Cooper of London" land boundary (Vol 2, l.25732). Recurs across 3 volumes.

E. Staten Island (Richmond Co. NY) — Vol 1

• "Benjamin Coupir" in a 1698 Richmond Co. tax/supervisors list (l.1651); earmark "the 29 [Sept] 1698 … Benjamine Coopere his marke" (l.1988).
• 1706 Census of Staten Island: Benjaman Coper, age 38, his wife Eliner, and 5 sons (Benjamin, Francis, John, Joseph, William) — this OCR-grep extract garbled some readings ("Martha Coper"/"Elener Coper"/"Benjamin Coper … Martha Bebout" at l.9880/9899/9906); the careful read of the same census is in L.13o (Sisser ref 15), where the wife is Eliner = Helena Wilkins (m. 1694), not a Bebout. = the Staten Island Cooper family now consolidated at p.579 Benjamin Cooper of Staten Island.

F. Burlington Co. / Mt Holly — Vol 2

• William Cooper, Burlington Court juror/freeholder + earmark ~1680 (l.166, l.196, l.252, l.269).
• Thomas & Elizabeth Cooper of Mount Holly (St Andrew's register): bp. "Anne … born Aug 30 & baptized Nov 8 1767, at Mountholly" (l.4532); bp. "Mary … born July 22 & baptized Aug 20 1769" (l.5119); bur. infant Henry (l.6062).
• Henry Cooper of Northampton twp — at whose house Rev. Colin Campbell preached, 30 May 1746 (l.4230); m. Elizabeth Curtis, license 13 May 1735 (Vol 3, l.12473).
• 1693 will references Thomas Cowper & Edward Cowper of Northampton, in old England (l.1854).
• Susanna Cooper in a ~1733 Monmouth membership list (l.18060); Rev. John Cooper earmark 1807 (l.17368).

G. New York / misc

• "1721 … Harman Stout … apprenticed John Cooper, son of John Cooper, mariner, deceased" (Vol 5, l.24094); James Cooper, will witness (Vol 5, l.27549); Jacob Cooper of New Brunswick "connected with the college" living 1900 (Vol 4, l.11108); Tilton-family late-19th-c. Coopers (John E./John L. × Maggie Herbert; Mary A. Parker × John Cooper hatter) (Vol 5).

H. NON-PERSON (occupational "cooper" trade + placenames — relevant=false)

• Placenames: Cooper's Neck (Vol 2, l.26928), Cooper's Creek (Vol 4), Cooper's Bridge / "the Coopers' farm" graveyard Middletown (Vol 4, l.181). Trade "cooper" (not surname): Daniel Leeds, William Leeds, Robert White, Samuel/Charles/Reuben Tilton, Moses Lippit, Thomas Cox, Joseph Shepherd, Joseph Dennis, Amos White, "Toney the cooper," etc. Famous-unrelated: Isaac Cooper of Cooperstown, brother of J. Fenimore Cooper (Vol 4, l.3274).

Cross-references

• pr.2 Daniel Sr father search — this entry records the 5-volume NULL for Daniel Sr + the Cooper-Windmill-on-Long-Hill landmark (Vol 3, l.21987)
• fam.9 Monmouth Co NJ Cooper — the bulk of the Cooper occurrences
• fam.3 Camden NJ Quaker Cooper — Benj. B. Cooper of Gloucester
• fam.1 Long Island English-colonial Cooper — Daniel × Sarah Spicer (the decoys)
• p.220 Thomas Cooper EJ Proprietor, p.401 Uriah Cooper, p.68 Ezekiel, p.69 Sarah (Layton), p.78 Joseph × Martha Stillwell
• B.61 Continental Army Signal Beacon #11 — the Long Hill beacon at "Cooper's Wind Mill"; its footnote 4 cites Stillwell Vol III p.342 (= the Vol 3 beacon list above)
• I.91 The History of Captain Richard Stillwell — Stillwell's OTHER book (Samuel Cooper × Elizabeth Stillwell 1801)