The Coopers of Long Hill

Document I.29e · Published Genealogies · transcription: partial

Stryker-Rodda Some Early Records of Morris County NJ 1740-1799 — MORRIS COUNTY FREEHOLDERS 1793 — by Township (Morris Town Jany 17 1793; book pp 143-155); on-disk pages 143 (Morris Twp / Jno + William + Geo + Peter Cooper + Elias Coriell), 144 (Morris Twp continuation / Elias Runyon), 146 (Mendham Twp / Charles + Henry Junr Cooper), 148 (Hanover Twp / Abm + Ebenezer + James + Ichabod Cooper), 153 (Roxbury Twp / Nathan Cooper). Sub-entry of [I.29](I.29.yaml). PRIMARY-SOURCE-GRADE 4-TOWNSHIP COOPER GEOGRAPHIC SPLIT: 10 distinct Coopers attested across 4 Morris-County townships in single 1793 freeholder roll — directly informs todo.md v143 SCOPE QUESTION about Hanover-vs-Long-Hill Cooper family separation

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Section structure

The 1793 county-wide freeholders list is dated "Morris Town Jany 17, 1793" and is organized township by township. Each township heading is centered; under each heading, individual freeholders are listed (alphabetical or near-alphabetical) in three columns of ~30 names per column. The township sequence is: Morris → (continued) → Mendham → Hanover → Roxbury (other townships present in source but not on disk: Pequanock, Chatham, etc.).

Page 143 — MORRIS COUNTY FREEHOLDERS 1793 / Morris Town opening (verbatim — four Coopers + Elias Coriell)

MORRIS COUNTY FREEHOLDERS 1793 / Morris Town Jany 17, 1793

A list or Book of the principal Freeholders of the County of Morris In the State of New Jersey taken by the respective Townships therein beginning with Morris:

[left column:] Gilbert Allen / Robert Arnold / Jacob Arnold, Esq / John Arnold / Nathaniel Armstrong / Elisha Ayers Esq / Robert Arnold Junr / Gilbert Bonnel / Aaron Ball / Joseph Boyles / Solomon Boyles / Gabriel Beach / Nathaniel Bonnel / Job Brookfield / Silas Brookfield / Thomas Butler / James Beers / Isaac Bageley / Joseph Bullman / William Beedle / Jabez Bruin / Simon Broadwell / Joseph Bruin Junr / Jabez Beach / Abm Beedle / James Burnet

[middle column:] George Bockoven / William Bebout / David Brown / Josiah Burnet / Daniel Brown / Nathl Bonnel Junr / David Brant / Eleazer Byram / Napthaly Bryam / Dr. Jabez Canfield / Silas Condict Junr / Inl Canfield / Jno Cooper / William Cooper / Geo. Cooper / Peter Cooper / Moses Crowell / Hugh Caldwell / William Caldwell / Seth Crowell / Elias Coriell / Gabriel Peirson / Abner Condict / Enoch Conger / Ellis Cook / Jonas Carle / Daniel Corey

[right column:] Barnabas Carter / Ichabod Crane / Samuel Denman / Coll John Doughty / Joshua Doty / Thaddeus Day / Jaduthan Day / Samuel Day / James Dunning / William Darling / Moses Estey / James Eddy / David Fairchild / Phillip Farren / Benjm Freeman / Samuel Freeman / Jedidiah Frost / Seth Gregory / Epenetus Guering / Joshua Guering / Vincent Guering / Henry Gardner / Enoch Goble / Aaron Goble / Ezekiel Goble / Timothy Goble / Jacob Jennings

Cooper data (verbatim, four entries — middle column):

Significance — four Coopers + Elias Coriell in same alphabetical column:

The four Cooper men were principal freeholders of Morris Township in January 1793. The four Coopers cluster together in the alphabetical sequence, suggesting they may have been listed by a clerk who knew them as kinsmen, or that they were entered into the freeholder roll at adjacent dates. Alphabetical position fits standard "Cooper" placement (after "Condict" and "Caldwell"; before "Crowell").

Elias Coriell appears 7 names below the Cooper-cluster in same column — providing primary-source attestation that the Coriell and Cooper families were co-resident in Morris Township as principal freeholders in January 1793. This corroborates A.8 where Elias Coriell is documented as Daniel Sr's 1791 will executor — geographic adjacency in 1793 freeholder roll = primary-source social-network corroboration of Cooper-Coriell tie per project pr.16 Cooper-Coriell Y-DNA mystery.md.

Other relevant context names: Silas Condict Junr (also middle column) — Silas Condict was a major Morris Twp landholder; Inl Canfield + Dr. Jabez Canfield are Hanover-affiliated names per Crayon's general taxonomy but appear in Morris-Twp roll here, suggesting they had Morris-Twp landholdings.

Page 144 — Morris Township Freeholders 1793 continuation (verbatim — no Cooper but Elias Runyon attestation)

Capt. John Howell / John Mills / John Roll Junr / Jacob High / Isaac Miller / Abraham Roll / Foster Horton / Jacob Miller / Alexander Robertson / Benoni Hathaway / Jedidiah Miller / Robert Rolph / Ezra Halsey / Ephraim Manning / Samuel Roberts Junr / Joseph Halsey / Jonathan Miller / Nathan Reeves / Elias Hedges / Moses Miller / Joseph Riggs / Benja Halloway / Timothy Mils Junr / Junlah Riggs / Timothy Johns Junr / Gershom Norris / Aaron Riggs / Uzal Johnson / John Roe / Caleb Russell Esq. / Richard Johnston / Jonathan Nicoll / Silas Stiles / Richard Kemble / Jonathan Ogden / John Sally / Abraham Kinney / Samuel Oliver / James Stiles / John Kinney / John Oliver / Jons Stiles Esq / Frederick King / Stephen Ogden / Timo Stiles / Thomas Kenan / Joseph Prudden / Nathl Seabury / Philip Lindsly / Amos Prudden / John Stephenson / Benjamin Lindsley / Edward Peirson / William Sayre / Cornelius Ludlow / Gabriel Peirson / Abraham T. Schenck / Benjamin Ludlow / Elijah Peirson / Peter Sharpenstines / Jacob Larzaler / Daniel Peirson / Thomas Squier / Joseph Lewis / David Peirson / Elijah Smith / Stephen Lindsly / Darius Peirson / Sylvanus Seely / David Lindsly / Jons Pitney / Jonathan Stephens / John Lindsly / Michael Perne / Daniel Stiles / Joseph Ludlow / Daniel Pheonix Junr / James Tappin / Nattaniah Lyon / Peter Prudden / Barnabas Tuttle / Moses Lindsly / David Peirson Junr / Abraham Talmadge / Joseph Lindsly / Lazz Russell / David P. Tuttle / Joseph Lindsly Junr / Elias Runyon / William Tuttle / Isaac Lindsly / John Rose / Benjamin Thompson / Ephraim Lindsly / Stephen Rose / Aaron Thompson / William Meeker / Peter Rutan / George Tucker / Jacob Morrell / John Roll / Jabez Thompson

Runyon datum: "Elias Runyon" appears as a Morris Twp 1793 freeholder. Surname relevant per Daniel Sr's wife Grace Runyon.

Page 146 — Mendham Township 1793 Freeholders (verbatim — Charles Cooper + Henry Cooper Junr)

Mendham Township

Calvin Axtel / John Corey / James Howell / Ziba Arnold / Benjm Casterline / William Hudson / Henry Axtel / Joel Coe / George Hull Senr / Saml Arnold / Sammuel Cazad Junr / David Hudson / William Auger / Samuel Cazad / Thomas Hornell / Miles Janson / Henry Clark Junr / Nathl Horton / Daniel Babit / Daniel Carol / John Hance / William Boyd / Beriah Corey / Stephen Hurd / Seth Babit Esq / Parmenius Dodd / Josiah Hurd / Elijah Brown / Nehemiah Day / Daniel Hurd / Ezra Brown / Ebenezer Drake / Simon Huntington / Samuel Beach / John Deview / Gilbert Huntington / Japhet Byram / Jehiel Day / Isaac Hance / Isaac Babit / Artimus Day Esq / John Johnson / Henry Burnet / David Drake Junr / James Johnson / James Brotherton / Abraham Day / Andrew King / Williss Brotherton / Libeus Dodd / William Kinney / Andrew Brant / Andrew Dalrymple / William Logan Es / Henry Brotherton / Jacob D Camp / Thomas Logan / Ebenezer Blachly / Thomas Dell / Thomas Logan Junr / Charles Cooper / Solomon Dalrymple / Edward Lewis / Henry Cooper Junr / James Dalrymple / William Liddle Esq / John Cory / John Dalrymple / Samuel Loree / James Corey / Randle Dale / Gilbert Ludlum / Henry Conklin / Nathl Doty / Job Loree / John Kearns / William Denman / Benjamin Leonard / John Kearns / Henry Doty / Richard Lovrige / Phineas Chitester / John Evans / William Lovrige / Ebenezer Condict / Aimer Condict / James Lewis / Zenas Condict / Peter Gilliam / John Lewis / Ebenezer Coe / Jonah Garisson / Abm Lee / James Cook / Jonn Hayden / Minard Lefevre / Ebenezer Coe / Geo. Hull Junr / Benjamin Lamson

Cooper data:

Significance: Mendham Twp is south-southeast of Morris Twp and west of Hanover Twp. The Mendham Cooper subgroup (Charles + Henry Jr) is distinct from both the Morris-Twp 4-name cluster and the Hanover-Twp 4-name cluster. Per Crayon I.28a, no Mendham Coopers are described as part of either the John-Cooper-of-Denville (Hanover) line or the Daniel-Sr (Long Hill) line. Mendham Coopers are a third Morris-County Cooper subgroup, possibly a separate immigrant family. Henry Cooper Junr's "Junr" suffix implies a Henry Sr who is undocumented in Mendham 1793 (perhaps deceased, or not a freeholder).

Page 148 — Hanover Township 1793 Freeholders (verbatim — four Cooper attestations: James, Ichabod, Ebenezer, Abraham)

Hanover Township

Cornelius Anderson / Daniel Alling / Eliakim Anderson / Silas Ayers / Abner Beach / Benjamin Burroughs / David Bedford / David Bates / David Baker / David Brown / Daniel Ball / David Broadwell / Daniel Burnett / Enock Beach / Elias Bruin / George Bagely / Henry Bagely / Henry Burnet / John Ball / Jacob Ball / John C. Budd / Job Baldwin / Job Baldwin Junr / Jonathan Bruin / Ichabod Blagsley / Jonas Baldwin / Lewis Baker / Lucas von Beverhoudt Esq / Lindsly Burnet / Levi Baldwin / Matthias Burnet / Martin Baldwin / Noah Beach

[middle column:] Nathl Beers / Ralph Burnet / Stephen Brant / Samuel Ball / Saml Ball Junr / Stephen Beach / Silas Baldwin / Thomas Bowlby / William Ball / Asa Crane / Abm Cooper / David Corey / David Corey Junr / Daniel Corey / Daniel Clark / Daniel Carmichael / Danl P. Crane / David Conger / Ellis Cook / Ebenezer Cooper / Edward Cobb / George Carter / Henry Cook / John Cobb / Joseph Casterline / James Cooper / Jeremiah Carter / Jesse Crane / Ichabod Cooper / Joseph Clark / John Clark / Isaac Canfield / Lemuel Cobb

Cooper data — four entries in Hanover Twp 1793 (verbatim):

Significance: This is the canonical Hanover Cooper roster of 1793 — four men. The four Coopers do not cluster contiguously in the page (Abraham appears earlier in the alphabetical sequence, with Ebenezer / James / Ichabod following at intervals interspersed with Crane / Carter / Casterline / Clark / Cobb). All four are presumably the Hanover-line "Holland-origin" Coopers per Crayon I.27/I.28a's claim. This roster is the primary scope-question evidence: four Coopers, all Hanover-resident in 1793, distinct from Morris-Twp's four Coopers (John, William, George, Peter).

Page 153 — Roxbury Township 1793 Freeholders (verbatim — Nathan Cooper)

Roxbury Township

William Allpock / Benjamin Condict / Jacob Drake / John Ayers / Joseph Cool / Abraham Dickerson / John Auble / Lewis Carey / John Dean / Conrad Dunn / Joab Coalman / John Darbe Junr / Stephen Brown / William Corwin / Paul Drake / Peter Brown / Darius Coe / Jacob Drake Junr / Pain Brown / Jared Coe / Nicholas Emmon / Daniel Budd / Jacob Conine Junr / Fulk Fulkerson / Samuel Bedson / Isaac Corwin / Philip Flock / John Bedson / Burnet Cook / Matthias Flock / Elkana Babit / Abraham Cook / Jacob Frazier / David Brown / Abner Corwin / Caleb Fairchild / Samuel Barber / Joshua Coleman / Thomas Faircle / John Dunn / Sammel Conklin / Thomas Fairclo / Abraham Bell / Benjamin Corwin / John Flock / Matthias Baldwin / Joseph Corwin / Amos Grandin / John Budd / Archibald Corrington / Nathan Howell / Christopher Baker / Enoch Conger Junr / Jacob Howell / Joshua Case / William Craft / Benjamin Hart / Robert Culver / Enos Coe / Jabez Eaters Junr / David Culver / Hezekiah Drake / David Hull / Timothy Culver / Silas Drake / John Hagen / Joseph Culver / Simeon Drake / William Han Junr / Simon Culver / Daniel Dickerson / James Hains / John Coleman / Charles Dickerson / Nathl Horton / William Coleman / Thomas Dickerson / Nathan Horton / Philip Critter / John Dickerson / Elijah Horton Esq / Morris Critter / Peter Doty / William Hopkins / Robert Carlisle / Aaron Dalgish / Solomon Hopkins / Nathan Cooper / Matthias Dufford / Elias Howell / Arnold Clayhorse / William Durland / Hezekiah Hopkins / Abraham Drake / John Ham

Cooper datum: "Nathan Cooper" — single Roxbury Twp 1793 freeholder (per index p200, this is the page-153 attestation, distinct from Nathan Junr p111 + Nathaniel Junr p118 which were 1776 voter listings per I.29d). Per project pr.26 Roxbury Cooper family out-of-scope (RESOLVED).md, Nathan Cooper Sr d. 1788 → so this 1793 freeholder Nathan is presumably Nathan Cooper Junr (Sr's son), now succeeding to the freeholder roll. Confirms continued Roxbury Cooper presence 1776 → 1793.

Cross-section synthesis — 1793 Cooper geographic distribution

Township (1793 Freeholder roll) Coopers attested Page
Morris Twp Jno (John), William, Geo. (George), Peter p143
Mendham Twp Charles, Henry Junr p146
Hanover Twp Abm (Abraham), Ebenezer, James, Ichabod p148
Roxbury Twp Nathan p153

Total: 11 Cooper freeholders across 4 townships. This is the canonical primary-source-grade snapshot of Morris-County Cooper geographic distribution in early 1793 — taken just over a year before Benjamin Cooper's death (1794) and 2 years before Daniel Sr's death (1795).

Out-of-scope Coopers per memories: - Roxbury Nathan = LI-English-colonial Cooper line (project pr.26 Roxbury Cooper family out-of-scope (RESOLVED).md) - (Mendham Charles + Henry Jr scoping not yet evaluated — possibly out-of-scope or possibly a third sub-line of either Long-Hill or Hanover families)

In-scope candidates per current catalog: - Morris Twp's John, William, George, Peter — primary candidates for Long-Hill / Daniel Sr branch members - Hanover Twp's Abraham, Ebenezer, James, Ichabod — primary candidates for the Hanover / John-Cooper-of-Denville cluster (per Crayon I.28a)

The scope question in todo.md v143 hinges on whether these two clusters are (a) both Holland-immigrant but distinct Cooper families parallel to each other, or (b) related, or (c) the Hanover cluster is part of the LI-satellite ruled out-of-scope. Crayon's I.28a narrative tilts toward (a). This 1793 freeholder roll directly documents the geographic separation.