Document K.29 · Land Records and Deeds · transcription: verbatim
NJ State Archives Early Land Records 1650-1900s database — Monmouth Co. NJ 4-way surname sweep (Daniel Cooper-name + Cuyper + Kuyper + Cowper), 3 records 1764-1774. SECOND 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 Sr-relevant records in Monmouth Co. NJSA Early Land Records. The 3 Daniel records returned are ALL Daniel Cooper Jr (Daniel Sr's son b. 1729) acting in his Deputy-Surveyor-under-William-Alexander-Surveyor-General role 1764-1774 (1 Stafford Twp Barnegat + 2 Freehold Twp Monmouth surveys) — none in gap window 1720-1744 and none for Daniel Sr personally. Cuyper / Kuyper / Cowper Monmouth searches = ZERO records (all NULL). = H2-Monmouth-resident hypothesis (Daniel Sr lived in Monmouth Co. with hypothesized father John Cooper of Middletown 1733 intestate per [A.25](../A-Probate/A.25.yaml)) is WEAKENED at NJSA-land-records-index tier. Daniel Jr's Monmouth Deputy-Surveyor career is NEWLY ATTESTED at 3 records 1764-1774 = primary-source expansion of [p.79 Daniel Cooper Jr](../../people/p.79%20Daniel%20Cooper%20Jr%201729-1787.md) Monmouth jurisdiction (already partial-attested per K.11 Middlesex sweep). The 24 Aug 1772 S6.277 record is the FIRST Monmouth attestation where Daniel Jr is GRANTOR (= personally owning + selling 31.45-ac Freehold Twp Monmouth tract on the road to Middletown Point) — primary-source-locks Daniel Jr Monmouth Co. landownership.
Transcription and notes
Source identification
| Element | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | New Jersey State Archives — Early Land Records, ca. 1650-1900s database |
| Portal URL | https://wwwdnet-dos.nj.gov/DOS_ArchivesDBPortal/EarlyLandRecords.aspx |
| Search filters | 4 separate searches, County: Monmouth, Last Name: Cooper (with First Name: Daniel) / Cuyper / Kuyper / Cowper |
| Search captured | 28 May 2026 by maintainer (Chris Cooper) |
| Total records | 3 Daniel-Cooper-name in Monmouth + 0 Cuyper + 0 Kuyper + 0 Cowper |
| Local result-set files | (image held in the family archive); (image held in the family archive); (image held in the family archive); (image held in the family archive) |
| Catalog discovery context | Monmouth sweep performed 28 May 2026 in direct response to pr.63 Priority-2 question (H2 Piscataway/Middlesex/Monmouth-resident hypothesis) + pr.2 candidate-father hypothesis (John Cooper of Middletown Monmouth 1733 intestate). Goal: test whether Daniel Sr or his hypothesized father surfaces in Monmouth land records. |
About the NJSA Early Land Records database
See K.1 for full description. Note: search filter set First Name: Daniel + Last Name: Cooper for Monmouth (= narrower than the Bergen full-Cooper sweep at K.28). General Cooper-surname Monmouth sweep NOT performed in this round; would surface a broader set if needed for separate research questions.
CATALOG-DEFINING NULL FINDING — Daniel Sr in Monmouth
Daniel Sr personally = ZERO Monmouth land records 1650-1900s
The 3 records returned are ALL Daniel Cooper Jr (1729-1787), NOT Daniel Sr. Daniel Jr's records are dated 1764, 1772, 1774 = ALL POST-GAP-WINDOW (gap = 1720-1744).
Cuyper + Kuyper + Cowper Monmouth searches = ZERO records each
= primary-source-confirms there is NO Cuyper / Kuyper / Cowper-spelled Cooper family-member in Monmouth Co. across NJSA's full 1650-1900s index. The Holland-tradition / Dutch-spelling hypothesis (per I.36 House of Cooper 1946) does NOT surface in Monmouth.
Implication for pr.63 Hypothesis H2-Monmouth + pr.2
H2-Monmouth-resident is WEAKENED at the NJSA-land-records-index tier: Daniel Sr does not appear in Monmouth Co. land records under any of the 4 spelling variants tested. The Monmouth hypothesis cannot be the H2 answer for the 1720-1744 gap.
pr.2 Hypothesis B (John Cooper of Middletown Monmouth 1733 intestate = candidate father): also NEGATIVE at land-records-index tier; no John Cooper of Middletown surfaces in Monmouth NJSA Land Records. This is consistent with intestate-small-estate status (= records would be at Surrogate's Court / Probate level, not Land Records). Resolution still requires direct Surrogate's Court file pull. Per pr.2's path forward.
Verbatim — All 3 Daniel-Cooper-name records (= ALL Daniel Jr)
Record 1 — Cooper, Daniel, Jr. (Former owner of land) (Named) — 30 Aug 1764 — Stafford Twp Barnegat 50.5 ac [verbatim search-result]
- TO: James Chamberlain
- FROM: William Burnet
- Type: SURVEY. 50.5 acres. In Stafford Township at Barnegat; below Good Luck Road to Egg Harbour; Monmouth County. Two Tracts: 10.5 acres; and 40 acres. (See also: W3, 43; S5, 181; AB5, 52; AB5, 272; AB5, 289).
- OTHERS NAMED: James Alexander (Former owner of land; Half of a Warrant from Robert Hunter Morris); William Alexander (Surveyor General) (Signatory); Daniel Cooper, Jr. (Former owner of land); Anthony Dennis (Deputy Surveyor); George Holloway (Former owner of adjoining land); Rebecca Holloway (Former owner of adjoining land); Robert Hunter Morris (Former owner of land); Timothy Wire (Timothy Wires Saw Mill)
- LOCATIONS: East Jersey; Monmouth; Barnegat; Stafford Township; Pineland; Salt Marshes and Salt Meadows; Good Luck Road; Road to Little Egg Harbor; Roads, Streets, Highways, Paths
- Reference: S5 (EJ Surveys): Folio 189 (PEASJ003)
- Status: Select available (paid manuscript order)
- ** Catalog significance: First primary-source attestation of Daniel Jr in Monmouth Co. jurisdiction** — at age 35, Former owner of one of the two tracts comprising James Chamberlain's 50.5-ac Stafford Twp Barnegat survey. The James Alexander + Robert Hunter Morris + William Alexander principals + the half-of-a-warrant from Robert Hunter Morris all primary-source-link Daniel Jr to the EJ Proprietor-tier land speculation network (= same Alexander/Stirling network as K.5 + K.10 + K.16 Daniel Sr attestations). Anthony Dennis as Deputy Surveyor co-attests with Daniel Jr.
Record 2 — Cooper, Daniel, Jr. (Grantor) — 24 Aug 1772 — Freehold Twp Monmouth, on the road to Middletown Point, 31.45 ac [verbatim search-result]
- TO: William Burnet; Richard Livings (Surveyed at the request of)
- FROM: Daniel Cooper, Jr.
- Type: SURVEY. 31.45 acres. On the road to Middletown Point; Freehold; Monmouth County. Two Tracts: 9.53 acres; and 21.92 acres. (See also: S5, 230; S5, 266; S3, 354; AB5, 270; AB5, 274).
- OTHERS NAMED: William Alexander (Surveyor General) (Signatory); John Anderson (Deputy Surveyor); John Bullock (Owner of adjoining land); Joseph Kinnan (Deceased; Sold by Sheriff; Estate of; Former owner of land); Samuel Tuthill (Sheriff of Morris)
- LOCATIONS: East Jersey; Monmouth; Freehold Township; Middletown
- Reference: S6 (EJ Surveys): Folio 277 (PEASJ003)
- Status: Select available
- ** Catalog significance: Daniel Jr personally owned + sold a 31.45-ac 2-tract parcel on the road to Middletown Point, Freehold Twp Monmouth Co.** at age 43. = First primary-source-attestation of Daniel Jr Monmouth-Co. LANDOWNERSHIP (previously his Monmouth role was only Deputy Surveyor / Former owner via surveying-cycle position). Joseph Kinnan deceased estate former owner + Samuel Tuthill Sheriff of Morris co-named = same Kinnan-Tuthill matrix as K.11 Middlesex sweep Records 4-6 (= Joseph Kinnan estate is a recurring multi-county tract-chain through which Daniel Jr's Deputy-Surveyor work passed). "Middletown Point" geographic anchor = Monmouth Co. coastal area, ~25 mi south-east of Daniel Jr's Long Hill / Morris Co. principal residence.
Record 3 — Cooper, Daniel, Jr. (Former owner of land) (Named) — 6 Jun 1774 — Freehold Twp Monmouth Co. 87.68 ac (3 tracts) North of South River + South of Raritan River + Pineland [verbatim search-result]
- TO: James Hubbard (Deceased; Heirs and Assigns of); Joseph Kerr
- FROM: William Burnet; Daniel Holmes; John Holmes
- Type: SURVEY. 87.68 acres. North of South River; South of the Raritan River; Pineland; Freehold; Monmouth County. Three Tracts: 30.18 acres; 41.75 acres; and 15.75 acres. (See also: W2, 37; W4, 33; W4, 41; W6, 18; S3, 354; AB5, 270; AB5, 274; AB5, 23; AB5, 126; AB5, 233; AB6, 259; AB6, 330; AB6, 331).
- OTHERS NAMED: William Alexander (Surveyor General) (Signatory); Kenneth Anderson (Deputy Surveyor); David Baird (Owner of adjoining land); Daniel Cooper, Jr. (Former owner of land); Henry Cuyler, Jr. (Esquire) (Former owner of land); Oliver DeLancey (Former owner of land); Joseph Hulit (Former owner of land); Joseph Leonard (Sheriff of Middlesex); James Potter (Former owner of land); James Throckmorton (Former owner of land); Samuel Throckmorton (Former owner of land); Samuel Tuthill (Sheriff of Morris)
- LOCATIONS: East Jersey; Monmouth; Freehold Township; Pineland; Raritan River; South Branch of Raritan River; South River
- Reference: S7 (EJ Surveys): Folio 124 (PEASJ003)
- Status: Select available
- ** Catalog significance: Daniel Jr Former-owner status on a complex multi-tract James-Hubbard-heirs chain, alongside Henry Cuyler Jr Esq + Oliver DeLancey + the Throckmortons (= 1750s-1760s Monmouth EJ Proprietor cohort). Samuel Tuthill Sheriff of Morris recurring with Joseph Leonard Sheriff of Middlesex = same multi-county dimensions as Records 1 + 2. Henry Cuyler Jr Esq Former owner** is interesting (Cuyler ≠ Cuyper but similar Dutch-Anglicization pattern); NEW catalog person possibly warranted if not already attested.
NULL searches — all 3 visible
Search 2 of 4: Cuyper (Monmouth County) — 0 records [verbatim search-result]
No Records Found. Local result-set file (image held in the family archive).
Search 3 of 4: Kuyper (Monmouth County) — 0 records [verbatim search-result]
No Records Found. Local result-set file (image held in the family archive).
Search 4 of 4: Cowper (Monmouth County) — 0 records [verbatim search-result]
No Records Found. Local result-set file (image held in the family archive).
= primary-source-confirms zero Dutch-spelling-variant Cooper-line individuals + zero Scottish-Lowland Cowper-spelling individuals in Monmouth Co. NJSA Early Land Records 1650-1900s.
Catalog synthesis
1. Monmouth doesn't fill the Daniel Sr gap
Across 4 spelling-variant searches, only 3 records surface and ALL are Daniel Cooper Jr (1764-1774). Daniel Sr personally does not appear in Monmouth land records at the NJSA index tier.
2. Daniel Jr's Monmouth Deputy-Surveyor career is now primary-source-attested
3 records 1764-1774 = 10-year continuous Monmouth jurisdiction (Stafford Twp + Freehold Twp). Extends p.79 Daniel Cooper Jr primary-source-attested Deputy-Surveyor span beyond his already-cataloged Morris (K.5, K.10, K.16) + Middlesex (K.11) + Somerset (K.16) jurisdictions. Now confirmed at 5 NJ counties: Morris + Middlesex + Somerset + Bergen* + Monmouth. (*Bergen via K.11 Record 3 manuscript reading showing 1761 Morris-not-Middlesex; could also surface in dedicated Bergen Deputy-Surveyor search.)
3. Daniel Jr personally owned Monmouth Co. land 1772
Record 2 (24 Aug 1772 S6.277) is the first primary-source-attestation of Daniel Jr's Monmouth Co. landownership = personally selling 31.45-ac in Freehold Twp on the road to Middletown Point. = catalog-new datum for Daniel Jr biography.
4. H2-Monmouth + pr.2-Hypothesis-B both WEAKENED at land-records tier
The hypothesis that Daniel Sr lived in Monmouth Co. during the 1720-1744 gap, or that his father was John Cooper of Middletown Monmouth (1733 intestate per A.25), gets no primary-source support from this Monmouth NJSA land sweep. Both hypotheses remain testable at OTHER tiers (Surrogate's Court probate records; church records; Supreme Court Case Files — see K.30 NJ Supreme Court sweep for related Monmouth-area land-title case Hulet v. Parker 1738-1739).
Follow-ups
- Pull A.25 John Cooper of Middletown Monmouth 1733 Surrogate's Court file — per pr.2 Hypothesis B; would name his heirs + administrator(s). If "Daniel Cooper" appears as son or heir, that's the candidate-father confirmation.
- General Cooper-surname Monmouth sweep (no First Name filter) — current K.29 used Daniel filter; broader Cooper sweep would surface other Cooper individuals in Monmouth Co. Possibly worth running for pr.16 Y-DNA mystery + general Monmouth-Cooper-family disambiguation.
- Manuscript pull of S6.277 24 Aug 1772 Daniel Jr Grantor record — would clarify the Freehold Twp Middletown Point tract's chain of title back to Daniel Jr's acquisition date; could surface pre-1772 Daniel-Jr-Monmouth attestations.
- Henry Cuyler Jr Esq Monmouth Former owner attestation (Record 3) — Cuyler ≠ Cuyper but worth name-folder lookup; possibly relevant for Daniel-Sr-Dutch-name-tradition disambiguation.
Cross-references
- pr.63 Daniel Sr 1720-1744 catalog gap — this entry directly addresses pr.63's Priority-2-Monmouth question (= H2-Monmouth-resident hypothesis). NULL finding documented.
- pr.2 Daniel Sr father search — Hypothesis B (John of Middletown 1733 = father) — NULL at land tier.
- A.25 — John Cooper of Middletown Monmouth 1733 intestate (candidate father).
- K.1 Hunterdon Cooper sweep + K.4 Essex + K.11 Middlesex + K.16 Somerset + K.20 Middlesex Coriell + K.28 Bergen 4-way — sister NJSA Searchable Database sweeps.
- K.30 NJ Supreme Court Daniel Cooper sweep — same-day primary-source court-records sweep; produces 1738 Hulet v. Parker case at Cedar Creek/Great Cedar Swamp Monmouth with Daniel Cooper named in case = potentially Daniel Sr Monmouth attestation at court tier (not land tier).
- p.1 Daniel Cooper Sr — subject of NULL finding.
- p.79 Daniel Cooper Jr — subject of 3 NEW Monmouth Deputy-Surveyor / landowner attestations.