Document L.106 · Family Tree Charts and Manuscripts · transcription: verbatim
Ancestry family tree 'Stephen Cooper 1772-1839' (tree ID 45555662, person ID 242111841644) — documents Stephen Cooper of Newark Essex Co. NJ + wife Lucinda + 4 children (John C 1802-1877 + Mary J 1804-1879 + Stephen J 1809-1851 + William W 1820-1854); 3 source citations: NJ Deaths and Burials Index 1798-1971; NJ Wills and Probate Records 1785-1924; U.S. Find A Grave Index. Per memory feedback_ancestry_family_trees_low_certainty.md = LOW CERTAINTY tree-tier. Independent of [D.310](../D-Federal-Census/D.310.yaml) (same Ancestry record) in that this is the TREE rendering vs D.310 is the database-record rendering.
L.106: Ancestry family tree 'Stephen Cooper 1772-1839' (tree ID 45555662, person ID 242111841644)…Transcription and notes
Source identification
| Element | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | Ancestry.com family tree |
| Tree owner | (anonymized) |
| Tree ID | 45555662 |
| Person ID | 242111841644 |
| URL | ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/45555662/person/242111841644/facts |
| Tree-cited sources | 3 — (1) NJ Deaths and Burials Index 1798-1971 [= D.310 source]; (2) NJ Wills and Probate Records 1785-1924 [= related to A.69]; (3) U.S. Find A Grave Index 1600s-Current [= G.176 + G.177] |
| Local file | (image held in the family archive) |
| Capture date | 26 May 2026 |
| Status | LOW CERTAINTY per memory feedback_ancestry_family_trees_low_certainty.md |
Verbatim tree content
Per D.310 which catalogues the same tree as a database-record source. L.106 cross-references that.
Tree structure: - Stephen Cooper b. abt 1772 d. 20 Oct 1839 Newark Essex Co. NJ - + wife Lucinda (1778-1867) - 4 children: - John C Cooper (1802-1877) b. abt 1802 New Jersey - Mary J Cooper (1804-1879) b. 1804 - Stephen J Cooper (1809-1851) b. abt 1809 New Jersey - William W Cooper (1820-1854) b. 1820 - Burial Newark Essex Co. NJ - Probate 5 Nov 1839 Essex NJ
Catalog significance
Tree completeness: 4 children listed vs Bible-attested 6 children. Tree is INCOMPLETE — missing Edward Cooper (1816-1854) [p.375] and Harriet Lydia Cooper (1807-1808 drowned) [p.373].
Date discrepancies vs Bible-tier: - John Cumming death: Tree 1877 vs Bible 1878 - Mary 1st daughter birth: Tree 1804 vs Bible 1805 - Stephen Jones death: Tree 1851 vs Bible 1857 - William White birth+death: Tree 1820+1854 vs Bible 1818+1859
The Tree's dates may derive from Find A Grave + state death records (more recent secondary sources) while Bible's dates derive from contemporaneous family hand. Per memory feedback_ancestry_family_trees_low_certainty.md: Ancestry trees are user-built, unverified, use-as-lead-not-evidence.
Tree validates the family-structure hypothesis that Bible's "Stephen R. Cooper" b. 1771-1772 = the Stephen Cooper of Newark whose estate was probated 1839 Essex Co. NJ. Tree merges his identity at the family-rumor level; primary-source attestations are A.69 + D.310 + G.176.