Hand-drawn Family Tree: "Benjamin in Daniel Cooper Family Tree 1695–1895"

Transcription and notes

• Source file: (image held in the family archive)
• Identification: Hand-drawn family tree in the shape of a branching limb/leaf. Benjamin Cooper appears at the bottom-right (the trunk end); branches unfold leftward through his children, grandchildren, and further descendants. The chart covers 1695–1895. Almost certainly a close-up of the same physical artwork catalogued at L.4: the title cartouche on L.4's wider scan reads "1695 – 1895. / Descendants of DANIEL COOPER and GRACE RUNYON of Long Hill, Morris County, New Jersey. / Collated by Arthur E. Cooper / Cooper's Plains / New York." That attribution should be treated as applying to L.1 as well. "Arthur E. Cooper" = p.353 Arthur Erwin Cooper (1848–1909) of Cooper's Plains NY (father of genealogist p.352 Theodore Arthur Cooper); very likely the catalog's "1895 family tree."
• Data from the chart — Benjamin Cooper (trunk):
• Name: "Benjamin Cooper".
• Born: "b. Dec. 1741".
• Died: "d. Dec. 1794".
• First wife: "m. Cherity Hoff" with parenthetical "(no issue)", "d. May 1763".
• Second wife: "2nd wife" — name space left blank / unlabeled on the chart.
• Data from the chart — Benjamin's children (branching from the trunk, left-to-right as drawn):
• "Sarah Cooper".
• "John Cooper".
• "Catherine Elizabeth C." — "b. 1783, d. Jan 3, 1872", "m. Amos Dayton".
• "Mary Cooper" — "b. 1780, d. Aug 1817", with two husbands noted: "m. Joseph Cross b. 1744, d. 1800" (year uncertain — could be 1805) and "m. John Annin b. 1764, d. 1824".
• "Theodosia Cooper" — "m. Jacob Wycoff".
• Data from the chart — Mary Cooper's children (via Joseph Cross):
• "James Cross" — "b. 1802, d. Mch [March] 1829".
• "John Cross" — "b. 1806, d. Aug 1821".
• "Harriet Cross" — "b. 1804, d. July 1878", "m. Dr. P. L. Van Wagner".
• Also shown on this branch: "Joseph Amein [or Annin] m. Hannah Edwards".
• Data from the chart — Theodosia Cooper's children (via Jacob Wycoff):
• "Gertrude Wykoff" — "d. Jan 1885", "m. 1. W. Cornelius Seamon" / "m. 2. James Cross" (dates associated with this entry appear to include "b. 1813" and "b. 1814" but are hard to read).
• "Simon Wykoff" — "m. 1. Jane Barclay" / "m. 2. Fanny Thomas".
• "Harriet Wykoff" — "m. Abram Van Horn".
• "Jane Ellen Wykoff" — "m. 1. Cornelius Clark" / "m. 2. Mott Cannon".
• "Amos D. Wykoff".
• "Melvina Wykoff" — "m. Edward Thomas".
• Plus a separate branch: "Cherity Cooper m. Jacob Haas" — this appears to connect to Theodosia's side of the tree but may represent a separate Cooper line. Placement on the chart is ambiguous.
• Data from the chart — Gertrude [Wykoff?] Cross's children branch:
• "Caroline S. Cross".
• "Martha H Cross" — "m. Wm. Cooper".
• "Mary L. Cross".
• "Clarissa Cross" — "b. Dec. 1816", "m. Francis Runyan".
• "Israel Cross" — "b. Jan 1817".
• Data from the chart — Cherity Cooper + Jacob Haas's children:
• "John Haas" — "m. Hannah Hand".
• "Lydia Haas".
• "Sarah Elizabeth H."
• "Ida Lane Haas" (or possibly "Ida Jane Haas" — script unclear).
• "Gilbert R. Haas".
• "Charity Cooper H."
• "John Calvin Haas".
• Data from the chart — John Haas's children:
• "Jacob Shutis Haas" — "m. Elizabeth Miller".
• "Angeline Haas" — "m. Christopher Tiger".
• "Archibald Haas".
• "Elizabeth Haas" — "m. Dr. Sulphin".
• [desc] Several additional branches are visible on the chart with faint or partially obscured labels that were not fully legible in the uploaded image. A higher-resolution scan or photograph would enable a complete transcription.
• Provenance: Collated by Arthur E. Cooper of Cooper's Plains, New York (per the L.4 cartouche — this close-up of Benjamin's branch does not itself show the cartouche). Exact date of composition is not stated beyond the "1695–1895" title range; the chart was likely drawn around 1895 or shortly after.