Document I.231 · published genealogy · transcription: verbatim
R. B. Hull, Cooper Family Register: or, records and genealogical notices of some of the descendants of William and Margaret Cooper, of Pine Point, Newton Township, Gloucester County, West New Jersey. 1679 - book pages 52-53 (PDF pp. 52-53 of 131), the SECOND-GENERATION chapter 'Daniel and Abigail (Wood) and Sarah (Spicer) Cooper'
- repository
- Allen County Public Library (Fort Wayne, Indiana); digitised by FamilySearch International. FamilySearch Digital Library identifier 494778, viewer id 344594; 131 pages; 'on 1 microfilm reel'. Access level: Available Online.
People named
| As written | Role | Identified as | What this document says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Cooper (2) | subject | Daniel Cooper 1673–1715 | birth: 27 of 1 mo. 1676 |
| Abigail Wood | spouse | Abigail (Wood) Cooper 1672–1694 | marriage: 4 of 3 mo. 1693, 'Hopewell', her mother's residence, Waterford Twp, Gloucester Co. |
| Sarah Spicer | spouse | Sarah (Spicer) Cooper 1677–1742 | marriage: 26 of 12 mo. 1695, her father's home, north side of the Creek (Waterford Twp) birth: 16 of 12 mo. 1677, Gravesend Sands, Long Island |
What this document records
Record
The second-generation chapter for Daniel Cooper of Newton Township, son of William Cooper of Pine Point - his parentage, birth, both marriages, and a complete enumeration of his issue by each wife.
Date
compiled 20th century; events 1672-1761
Transcription and notes
The two verbatim passages
Book p. 52 — the first marriage (read at 3x on a 400-DPI render):
"Daniel and Abigail were married at her mother's residence "Hopewell" 3 mo. 4th, 1693, and she died the next year leaving one child, William, the eventual heir."
Book p. 53 — the second marriage (read at 3x on a 400-DPI render):
"On the 26th of 12th mo. 1695, Daniel Cooper took for second wife Sarah Spicer. They were married according to the rites and forms of Friends at her father's home on the North side of the Creek; they had issue: 1st Samuel, 2 Daniel."
What the two passages enumerate
| wife | married | issue, as the register gives it |
|---|---|---|
| Abigail Wood | 3 mo. 4th, 1693 | one child, William |
| Sarah Spicer | 26 of 12 mo. 1695 | 1st Samuel, 2 Daniel |
That is the complete issue of this man by both wives as the register states it: three sons, and no daughters. The register does not qualify either list.
A SECOND, INDEPENDENT statement of the same three children (book p. 27 of the PDF)
The register restates it in a different register altogether — the enumeration of William Cooper of Pine Point's twenty grandchildren, keyed to his estate, each annotated with the marriage he "afterward" made. Read at 3x:
"32 XIX Samuel Cooper afterward married May – 33 XX Daniel Cooper afterward married Esther – being the three children of his son Daniel Cooper."
Two things come out of it. The three children of Daniel are restated independently of the chapter narrative at pp. 52-53 — and again there is no daughter. And Daniel the younger's wife is named Esther, the dash being the compiler's own mark for a surname he did not know. The table of contents carries the same pairing: "Daniel and Esther ( – ) Cooper — 33".
Related
Book p. 82 (not transcribed here) carries the land settlements that follow from this structure - William as heir at law conveying to "his half brother Samuel, by deed 1720" a plantation of 227 A. in Cooperstown, Waterford Township, and to "his half brother Daniel" a farm on the head waters of the N. Branch of Cooper's Creek by deed 1-28-1728. The half-brother relation is exactly what the two marriages above imply, and is what first made [G2D8-WV9] look credible.