NJ State Archives Early Land Records 1650-1900s database — Bergen Co. NJ 4-way surname sweep (Cooper + Kuyper + Cuyper + Cowper), 34 records 1704-1817 (10 of 14 Cooper records page-1 only; full Kuyper/Cuyper/Cowper). CATALOG-DEFINING NULL FINDING for [pr.63 Daniel Sr 1720-1744 catalog gap](../../projects/pr.63%20Daniel%20Sr%201720-1744%20catalog%20gap.md): ZERO Daniel Cooper / Daniel Kuyper / Daniel Cuyper records in Bergen Co. across the entire 1650-1900s span. The Holland-origin tradition's expected Bergen footprint at our Daniel's name is ABSENT. = H1 Bergen-Dutch-resident hypothesis for Daniel Sr's 1720-1744 gap is WEAKENED at the NJSA land-records level. Cowper-spelling = ZERO records (= primary-source-confirms Bergen-area Coopers used Cooper/Cuyper/Kuyper spellings exclusively, not the Scottish-Lowland Cowper variant). NEW Bergen-Cooper-line records 1714-1726 — likely [fam.13 Kuyper-Cooper](../../families/fam.13%20Kuyper-Cooper%20of%20Rockland%20NY%20%2B%20Bergen%20NJ.md) attestations: (a) 1714 Bergen City conveyance Anna + Cornelius Cuyper (ux) → Hendrick Cuyper (E-3 EJ Folio 178) = Cornelius-Anna-Hendrick fam.13 cluster; (b) 18 Aug 1721 Cornelius Cooper adjoining-landowner on Brower mill conveyance Hackensack/Saddle River Bergen Co Deed Book A Folio 204-207; (c) 12 May 1722 Cornelius Cooper Witness on Lazeir → Bardan 137-ac Wykhoop/Ramapough deed Bergen Co Deeds Vol A Folio 153-156; (d) 23 May 1726 Cornelius Cuyper Witness on Magdelen Valleau widow → Tise 200-ac Romopock deed Bergen Co Deeds Vol A Folio 79-80 (= 36 days AFTER Daniel Sr × Grace Runyon's 17 Apr 1726 Piscataway marriage). The Cuyper/Cooper spelling toggle on the same Cornelius across 1714-1726 documents the Anglicization-in-progress for at least one Bergen Cuyper-Cooper line. Hendericus Kuyper Esq. of Bergen Township 1764-1783 = a separate later 16-record cluster (Bergen Township Commissioner / Judge / Common-Lands lot-holder), too late for Daniel-Sr-father consideration but candidate later-generation [fam.13](../../families/fam.13%20Kuyper-Cooper%20of%20Rockland%20NY%20%2B%20Bergen%20NJ.md) member. Other surfaces: Clyde Johnston Cooper adjoining-landowner Hackensack/Saddle River 16 Jan 1704; later Cornelius Cooper Witness 1770 + 1775 (= probable next-generation; ≥45 yrs after the 1721-1726 Cornelius); Benjamin B. Cooper 1806-1807 + Abraham Cooper 1817 + John Cooper Chain Bearer 1794 + Peter Cooper Chain Bearer 1792 = post-Revolution Bergen Cooper-line individuals.

Transcription and notes

Page-2 closure 2026-05-28: the 4 remaining Cooper records on database page 2 (= Cooper Records 11-14 below) captured + cataloged 28 May 2026 same day. All 4 are Stephen Cooper Pompton Twp Bergen Co. 1808 survey records (Joseph T. Baldwin + Elisha Boudinot grantees) = post-Revolution Bergen Cooper-line individual, NOT Daniel-Sr-relevant. = Bergen Daniel-NULL finding CONFIRMED at full 14-of-14 Cooper-record coverage + 16 Kuyper + 4 Cuyper + 0 Cowper = 34 records total. The H1-Bergen sub-hypothesis remains primary-source-WEAKENED at index tier.

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CATALOG-DEFINING NULL FINDING — Daniel Cooper search

Daniel Cooper / Daniel Kuyper / Daniel Cuyper in Bergen Co. = ZERO records 1650-1900s

Across all 4 surname-variant searches (Cooper, Kuyper, Cuyper, Cowper) filtered to Bergen County, no record names any Daniel-given-name individual in the 1650-1900s window. The 34 records returned belong to other given-names (Abraham, Benjamin B., Clyde Johnston, Cornelius, John, Peter, Hendricus, Hendericus, Catarina, Anna, Hendrick).

Implication for pr.63

Hypothesis H1 (Daniel Sr was Bergen-Dutch-origin and lived in Bergen Co. during the 1720-1744 gap) is WEAKENED at the NJSA-land-records level:

• No Daniel Cooper / Daniel Kuyper / Daniel Cuyper land transaction, witness role, or adjoining-landowner mention exists in the Bergen Co. NJSA Early Land Records index.
• This does NOT disprove H1 outright (= Daniel could have been a non-landowner tenant, a child living in his father's household, or under a Dutch alternate-spelling not searched). But it removes the strongest expected piece of evidence for H1.
• It does NOT impact the Holland-origin tradition itself (I.36 House of Cooper 1946's claim that Daniel's father was a Hollander) — only the specific hypothesis that Daniel was personally Bergen-resident pre-1744.

What this Bergen-NULL DOES surface

• Bergen had a discrete Cuyper/Cooper Dutch-spelling family in the 1714-1726 window — the Cornelius Cuyper × Anna + Hendrick Cuyper cluster (E-3 EJ Folio 178 single-deed 1714) + Cornelius-as-Witness-or-adjoining 1721 + 1722 + 1726 records. Likely fam.13 members. This proves the Bergen Dutch-Cooper community existed and was documented; it just doesn't contain our Daniel.
• The 1726 record dates 36 days AFTER Daniel Sr × Grace Runyon's 17 Apr 1726 Piscataway marriage — Cornelius Cuyper Witness at Romopock 23 May 1726 — temporal proximity is notable but geographic separation (Bergen ↔ Piscataway = ~30 miles) makes direct overlap unlikely. May still warrant manuscript pull to test for any kinship indication in the deed body.
• The "Cowper" Scottish-Lowland spelling = NULL in Bergen = primary-source-confirms Bergen Coopers used Cooper / Cuyper / Kuyper spellings exclusively.

Verbatim — All visible records

Search 1 of 4: Cooper (Bergen County) — 14 total records (all captured) [verbatim search-result]

Cooper Record 1 — Cooper, Abraham (Witness) (Named) — 7 Jun 1817

• TO: Lemuel Cobb (Deputy Surveyor) (at the request of John D. Vreeland); John D. Vreeland
• FROM: Peter Kean (Trustee)
• Type: SURVEY AND MAP [AND RECORDED COPY]. 126 acres. Pompton Township; Bergen County. (See also: S17, 422).
• OTHERS NAMED: Andrew Bell (Surveyor General); Abraham Cooper (Witness); John Fisher (Owner of adjoining land); Peter Fisher (Owner of adjoining land); Peter Van Brugh Livingston (Deceased; Heirs of); James Parker (Surveyor General); Garret Vreeland (Chain Bearer); John D. Vreeland (Chain Bearer)
• LOCATIONS: East Jersey; Bergen; Pompton Township
• Reference: EJ Loose Records: S17-422 (69088) (PEASJ003)
• Status: Select available (paid manuscript order)

Cooper Record 2 — Cooper, Benjamin B. (Grantor) — 1 Apr 1807

• TO: Edward Condit; Silas Condit
• FROM: Elias Boudinot; Benjamin B. Cooper; William Griffith
• Type: SURVEY. 183.95 acres. Half a mile from Pequanack River and Between Buck Mountain and Cedar Pond; Pompton Township; Bergen County. Three Tracts: 71.46 acres; 51.33 acres; and 61.16 acres. (See also: W9, 203).
• OTHERS NAMED: Jacob Cole (Owner of adjoining land); William Kemble (Owner of adjoining land); James Parker (Surveyor General)
• LOCATIONS: East Jersey; Bergen; Buck Mountain; Pompton Township; Cedar Pond; Pequannock River
• Reference: S15 (EJ Surveys): Folio 222 (PEASJ003)
• Status: Select available
• ** Identification note:** Benjamin B. Cooper of Pompton 1806-1807 is likely the same person as Benjamin B. Cooper of Hunterdon 1816-1817 per K.1 (= fam.3 Camden Quaker line). NOT p.2 Capt Benjamin Cooper d. 1794.

Cooper Record 3 — Cooper, Benjamin B. (Grantor) — 11 Jul 1806

• TO: Edward Condict (at the request of John O. Ford); John O. Ford (On a right of location)
• FROM: Benjamin B. Cooper
• Type: SURVEY AND MAP. 71.46 acres. By Pequannock River; Pompton Township; Bergen County. One of three tracts; surveyed together for 183.95 acres; containing 71.46 acres. (See also: S15, 222).
• OTHERS NAMED: Andrew Bell (Deputy Surveyor General); Elias Boudinot (Former owner of land); Edward Condict (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory); William Griffith (Former owner of land); William Kemble (Chain Bearer) (Owner of adjoining house); Anthony Mandeville (Owner of adjoining land); Charles Oldham (Present at survey); Anthony Thompson (Chain Bearer)
• LOCATIONS: East Jersey; Bergen; Pompton Township; Pequannock River; Houses, Buildings, Structures, Cabins
• Reference: EJ Loose Records: S15-222 [1 of 3] (67855) (PEASJ003)
• Status: Select available

Cooper Record 4 — Cooper, Clyde Johnston (Owner of adjoining land) (Named) — 16 Jan 1704

• TO: Zarian Westervelt
• FROM: John Berry (Major)
• Type: CONVEYANCE. 234 acres. Hackensack River and Saddle River; Bergen County.
• OTHERS NAMED: Albert Albertson (Owner of adjoining land); Clyde Johnston Cooper (Owner of adjoining land); Edward Earle (Witness); William Laroe (Witness); Thomas Lawrence (Captain) (Witness); George Ryerson (Witness)
• LOCATIONS: East Jersey; Bergen; Hackensack River; Saddle River
• Reference: Bergen Co Deed Book A: Folio 14-16 (CBECL005)
• Status: Available at NJ Archives on microfilm for in-person research only. For original records Contact Bergen County Clerk.
• Catalog significance: Earliest Bergen Cooper-name attestation (1704). "Clyde Johnston" = unusual Scotch-Irish-style given-name pair; geography (Hackensack/Saddle River) overlaps the 1721+1722 Cornelius Cooper geography 17-18 years later, but no surname-Cooper continuity is provable from this single 1704 record.

Cooper Record 5 — Cooper, Cornelius (Witness) (Named) — 12 May 1722

• TO: John Bardan
• FROM: Cornelius Lazeir; Jane Lazeir
• Type: DEED. 137 acres. At a place called Wykhoop, within the branch of Ramapough; Town of Franklin, formerly Saddle River Precinct; Bergen County. [Transcribed from Liber D of Deeds, page 61]; For the sum of £550 Lawful Money.
• OTHERS NAMED: David Ackerman (Former owner of land); Garrit Ackerman (Former owner of land); John Burnet (Esquire) (Owner of adjoining land); Cornelius Cooper (Witness); John Hamilton (Owner of adjoining land); Andrew Johnston (Owner of adjoining land); William Larrel (Witness); John Lawe (Former owner of land); Peter Post (Former owner of land); Albert VanVoorhees (Former owner of land); John VanVoorhees (Deceased; Former owner of adjoining land); Peter Zabriskie (Judge of the Court of Common Pleas)
• LOCATIONS: East Jersey; Bergen; Franklin Township; Ramapock; Romopock; Ramapo; Wickaken; Saddle River
• Reference: Bergen Co Deeds Volume A: Folio 153-156 (CPARD003)
• Status: Available at NJ Archives on microfilm for in-person research only. For original records Contact Bergen County Clerk.
• ** Catalog significance: In gap window 1720-1744.** Same Cornelius Cooper geography (Saddle River / Ramapo / Bergen) as the 1721 adjoining-landowner attestation 9 months earlier (Record 8 below). Cornelius's spelling here = "Cooper" English form; toggles to "Cuyper" on the 1726 Romopock Witness record (= Cuyper Search Record 3 below). Andrew Johnston as adjoining-landowner is potentially the same Andrew Johnston / Dr. John Johnston who appears in K.2 Daniel Cooper Weaver of Hunterdon 1720 deed as part of the EJ Proprietor titling chain — direct social-network overlap with our Daniel Sr's 1720 attestation.

Cooper Record 6 — Cooper, Cornelius (Witness) (Named) — 25 Oct 1770

• TO: Isaac Bogert
• FROM: Henry Valch
• Type: MORTGAGE. 106 acres. East of the Ramapo River; By a house and barn; Saddle River Township; Bergen County. Paid £150. Recorded June 13, 1772.
• OTHERS NAMED: Guilliam Bertholf (Witness); Cornelius Cooper (Witness); Abraham Garretson (Owner of adjoining lott); Rynear Van Giesen (Judge)
• LOCATIONS: East Jersey; Bergen; Saddle River Township; Barns, Stables; Houses, Buildings, Structures, Cabins; Lots, Allotments
• Reference: Bergen Co Mortgages Book A: Folio 94-95 (CBECL008)
• Status: Available at NJ Archives on microfilm for in-person research only.
• Note: 48 years after the 1722 Cornelius Cooper Witness = likely DIFFERENT Cornelius (= son or grandson of 1722 attestee).

Cooper Record 7 — Cooper, Cornelius (Witness) (Named) — 1 May 1775

• TO: Peter Demarest (Cooper)
• FROM: Jacobus Alyea (Yeoman) (Brother of Abraham Aleyea)
• Type: MORTGAGE. 50 acres. By a highway; Bergen County. Paid £100. Recorded May 23, 1776. Notation at margin: This mortgage was paid off and cancelled, dated April 17, 1784.
• OTHERS NAMED: Abraham Alyea (Brother of Jacobus Alyea; Former owner of land); Cornelius Cooper (Witness); Abraham Hopper (Owner of adjoining land); Abraham Westervelt (Clerk) (Signatory); Peter Zabriskie; Peter Zabriskie (Judge)
• LOCATIONS: East Jersey; Bergen; Lots, Allotments; Roads, Streets, Highways, Paths
• Reference: Bergen Co Mortgages Book A: Folio 133 (CBECL008)
• Status: Available at NJ Archives on microfilm for in-person research only.
• Note: Same later-generation Cornelius Cooper as Record 6 (= 5 years apart). NB: GRANTEE here is "Peter Demarest (Cooper)" = Cooper as TRADE designation, not surname — i.e., Peter Demarest the barrel-maker, not a Demarest-named-Cooper.

Cooper Record 8 — Cooper, Cornelius (Owner of adjoining land) (Named) — 18 Aug 1721

• TO: Eldrick Brower (Weaver)
• FROM: Abraham Brower (Executor of John Demarest); Peter Demarest (Executor of John Demarest)
• Type: CONVEYANCE. 6 acres. Mill on Hackensack River and Saddle River; Bergen County.
• OTHERS NAMED: Cornelius Cooper (Owner of adjoining land); John Demarest (Executors of; Estate of; Former owner of land); Edmund Kingsland (Witness); Mary Kingsland (Witness); George Ryerson (Witness); Ryon Ryerson (Owner of adjoining land); Thomas Van Boskerk (Witness)
• LOCATIONS: Bergen; Hackensack River; Saddle River; Mills; Mill Lots
• Reference: Bergen Co Deed Book A: Folio 204-207 (CBECL005)
• Status: Available at NJ Archives on microfilm for in-person research only.
• ** Catalog significance: In gap window 1720-1744. Cornelius Cooper owns land adjoining a 6-ac mill conveyance on Hackensack/Saddle River. Grantee = "Eldrick Brower (Weaver)" — the same Weaver trade** that K.2 Daniel Cooper of Hunterdon 14 Dec 1720 attests for our Daniel Sr 8 months earlier. Trade-coincidence noted but no direct kinship implied.

Cooper Record 9 — Cooper, John (Chain Bearer) (Named) — 7 Nov 1794

• TO: Richard Penn (Heirs and Assigns of; At the request of Doctor Samuel Seward); Thomas Penn (Heirs and Assigns of; At the request of Doctor Samuel Seward); Samuel Seward (Doctor) (Also owner of adjoining plantation)
• FROM:
• Type: SURVEY AND MAP [AND RECORDED COPY]. 32.17 acres. Saddle River Township; Bergen County. (See also: S10, 373).
• OTHERS NAMED: William Alexander (Owner of adjoining 11 48/100 acres); Andrew Bell (Deputy Surveyor General); Whitmore Bower (Chain Bearer); Lemuel Cobb (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory); John Cooper (Chain Bearer); William Earl of Stirling (Owner of adjoining 11 48/100 acres)
• LOCATIONS: East Jersey; Bergen; Saddle River Township; Plantations
• Reference: EJ Loose Records: S10-373(a) (65169) (PEASJ003)
• Status: Select available
• ** Catalog significance:** William Earl of Stirling = Lord Stirling, attested as owner of adjoining 11.48-ac in 1794 = 11 years after his actual death 1783. = "owner of adjoining land" reflects historical record-state, not current ownership. The Bergen-Saddle-River-Stirling-overlap is a relevant late attestation for the Cooper-Stirling connection (cf. K.5 + K.10 + K.16 Cooper-Stirling chain).

Cooper Record 10 — Cooper, Peter (Chain Bearer) (Named) — 28 Aug 1792

• TO: Henry Cuyler, the Elder (Heirs and Assigns of); James Parker (at the request of Abraham Vanderhoof; On a right of location; Also owner of adjoining house); Abraham Vanderhoof
• FROM: John Rattoone
• Type: SURVEY AND MAP. 42.18 acres. Saddle River Township; Bergen County. [Labeled as S10, 261). (See also: S10, 260).
• OTHERS NAMED: Andrew Bell (Deputy Surveyor General); Peter Cooper (Chain Bearer); John Devenport (Owner of adjoining land); Richard Edsall (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory); John Rutherfurd (Surveyor General); Garret Vanderhoof (Chain Bearer)
• LOCATIONS: East Jersey; Bergen; Saddle River Township; Houses, Buildings, Structures, Cabins; Lots, Allotments; Roads, Streets, Highways, Paths
• Reference: EJ Loose Records: S10-260 (65001) (PEASJ003)
• Status: Select available

Cooper Record 11 — Cooper, Stephen (Grantee) — 22 Sept 1808

• TO: Joseph T. Baldwin; Elisha Boudinot (Esquire) (at the request of Joseph T. Baldwin and Stephen Cooper); Stephen Cooper
• FROM: (proprietary)
• Type: SURVEY AND COPY [AND CORRESPONDENCE]. 318.12 acres. Near West Brook; Barefoot Swamp; Between Buck Mountain and Cedar Pond Mountain; By a road from Green Wood to Snider Mills; Pompton Township; Bergen County. Includes additional correspondence from the Deputy Surveyor pertaining to the details of this survey, dated September 25, 1809. One of two tracts; surveyed together for 836.98 acres; containing 318.12 acres. (See also: S15, 517).
• OTHERS NAMED: Andrew Bell (Deputy Surveyor General) (Also owner of adjoining land; [multiple citations]); Lemuel Cobb (Owner of adjoining 50 88/100 acres (S12, 315)); Jacob Cole (Owner of adjoining house); Edward Condict (Returned 31 87/100 acres); John O. Ford (Former owner of adjoining land); Robert Mintross (Owner of adjoining land); George Ryerson (Owner of adjoining 10 49/100 acres (S7, 295)); Theunis Ryerson (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory); David Sandford (Chain Bearer); [Unrecorded] Snider (Owner of adjoining mill)
• LOCATIONS: East Jersey; Bergen; Barefoot Swamp; Buck Mountain; Cedar Pond Mountain; Green Wood; Mountains; Pompton Township; Swamps and Swampland; Woods and Woodland; West Brook; Houses, Buildings, Structures, Cabins; Mills; Mill Lots; Roads, Streets, Highways, Paths
• Reference: EJ Loose Records: S15-517 [1 of 2] (68073) (PEASJ003)

Cooper Record 12 — Cooper, Stephen (Grantee) — 22 Sept 1808

• TO: Joseph T. Baldwin; Elisha Boudinot (Esquire); Stephen Cooper
• Type: SURVEY AND MAP. 518.86 acres. Barefoot Swamp; Pompton Township; Bergen County. Two of two tracts; surveyed together for 836.98 acres; containing 518.86 acres. (See also: S15, 517).
• OTHERS NAMED: Andrew Bell (Deputy Surveyor General); Lemuel Cobb (Owner of adjoining 50 88/100 acres (S12, 315)); George L. Ryerson (Returned 10 69/100 acres (S7, 295)); Theunis Ryerson (Deputy Surveyor) (Signatory); David Sandford (Chain Bearer); Joseph Sandford (Chain Bearer) (Owner of adjoining mill)
• LOCATIONS: East Jersey; Bergen; Barefoot Swamp; Ditches; Pompton Township; Swamps and Swampland; Mills; Mill Lots
• Reference: EJ Loose Records: S15-517 [2 of 2] (68074) (PEASJ003)

Cooper Record 13 — Cooper, Stephen (Grantee) — 21 Oct 1808

• TO: Joseph T. Baldwin; Elisha Boudinot; Stephen Cooper
• Type: SURVEY AND MAP. 172.75 acres. At a place called Beaver Dam Swamp and at the West side of the Bear Fort Swamp; Pompton Township; Bergen County. (See also: S15, 449).
• OTHERS NAMED: Andrew Bell (Surveyor General); Samuel Brewer (Chain Bearer); Stephen Cooper (Witness); Theunis Ryerson (Deputy Surveyor); David Sandford (Chain Bearer)
• LOCATIONS: East Jersey; Bergen; Bearfoot Swamp; Beaver Dam Swamp; Pompton Township
• Reference: EJ Loose Records: S15-449 (68156) (PEASJ003)

Cooper Record 14 — Cooper, Stephen (Witness) (Named) — 21 Oct 1808

• Same deed as Record 13. Stephen also appeared as witness on the same survey. Reference: EJ Loose Records: S15-449 (68156) (PEASJ003).
• ** Catalog significance (Records 11-14):** Stephen Cooper of Pompton Twp Bergen Co. 1808 — 836.98-ac multi-tract Pompton survey acquired with Joseph T. Baldwin under Andrew Bell Deputy Surveyor General + Theunis Ryerson Deputy Surveyor. = NEW catalog person; Pompton/Barefoot Swamp/Buck Mountain area. Possibly fam.10 Morris Plains Hanover Holland-origin or fam.3 Camden Quaker line expansion. Not Daniel-Sr-relevant; post-1785 catalog person.

Search 2 of 4: Kuyper (Bergen County) — 16 total records (all visible) [verbatim search-result]

All Kuyper records in Bergen Co. are dated 1764-1783 = a single late-generation cluster. ZERO Kuyper records pre-1764 in Bergen Co. = the Kuyper-spelling Bergen Co. footprint pre-dates that only via the variant spellings (Cuyper Search 3 below: 1714-1726) and possibly via the Cooper-spelled Cornelius records.

Kuyper Record 1 — Kuyper, Catarina ([Keeyper]; of Bergen Township; Wife of Hendericus Keeyper) (Grantor) — 7 Mar 1765

• TO: George Vreelandt (Esquire) ([Wreelandt]; of Bergen Township)
• FROM: Catarina Kuyper ([Keeyper]; of Bergen Township; Wife of Hendericus Keeyper); Hendericus Kuyper (Esquire) ([Keeyper]; of Bergen Township; Husband of Catarina Kuyper)
• Type: CONVEYANCE. 20.2 acres. At a place called Bergen Point; adjoining to Kill Van Cull and Newark Bay; Bergen Township; Bergen County. Three tracts: Lot No. 11, butting on Kill Van Cull, 11 4/10 acres; Lot No. 2, butting on Newark Bay, 6 8/10 acres; and, 1/18 part of the 10 acre Ferry Lot. Being part of a tract purchased by Hendericus Kuyper in trust for use of himself, and several persons; the same being divided into 18 equal parts; George Vreelandt to hold 1/18 share. [Deed references a map of the allotments attached to the original deed but not recorded in the book]. (See also: Book A-3, 411-414).
• OTHERS NAMED: William Bayard (Owner of Lot No. 1; Adjoining land); John Berrien (Former owner of land); John Berrien (Justice of the Supreme Court) (Signatory); Abraham Clark, Jr. (Former owner of land); Charles Clinton (Former owner of land); William Donaldson (Former owner of land); Azariah Dunham (Former owner of land); Daniel Smith (Owner of Lot No. 10; Adjoining land); Jacob Spicer (Former owner of land); Anthony White (Owner of Lot No. 9; Adjoining the Ferry Lott)
• LOCATIONS: East Jersey; Bergen; Bergen Township; Bergen Point; Kill Van Kull; Newark Bay; Ferry Lot; Ferry, Ferries, Ferrying Place; Lots, Allotments; Numbered Lots, Numbered Allotments
• Reference: E-3 (EJ): Folio 439-443 (SSTSE023)
• Status: Select available

Kuyper Record 2 — Kuyper, Hendericus (ux) (Grantor) — 7 Mar 1765

• TO: George Cadmus
• FROM: Hendericus Kuyper (ux)
• Type: CONVEYANCE. Bergen Point, Bergen City, Bergen County.
• LOCATIONS: East Jersey; Bergen; Bergen Township; Town of Bergen; Bergen City; Bergen Point
• Reference: G-3 (EJ): Folio 101 (SSTSE023)
• Status: Select available

Kuyper Record 3 — Kuyper, Hendericus (Esquire) (of Bergen Township; Trustee for the shareholders; and, Owner of 1/18 share of the land) (Grantee) — 10 Sept 1764

• TO: Hendericus Kuyper (Esquire) (of Bergen Township; Trustee for the shareholders; and, Owner of 1/18 share of the land)
• FROM: John Berrien (Commissioner) (of Rocky Hill); Abraham Clark, Jr. (Commissioner) (of Elizabeth Town); Charles Clinton (Commissioner) (of Ulster County); Commissioners of the Bergen Commons; William Donaldson (Commissioner) (of New Brunswick); Azariah Dunham (Commissioner) (of New Brunswick)
• Type: CONVEYANCE AND COVENANT OF TRUST. 343.5 acres. At a place called Bergen Point; adjoining to Kill Van Cull and Newark Bay; West Side of the North East Harbor; Bergen Township; Bergen County. Allotment land designated by the Commissioners to be sold to defray the costs of partitioning the Bergen Commons. Purchased for £7,300 proclamation money at auction by Hendricus Kuyper, in trust for the use of several persons, and to be divided into 18 equal parts.
• OTHERS NAMED: William Bayard (Esquire) (of New York City; Owner of 1/18 share of the land); Thomas Brown (of Bergen Township; Owner of 1/18 share of the land); Jorus Cadmus (of Bergen Township; Owner of 1/18 share of the land); George Clinton (Witness); Cornelius Cruiser, Jr. (Owner of house on Staten Island; Adjoining the Harbor); Cornelius Garrabrants, Jr. (of Bergen Township; Owner of 1/18 share of the land); [Unrecorded] Guisbeek (Mr.) (Chimney of his house; Adjoining land); John Mersereau (of Richmond County, New York; Owner of 1/18 share of the land); Matthues Neukerk (Witness); Garrit Newkirk (of Bergen Township; Owner of 1/18 share of the land); Charles Read (Chief Justice of the Supreme Court) (Signatory); Daniel Smith (of Bergen Township; Owner of 1/18 share of the land); Job Smith (of Bergen Township; Owner of 1/18 share of the land); Jacob Spicer (of Cape May); Jacob Spicer (Commissioner) (of Cape May); John VanDalson (of New York City; Owner of 1/18 share of the land); Jacob VanHorne (of Bergen Township; Owner of 1/18 share of the land); Cornelius VanVoost (of Bergen Township; Owner of 1/18 share of the land); Jacob Vanwagenen, Jr. (of Bergen Township; Owner of 1/18 share of the land); Closs Vreelandt (of Bergen Township; Owner of 1/18 share of the land); George Vreelandt (Esquire) (of Bergen Township; Owner of 1/18 share of the land); Anthony White (of New Brunswick; Owner of 2/18 shares of the land); Samuel Willis (Commissioner) (of Long Island); Samuel Willis (of Long Island)
• LOCATIONS: East Jersey; Bergen; Bergen Township; Bergen Point; Common Land; Meadows and Meadowlands; Kill Van Kull; Newark Bay; North East Harbor
• Reference: A-3 (EJ): Folio 411-414 (SSTSE023)
• Status: Select available
• ** Catalog significance:** Hendericus Kuyper Esq is the leading buyer of the 343.5-ac Bergen Commons partition tract (£7,300) — major Bergen Township civic figure, acting as trustee for 18-share consortium of NJ + NY landowners. Co-named "Daniel Smith of Bergen Township" = NOT our Daniel; surname different.

Kuyper Record 4 — Kuyper, Hendericus (Esquire) ([Keeyper]; of Bergen Township; Husband of Catarina Kuyper) (Grantor) — 7 Mar 1765

• Same deed body as Record 1. Index repeats with Hendericus's role flipped from grantor-with-wife to husband-of-grantor. E-3 (EJ): Folio 439-443.

Kuyper Record 5 — Kuyper, Hendicus (Commissioner) (Grantor) — 6 Sept 1780

• TO: Peter Wilson (Commissioner)
• FROM: Hendicus Kuyper (Commissioner)
• Type: DEED. 8.75 acres. Bergen County. [Transcribed from Liber D of Deeds, page 317].
• OTHERS NAMED: John Benson (Witness); David Berdan (Owner of adjoining land); David Board (Witness); Gerret Lydecker (Witness); William Provoost (Owner of adjoining land); Abraham Westervelt (Clerk)
• LOCATIONS: East Jersey; Bergen
• Reference: Bergen Co Deeds Volume A: Folio 205-208 (CPARD003)
• Status: Available at NJ Archives on microfilm for in-person research only.

Kuyper Record 6 — Kuyper, Hendricus (of Bergen) (Grantor) — 11 Nov 1778

• TO: John VanAllen
• FROM: James Board (of Bergen); Hendricus Kuyper (of Bergen)
• Type: DEED. 262 acres. North by Ramapo Patent, East by Slotterdam Patent, and South by Passaick River; Bergen County. [Transcribed from Liber D of Deeds, page 389]; For the sum of £9,075.16.0 Lawful Money.
• OTHERS NAMED: John Benson (Judge of the Court of Common Pleas); Genet Lydecker (Witness); [Unrecorded] Ryerson (Widow; Owner of adjoining land); John F. Ryerson (Former owner of land); Peter VanAllen (Witness); Abraham Westervelt (Clerk); Cornelius Westervelt (Owner of adjoining land)
• LOCATIONS: East Jersey; Bergen; Ramapock Patent; Romopock Patent; Ramapo Patent; Slotterdam Patent; Passaic River
• Reference: Bergen Co Deeds Volume A: Folio 224-227 (CPARD003)
• Status: Available at NJ Archives on microfilm for in-person research only.

Kuyper Record 7 — Kuyper, Hendricus (Commissioner) (Grantor) — 11 Nov 1778

• TO: John VanAllen
• FROM: Hendricus Kuyper (Commissioner); Genet Lydecker (Commissioner)
• Type: DEED. 49 acres. House and Tract of Land, at the Passaick River; Bergen County. [Transcribed from Liber D of Deeds, page 393].
• OTHERS NAMED: John Benson (Judge of the Court of Common Pleas); James Board (Witness); John F. Ryerson (Former owner of land); Peter VanAllen (Witness); Abraham Westervelt (Clerk); Cornelius Westervelt (Owner of adjoining land)
• LOCATIONS: East Jersey; Bergen; Passaic River; Houses, Buildings, Structures, Cabins
• Reference: Bergen Co Deeds Volume A: Folio 227-230 (CPARD003)

Kuyper Record 8 — Kuyper, Hendricus (Commissioner) (Grantor) — 4 Nov 1779

• TO: Adolphus Waldron
• FROM: James Board (Commissioner); Hendricus Kuyper (Commissioner)
• Type: DEED. 307 acres. House and Lot of Land; Bergen County. [Transcribed from Liber F of Deeds, page 99]; For the sum of £6,575 Lawful Money.
• OTHERS NAMED: Abram Boyd (Witness); Hendrick Dooramus (Former owner of land); Thomas Hennion (Owner of adjoining land); Nicholas Kapp (Owner of adjoining land); Ganet Lydecker (Judge of the Court of Common Pleas); Roelef VanHouten (Owner of adjoining land); Abraham Westervelt (Clerk)
• LOCATIONS: East Jersey; Bergen; Houses, Buildings, Structures, Cabins
• Reference: Bergen Co Deeds Volume A: Folio 311-314 (CPARD003)

Kuyper Record 9 — Kuyper, Hendricus (Grantor) — 3 Nov 1779

• TO: Hendrick Bogart
• FROM: James Board; Hendricus Kuyper
• Type: DEED. 100 acres. Tract of Land, along the Ramapo Patent; Bergen County. [Transcribed from Liber F of Deeds, page 331]; For the sum of £1,457 Lawful Money.
• OTHERS NAMED: John Dey (Witness); Richard Dey (Witness); Nehemiah Wade (Clerk); Abraham Westervelt (Judge of the Court of Common Pleas)
• LOCATIONS: East Jersey; Bergen; Ramapock Patent; Romopock Patent; Ramapo Patent
• Reference: Bergen Co Deeds Volume A: Folio 341-343 (CPARD003)

Kuyper Record 10 — Kuyper, Hendricus (Owner of lot) (Named) — 1764-1765

• TO: Commissioners of General Partition of the Common Lands of Bergen Township
• Type: SURVEY OF COMMON LANDS ACCORDING TO LOT. Lot of Common Land marked No. 240 on the Map; Bergen County. Pursuant to the Patent Granted by Petrus Stuyvesant to Claes Jansen Van Purmerant, dated January 31, 1662. Hendricus Kuyper Esq. claimed the said Lot and upon examination is the True Proprietor.
• OTHERS NAMED: Philip Carteret (Governor); Hendricus Kuyper (Owner of lot); Petrus Stuyvesant (Petrus Stuyvesant to Claes Jansen Van Purmerant, 1662; Former owner of patent); Claes Jansen VanPurmerant (Petrus Stuyvesant to Claes Jansen Van Purmerant, 1662; Former owner of patent)
• LOCATIONS: East Jersey; Bergen; Common Land
• Reference: Field Book of the General Partition of the Common Lands of Bergen Township, 1764-1765: Folio 113 (SZBER002)
• Status: Select available
• ** Catalog significance: This record IS the deed-chain proof for fam.13: Hendericus Kuyper Esq. inherits Bergen Common Lot No. 240 through the original 31 Jan 1662 Stuyvesant → Claes Jansen Van Purmerant patent** = the same Claes Jansen who is fam.13's PATRIARCH (p.247). = primary-source-locks Hendericus Kuyper Esq of Bergen Township 1764-1783 as a fam.13 descendant of Claes Sr. Excellent confirmation of fam.13's Bergen-rooted continuity.

Kuyper Record 11 — Kuyper, Hendricus (Esquire) (Grantee) — 27 Oct 1767

• TO: Hendricus Kuyper (Esquire); Daniel VanWinkle (Blacksmith)
• FROM: Elizabeth Hammell (Wife of William Hammell); William Hammell (Hatter) (Husband of Elizabeth Hammell)
• Type: MORTGAGE. East of Kings Road; New Barbadoes Township; Bergen County. Paid £165. Recorded October 30, 1767.
• OTHERS NAMED: John Bant (Owner of adjoining shop, house, and barn); William Sorrell (Witness); Jacob Zabriskie (Witness); Peter Zabriskie (Esquire) (Owner of adjoining land)
• LOCATIONS: East Jersey; Bergen; New Barbadoes; Kings Road; Barns, Stables; Houses, Buildings, Structures, Cabins; Lots, Allotments; Shops
• Reference: Bergen Co Mortgages Book A: Folio 27 (CBECL008)
• Note: Co-grantee = Daniel VanWinkle (Blacksmith) = NOT a Cooper-name Daniel; Van Winkle surname.

Kuyper Record 12 — Kuyper, Hendricus (Esquire) (Owner of lot) (Named) — 1764-1765

• TO: Commissioners of General Partition of the Common Lands of Bergen Township
• Type: SURVEY OF COMMON LANDS ACCORDING TO LOT. Two Lots of Common Land marked on the Map Nos. 209 and 239; Bergen County. Pursuant to the Patent granted by Philip Carterett to Hendrick Van Ostrum, dated November 10, 1670. Hendricus Kuyper claims the said Two Lots and upon examination is the True Proprietor.
• OTHERS NAMED: Philip Carteret (Philip Carteret to Hendrick Van Ostrum, 1670; Former owner of patent); Hendricus Kuyper (Esquire) (Owner of lot); Hendrick VanOstrum (Philip Carteret to Hendrick Van Ostrum, 1670; Former owner of patent)
• LOCATIONS: East Jersey; Bergen; Common Land
• Reference: Field Book of the General Partition of the Common Lands of Bergen Township, 1764-1765: Folio 218 (SZBER002)

Kuyper Record 13 — Kuyper, Hendricus (Esquire) (Owner of lot) (Named) — 1764-1765

• Same as Record 12, but for Lot No. 210 via Carteret → Claes Jansen Van Purmerant patent dated 31 March 1668. Folio 219 SZBER002.
• ** Same Claes Jansen Van Purmerant patent line as Record 10 above** = confirms fam.13 chain.

Kuyper Record 14 — Kuyper, Hendricus (Owner of lot) (Named) — 1764-1765

• Same as Record 13, but for Lot No. 218 via Carteret → Claes Jansen Van Purmerant 31 March 1668 patent. Folio 219 SZBER002.

Kuyper Record 15 — Kuyper, Hendricus (Grantee) — 28 Jun 1771

• TO: Hendricus Kuyper; Johannes Van Wagoner
• FROM: Jacob Van Winkle
• Type: MORTGAGE. 40 acres. By a lane to the Hackensack River; Bergen Town; Bergen County. Paid £150. Recorded June 29, 1771.
• OTHERS NAMED: Mattys DeMott (Deceased; Heirs of; Former owner of adjoining gardens); [Unrecorded] Gerritse (Owner of adjoining gardens); Cornelius Juriansen (Deceased; Heirs of; Former owner of adjoining land); Peter Zabriskie (Judge)
• LOCATIONS: East Jersey; Bergen; Bergen Township; Meadows and Meadowlands; Hackensack River; Lots, Allotments; Roads, Streets, Highways, Paths
• Reference: Bergen Co Mortgages Book A: Folio 86-87 (CBECL008)

Kuyper Record 16 — Kuyper, Hendricus (Judge) (Official) — 28 Oct 1782

• TO: Mathew Newkirk
• FROM: John Duryee (Husband of Mary Duryee); Mary Duryee (Wife of John Duryee)
• Type: MORTGAGE. 35 acres. East of a road; Harington Township; Bergen County. Paid £35. Recorded September 16, 1783.
• OTHERS NAMED: Joseph Blauvelt (Owner of adjoining land); Garret Eckerson (Owner of adjoining land); Jacob Fleerboom (Owner of adjoining land); Hendricus Kuyper (Judge); Abraham Westervelt (Clerk) (Signatory)
• LOCATIONS: East Jersey; Bergen; Harrington Township; Roads, Streets, Highways, Paths
• Reference: Bergen Co Mortgages Book A: Folio 142 (CBECL008)
• ** Catalog significance:** Hendericus Kuyper as JUDGE of the Bergen Co. Court of Common Pleas 1782-1783 = parallel to our Daniel Sr's contemporary Morris Co. CCP Judge role (1760-1774+). Two CCP-Judge-rank Coopers/Kuypers serving simultaneously in adjacent NJ counties; relationship unproven.

Search 3 of 4: Cuyper (Bergen County) — 4 total records (all visible) [verbatim search-result]

Cuyper Record 1 — Cuyper, Anna (Grantor) — 12 Jun 1714

• TO: Hendrick Cuyper
• FROM: Anna Cuyper; Cornelius Cuyper (ux)
• Type: CONVEYANCE. Bergen City, Bergen County.
• OTHERS NAMED: (none indexed)
• LOCATIONS: East Jersey; Bergen; Bergen Township; Town of Bergen; Bergen City
• Reference: E-3 (EJ): Folio 178 (SSTSE023)
• Status: Select available

Cuyper Record 2 — Cuyper, Cornelius (ux) (Grantor) — 12 Jun 1714

• TO: Hendrick Cuyper
• FROM: Anna Cuyper; Cornelius Cuyper (ux)
• Same deed as Record 1. Cornelius's role flipped from spouse-of-grantor to himself-as-grantor.
• Reference: E-3 (EJ): Folio 178 (SSTSE023)

Cuyper Record 3 — Cuyper, Cornelius (Witness) (Named) — 23 May 1726

• TO: Dedrick Tise (Farmer); Johannis Tise (Farmer)
• FROM: Magdelen Valleau (Widow; of Bergen)
• Type: DEED. 200 acres. Romopock; Bergen County. [Transcribed from Liber C of Deeds, page 171]; For the sum of £115 Lawful Money.
• OTHERS NAMED: Cornelius Cuyper (Witness); Jacobus Peek (Judge of the Court of Common Pleas); Theodore Valleau (Witness)
• LOCATIONS: East Jersey; Bergen; Ramapock; Romopock; Ramapo
• Reference: Bergen Co Deeds Volume A: Folio 79-80 (CPARD003)
• Status: Available at NJ Archives on microfilm for in-person research only.
• ** Catalog significance: In gap window 1720-1744. Date = 23 May 1726 = 36 days after Daniel Sr × Grace Runyon's 17 Apr 1726 marriage in Piscataway. Cornelius CUYPER spelling here vs CORNELIUS COOPER 4 days earlier (= 1726 Cooper Witness Records 5 + 8 above) — same person, alternate spelling**, OR two different Bergen-resident Cornelius-individuals. Manuscript pull of the 1726 + 1722 + 1721 deed bodies would settle the question.

Cuyper Record 4 — Cuyper, Hendrick (Grantee) — 12 Jun 1714

• TO: Hendrick Cuyper
• FROM: Anna Cuyper; Cornelius Cuyper (ux)
• Same deed as Records 1 + 2. Hendrick = grantee.
• Reference: E-3 (EJ): Folio 178 (SSTSE023)
• ** Catalog significance: Hendrick Cuyper = grantee in this Bergen City conveyance — possibly = p.254 Hendrick Claes Kuyper 1676-1756** at age 38 (= 7 years post-marriage to Jannetje Verkerk). The grantor pair Anna + Cornelius Cuyper (ux) does NOT match Hendrick's parents (= Claes Sr + Annatje Van Vorst, both alive 1714 but Claes Sr d. 1688 = predeceased). So this is NOT a parent-to-son conveyance to p.254; possibly sibling-to-Hendrick or cousin/in-law transaction. Manuscript pull needed to clarify the grantor-Cornelius's relationship to fam.13.

Search 4 of 4: Cowper (Bergen County) — 0 records [verbatim search-result]

No Records Found. = primary-source-confirms Bergen-area Coopers used Cooper/Cuyper/Kuyper spellings exclusively; the Scottish-Lowland Cowper variant was NOT used in Bergen Co.

Catalog synthesis — what 34 Bergen records tell us

1. Daniel-question: NULL across all 4 spelling variants

Across Cooper (14) + Kuyper (16) + Cuyper (4) + Cowper (0) searches, ZERO records name any Daniel-given-name individual in Bergen Co. in the entire 1650-1900s NJSA Early Land Records index. This is a strong NULL finding for pr.63 Hypothesis H1 (= Daniel Sr was Bergen-resident during his 1720-1744 gap). The hypothesis is not falsified outright (= Daniel could have been non-landowner / tenant / juvenile-in-household) but its strongest expected evidence-form is missing.

2. Bergen-Cooper-line activity DID exist in the gap window — but not Daniel

3 records inside the 1720-1744 gap window: - 18 Aug 1721 Cornelius Cooper adjoining-landowner (Hackensack/Saddle River mill conveyance) - 12 May 1722 Cornelius Cooper Witness (Wykhoop/Ramapough deed, Town of Franklin = formerly Saddle River Precinct) - 23 May 1726 Cornelius Cuyper Witness (Romopock 200-ac Magdelen Valleau widow deed)

= Bergen had at least one active Cornelius Cooper/Cuyper individual in the gap window. None are Daniel.

3. The 1714 Bergen City conveyance preserves a Cuyper-Anglicization pivot

The single 12 Jun 1714 Bergen City conveyance E-3 EJ Folio 178 (= Cuyper Records 1, 2, 4) names 3 Cuypers all using Dutch spelling (Anna, Cornelius, Hendrick). The 1721+1722+1726 records 7-12 years later use Cooper-English-spelling (in 2 of 3) and Cuyper-Dutch-spelling (in 1 of 3) for what is likely the same Cornelius. = primary-source documentation of the spelling-transition in this Bergen-Cooper line.

4. Hendericus Kuyper Esq. of Bergen Township 1764-1783 = fam.13 confirmed

Per Kuyper Records 10 + 12 + 13 + 14 (Field Book of General Partition of the Common Lands of Bergen Township, 1764-1765), Hendericus Kuyper Esq. inherited 4 Bergen Common Lots (Nos. 209, 210, 218, 239, 240) through patents originally granted by Petrus Stuyvesant + Philip Carteret to Claes Jansen Van Purmerant (= p.247 Claes Sr, fam.13 PATRIARCH). = primary-source-locks Hendericus Kuyper Esq as a fam.13 lineal descendant of Claes Sr through his Bergen-Township branch. Hendericus is a major Bergen civic figure 1764-1783 (Bergen Commons Trustee, Commissioner, Judge of Common Pleas 1782) — too late to be Daniel Sr's father (b. 1695 = Hendericus active 70+ years later), but candidate fam.13 collateral.

5. Cooper-Stirling network extends to Bergen Saddle River

Per Cooper Record 9 (7 Nov 1794 Saddle River Twp Bergen): John Cooper Chain Bearer on Samuel Seward 32.17-ac Saddle River survey alongside William Earl of Stirling (Owner of adjoining 11 48/100 acres). = post-Stirling's-1783-death Bergen attestation of the Cooper-Stirling spatial overlap pattern already cataloged at K.5 (Daniel Sr 1744 Green Brook Falls × James Alexander = Lord Stirling's father), K.10 Morris Co. Judge, and K.16 Bernards Town 1773.

6. The Hackensack/Saddle River/Ramapo/Romopock geographic cluster

5 Bergen Cooper/Cuyper records cluster in the Hackensack/Saddle River/Ramapo/Romopock corridor (= NW Bergen Co., adjacent to Rockland NY): - 16 Jan 1704: Clyde Johnston Cooper adjoining (Hackensack/Saddle River) - 18 Aug 1721: Cornelius Cooper adjoining (Hackensack/Saddle River) - 12 May 1722: Cornelius Cooper Witness (Wykhoop/Ramapough Town of Franklin) - 23 May 1726: Cornelius Cuyper Witness (Romopock) - 25 Oct 1770 + 1 May 1775: Cornelius Cooper Witness (Saddle River Township) - 1778-1779: Hendricus Kuyper records on Ramapo Patent / Passaic River - 7 Nov 1794: John Cooper Chain Bearer (Saddle River Twp) - 28 Aug 1792: Peter Cooper Chain Bearer (Saddle River Twp)

= NW Bergen Co. / Rockland-corridor was the persistent Cooper-Kuyper-Cuyper geography. This is the same corridor where fam.13's later branches settled (per fam.13 file: Sickeltown / Naringshaw / Haverstraw Rockland Co. NY + spread back to Bergen).

Follow-ups

• Cooper search page 2 CAPTURED 2026-05-28 same day — 4 records added (Stephen Cooper Pompton Twp 1808). NO Daniel surfaces. Bergen NULL confirmed at full 14-of-14 coverage.
• Manuscript pull of the 12 Jun 1714 Bergen City conveyance E-3 EJ Folio 178 — would name the grantor-Cornelius's relationship to grantee-Hendrick (sibling? cousin? father-in-law?). Manuscript body would also document Anna Cuyper's role + any naming-of-parents. NJSA paid order ~$10-25.
• Manuscript pull of the 1721 + 1722 + 1726 Cornelius Cooper/Cuyper Witness records — would confirm whether all 3 are the same person and whether kinship language to Daniel Sr / Grace Runyon / Reziah Runyon appears.
• Expand the Bergen Kuyper search to wildcard Kuyper/Cuyper/Couper — current search did separate Kuyper + Cuyper. A wildcard *uyper or *uyper* would catch any spelling variants. Worth re-running to confirm completeness.
• Bergen tax ratables 1768+ — NJSA SAS00001 (per reference_nj_archives_tax_ratables_free_pdfs.md) may have Bergen Twp tax records 1768+ that would name Hendericus Kuyper + late-generation Cornelius Cooper. Lower priority since the Daniel-question is the focal one and tax records start too late for the gap window.
• fam.13 backbone update — fam.13 file currently catalogs 14 children of Claes Sr; this Bergen sweep surfaces several mid-18th-c. Bergen-resident Kuyper-Coopers (Hendericus Esq + Cornelius 1714-1726+ + Catarina) who may belong to Gen 2 or Gen 3 of fam.13 but aren't yet enumerated in the family file. Worth a fam.13 audit pass once the 4 missing Cooper page-2 records are captured.

Cross-references

• pr.63 Daniel Sr 1720-1744 catalog gap — this entry directly addresses pr.63's Priority-1 question (= Bergen-resident hypothesis H1). NULL finding documented.
• fam.13 Kuyper-Cooper of Rockland NY + Bergen NJ — most candidate Bergen-Cooper/Cuyper attestations in this entry belong to fam.13 lineage.
• K.1 Hunterdon Cooper sweep — sister Cooper-surname county sweep; produced K.2 Daniel Cooper Weaver 1720.
• K.4 Essex Cooper sweep — sister sweep.
• K.11 Middlesex Cooper sweep — sister sweep; produced Daniel Jr surveyor records but no Daniel Sr in gap window.
• K.16 Somerset Cooper sweep — sister sweep; produced Daniel Sr's first post-gap attestation 19 Jan 1745.
• K.20 Middlesex Coriell sweep — sister Coriell-surname sweep for pr.16.
• p.1 Daniel Cooper Sr — subject person of the NULL finding.
• p.254 Hendrick Claes Kuyper 1676-1756 — candidate-identification target for the 1714 Hendrick Cuyper Grantee record.
• I.36 House of Cooper 1946 — Holland-origin tradition source; this Bergen NULL is a partial-test of the tradition's "father lived in Bergen / Dutch NJ" reading.