John H Cooper

Catalog ID p.105 · Cite this page: njcoopers.com/p/105/

John H Cooper was probably the son of Benjamin Cooper. He married Mary Naylor.

Facts

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Family

Parents

Father Benjamin Cooper 1741–1794 probable I.22, A.1

Spouses

Mary (Naylor) Cooper

Siblings

Theodosia (Cooper) Wyckoff 1775–1839
Mary (Cooper) Cross/Annin 1780–1817
Robert Cooper 1783–1863
Joseph Cooper 1785–1852
Charity (Cooper) Haas 1789–1856
Samuel Cooper 1795–1871

Children

None recorded.

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In the documents

Every published document that names John H Cooper, in date order, with what that document itself records.

Date	Document	Role	What it records
1768	D.599 tax ratable Hunterdon County, New Jersey — tax ratables, New Jersey State Archives series SAS00001 (Tax Ratables (Duplicates), 1768-1854). LEBANON Township, the complete su…	taxpayer as "Cooper H John"
31 Dec 1794	A.2 estate inventory Inventory of the goods and chattels of Capt. B. Cooper of Lebanon Twp., taken 31 December 1794, with the appraisers' and administrators' sworn statements — prob…	administrator as "John H. Cooper"
5 Feb 1795	A.1 administration bond Administration bond and administrators' sworn statement, estate of Benjamin Cooper, Hunterdon Co., N.J., 5 February 1795 — probate file 1704J.	administrator as "John H Cooper"
18 Feb 1795	A.3 estate inventory Supplementary inventory of the estate of Benjamin Cooper of Lebanon, 18 February 1795 — two inventories on one page, the second of farm produce claimed by John …	claimant as "John H Cooper"
5 Feb 1795	A.6 probate abstract Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. VIII (1791–1795), p. 84 — the abstract of Benjamin Cooper's intestate administration, File 1704J.	administrator as "John H. Cooper"
5 Feb 1795	A.7 will register entry New Jersey Record of Wills, Volume 36 (1796–1797), page 168 — the register entry recording the grant of administration on Benjamin Cooper, 5 February 1795.	administrator as "John H. Cooper"
4 Aug 1796	A.113 orphans court minute Hunterdon Co. Orphans' Court, 4 August 1796 — the order allowing John H. Cooper's administration account on the estate of Benjamin Cooper. Minutes p. 149.	administrator as "John H. Cooper"
3 Feb 1796	A.4 estate account Final account of John H. Cooper, administrator of Benjamin Cooper of Hunterdon Co., filed 3 February 1796 and allowed 4 August 1796 — a balanced ledger of £197.…	administrator as "John H. Cooper"
1807-08	A.184 orphans court minute Hunterdon County Orphans' Court minutes, August Term 1807, vol. 3–4 pp. 50–51 — orders in the estates of Daniel McPherson, Benjamin Sipon[?], Charles Eversole a…	occupant as "John H. Cooper"	residence: Aug 1807, near the Whitehouse, Readington Twp, Hunterdon Co., NJ probable
22 Aug 1818	D.154 marriage register Hunterdon County, New Jersey, county-court marriage register, 1818: certificates of John Cavanagh J.P. (Huffman-Lake, Cooper-Naylor, Beans-Peters); with the Coo…	groom as "John Cooper"	marriage: 22 Aug 1818, house of Joseph Rodman, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey
1999	I.22 published genealogy Sheldon Forbes Craddock, Craddock, Kinder, Rogers, and Sheldon Families (Incline Village NV, privately published 1999) — Chart IX Biographies, book pp. 220–222:…	child as "John"
	A.44 probate file capture FHC capture of Benjamin Cooper's estate docket 1704J — Film 461828 / DGS 5646382, the same Hunterdon file already catalogued at [A.1]–[A.4].	administrator as "John H. Cooper"

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Documents

A.184 Hunterdon County Orphans' Court minutes, August Term 1807, vol. 3–4 pp. 50–51 — orders in the estates of Daniel McPherson, Benjamin Sipon[?], Charles Eversole and Nathaniel Hunt[?] (FamilySearch "New Jersey, Probate Records, 1678-1980", Hunterdon, Orphans' Court minutes 1806-1821, image 67)
A.113 Hunterdon Co. Orphans' Court, 4 August 1796 — the order allowing John H. Cooper's administration account on the estate of Benjamin Cooper. Minutes p. 149.
A.6 Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. VIII (1791–1795), p. 84 — the abstract of Benjamin Cooper's intestate administration, File 1704J.
A.1 Administration bond and administrators' sworn statement, estate of Benjamin Cooper, Hunterdon Co., N.J., 5 February 1795 — probate file 1704J.
K.46 Deed — Daniel Cooper (Morris Co.) to John H. Cooper (Lebanon Twp), 5 Jan 1795 — the plantation 'whereon Benjamin Cooper formerly lived' (423³⁄₁₀ ac) [verbatim]
K.51 Hunterdon Co. deeds — JOHN H. COOPER to JACOB MILLER, TWO deeds both 13 June 1795 (Deed Bk 4 pp.337–343): pieces of the former Benjamin Cooper plantation (31.65 ac / £126.12 + 75.7 ac / 30 shillings). Deed names NO children — only 'Benjamin Cooper deceased' as prior owner. [verbatim]
K.52 Mortgage — JOHN H. COOPER (Lebanon Twp) to NICHOLAS STILLWELL (Readington), 29 Jan 1797 — the 423³⁄₁₀-ac former-Benjamin-Cooper plantation (= the K.46 tract) mortgaged for £250 specie [verbatim]
K.69 Hunterdon Co., NJ Public Records (IGN 008576535, img 263) — 6 June 1796 RETURN OF A ROAD laid along the line of John H. Cooper's [p.105] Lebanon-Twp land (between James Van Sickle of Tewksbury and Jacob Miller) — locates Benjamin Cooper's son's plantation mid-1796
A.81 Hunterdon Co. Court of Common Pleas, August Term 1783 — the levy entry in Daniel Cooper v. Benjamin Cooper, a writ of fieri facias de bonis et terris in Debt, itemising what was seized. Minutes Vol. 13.
D.4 1850 US Federal Census, Independence Township, Warren Co., NJ (enumerated Aug 1850) — the four-Cooper cluster in adjacent dwellings 236-239 (the Israel, John, Joseph, and Robert Cooper households, 18 persons).
D.43 1850 US Federal Census, Frelinghuysen Twp., Warren Co., NJ, PAGE 488 - the Aaron Cooper household (DWELLING 170 / FAMILY 182 - corrected 2026-08-21 from 'dwelling 132') and Thomas Cooper as a boarder in the David G. Vanhorn household (dwelling 174 / family 186). The page is now SWEPT IN FULL for Coopers: dwellings 169-177 / families 181-189, and these are the ONLY two Cooper entries on it.
D.152 Ancestry Marriage & Divorce search 'John Cooper' Married 1790-1810 In NJ — 36 hits — NULL for Benjamin's son John H Cooper of Lebanon Twp(A.1 candidate); 6 distinct John Cooper marriages 1804-1810 NJ but ALL in Bergen/Middlesex/Mercer/Morris/Gloucester/Monmouth counties (NONE in Hunterdon = Benjamin's home county; NONE with 'H' middle initial); strongest candidate: 7 Aug 1808 Morris NJ (= Cooper-family-county) — but no documented A.1 connection
D.154 Hunterdon County, New Jersey, county-court marriage register, 1818: certificates of John Cavanagh J.P. (Huffman-Lake, Cooper-Naylor, Beans-Peters); with the Cooper page of the printed Hunterdon marriage index, 1795-1875.
D.274 Ancestry search of the New Jersey Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890: 'John Cooper', lived in Morris Co.; 84 results; May 2026.
D.276 Ancestry search of the 1830 US Federal Census (John Cooper / Lived In Lebanon, Hunterdon, NJ) - 7 hits, none in Lebanon.
I.22 Sheldon Forbes Craddock, Craddock, Kinder, Rogers, and Sheldon Families (Incline Village NV, privately published 1999) — Chart IX Biographies, book pp. 220–222: entry 102 Benjamin² Cooper, entry 200 John¹ Cross, entry 202 Bryan Lefferty; plus the complete 347-item bibliography at book pp. 359–378.
I.113 Morris County NJ Court of Common Pleas Minute Book Vol 4-6 (1766-1778) (FamilySearch DGS 7903185), image 264 of 669, March Term 1771 — William Neilson v Benjamin Cooper & co — Fieri Facias de Bonis et Tenementis in Case. Sheriff returned that he has levied and seized on 2,000 acres in Pequannock Township Morris Co. NJ where Benjamin Cooper now lives, jointly owned by Benjamin Cooper and Lord Stirling, including the Hibernia Furnace and other buildings; remains unsold for want of buyers. = MAJOR NEW catalog finding: Benjamin Cooper's residence c.1770-71 was Pequannock Twp Morris Co. (NOT Lebanon Twp Hunterdon as A.1 1795 attests for the later period); 2,000-acre Cooper-Stirling Hibernia property scale primary-source-attested for the first time; earliest documented Cooper-Stirling creditor / Sheriff's levy.
L.4 Hand-drawn Family Tree: Descendants of Daniel Cooper and Grace Runyon (1695–1895)
A.2 Inventory of the goods and chattels of Capt. B. Cooper of Lebanon Twp., taken 31 December 1794, with the appraisers' and administrators' sworn statements — probate file 1704J.
A.3 Supplementary inventory of the estate of Benjamin Cooper of Lebanon, 18 February 1795 — two inventories on one page, the second of farm produce claimed by John H. Cooper. File 1704J.
A.4 Final account of John H. Cooper, administrator of Benjamin Cooper of Hunterdon Co., filed 3 February 1796 and allowed 4 August 1796 — a balanced ledger of £197. 16. 10. File 1704J.
A.7 New Jersey Record of Wills, Volume 36 (1796–1797), page 168 — the register entry recording the grant of administration on Benjamin Cooper, 5 February 1795.
A.44 FHC capture of Benjamin Cooper's estate docket 1704J — Film 461828 / DGS 5646382, the same Hunterdon file already catalogued at [A.1]–[A.4].
D.599 Hunterdon County, New Jersey — tax ratables, New Jersey State Archives series SAS00001 (Tax Ratables (Duplicates), 1768-1854). LEBANON Township, the complete surviving run — all ten books, 899-908: May 1778 · Sept 1779 · Feb 1780 · July 1784 · 1785 · July-Aug 1786 · June-Aug 1789 · July-Aug 1790 · and two books NJSA catalogues as 1803 (907 and 908). PLUS TEWKSBURY Township, the complete surviving run — all eight books, 922-929: Aug 1779 · Feb 1780 · June 1784 · July 1785 · July-Aug 1786 (×2) · June-Aug 1789 · June-Aug 1790.