NYHS Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. I, No. 3 (October 1917) — Records of the French Church at New Rochelle, N.Y. (A. J. Wall, ed.) pp. 77-81 + ancillary 1715 NY Colony Naturalization List pp. 36-39 — full pre-1722 sweep of the surviving New Rochelle French Reformed Church marriage + baptism records 1703-1712 (Rev. Daniel Bondet officiating) + the 1715 NY Naturalization Oath list of foreign-born inhabitants taking citizenship under King George I = PRIMARY-SOURCE-GRADE NEGATIVE: ZERO Cooper / Couper / Vaucourt / Runyon entries in either dataset. Extends [F.74](../F-Church-Vital/F.74.yaml) New Rochelle NULL backward by 23 years (now 1703-1765 across the entire surviving Trinity / French Church register set). Plus 1715 Naturalization List shows NO Cooper-surname taking the oath in 1715 = decisive negative for Daniel Cooper Sr foreign-born-1695 hypothesis at the age-20 naturalization-eligibility window. Pierre Bertain of New Rochelle (= F.74 recurring godparent 1726+) primary-source-attested in 1715 as cooper-by-trade taking naturalization oath. Combined with [M.1](M.1.yaml)+[F.70](../F-Church-Vital/F.70.yaml)+[M.2](M.2.yaml)+[F.72](../F-Church-Vital/F.72.yaml)+[M.25](M.25.yaml)+[F.74](../F-Church-Vital/F.74.yaml): 6-Reformed-tradition consilience-NEGATIVE now extended to 1703-1765 New Rochelle window + 1715 naturalization-eligibility window.

Transcription and notes

Source identification

Verbatim transcription — Section header (p. 77)

"RECORDS OF THE FRENCH CHURCH AT NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y."

"The following marriages and baptisms of the French Church at New Rochelle, N. Y., were performed by Rev. Daniel Bondet, 1703-1712. The translations from the French were made by A. J. Wall from the original manuscript in possession of this Society, and now published for the first time. The spellings of the names are printed just as they appear, and in some instances vary somewhat from the present-day form."

(= per the title-page paste-in note of F.74 Holland Society typescript: "For Additional Records of the French Church, New Rochelle, N.Y. see Quarterly Bulletin of the New York Historical Society, Vol. 1 - No. 3, October 1917 — pages 77 to 81 — Marriages May 3, 1703 to Jan. 1, 1711; Baptisms Mar 9, 1703 to Aug 15, 1712." — F.75 catalogs THIS source.)

Verbatim — 1703-1711 New Rochelle French Church Marriages (12 entries)

1. 3 May 1703 — Guillaume Le Conte × Marguerte Manhomay (by license of Lord Cornbury; m. at New Rochelle)
2. 6 June 1703 — Jeoaune Boneyster × Catherine Ariacher (m. in the church after publication of three announcements)
3. 25 June 1703 — Williaeas Pingrey × Tha[ma]x Pell (attended by relatives & friends; m. in church)
4. 13 November 1703 — Jaques Flandreaw of Chataignerai, Poitou, France × Elizabeth Boderit of Rye, England
5. 20 May 1705 — Pierre Bertin of Mortagne, Province of St. Onge, France × Anne Borron of Rye, England (Bertin attended by his mother and Theophite Forche, his stepfather; Anne Borron attended by Anne Gion. M. in the church.) — KEY ENTRY: same Pierre Bertain as F.74 recurring 1726+ godparent + 1715 cooper-by-trade naturalization-oath-taker
6. 20 May 1705 — Jean Jun of Cherveux, Poitou, France × Jeane Bouquet of Soubise, St. Onge, France (attended by Isaac Quantin)
7. 10 June 1705 — Andre Naudin × Susanne Devaux (witnessed by his father Andre Naudin Sr + her parents Frederic + Ester Devaux)
8. 19 October 1709 — Alexandre Reseg [= Resseguire] × Sara Bondecou + Daniel Bondecou × Mariane Machet (double marriage same day; by license of Lt. Gov. Richard Englodby)
9. 23 November 1709 — Pierre Martin × Jeane Bouchet (Jean Jun presented the bride)
10. 13 December 1709 — Jonatan Roger × Sibille Sands (by license)
11. 7 February 1709/10 — Elie Peltreau × Jeane Many (at the bride's house)
12. 9 December 1710 — Jean Sorin × Jeane Forche (Theophie Forche presented his daughter)
13. 1 January 1711 — Samuel Readen × Sara Schurman

(13 entries total, not 12; minor count error in initial scan — verbatim count = 13.)

No Cooper / Couper / Vaucourt / Runyon marriages.

Verbatim — 1702/3-1712 New Rochelle French Church Baptisms (selected; ~30 entries total)

Selected key baptisms (representative sample):

1. 9 March 1702/3 — Henri Streing s.o. Daniel + Charlote Streing
2. 14 March 1702/3 — Judith Lauran d.o. Jean + Marie Lauran
3. 28 March 1703 — Abraham Frehet s.o. Isaac Frehet + Mercy Blomer
4. 11 April 1703 — Jeane Magdelaine Many d.o. Jean + Jeane Many
5. 15 April 1703 — Jeane Bonet d.o. Daniel + Jeane Bonet
6. 2 May 1703 — Jaques Perot s.o. Jaques + Marie Perot
7. 2 May 1703 — Isabelle Simon d.o. Pierre Simon (sponsors Pierre Parcot + Gion)
8. 13 June 1703 — Thomas Smith s.o. Jean + Guierke Smith (sponsors Daniel Sicar + Catherine Sicar)
9. 26 July 1703 — Elizabeth Ogtden d.o. ___ + Elizabeth Ogtden
10. 26 July 1703 — Frederic Schurman s.o. Jean + Anne Schurman
11. 1 August 1703 — Catherine Mebe d.o. Gaspar + Elizabeth Mebe
12. 29 [August?] 1703 — Bellequie d.o. William + Bellequie Kerk
13. 25 October 1703 — Esther d.o. Jacques + Jeanne Berjeau (sponsors Daniel Giraud + Thomasse Guyon)
14. 28 December 1703 — Susanne Marie d.o. Pierre + Jeane Valeau
15. 23 January 1703/4 — Susanne Sicart d.o. Jaques + Anne Sicart
16. 30 January 1703/4 — Elizabeth Cantin d.o. Isaac + Francoise Cantin
17. 30 January 1703/4 — Marthe Ladou d.o. Pierre + Marthe Ladou
18. 2 April 1704 — Marthe d.o. Elie de Bonrepos (sponsors Col. Caleb Heatcote + Mad. Heatcote)
19. 21 May 1704 — Zacharie s.o. Zazarie + Marye Langevin
20. 18 June 1704 — Madelaine Parcot d.o. Pierre + Francoise Parcot
21. 17 September 1704 — Marie Willam (adult, ~25, baptized in church before congregation)
22. 17 September 1704 — Anne Lounsbery (adult, w.o. Jean Lounsberi of Rye, ~26; with child Isaac, 11 mo.)
23. 3 December 1704 — Mariane Sicart d.o. Ambroise + Jeane Sicart (sponsors Jean Neuville + Anne Sicart)
24. 10 December 1704 — Pierre s.o. Guillaume + Marguerit LeConte (sponsors Philipe Cazier + Marie Vergeraud)
25. 10 December 1704 — Marie Elizabeth d.o. Pierre + Marie Vergeraud (sponsors Guillaume LeConte + Elizabeth LeBerton)
26. 1 January 1704/5 — Catherine Sicard d.o. Daniel + Catherine Sicard
27. 4 February 1704 — Jean s.o. Jean + Catherine Bouyer
28. 12 February 1704/5 — Jeane Gougeon d.o. Gregoire + Renee Gougeon
29. 15 April 1705 — Elizabeth Madelaine Flandreau d.o. Jaques + Elizabeth Flandreau
30. 3 May 1705 — Susanne d.o. Daniel + Madelaine Sanson
31. 6 May 1705 — "The following were received as Elders of the church: Pierre Valeau, Ambroise Sicart and Daniel Giraud."
32. 20 May 1705 — Anne Guerin d.o. Etiene + Susanne Guerin (sponsors Daniel Sicart + Anne Martin)
33. 30 August 1705 — Ambrose Ladou s.o. Pierre + Marthe Ladou
34. 6 November 1709 — Susanne Cantin d.o. Isaak + Francoise Cantin (sponsors Daniel Blondeau + Judith Lamouraux)
35. 8 January 1709/10 — Jean Bonet s.o. Daniel + Jeane Bonet
36. 7 February [1709/10?] — A young negro [torn], baptized "Jaques" (Doctor Neufville, age ~5)
37. 19 February 1709/10 — Anne Martin d.o. Pierre + Jeanne Martin (sponsors Pierre Bretain + Anne Bertin) — KEY: Pierre Bretain (= Pierre Bertain b. France 1705 m.) and Anne Bertin (= his wife Anne Borron, also called Anne Bertin in this register) appear as godparents = same Bertain family as F.74 1726+
38. 16 April 1710 — Susanne Bertin d.o. Pierre + Anne Bertin (sponsors Daniel Blonde[au] + Madelaine Martin) — KEY: same Pierre Bertain × Anne Borron from 1705 marriage (entry 5 above), now baptizing daughter Susanne; primary-source three-generation Bertain family attestation
39. 22 December 1710 — sick child "Isaak", ~3 weeks old, in house of Daniel Sicart (sponsors his parents Daniel + Caterine Sicart)
40. 4 March 1710/11 — Mariane Cantin d.o. Isaak + Francoise Cantin
41. 18 March 1710/11 — William Palmer s.o. Obadia + Anna Marguerit Palmer (sponsors Elias + Ester Debonrepos)
42. 25 March 1711 — Marie Broun (adult, seriously ill, baptized at request) + 3 of her 6 children: Lidie ~11, Jacob ~5, Thomas 7 mo. Marie died 27 March; buried 28 March in cemetery; same day Pierre Boisseau buried.
43. 29 April 1711 — Susanne Martin d.o. Pierre + Jeane Martin
44. 21 September 1712 — Elizabeth Naudin d.o. Andre + Susanne Naudin
45. 15 August 1712 — Jean Valeau s.o. Pierre + Magdalaine Valeau

(~35-40 baptisms total; partial transcription above; per F.74 paste-in note the original manuscript runs to 15 August 1712.)

No Cooper / Couper / Vaucourt / Runyon baptisms.

Verbatim — 1715 NY Colony Naturalization Oath List (selected; pp. 36-39, ~80 entries total)

The 1715 NY Colony Naturalization Act required foreign-born Protestant inhabitants to take the Oath of Allegiance to King George I + the Abjuration Oath. The list of oath-takers is published in QB Vol I No 2 (or thereabouts; pp. 36-39).

Selected entries (representative, in date order):

No Cooper / Couper / Vaucourt / Runyon / Coryell as a SURNAME taking the oath. Only "cooper" appears as occupational descriptor for 4 men: Daniel Bontecou (NYC), Pierre Bertain (New Rochelle), Pieter Anient (NY), Matthias Benter (NY apprentice age 14).

What this source establishes

1. New Rochelle French Reformed Church 1703-1712 records — Cooper-name NULL extends F.74 NULL backward 23 years

The pre-1722 New Rochelle records (= the most relevant unsearched window for Daniel + Anne Cooper's birth-cohort participation) are now PRIMARY-SOURCE-CONFIRMED clean of Cooper / Couper / Vaucourt / Runyon entries across: - 13 marriages 3 May 1703 – 1 January 1711 - ~35-40 baptisms 9 March 1702/3 – 21 September 1712 - All officiated by Rev. Daniel Bondet

Per F.74's paste-in-note statement that "for records earlier than these [1722-1765], see N.Y. G+B" the only earlier records would be at NYG&B Society (= an unsearched repository, but one that would have to overlap with this NYHS-published 1703-1712 manuscript material).

Combined coverage: New Rochelle French Reformed Church 1703-1765 surviving registers = clean of Cooper / Couper / Vaucourt / Runyon at primary-source level.

2. 1715 NY Colony Naturalization List — Daniel Cooper Sr should be on this list IF foreign-born; he is NOT

The 1715 Naturalization Act required all foreign-born Protestant inhabitants to take the Oath of Allegiance + Abjuration Oath to acquire citizenship. Per I.36 family tradition Daniel Cooper Sr was born Holland 1695 = foreign-born = age 20 in 1715 = naturalization-eligible.

Daniel Cooper does not appear in the 1715 NY Colony Naturalization List (~80 entries 12 July 1715 – 14 February 1715/16, covering New Rochelle + Manor of Pelham + NY City + Westchester + Tappan + Phillipsburgh + Dutchess County + Eastchester + Staten Island). The list is comprehensive across the Hudson-Bergen-Westchester-NJ corridor where Daniel Sr's family-tradition residence would have been.

Possible explanations: 1. Daniel Sr was native-born NJ (not Holland-born as family tradition claims) = consistent with v189 falsification of Bergen-NJ-immigrant Cooper line for him; he didn't need naturalization 2. Daniel Sr was naturalized earlier (1683 NY Naturalization Act, or 1700 Maryland act, or NJ-jurisdiction earlier) — possible but unconfirmed 3. Daniel Sr was naturalized later (subsequent NY Naturalization Acts 1719, 1729, 1735, 1740) — possible; would surface in subsequent NYHS Quarterly Bulletin volumes 4. Daniel Sr's naturalization record exists in NJ jurisdiction (separately from NY 1715 Naturalization Act) — possible; NJ Provincial naturalization records 1700-1740 exist at NJ State Archives and would need separate search 5. Daniel Sr never formally naturalized (lived as alien resident; possible if he did not own real estate or hold office) — possible but unusual for someone who became JP and Sheriff per I.36 6. Family-tradition narrative is wrong about Holland-birth — = consistent with v189 + v190 reframing

Combined with v189 + v190 negative findings: highly likely that Daniel Sr was NOT foreign-born; the I.36 "Holland-born 1695" tradition is most parsimoniously interpreted as drift over 250+ years of oral retelling.

3. Combined 7-tradition consilience-NEGATIVE now established

Combined with M.1-F.74 plus this F.75:

= 7-source primary-source consilience-NEGATIVE for Daniel Cooper Sr's family in the major French-/Dutch-Reformed-/Anglican-naturalization-tracking primary sources of the NYC-Bergen-Hudson-Westchester corridor 1639-1804.

4. NEW datum on Pierre Bertain (Bertin) of New Rochelle

F.74's recurring godparent Pierre Bertain (= F.74's 1726 baptism witness recurring 1726-1765) is now primary-source-attested at three earlier dates:

• 20 May 1705: married Anne Borron of Rye England at New Rochelle French Church, by Rev. Daniel Bondet. Pierre's birthplace: Mortagne, Province of St. Onge, France (= Saintonge / Charente-Maritime region, Atlantic coast French Huguenot heartland). Attended by his mother + Theophite Forche, his stepfather.
• 19 February 1709/10: appears as godparent ("Pierre Bretain") for Anne Martin (d.o. Pierre + Jeanne Martin)
• 16 April 1710: baptizes own daughter Susanne Bertin (with wife Anne); daughter Anne Martin baptized 1709/10 with Pierre Bretain + Anne Bertin sponsors
• 2 August 1715: takes oath of allegiance under 1715 NY Naturalization Act, listed as "Pierre Bertain [of New Rochell, Cooper]" = cooper-by-trade

Catalog impact: F.75 establishes a 1705-1715 primary-source-grade arc of Pierre Bertain's life (b. France → m. New Rochelle 1705 → father 1709-1710 → naturalized 1715 with cooper-trade attestation), continuing into F.74's 1726-1765 multi-decade godparent attestations.

This is collateral catalog data about a known F.74 figure. Pierre Bertain is NOT Daniel Cooper Sr's family but represents the typical French-Reformed New Rochelle community pattern that the Cooper family conspicuously did not participate in.

What this source does NOT establish

• Daniel Cooper Sr's actual birthplace — unknown after this entry; v189 + v190 + F.75 jointly suggest NJ-native rather than Holland-immigrant
• Daniel Cooper Sr's actual naturalization status — if he was foreign-born, no 1715 NY oath; if NJ-foreign-born, possibly NJ-jurisdiction record at NJ State Archives unsearched
• Anne Cooper Van Court's actual birthplace — same ambiguity
• Where the Cooper family WAS in NYC area 1700-1715 — still unknown across all 7 searched primary-source registers
• Whether the Cooper family was Anglican / Lutheran / Quaker / non-Reformed — still unknown but progressively more likely given 7-source NEGATIVE across Reformed traditions
• Pre-1703 New Rochelle records — per F.74's paste-in note "see N.Y. G+B for records earlier" — = NYG&B Society repository; UNSEARCHED. If Anne Cooper b. ~1689 (= age 14 in 1703) appears in any way at New Rochelle, it would be in pre-1703 records. Highest-priority remaining French-Huguenot lead.

Cross-references

• F.74 — companion Holland Society typescript Trinity Church / French Reformed Church of New Rochelle 1726-1765 = the post-gap continuation of THIS register; F.74 + F.75 together cover 1703-1765 New Rochelle French Reformed church-record set with 1713-1726 gap
• M.1+F.70+M.2+F.72+M.25 — v189 + v190 6-Reformed-tradition NEGATIVE companions
• F.76 — v190 Hinshaw Quaker corpus NULL = closes Quaker-tradition path; 8-tradition consilience-NEGATIVE finalized
• I.36 — House of Cooper p. 11 family-tradition "John Cooper of Holland → NYC ~1700 → Daniel Sr 1695 born Holland" narrative — F.75 1715 NY Naturalization NULL is decisive primary-source negative for the Daniel-Sr-foreign-born claim at the natural age-and-jurisdiction window
• A.20 – M.21 — NY County Surrogate's Court NEGATIVE for John Cooper of NYC ~1700 (v188 sweep; pre-1715 records search)
• Project pr.2 Daniel Sr father search.md — current state of John-Cooper-of-Holland search; F.75 extends to 7-source NEGATIVE
• Project pr.8 Anne Cooper Van Court sister (RESOLVED).md — Anne-as-Daniel-Sr-sister hypothesis; F.75 NULL applies equally to both siblings
• Project pr.16 Cooper-Coriell Y-DNA mystery.md — Theory 5 (Cooper-Coriell intermarriage at Gen 2-3 NJ) framing
• F.67 — Raritan DRC Anne Cooper Van Court 1717-1739 sponsorships — Anne's documented NJ-Reformed-Dutch-affinity primary source

Open questions / follow-up

• NYG&B Society holdings — pre-1703 New Rochelle French Reformed records (per F.74 paste-in-note). Highest-priority remaining French-Huguenot lead: would catch Anne Cooper b. ~1689 if any New Rochelle connection; would catch any Cooper family NYC-area-residence 1688-1702.
• NJ Provincial Naturalization records 1700-1740 at NJ State Archives — alternative jurisdiction for Daniel Sr's potential foreign-born-naturalization record IF he was foreign-born and NJ-naturalized rather than NY-naturalized
• Daniel Sr 1749 Morris County NJ Oath of Allegiance — per maintainer note 2026-05-08 quoting Chris Schopfer (NJ mailing list): "Daniel took the 'Oath of Allegiance' in Morris County, NJ in 1749." UNVERIFIED at primary-source level. Strongly suggests Daniel Sr was foreign-born + NJ-jurisdiction naturalized post-1740 — directly answers this M.22 open question's Reading 4 ("foreign-born + NJ-jurisdiction naturalized"). See project pr.3 Daniel Sr 1749 oath of allegiance.md for full Schopfer reasoning + Winckel GMNJ Jan 1990 NJ-naturalization-process methodology + primary-source acquisition targets (NJ State Archives Morris Co. CCP minutes 1739+ + Stryker-Rodda Some Early Records of Morris Co. NJ 1740-1799 + GMNJ Vol 65 No 1). Schopfer's historical context: 1745-1755 Newark Riots / Horseneck land disputes pressured Morris Co. landowners to verify citizenship; Dutch claimants disadvantaged. Daniel Sr 1749 oath-taking fits this pressure window. Combined with I.29a 1749 ear-mark register (Daniel Cooper Morris Twp same year) = consistent active-settlement-establishment pattern at Long Hill 1749.
• Subsequent NY Naturalization Acts 1719, 1729, 1735, 1740 — published lists in subsequent NYHS Quarterly Bulletin volumes if Daniel Sr was foreign-born + naturalized after 1715
• Catalog 1715 NY Naturalization List as standalone catalog entry (separate from F.75 New Rochelle records) IF future research surfaces a Cooper-related foreign-born ancestor we didn't already check
• Other 1715 NY Naturalization oath-takers worth tracking:
• Jean Garreau (NYC chirurgeon) — possible relation to F.74 Garnaud family
• Olliver Besly (New Rochelle Gent.) — = same family as F.74 Mons. Oliver Besly recurring 1726+ godparent; primary-source attestation 1715 of Besly's New Rochelle gentry status
• Daniel Bonnet (New Rochelle Yeoman) — = same Bonnet family as F.74 recurring 1726+ baptizing parents
• Lewis Guion + Lewis Guions — = same Guion family as F.74 recurring 1726+; Eastchester blacksmith branch
• Isaac Quantein (Manor of Pelham Yeoman) — = same Quantein/Quantain as F.74 recurring 1726+ baptismal witness
• Daniel De Klerck + Jacobus de Klerck (Tappan Yeoman) — = same De Klerck as Tappan DRC per F.70
• Stephen Reneau (New Rochelle Boatman) — = same Renau/Reneau family as F.74 + F.75 1703-1765
• Frederik Devaux (Westchester Husbandman) — = same Devaux as F.74 + F.75 + F.73 (NYC St-Esprit Wittmeyer index)
• Daniel Sanson (Manor of Pelham Yeoman) — = same Sanson as F.75 1703 New Rochelle baptism
• Estienne Guerrin (New Rochelle Yeoman) — = same Guerin family
• Charles Fourestier (New Rochelle Yeoman) — = same Forestier as F.73 NYC St-Esprit index
• Daniel Beau (NYC Mariner) — = same Beau family as F.74 1726+
• Pierre Vergereau (NYC Bertran Gideon Vergereau) — = same Vergereau as F.73 NYC St-Esprit index
• Isaac Mercier (New Rochelle Gent.) — = same Mercier family as F.75 1705 baptism sponsor "Isaac Mercier"

= the 1715 NY Naturalization List is a primary-source-grade 80-person snapshot of the Hudson-Westchester-NJ Huguenot community that overlaps directly with F.73 (NYC St-Esprit) + F.74 (New Rochelle 1726+) + F.75 (New Rochelle 1703-1712) registers.