NJ State Archives Early Land Records 1650-1900s database — Essex Co. NJ Cooper-surname search, 25 records 1676-1817. 3 catalog-defining finds: (1) Cooper, Daniel (Grantee) 6 Oct 1744 — 26.25 acres Between First Mountain and Second Mountain at Green Brook Falls (Essex/Somerset boundary), FROM JAMES ALEXANDER (Surveyor General; father of Lord Stirling) — primary-source-LOCKING the Cooper-Alexander direct land transaction 10 years BEFORE Daniel Jr's 1754 Deputy Surveyor career begins. Cross-link [K.5](K.5.yaml) for dedicated transcription. (2) John Cooper as 'Judge of the Court of Common Pleas' in 10+ Newark Essex Co. deeds 1712-1735 = primary-source-attests substantial Newark judicial-civic role for [p.215 John Cooper of 1718 Whippanong](../../people/p.215%20John%20Cooper%20of%201718%20Whippanong.md) (already-cataloged 1730 Hanover Twp grantee [K.3](K.3.yaml); 1732 Newark testator NJA Vol 30 p.108 per [pr.60](../../projects/pr.60%20NJA%201670-1817%20Cooper-testator%20sweep.md) Tab A). (3) John Cooper 'of Long Island' 17 Jun + 15 Jul 1676 Elizabethtown — earliest documented John Cooper in NJ-of-LI-origin = [fam.12 Long Island Southampton Cooper kindred](../../families/fam.12%20Long%20Island%20Southampton%20Cooper%20kindred.md) candidate (per Justus J Cooper line discovery v212). Other records: Daniel Cooper Witness Elizabethtown 1765; David Cooper Chain Bearer 1803 Newark; Phoebe Cooper Witness Mountain Purchase 1717; Thomas Cooper 'One of the Proprietors' Bank Lott Perth Amboy 1700-1702 = NEW East Jersey Proprietor-tier Cooper. Note: K.1 Hunterdon search record 16 (= 25 Mar 1730 John Cooper of Newark + Joseph Bonnel 1250-acre deed) = K.3 dedicated entry — also appears in this Essex search as Record 9.

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About the NJSA Early Land Records database

Per K.1: Database indexes >75,210 land records / >385,383 name entries across 120+ record books, including East Jersey Survey Books L (1675-1688) + O (1670-1716) + Liber II "Carteret's Conveyances" (1670-1727). Most post-1785 deeds were recorded at county level NOT with state = NOT in this database (= explains relative paucity of 1785+ Essex Cooper records). Results limited to 500 per search.

Verbatim — All 25 records (sorted as in NJSA result-set: alphabetical by given name)

Record 1 — Cooper, Daniel (Grantee) — 6 Oct 1744 — Green Brook Falls

See dedicated entry K.5 for full manuscript verbatim transcription.

• TO: Daniel Cooper
• FROM: James Alexander (Surveyor General; Signatory; Also owner of adjoining land)
• Type: SURVEY, 26.25 acres (allowance for highways → 25 acres)
• Location: Between the First Mountain and the Second Mountain; at Green Brook Falls; partly in Essex County and partly in Somerset County
• Date: 6 Oct 1744
• Underlying deed: Daniel Cooper's deed from James Alexander dated 5 October 1744 for 25 acres of unappropriated land, recorded in Lib AB3 fol 130
• Source of James Alexander's right: Warrant for 2354 23/100 acres dated 22 May 1744, recorded Lib W fol 9
• Surveyed by: John Stelle (Deputy Surveyor)
• Others named: James Alexander (Surveyor General) (Signatory); Daniel Donaldson Dunstar (Owner of adjoining land — Alexander's joint Watchung tract partner); John Stelle (Deputy Surveyor)
• Reference: S2 (EJ Surveys) Folio 83-84 (PEASJ003)
• View PDF: YES — image downloaded 23 May 2026 to (image held in the family archive)

Record 2 — Cooper, Daniel (Witness; Named) — 20 Sept 1765 — Elizabeth Twp

• TO: John Barber (of Thorofare Neck, New Castle)
• FROM: Moses Marshel (of Thorofare Neck, New Castle)
• Type: DEED, Half of Lot No. 108; Elizabeth Township; Essex County. Pages mislabeled as 448-450, corrected in margin. For the sum of £15 Lawful Money
• Others named: Francis Barber (Former owner of land); Daniel Cooper (Witness); Elijah Dunham (Witness); John Gillim (Witness); [Illegible] Herriman (Former owner of land); James Manning (Former owner of land); Jacob Mitchell (Owner of adjoining land); Richard Nichols (Col.) (Former owner of land)
• Reference: Essex Co Deed Book B (1728-1793) Folio 248-250 (CESRD001) — Available NJ Archives microfilm only; original via Essex County Clerk

Records 3-4 — Cooper, David (Chain Bearer; Named) — 11 Jul 1803 — Newark Twp First Mountain (2 records, paired)

Two-of-two-tract resurvey + map for Lemuel Cobb (at request of Ziba Tompkins; Peter Van Brugh Livingston Deceased Heirs and Assigns of): - Tract 1: 1.29 acres First Mountain Newark Twp; caveated by Jedidiah Lindsley - Tract 2: 1.1 acres Raway River First Mountain Newark Twp; same caveat - Total surveyed: 2.39 acres - Others named: Elias Boudinot (Owner of adjoining 48 47/100 acres); David Cooper (Chain Bearer); Samuel Hayes (Deputy Surveyor; Signatory); Jedidiah Lindsley (Caveated by); Philip Livingston (Executor of Peter Van Brugh Livingston); James Parker (Surveyor General) [tract 1] OR John Rutherfurd (Surveyor General) [tract 2]; Simon Tompkins (Chain Bearer) - References: EJ Loose Records S14-387 [1 of 2] (67495) (PEASJ003) + EJ Loose Records S14-387 [2 of 2] (67496) (PEASJ003)

Record 5 — Cooper, John (Grantor) — 17 Jun 1676 — Elizabethtown — [verbatim manuscript read]

Primary-source manuscript image downloaded 23 May 2026 to (image held in the family archive). Full bond text verbatim:

Att J° 65. Know all men by these presents that I, John Cooper of Long Island, having an Estate Reall in Elizabeth Towne being said dwelling house and the Land it Stands upon together with all the proffits, priviledges and appurtenances to the said Land belonging — the which premises was legally possest by Samuel Moore Marshall of the Province above said by virtue of an Execution against Mr John Ogden Sen[io]r in the year 1675, and the above said Ogden having Sued me, the above named Cooper, at a Speciall Court at Woodbridg and Obteyned Judgement against mee the 14th June 1676. NOW KNOW yee That I, John Cooper above said for my Selfe my Heires &c. Do binde over unto Samuel Moore marshall as above said the above mentioned premises, for his security, untill I, the above named John Cooper, have satisfeyed the said Judgement according to the True Intent and Extent thereof, or have made the said Judgement Good by Law. As Witness my hand and Seale Dated in Elzbtowne June the 17th 1676.

Signed Sealed and delivered in the presence of: John Willson & John Woodrooff Signed: John Cooper (seal)

• Margin notation: "Province of New Jersey / John Coopers transfer of his house of Elizabethtown to Samuel Moore marshall / Entred 7th August"
• Reference: Liber 1, Part B (EJ) Folio 65 / 274 (SSTSE023)
• Catalog significance: Primary-source-confirms John Cooper "of Long Island" had Elizabethtown property by 1676; 14 June 1676 judgment in his favor against John Ogden Sr. (founder family of Elizabethtown). 17 Jun 1676 bond = security against same judgment. 15 Jul 1676 record (Folio 274 companion document; Essex search Record 21) = the actual transfer-of-deed transaction. fam.12 Long Island Cooper kindred candidate — primary-source-confirms a Long Island Cooper crossed-over to NJ-Elizabethtown by 1676.

Record 6 — Cooper, John (Witness; Named) — 4 Feb 1707/1708 — Beef Point Newark [verbatim manuscript read 2026-05-23 — complete]

• TO: Johannes Michelsen (of Communipaw, Bergen County)
• FROM: Caleb Ball (Yeoman) (of Newark; Husband of Sarah Ball); Sarah Ball (Wife of Caleb Ball)
• Type: CONVEYANCE, 6.75 acres. In the bounds of Newark; at a place commonly called Beef Point; by the Passayak River; Essex County. In consideration of a valuable sum of money in hand.
• Reference: I (EJ) Folio 373-374 (SSTSE023). Manuscript fully obtained 2026-05-23 in two pulls: (a) (image held in the family archive) = folios 372 + 373 = Record 23 + Record 6 opening; (b) (image held in the family archive) = folios 373 + 374 = Record 6 complete with conclusion.
• Manuscript verbatim (folio 373 opening): "To all Christian People To whom these presents shall come may [—] [—] [—] aforesaid of New Jersey in the County of Essex & Eastern Division of New Jersey, Yeoman send Greeting &c. NOW KNOW yee that I [C]aleb Ball with [the] free Consent of Sarah my Wife for divers good Causes and Considerations me hereunto Moveing but more Especially for & in Consideration of a Valuable Sum [—] Sum of money to me in hand paid & Received from Johannes Michelsen of Communipaw[?] in the County of Bergen of [—] [—] [—] before [—] Insealing and Delivery of these presents & Receipt whereof I Doe own & Acknowledge myself to be therewith fully Satisfied Contented and Paid have Bargained Sold & Made over & do by these presents Bargain Sell Set over alienate and Confirm from me my heirs Executors & Administrators all [—] Right Title & Interest of I have in and to a Certain Tract or [Messuage of Meadow]..."
• Manuscript verbatim (folio 374 body — boundary): "[A] Messuage of Meadow situate, lying and being in [the bounds] of Newark aforesaid [at] a place commonly called Beef Point [containing] six acres and three quarters [of] land more or less, bounded south by [—] [—] [—] Ball, west by Jonathan Sayer, east by [the Passayack River?], north by [—] of Joseph Ball..."
• Manuscript verbatim (folio 374 closing): "...Sarah my Wife have hereunto sett our hands & seales in Newark afsd this fourth day of February in ye year of our Lord one thousand Seven hundred & Seven [Old Style = 4 Feb 1707/8 = 4 Feb 1708 New Style] [in ye] Sixth year of ye Reigne of our Sovereign Lady Anne by ye Grace of God over England Defender of ye Faith &c.

  [Signed:] Caleb Ball [seal]
  [Wife's mark:] Sarah X Ball (her mark) [seal]

  Signed Sealed & Delivered in [— ye] of ye 1708, In Presence of:
  Johannes Van Emburgh
  John Cooper [= the [p.215] candidate witness signature primary-source-confirmed]

  [Acknowledgment, dated 5 September 1708 per NJSA index:] "Appeared before me [Wm Sandford?] [—] of [—] Caleb Ball & Sarah his wife & acknowledged ye [within written] to be their voluntary act & deed. Wm Sandford" [= William Sanford / Sandford, NJ magistrate]

• Others named (manuscript + NJSA): Joseph Ball (Owner of adjoining land north); John Cooper (Witness — = [p.215] candidate); William Sanford / Sandford (Magistrate; Signatory on 5 Sept 1708 acknowledgment); Jonathan Sayer (Owner of adjoining land west); Johannes Van Emburgh (Witness)
• Catalog significance: ** John Cooper witness signature primary-source-confirmed on 4 Feb 1707/8 Newark deed.** This adds a fourth 1708-1709 witness role for p.215 John Cooper in Newark-area land transactions (= K.4 Records 6 + 16 + 22 + 23, all witness or judge roles). Reinforces his Newark-Essex civic presence in the pre-Judge-of-CCP years (= 4 years before 1712 K.4 Record 18 first Judge-of-CCP attestation).

NEW Record 26 — Cooper, Hannah (Grantor / Wife of John Cooper of Long Island) — 19 August 1676 — Elizabethtown 70-acre sale to Dr. Henry Greenland — [verbatim manuscript read 2026-05-23]

** This record was NOT in the original 25-record NJSA Cooper-surname search result but appears on the same Liber 1, Part B (EJ) Folio 65 page as K.4 Records 5 + 21 (= John Cooper of Long Island Elizabethtown bond + transfer). Likely NJSA-indexed under "Henry Greenland" (the grantee, a higher-status named-individual) OR under "Hannah Greer" / cursive misread of "Cooper" so it didn't surface in the Cooper-name filter. Catalog-discovered 2026-05-23 by manuscript-image inspection** when verifying whether the new "Liber 1, Part B (EJ) Folio 65 - 274.pdf" download was a duplicate (= yes, image-duplicate, but the image always contained this additional deed at the bottom-half that prior K.4 transcription had missed).

• TO: Henry Greenland (Doctor) (of Elizabethtown / "this Towne" per body) — = same Henry Greenland named as adjoining-landowner in K.4 Records 5 + 21.
• FROM: Hannah Cooper (Wife of [John Cooper] of this Towne, planter) = wife of K.4 Records 5 + 21 fam.12 candidate John Cooper of Long Island. Marginal note in manuscript identifies grantor as "Hannah Coopr" (= contemporaneous spelling of Cooper).
• Type: CONVEYANCE. 70 acres at Elizabethtown.
• Date: 19 August 1676 = ~5 weeks AFTER K.4 Record 21's 15 July 1676 transfer-of-deed to Samuel Moore Marshall (= John Cooper's 70-acre Elizabethtown property defaulting to the marshall on the Ogden judgment).
• Manuscript verbatim:

  "[Date line:] [—] day of August in [—] 19 day of 1676 & in the [25th?] year of the reigne of our Sovereign Lord Charles ye 2nd [Lord Charles the Second King of England] of Scotland, France & Ireland King defender of the faith &c. Anno Domini [—]

  [Marginal:] Hannah Coopr Sale of Henry Greenland sub-extracted [—] 1676

  Know all men by these presents that I, Hannah Cooper Wife of [John] of this Towne planter, for several good Causes & lawfull Considerations me thereunto moving, & more Especially for [—] [—] Sterling already in hand Received, have Given Granted and Sold & do by these presents Give Grant and Sell & Confirm to [—] of [—] [—] gift Convey from my husband John Cooper [—] who [—] doctor Henry Greenland 70 acres of [—] [—] [—] [—] [—] at [—] [—] recorded above on the Greens of [—] both [—] [—] [—] meadows, Orchards, Garden, [—] of [—] [—] timber, pastures, Lanes [—] Lotts, Outlotts, [—] [—] [—] Common..."

• Reference: Liber 1, Part B (EJ) Folio 65 (SSTSE023) — = same recordation page as Records 5 + 21 in this catalog. Image downloaded 2026-05-23.
• ** CATALOG-DEFINING CONTEXT:**
• John Cooper of Long Island's wife was named HANNAH = NEW primary-source identification.
• Hannah was active at Elizabethtown 19 August 1676 = ~5 weeks after the property defaulted to Samuel Moore Marshall per Record 21.
• The 70-acre sale to Henry Greenland may represent: (a) Hannah's dower release (= her 1/3-share of the marital land) being sold separately from the dwelling-house that went to Marshall; or (b) a parallel land disposition on a separate Cooper parcel.
• John Cooper may have been alive at this date (= "Wife of John" present-tense suggests husband still living, but could be ambiguous) — OR he may have already left Elizabethtown / died, and Hannah was settling outstanding affairs.
• Henry Greenland (= adjoining-landowner per Records 5 + 21) was the buyer = opportunistic acquisition by a neighbor of land that the Cooper family was being forced to liquidate.
• Cross-link: fam.12 Long Island Southampton Cooper kindred — Hannah Cooper as wife of fam.12-candidate John Cooper of Long Island = new identification adding to the fam.12 narrative.
• NEW catalog person stub possibly warranted: Hannah Cooper of Elizabethtown / Long Island, wife of John Cooper of Long Island. Defer pending decision on whether to expand fam.12 narrative or create individual stub.

Record 7 — Cooper, John (Judge of the Court of Common Pleas; Official) — 14 Feb 1725 — Newark Plantation by Passayack River

• TO: Aarent Schyler (Gentleman) (of New Barbados Neck)
• FROM: Catherine Spear (of Newark); Hance Spear (Yeoman) (of Newark)
• Type: DEED, 299 acres. Plantation, by Passyack River, adjoining the Church Yard; Newark Township; Essex County.
• Others named: John Cooke (Witness); John Cooper (Judge of the Court of Common Pleas)
• Reference: Essex Co Deed Book B (1728-1793) Folio 10-12 (CESRD001) — Available NJ Archives microfilm only

Record 8 — Cooper, John (Judge of CCP; Official) — 1 Jul 1729 — Newark adjoining Church Yard

• TO: John Schyler (Merchant) (of New Barbados Neck)
• FROM: Aarent Schyler (General) (of New Barbados Neck) [= subsequent transfer of #7 property]
• Type: DEED. By Passyack River, adjoining the Church Yard; Newark Township; Essex County.
• Others named: John Cooke (Witness); John Cooper (Judge of the Court of Common Pleas); Hance Spear (Owner of adjoining land)
• Reference: Essex Co Deed Book B (1728-1793) Folio 12-13 (CESRD001)

Record 9 — Cooper, John (of Newark; Grantee) — 25 Mar 1730 — Hanover Twp 1250 acres

= duplicate listing of K.3 record (also appears as K.1 Hunterdon Record 16). See K.3 for full transcription + analysis. The 1250-acre Joseph Bonnel-John-Cooper-of-Newark deed FROM John Alford of Boston covers land in both Essex AND Hunterdon counties (Hanover Twp straddled the boundary in 1730), so it appears in both search results. - Reference: Essex Co Deed Book B (1728-1793) Folio 83-84 (CESRD001)

Record 10 — Cooper, John (Judge of CCP; Official) — 16 Sept 1725 — Newark Broad Street

• TO: Thomas Davis (Yeoman) (of Newark)
• FROM: Daniel Ded, Jr. (Yeoman) (of Newark)
• Type: DEED. Near Passayack River fronting upon the Broad Street; Newark Township; Essex County. For the sum of £100 Lawful Money.
• Others named: John Cooper (Judge of the Court of Common Pleas); Thomas Gardner (Witness); Samuel Harrison (Owner of adjoining land)
• Reference: Essex Co Deed Book B (1728-1793) Folio 85-87 (CESRD001)

Record 11 — Cooper, John (Judge of CCP; Official) — 29 May 1730 — Dalglish Newark 40 acres

• TO: Samuel Dalglish (Cordwainer) (of Newark)
• FROM: Nathaniel Dalglish (of Newark)
• Type: DEED, 40 acres. Newark Township; Essex County.
• Others named: Elnathan Baldwin (Former owner of land); John Baldwin (Witness); Jonathan Baldwin (Former owner of land); John Cooper (Judge of the Court of Common Pleas); David Crane (Witness); Jonathan Crane (Owner of adjoining land); John Dalglish, Sr. (Deceased; Former owner of land); Samuel Wheeler (Owner of adjoining land)
• Reference: Essex Co Deed Book B (1728-1793) Folio 87-88 (CESRD001)

Record 12 — Cooper, John (Witness; Named) — 12 Apr 1717 — Mountain Purchase

• TO: Elisha Stanbrough
• FROM: John Condict (Weaver) (of Newark)
• Type: DEED. Mountain Purchase; Essex County.
• Others named: Joseph Bonnel (Judge of the Court of Common Pleas); John Cooper (Witness); Phoebe Cooper (Witness) = first female Cooper in catalog Newark/Essex sources
• Reference: Essex Co Deed Book B (1728-1793) Folio 167 (CESRD001)
• Catalog significance: John Cooper acting as witness (not Judge role) alongside Phoebe Cooper (likely wife/daughter) on 1717 Mountain Purchase deed. Joseph Bonnel = Judge of CCP at this point (predating John Cooper's later assumption of that role).

Record 13 — Cooper, John (Judge of CCP; Official) — 12 Feb 1717/1718 — Newark "Dogs Misery" 30 acres

• TO: Elisha Stanbrough (of Newark)
• FROM: Ebenezar Lindly (Wheelright) (of Newark)
• Type: DEED, 30 acres. A Certain Place called Dogs Misery; Newark Township; Essex County.
• Others named: John Baldwin (Witness); John Cooper (Judge of the Court of Common Pleas); Elihu Crane (Witness); John Shoores (Witness)
• Reference: Essex Co Deed Book B (1728-1793) Folio 168-169 (CESRD001)
• Catalog significance: EARLIEST John Cooper Judge-of-CCP attestation = 12 Feb 1717/1718 = within months of his 12 Apr 1717 witness role on Record 12. Suggests John Cooper assumed Judge-of-CCP role of Essex Co. between Apr 1717 and Feb 1717/8.

Record 14 — Cooper, John (Judge of CCP; Official) — 12 Apr 1735 — First Mountain to Passayick River 200 acres

• TO: John Style
• FROM: William Robinson (Gentleman) (of Rahway)
• Type: DEED, 200 acres. From the First Mountain to Passayick River, and between the line of Aquacknack and Menussen Path; Essex County.
• Others named: John Cooper (Judge of the Court of Common Pleas); William Grant (Witness); Peter Vantilbrugel (Witness); Nathaniel Wheeler (Captain) (Former owner of land)
• Reference: Essex Co Deed Book B (1728-1793) Folio 174-175 (CESRD001)
• Catalog significance: LATEST John Cooper Judge-of-CCP attestation = 12 Apr 1735 = 3 years AFTER his Nov 1732 will date per K.3 v213 — suggests either (a) John Cooper's death date later than indexed-1732 will (will may have been written 1732 but probate effective post-1735), OR (b) this is a SECOND-generation John Cooper Judge-of-CCP (= son or nephew of K.3 John); OR (c) date misread. Per K.3 actual NJA Vol 30 abstract: 'Proved March 11, 1736' = will was proved (entered probate) March 1736, but death date NOT explicit in abstract. The 12 Apr 1735 Judge-of-CCP attestation is consistent with John Cooper still being alive at that date with death falling between April 1735 and March 1736.

Record 15 — Cooper, John (Witness; Named) — 11 Dec 1734 — Newark Long Meadow

• TO: Simeon Vreeland (Labourer) (of Newark)
• FROM: Abraham Vreeland (Yeoman) (of Newark)
• Type: DEED. South to the Long Meadow; Newark Township; Essex County.
• Others named: Joseph Bonnel (Justice); John Cooper (Witness); John Frazee (Deceased; Former owner of adjoining land); Jacob VanWinkel (Witness); Jacob VanWinkle (Former owner of adjoining land)
• Reference: Essex Co Deed Book B (1728-1793) Folio 213-214 (CESRD001)

Record 16 — Cooper, John (Witness; Named) — 31 Jan 1708/1709 — "Wisell" 100 acres

• TO: John Hendrickson Speir (Yeoman)
• FROM: John Spicer; Mary Spicer
• Type: DEED, 100 acres. At a place called Wisell; Essex County. Transcribed from Book B, pg. 3 Essex Deeds. For the sum of £150 Lawful Money.
• Others named: John Bradberry (Witness); John Cooper (Witness); Cornelius Deremus (Owner of adjoining land); William Sandford (Witness)
• Reference: Essex Co Deeds Volume A (1729-1813) - Passaic Co Copy Folio 1-2 (CPARD004)

Record 17 — Cooper, John (Witness; Named) — 11 Dec 1734 — Newark = duplicate of Record 15

• Same content as Record 15, transcribed from different source book (Essex Co Deeds Vol A Passaic Co Copy Folio 4-5)

Record 18 — Cooper, John (Judge of CCP; Official) — 19 Mar 1712 — Newark Third River 260 acres

• TO: Jacob Kooymans (Yeoman) (of Newark); Johannes Kooymans (Yeoman) (of Newark)
• FROM: Peter Sonmans (Esquire) (of Perth Amboy)
• Type: DEED, 260 acres. Near the Third River; Newark Township; Essex County. Transcribed from Book C, pg. 173 Essex Deeds. For the sum of £40 Lawful Money.
• Others named: Aron Aton (Witness); John Cooper (Judge of the Court of Common Pleas); Aaron Ogden (Clerk); Jacob Ogden (Owner of adjoining land)
• Reference: Essex Co Deeds Volume A (1729-1813) - Passaic Co Copy Folio 50-53 (CPARD004)
• Catalog significance: ** EARLIEST KNOWN John Cooper Judge-of-CCP attestation = 19 Mar 1712.** Reframes Record 13 (Feb 1717/8) — John Cooper was Judge of CCP by at least Mar 1712 = 23 continuous years of judicial service to at least Apr 1735 (Record 14). + Peter Sonmans = same Peter Sonmans whose heirs would be principals in the 1766 K.1 + 1766 Morris Co Daniel-Jr-Stirling-Anderson-Benjamin Cooper Horse Pound Brook conveyance (see K.6+K.9 forthcoming) — primary-source-locks the multi-generational Sonmans-Cooper-Alexander land-syndicate network 1712 → 1766.

Record 19 — Cooper, John (Judge of CCP; Official) — 29 Jul 1728 — Acquackanonk Twp 278 acres

• TO: Abraham VanWinkel; Jacob VanWinkel; Martinus VanWinkel; Simeon VanWinkel
• FROM: Simeon Jacobs VanWinkel (Husbandman)
• Type: DEED, 278 acres. Upon Passaick River, in the bounds of Aghquahanunck, along the bounds of Newark; Essex County.
• Others named: Abraham Booke (Former owner of land); John Cooper (Judge of the Court of Common Pleas); Hans Dederick (Former owner of land); Garrit Garritson (Former owner of land); Hendrick Gerttise (Witness); Jan Hendricks Spier (Former owner of land); Christopher Hoogland (Owner of adjoining land); Waling Jacobs (Former owner of land); Simon Jacobse (Former owner of land); Cornelis Lubbertse (Former owner of land); Cornelius Michielsen (Former owner of land); Elias Michielsen (Former owner of land); Hartman Michielsen (Former owner of land); Joannes Michielsen (Former owner of land); J. Parkhurst (Clerk); Adrian Post (Former owner of land); Radophus Potter (Witness); Cornelis Roelofson (Former owner of land); Jurian Thomas (Former owner of land); Michael M. Vreeland (Witness)
• Reference: Essex Co Deeds Volume A (1729-1813) - Passaic Co Copy Folio 270-272 (CPARD004)

Record 20 — Cooper, John (Judge of CCP; Official) — 18 May 1722 — Acquackanong 96 acres

• TO: Marinus VanWinkle
• FROM: Simeon VanWinkle (Yeoman) (of Acquackanong)
• Type: DEED, 96 acres. Lying at Acquackanong; Essex County. Transcribed from Book H, pg. 316 Essex Deeds. For the sum of £155 Lawful Money.
• Others named: John Cooper (Judge of the Court of Common Pleas); William Pennington (Clerk); Symon VanWinkle (Witness)
• Reference: Essex Co Deeds Volume A (1729-1813) - Passaic Co Copy Folio 377-378 (CPARD004)

Record 21 — Cooper, John (of Long Island; Grantor) — 15 Jul 1676 — Elizabethtown Transfer of Deed

• TO: Samuel Moore Marshall
• FROM: John Cooper (of Long Island)
• Type: TRANSFER OF DEED. Dwelling House and Land; Elizabethtown; Essex County. = the actual transfer companion to Record 5's 17 Jun 1676 bond (= John Cooper failed to satisfy the Ogden judgment within ~28 days, defaulted, and the property transferred to Samuel Moore Marshall on 15 Jul 1676 per the binding-over terms)
• Others named: William Cramer (Witness); Jonathan Dunham (Witness); Henry Greenland (Doctor) (Owner of adjoining land); John Ogden (Owner of adjoining land); John Willson (Witness); John Woodruff (Witness)
• Reference: Liber 1, Part B (EJ) Folio 65 / 274 (SSTSE023). View PDF available — Folio 65 image already downloaded (= Record 5); Folio 274 image not yet pulled.
• Catalog significance: Confirms John Cooper of Long Island's Elizabethtown property defaulted to Samuel Moore Marshall July 1676 = end of John Cooper's documented Elizabethtown residence; he likely returned to Long Island OR moved elsewhere after this loss.

Record 22 — Cooper, John (Witness; Named) — 22 Sept 1708 — Newark Third River 22 acres — [verbatim manuscript read]

Primary-source manuscript image downloaded 23 May 2026 to (image held in the family archive). Key verbatim:

To all Christian People to whome these presents shall come Greeting: Know yee that I, John Plum of Newark in the County of Essex and Eastern division of New Jersey, Yeoman, with the free and Voluntary Consent of Hannah my wife for divers good Causes and Considerations me thereunto Moveing but more especially for and in Consideration of the Sum of fivety pounds Currant Money of New Yorke to me in hand paid before the Insealing and delivery hereof by John Broadbery of Aquaknong in the County and division aforesaid... a certain Tract or Percell of Land sicituate Laying & being on the bounds of Newarke aforesaid at a place called and knowne by the name of the third River between the Pattented Land of Elizabeth Ward alis Elizabeth Ogden and Land devided between Newark and Acquacknong bounded with Pophayack River Easterly with the said Devident line Northerly with the said Broadbery owne Land Westerly and with the aforesaid Pattented Land of Elizabeth Ward Southerly Laying for twenty two acres English Measure be it more or be it lesse...

In witness whereof I the said John Plum and Hannah My wife have hereunto sett our hands and seales this twenty second day of September in the Year of our Lord Anno Dom one thousand seaven hundred and Eight and in the seaventh Year of the Reigne of our Soveryne Lady Anne over England Scotland France & Yreland Queen Defender of the Faith &c

signed sealed and delivered in the presents of us — Samuell Olding, John Cooper [memorandum that the word 'promiser' in the Margins was written before signing and Sealing] Signed: John Plum (seal) — Hannah Plum (seal)

• NJSA index description differed: index says "42 acres" but deed body says "twenty two acres English Measure". The "42" may be an index transcription error from cursive "22"; OR the index acreage is from a separate Conveyance margin-note. = Catalog standardizes to deed-body reading: 22 acres per primary-source manuscript.
• Reference: I (EJ) Folio 244 (SSTSE023)

Record 23 — Cooper, John (Witness; Named) — 2 Jun 1709 — Salt Meadow Newark — [verbatim manuscript read]

Primary-source manuscript image downloaded 23 May 2026 to (image held in the family archive). Key verbatim:

To all Christian People To whom these presents shall come Greeting &c. Know yee that I, John Johnson of Newarke in the County of Essex and Eastern division of New Jersey, Yeoman, for and in Consideration of the Sum of Tenn Pounds in Good and Lawfull money of the Province of New York to me in hand paid before the Insealing thereof by Johannes Michilson alias Johannes Vrelandt of Communipoo in the County of Bergen of the Division aforesd Yeoman... one Messuage or Tract of Salt Meadow situate Lying and being in the County of Newarke aforesaid neare ye Mouth of Mapple Island Creek near to the Bay begining at a Stake & Runing North Northwest Six Chains to another Stake in breadth & in length Runing East Southeast Eight Chains and a half to a Stake Close to the Bay bounded on the North with George Harrison on the South Sunken Meadow along bound Creek on the West to Maple Creek...

In Witness whereof I the said John Johnson have hereunto Sett my hand & Seal this Second day of June in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven hundred & nine & in the Eight Year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lady ANNE over Great Brittain France & Yreland queen defendr of the faith &c. Signed: John Johnson (seal) Signed Sealed & Delivered in the Presence of: John Cooper, Joseph Ward

June ye 3d 1709 — Then appeared before me John Johnson abovenamed and Acknowledged the above written Instrument to be his Voluntary act & Deed — Wm Sandford

• Reference: I (EJ) Folio 372-373 (SSTSE023)
• Catalog significance: 3rd John Cooper witness role in 18 months (1708-1709) = consistent pattern of John Cooper acting as Newark community witness in his pre-Judge-of-CCP years (1708-March 1712 transition). Bay/Mapple Island Creek/Bound Creek area = Newark salt marsh waterfront.

Record 24 — Cooper, Phoebe (Witness; Named) — 12 Apr 1717 — Mountain Purchase

= Same record as Record 12. Indexed twice (once under John, once under Phoebe). See Record 12.

Record 25 — Cooper, Thomas (One of the Proprietors; Grantee) — 1700-1702 — Perth Amboy Bank Lott — [verbatim manuscript read]

Primary-source manuscript image downloaded 23 May 2026 to (image held in the family archive). Verbatim:

East New Jersey: Surveyed for Thomas Cooper one of the proprs [proprietors] a Bank Lott Lying paralleell to his front Lott in Amboy being in Length [?] from Water Street to Low water markett in Breadth one Chaine. P[er] Geo: Willocks Depy Surveyor.

• Date: Undated; bracketed by 1702-dated surveys on same folio. Index: "1700-1702"
• Survey type: Bank Lott (= waterfront extension of his "front Lott" in Perth Amboy)
• Reference: O (EJ) Folio 222 (PEASJ003)
• Catalog significance: ** Thomas Cooper named "one of the proprietors" of East New Jersey = top-tier landowner with proprietary-share rights. Bank Lott parallel to his existing Perth Amboy front lot = waterfront extension along Water Street to Low Water Mark. NEW catalog person stub warranted** — possibly Thomas Cooper of Yorkshire Eng holding 1/24 East Jersey proprietary share (which would explain the absence of acreage = a proprietor-class lot rather than tenant survey); or a different American-resident Thomas Cooper.

Summary — Unique Cooper individuals identified across 25 records

Cross-references

• K.1 NJSA Hunterdon Cooper search (29 records) — sister-search; K.4 Record 9 = K.1 Record 16 (1730 Hanover Twp 1250-acre deed)
• K.2 Daniel Cooper Weaver of Hunterdon 1733/35 — Daniel Cooper × Reziah Runyon Lot No. 2 transaction (1733 joint purchase / 1735 moiety deed) (post-dates the 1726 marriage; was mislabeled "1720")
• K.3 John Cooper of Newark 1730 Hanover Twp deed — dedicated entry for K.4 Record 9
• K.5 Daniel Cooper Grantee 1744 Green Brook Falls × James Alexander — dedicated entry for K.4 Record 1
• F.162 1718 Hanover First Presbyterian founding deed — primary-source witnesses include John Cooper [p.215]
• p.215 John Cooper of 1718 Whippanong — Judge of CCP role 1712-1735 added 2026-05-23
• fam.12 Long Island Southampton Cooper kindred — fam.12 candidate for John Cooper of Long Island (Records 5 + 21)
• pr.2 Daniel Sr father search — Records 1 (Daniel 1744 × James Alexander) + 5/21 (John of Long Island 1676) are major developments
• pr.60 NJA 1670-1817 Cooper-testator sweep — companion project; K.4 Records 7-20 Newark Cooper-Judge attestations cluster around K.3 / pr.60 Tab A 1732 will
• Memory reference_njsa_searchable_databases.md — documents the database where K.4 search was run

Follow-ups

• [ ] ** Pull primary-source K.5 deed body** = S2 (EJ Surveys) Folio 83-84 — done 23 May 2026 via View PDF; transcribed at K.5.
• [] NOT AVAILABLE ONLINE — Pull Folio 274 of Liber 1 Part B (EJ) = the 15 Jul 1676 John Cooper of Long Island transfer-of-deed (Record 21). CONFIRMED 2026-05-23 by direct maintainer test of both View PDF links from NJSA Cooper-search for Records 5 + 21: both links resolve to the same Folio 65 image. Folio 274 is NOT imaged online and NOT orderable (= records 5 + 21 have no "Select" column in the NJSA search result, so paid-order path is unavailable). Manuscript Record 21 verbatim cannot be captured via online or paid request. Acquisition path now requires either (a) in-person NJ Archives research trip + physical Liber 1 Part B Folio 274 pull, OR (b) wait for NJSA to digitize additional folios from this Liber in a future update. Catalog state for Record 21 remains at NJSA-index-abstract level (= names + roles + date are known; manuscript verbatim is not).
• [x] ** Pull I (EJ) Folio 373-374 = 1708 Beef Point Newark Caleb Ball deed witnessed by John Cooper (Record 6). ** COMPLETE 2026-05-23 — both folio 373 (= via the earlier I.372-373 pull) and folio 374 (= via direct Record 6 "View PDF" link, separate file (image held in the family archive)) downloaded. Full verbatim with John Cooper witness signature + Caleb Ball / Sarah Ball signatures + Wm Sandford acknowledgment 5 Sept 1708 captured.
• [ ] ** Pull Essex Co Deed Book B manuscripts for all Judge-of-CCP records (Records 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20 — 9 records) = all "Available NJ Archives microfilm only" = trip required OR paid request. Highest-priority single record: Record 18 (19 Mar 1712 Peter Sonmans deed)** because Peter Sonmans cross-links to the 1766 K.6 Daniel-Jr-Stirling-Anderson-Benjamin Cooper Horse Pound Brook conveyance = primary-source-locks Sonmans-Cooper-Alexander multi-generational land-syndicate network.
• [ ] ** Resolve Judge-of-CCP date discrepancy** vs. K.3 1732 testator. K.4 Record 14 (12 Apr 1735) shows John Cooper still active as Judge 3 years after the 16 Nov 1732 will date. K.3 NJA Vol 30 abstract gives 'Proved March 11, 1736' = will proved 3+ years after writing, but death date NOT explicit. Hypothesis: John Cooper wrote his will 16 Nov 1732, remained alive as Judge through April 1735, died between April 1735 and March 1736 (when will was proved). Verify by pulling NJA Vol 30 p.108 manuscript actual proving-language.
• [ ] ** Identify Thomas Cooper "one of the Proprietors"** (Record 25) — = top-tier Cooper proprietor 1700-1702. Possibly Thomas Cooper of Yorkshire Eng (held 1/24 EJ proprietary share); or American-resident Thomas Cooper. NEW catalog person stub warranted.
• [ ] ** Phoebe Cooper identification** (Record 12 + 24) — witness alongside John Cooper 12 Apr 1717. Likely wife/daughter of [p.215]; NEW catalog person stub warranted.
• [ ] ** Daniel Cooper (1765 witness) identification** (Record 2) — Daniel Sr age 70 OR Daniel Jr age 36 OR other.