Joseph Cooper 1785–1852

Catalog ID p.112 · Cite this page: njcoopers.com/p/112/

Joseph Cooper was born about 1785. He married Elsie Stackhouse. He probably died on 29 Oct 1852 in Great Meadows, Warren Co. NJ. Six children are recorded.

Facts

Event	Date	Place / detail	Certainty	Sources
birth	about 1785		certain	D.4, D.40
probate	29 Nov 1852	Warren Co., NJ — Surrogate's Office; Letters of administration granted to Edward Chandler; died intestate	certain	A.94
probate		Warren Co., NJ — Orphans' Court; Rule to limit creditors (minutes p. 82); final rule (p. 173)	certain	A.123
probate		Warren Co., NJ — Orphans' Court, minutes v.4 p. 222; Final Settlement of the account of Edward Chandler, administrator	certain	A.123
probate		Warren Co., NJ — Surrogate, Receipts and Discharges vol. 1-3, pp. 140-142, 450-451; Distributive shares paid by Edward Chandler, administrator, to the widow Elcy and six named heirs; receipts dated 9 Jun 1854 - 14 May 1859	certain	A.211
death	29 Oct 1852	Great Meadows, Warren Co. NJ	probable	L.90, A.41, A.53, F.402

Family

Parents

Father Benjamin Cooper 1741–1794 unproven D.4, D.40, D.469

Spouses

Elsie (Stackhouse) Cooper 1800–1860 F.139, C.28, C.29

Siblings

Children

Lewis Sanford Cooper 1825–1905
George Monroe Cooper 1830–1913
Margaret Elisabeth (Cooper) Johnson 1832–1896
Caleb Swayze Cooper 1834–1913
Calvin Chandler Cooper 1836–1919
Robert Marshall Cooper 1838–1913

Family tree

Solid lines and outlines: certain. Dashed: probable or weaker. Open the full tree (four generations)

In the documents

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

Date	Document	Role	What it records
1824-08	A.205 probate inventory Sussex County, N.J., Surrogate's Office — Inventories vols. D–F, 1819–1840 (film 960535, DGS 005679636, item 2, 268 images), book pages 116 and 118, images 79 a…	debtor as "Joseph Cooper"
1830	D.598 federal census 1830 US Federal Census, Township of Independence, Warren County, New Jersey — the COMPLETE township: all 13 name pages (stamped 395-407, images 757-781 odd on D…	head as "Joseph Cooper"	residence: 1830, Independence Twp, Warren Co., New Jersey
1848/1878	F.402 death index New Jersey State Archives, Death Records May 1848 - May 1878 - the complete COOPER rows for Warren (17), Sussex (16), Morris (33), Somerset (20) and Hunterdon (…	deceased as "Cooper, Joseph"	death: Oct 1852, Independence, Warren County, New Jersey
1851	A.123 orphans court minute Warren Co. Orphans' Court minutes v. 4 (1851–1857) — the volume's own alphabetical index, C block, and the minute at p. 222 it points to: the final settlement o…	deceased as "Joseph Cooper"
1851	A.124 probate index Warren Co., N.J. — the “Letters of administration and guardianship” 1851–1870 volume's own alphabetical INDEX, C block: exactly two Coopers, both adults.	mentioned as "Cooper, Joseph"
5 Nov 1852	A.53 estate inventory Inventory of Joseph Cooper of Independence Twp., Warren Co., made 5 November 1852 — Warren Surrogate Inventories Vol. 6 p. 87. A substantial farmer's goods; no …	deceased as "Joseph Cooper"	residence: Independence Twp., Warren Co., New Jersey death: before 5 Nov 1852
29 Nov 1852	A.94 letters of administration Letters of administration on Joseph Cooper of Independence Twp., Warren Co., N.J., intestate — granted 29 November 1852 to Edward Chandler by Surrogate Lewis C.…	deceased as "Joseph Cooper"	residence: Independence Twp., Warren Co., New Jersey death: before 29 Nov 1852
1852	F.216 death return New Jersey, Return of Deaths in the Township of Independence, County of Warren, May 1852 – 1 June 1853, Vol. AH printed page 365 — the entry for Joseph Cooper, …	deceased as "Joseph Cooper"	death: Oct 1852, Great Meadows, Independence Twp, Warren Co., New Jersey birth: about 1792, Great Meadows, Independence Twp, Warren Co., New Jersey possible
9 Jun 1854	A.211 probate receipts Warren Co., N.J. Surrogate — Receipts and Discharges 1825-1867 vol. 1-3, book pages 140-143 and 449-452: seven receipts to Edward Chandler, administrator of Jos…	deceased as "Joseph Cooper"	probate: 1854-1859, Warren Co., NJ, Distributive shares paid by Edward Chandler, administrator; receipts recorded by the Surrogate 1854 and 1860
1858	C.29 marriage return New Jersey, Return of Marriages in the Township of Independence, County of Warren, 1857–1858, Vol. AH printed page 145 — the entry for Caleb S. Cooper and Amand…	father as "Joseph Cooper"
11 Aug 1862	C.109 civil marriage return Return of Marriages, GREEN Twp, Sussex Co., 1 May 1861 – 1 May 1862 — Sussex vol. AF book page 472, DGS 4108975 image 501.	father as "Joseph Cooper"
13 Dec 1913	F.317 death certificate index Minnesota death certificate no. 9827, George Cooper, New York [Mills], Otter Tail Co., 13 Dec 1913 — FamilySearch "Minnesota, Deaths, 1887-2001" index record on…	father as "Joseph Cooper"

2 further documents not published (they may name living people).

Still unknown, and where we have looked

Birthplace not established.
Burial not yet found. 1 search recorded:

findagrave 2026-10-04 · Joseph Cooper, Warren Co., New Jersey (no dates; 6 results) and Joseph Cooper, d. 1852 +/- 1, New Jersey (2 results).

Searched for: Joseph Cooper, Warren Co., New Jersey (no dates; 6 results) and Joseph Cooper, d. 1852 +/- 1, New Jersey (2 results).

Result: No memorial located for him (Warren hits are 1868-2014 Oxford/Greenwich/Hackettstown burials; the NJ-wide hits are Jacob J. and Stephen J. Cooper at Newark). Not evidence he has no stone.

Other searches recorded

familysearch records 2026-10-15 · HIS MARRIAGE TO ELSIE STACKHOUSE, ON FAMILYSEARCH'S RECORD INDEXES - the leg this file had never carried. The maintainer noticed it: the...

Searched for: HIS MARRIAGE TO ELSIE STACKHOUSE, ON FAMILYSEARCH'S RECORD INDEXES - the leg this file had never carried. The maintainer noticed it: the marriage had been worked hard on Ancestry from BOTH sides (2026-09-21, 2026-10-04, 2026-10-15) while the only familysearch-records rows here were a name Full-Text sweep of Warren/Sussex, the War of 1812 index and the Hackettstown Presbyterian reels - none of them a marriage search. Run from both sides: (a) GROOM - surname Cooper, given Joseph, spouse surname Stackhouse, marriage 1815-1840 (88,941 RANKED, not filtered - q.spouseSurname only ranks on an unscoped record search, exactly as William Cooper records for q.residencePlace; page 1 of 100 read); (b) BRIDE - surname Stackhouse, given Els*, spouse surname Cooper, marriage 1815-1840.

Result: NULL - FamilySearch holds NO marriage record for them, and that is now recorded rather than assumed. From BOTH sides the only hit naming the two together is the SAME record the catalog already holds: [F.317], the index of George Cooper's 1913 Minnesota death certificate no. 9827, which names "Father Joseph Cooper" and "Elsie Stackhaus". Everything else on page 1 is England and Wales Marriage Registration Index 1837-2005 (~60 rows), two Hamilton Co., Ohio marriages of January 1832 with spouse UNKNOWN, and Yorkshire/Cheshire/Massachusetts parish rows. Note for anyone re-running this: the groom-side ark for that Minnesota record is 1:1:CY2R-FZN2 (the event indexed from JOSEPH's side), while [F.317] cites 1:1:CY2R-FZ6Z (George's own). Same certificate, two arks - which is why a parent-side search is worth running even when the event is already held. So the couple is still evidenced only by their CHILDREN's death certificates - [F.139] (Calvin Chandler, Pennsylvania) and [F.317] (George, Minnesota) - never by a marriage record. The 1822-1832 NJ marriage remains unlocated in every index searched on either provider. [Marker closed 2026-10-15 - prior wording kept. The Stackhouse-alone sweep of coll. 1803976 makes this a settled null for this collection, not a thing still to do.]

ancestry all 2026-10-15 · HIS MARRIAGE TO ELSIE STACKHOUSE, searched from the BRIDE's side for the first time (every prior attempt searched the groom). Elsie...

Searched for: HIS MARRIAGE TO ELSIE STACKHOUSE, searched from the BRIDE's side for the first time (every prior attempt searched the groom). Elsie Stackhouse, marriage 1822-1832, all collections, priority USA (2,521 ranked; page 1 read and filtered for New Jersey).

Result: NULL for a Joseph Cooper marriage - and it HARDENS [C.113]. The only New Jersey Stackhouse marriage anywhere in the window is the SAME 11 Apr 1822 Sussex Co. event, indexed twice under two different renderings of her given name: "Eliza Stackhouse" (NJ Compiled Marriage Records 1684-1886) and "Elsa Stackhouse" (NJ Marriage Records 1670-1965, coll. 61376, NJ State Archives, film 004541257). The second index was opened: it gives "Spouse: JOSEPH BELL". So a SECOND, independent index agrees with [C.113]'s 3x image read of the register plate - the April 1822 Sussex marriage is Joseph BELL to Elisa Stackhouse, NOT Joseph Cooper. ⇒ the trees' "m. 4 Apr 1822" claim for this couple is that Bell marriage misattributed, now corroborated from the index side as well as the image side. His own marriage record remains UNLOCATED.

ancestry all 2026-09-21 · [Recorded here 2026-10-15 from this file's todo:, where it had been written up but never entered as a structured search - so the gap...

Searched for: [Recorded here 2026-10-15 from this file's todo:, where it had been written up but never entered as a structured search - so the gap report read "no search recorded" for his marriage although the work had been done.] (a) The NJ marriage register opening re-read at 3x on the full-resolution plate for an April 1822 Cooper/Stackhouse marriage; (b) Ancestry's NJ Compiled Marriage Records index for any Joseph Cooper marriage anywhere in New Jersey 1820-1824.

Result: NULL, and the trees are wrong. → [C.113]. The only April-1822 Stackhouse marriage on the opening is "April 11 · Joseph BELL to Elisa Stackhouse", in the return of James Dewitt, Esq., Justice - the same justice who married Samuel Cooper Samuel Cooper to Sarah Balden eight lines earlier on p. 233 ([C.84]). No Joseph Cooper marriage appears anywhere on the opening, and the compiled index holds no Joseph Cooper marriage anywhere in NJ 1820-1824. NOT yet a true null: the register is arranged by officiant, not by date, so a fuller read of the film is still owed. [Marker closed 2026-10-15 - prior wording kept above. The "fuller read" was done by INDEX, not by browsing 1,634 frames: see the Stackhouse-alone sweep and the loose-return pull ([C.150]) in the rows below.] THAT THREAD IS CLOSED 2026-10-15 - see the familysearch-records row below, which did the "fuller read" by INDEX rather than by flipping 1,634 frames, and the loose-return pull that followed it ([C.150]).

familysearch records 2026-10-15 · THE "FULLER READ OF THE FILM" THAT THE 2026-09-21 ROW ABOVE LEFT OWING - done by index instead of by browsing. The objection there was...

Searched for: THE "FULLER READ OF THE FILM" THAT THE 2026-09-21 ROW ABOVE LEFT OWING - done by index instead of by browsing. The objection there was that the Sussex register is arranged by OFFICIANT, not by date, so reading one opening proves nothing about the rest of the reel. ⇒ Collection 1803976 ("New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956") searched on SURNAME STACKHOUSE ALONE - marriage 1815-1835, place New Jersey, and deliberately NO SPOUSE SURNAME, so that a mis-indexed or mis-read "Cooper" could not hide the row. (Every earlier pass on either provider had bound the spouse to Cooper, which is exactly the constraint that would suppress the hit it was looking for.)

Result: 63 rows - THE COMPLETE SET, returned on a single page, every one read. ⇒ THERE IS NO STACKHOUSE x COOPER MARRIAGE INDEXED ANYWHERE IN NEW JERSEY, 1815-1835. The Sussex and Warren rows are: Ann Stackhouse x Samuel Crooker 29 Dec 1819 Sussex; Charity Stackhouse x Gabriel Croen 1 Apr 1820 Sussex; Hannah Stackhouse x Andrew Young(s) 24 Feb 1821 Sussex; Margaret/Margret Stackhouse/Stackehouse x Isaac France 29 Mar 1821 Sussex; ELISA / ELSA STACKHOUSE x JOSEPH BELL 11 Apr 1822 Sussex; Caleb/Calub Stackhous x Rebekah Cox 28 Jan 1826 Warren; Rachel/Rachael Stackhouse x Uriah Burdge 26 Jan 1826 Warren; James Stackhouse x Elizabeth Poyers 20 Oct 1827 Warren; Jane Stackhouse x Francis Stockman 23 Feb 1828 Warren; Jonathan Stackhouse x Ann Drake 1832 Warren; Susannah Stackhouse x Conrad Lomberson/Lombason/Lambason 24 Jan 1835 Warren. The remainder are Burlington, Hunterdon, Essex, Morris, Bergen and Cumberland. AND THE REPEATS ARE THE POINT: most of these marriages appear TWICE or THREE times, because the collection indexes the CLERK'S BOUND REGISTER (DGS 004541238) and the OFFICIANT'S LOOSE RETURN (DGS 004541257) as separate rows. ⇒ Both reels are inside this one search. A Joseph x Elsie marriage recorded on either of them, under any spelling of Stackhouse that an indexer could read, WOULD BE IN THESE 63 ROWS. It is not. ⇒ Their marriage was not returned to the Sussex County clerk, or was returned and lost, or did not happen in a county this collection covers. What it does NOT close: a marriage returned to ANOTHER county's clerk, or recorded only in a church register, or never returned at all - which was common, and which no index can disprove.

familysearch records 2026-10-15 · THE OFFICIANT'S OWN PAPER behind the one April-1822 Stackhouse marriage, pulled because [film.004541257] carries a standing rule for...

Searched for: THE OFFICIANT'S OWN PAPER behind the one April-1822 Stackhouse marriage, pulled because [film.004541257] carries a standing rule for this collection: "whenever a Sussex register page of 1809-1827 is cited, pull the officiant's own paper from this reel as well" - the loose return having been found on 2026-09-23 to give both parties' TOWNSHIPS where the clerk's copy gives names and a date only. Reached in two clicks from the "Elsa Stackhouse" index row (ark 1:1:VWRS-QLN) via View Original Document, not by browsing the reel.

Result: FOUND -> [C.150]. DGS 004541257 image 1246: James Dewitt's own signed return of seven marriages, dated 2 Sept 1822. The line reads, at 3x on the full-resolution plate, "April 11th 1822 - I Married JOSEPH BELL OF HARDWICK to ELSA STACKHOUSE OF THE SAME PLACE". TWO THINGS THE REGISTER COPY COULD NOT GIVE. (1) "Bell" is now attested in a SECOND, quite different hand - the justice's own, not the clerk's - so the surname on that line does not rest on one transcription. (2) The bride's TOWNSHIP: she was OF HARDWICK. This man and his wife are documented in INDEPENDENCE Twp ([D.4] 1850, [D.469] 1860). That leans against the April-1822 bride being his Elsie, and it is the first evidence that bears on the question at all - but it does NOT settle it. Hardwick and Independence adjoin in the same county, a bride of 1822 could be living in Independence by 1825 (his eldest recorded child, Lewis Sanford Cooper Lewis Sanford, b. 26 Feb 1825), and the rival reading has her moving anyway, since it makes her a widow remarried. ⇒ Weakened, not excluded; both readings stay open at [name.602]. THAT LEVER WAS THEN PULLED, same day - see the next row.

familysearch records 2026-10-15 · JOSEPH BELL HIMSELF - the man whose record would settle whether the April-1822 bride could also be this man's wife. FamilySearch "United...

Searched for: JOSEPH BELL HIMSELF - the man whose record would settle whether the April-1822 bride could also be this man's wife. FamilySearch "United States, Census, 1830" (coll. 1803958): given name Joseph, surname Bell, residence NEW JERSEY, no county filter, so the whole state is in scope.

Result: 6 results, all read: Independence Twp WARREN; Ahasymus, BERGEN; Jersey City, BERGEN; Salem, SALEM; Galloway Twp, GLOUCESTER; and a "Joseph Bllsck" in New Hanover Twp, BURLINGTON. ⇒ EXACTLY ONE JOSEPH BELL IS INDEXED IN WARREN COUNTY IN 1830, and Hardwick - which was itself in Warren by then - holds none. AND HE IS ON A PAGE THE CATALOG ALREADY HOLDS. The Warren hit is page 12 of Independence Twp, image 779 stamped 406 - the same sheet as [D.40]'s John and Robert Cooper, with Joseph Bell TWO HOUSEHOLDS AFTER ROBERT. [D.598] had recorded his name in the walking order since 2026-09-10 but never his brackets; they were read now, on the deskewed plate with census_stitch.py: MALES under 5 = 2, 5-10 = 1, 15-20 = 3, 30-40 = 1; FEMALES under 5 = 1, 5-10 = 1, 30-40 = 1. Ten people - a head 30-40, A WOMAN 30-40, and four children under ten. IF that is the 1822 groom and IF the 30-40 woman is his 1822 bride, then Elsa Stackhouse was Mrs Bell throughout the 1820s - exactly the years this man's wife was bearing Cooper children (Lewis Sanford Cooper 1825, George Monroe Cooper 1830) - and the two women cannot be the same person. NEITHER "IF" IS PROVEN: Hardwick is not Independence, and an 1830 schedule names no women, so a second wife fits the sheet equally well. ⇒ The reading in which the 1822 bride is this man's Elsie now has NO positive evidence for it, only the absence of a disproof. Still asserted: neither. The argument lives at [name.601] and [name.602]. Noticed in passing and recorded at [D.598]: the head enumerated IMMEDIATELY AFTER Bell, Uriah Burdge [name.566], also married a Stackhouse - Rachel, 26 Jan 1826, Warren Co., one of the 63 rows above. Two Stackhouse marriages out of a whole 20-year statewide set, in consecutive households three doors from the Coopers. No relationship between the brides is asserted. WHAT WOULD END IT: the 1850 census, the first that NAMES wives. [Run the same

familysearch records 2026-10-15 · JOSEPH BELL in 1840 and 1850, run straight after the 1830 row above, because 1850 is the first federal census that NAMES a wife. (a)...

Searched for: JOSEPH BELL in 1840 and 1850, run straight after the 1830 row above, because 1850 is the first federal census that NAMES a wife. (a) "United States, Census, 1840" (coll. 1786457), Joseph Bell, residence Warren, New Jersey; (b) "United States, Census, 1850" (coll. 1401638), same name and county.

Result: (a) 3 results, ONE in Warren: Joseph Bell, 1840, "Independence, Warren, New Jersey", page 353 - AND IT IS A PAGE THE CATALOG ALREADY HOLDS, [D.348], two rows below John Cooper. Brackets read there for the first time (details and the method caveat at [D.348]): MALES 10-15 = 1, 15-20 = 1, 20-30 = 3, 40-50 = 1; FEMALES 10-15 = 1, 15-20 = 1, 50-60 = 1. The head is the 40-50 male; the ONLY adult woman is 50-60. (b) 11 results, and the Warren one is his: Joseph Bell, 54, b. ~1796 New Jersey, Independence Twp, household 268, house 241, line 35, with SARAH BELL, F, 44, New Jersey, and JASON BELL, M, 1 (ark 1:1:M6MT-SFC - INDEX READ, image not pulled, so this is an index reading and not a transcription). THE THREE SCHEDULES DO NOT CHAIN, and no reconciliation is offered: a woman 30-40 in 1830 should be 40-50 in 1840, not 50-60; Sarah, b. ~1806, should be 20-30 in 1830 and 30-40 in 1840, and is in neither. It may be three women, or the loose bracketing [D.348] ALREADY DOCUMENTS ON THIS VERY PAGE, where two of three Cooper brothers read a full bracket younger than their death returns imply. WHAT SURVIVES: Joseph Bell of Independence, b. ~1796, was alive and keeping house with an adult woman in 1830, 1840 AND 1850 - across the whole span in which this man's wife was bearing Cooper children. AND NO WOMAN IN HIS HOUSE IS NAMED BEFORE 1850, when she is Sarah. So the 1822 bride is identified in none of them, and these censuses do not close the question either - they only remove the one scenario (an early-widowed Elsa free to remarry a Cooper by 1824) that reading (b) needed. ⇒ Position unchanged and deliberately so: reading (a) better supported, reading (b) without positive evidence, neither asserted. Still open: Bell deaths, remarriages and probate in Sussex/Warren; his 1860 and 1870 censuses; and - the real gap - whether the Independence Joseph Bell is the HARDWICK groom of 1822 at all, which no record touched today.

ancestry all 2026-10-15 · His 1810 and 1820 federal census rows. Read the collection descriptions of Ancestry's 1810 (coll. 7613) and 1820 (coll. 7734) US Federal...

Searched for: His 1810 and 1820 federal census rows. Read the collection descriptions of Ancestry's 1810 (coll. 7613) and 1820 (coll. 7734) US Federal Census, and the FamilySearch wiki page "New Jersey Census", to establish whether the schedules exist at all before searching them.

Result: COVERAGE LOSS, NOT A NULL - the records do not exist. Ancestry's 1810 description: "There was, however, a district wide loss for District of Columbia, Georgia, Indiana Territory, Mississippi Territory, Louisiana Territory (MO), New Jersey and Tennessee." Its 1820 description: "There was, however, a district wide loss for Arkansas Territory, Missouri Territory and New Jersey." The FamilySearch wiki, quoting Rutgers University Libraries, puts it wider still: "New Jersey census records for the first four federal census - 1790, 1800 (except for Cumberland County), 1810, and 1820 - have not survived." ⇒ NO 1810 OR 1820 FEDERAL CENSUS ROW FOR THIS MAN CAN EVER BE FOUND, and the earliest possible federal census for him is the 1830 [D.40] the catalog already holds. Do not search these again; the substitute is the NJ tax ratables 1772-1822 for Independence Twp. See guidance/reference_nj_federal_census_1790_1820_lost.md.

genealogybank 2026-10-04 · SIGNED IN (chris_2535). First name Joseph, last name Cooper, New Jersey papers, 29 Oct 1852 - 31 Dec 1853 (5 results).

Searched for: SIGNED IN (chris_2535). First name Joseph, last name Cooper, New Jersey papers, 29 Oct 1852 - 31 Dec 1853 (5 results).

Result: NULL for him. The five hits are Trenton State Gazette (11 May 1853 'Fire at Cooper's Point'; 29 Jan 1853 legislative acts), Newark Daily Advertiser (1 Nov 1852, 15 Apr 1853) and West-Jersey Pioneer, Bridgeton (5 Feb 1853) - none a Warren/Sussex paper. COVERAGE: GenealogyBank holds no Warren or Sussex County title for 1852-53, so this is a coverage gap more than a name-null.

newspapers com 2026-10-04 · SIGNED IN. (a) "Joseph Cooper", New Jersey, 1852-1853 (2 matches); (b) keyword Cooper, New Jersey, 29 Oct - 31 Dec 1852 (51 matches; the...

Searched for: SIGNED IN. (a) "Joseph Cooper", New Jersey, 1852-1853 (2 matches); (b) keyword Cooper, New Jersey, 29 Oct - 31 Dec 1852 (51 matches; the New Jersey Herald, Newton, is the only northwestern NJ title in the set).

Result: NULL. (a) Monmouth Democrat 30 Sep 1852 p. 2 (Freehold - not opened, wrong county and before his death); New Jersey Herald 9 Apr 1853 p. 2 - 'Joseph S. Cooper' sworn as a Sussex grand juror, five months after this man died: a different man. (b) New Jersey Herald 6 Nov 1852 p. 4 opened: advertisements only ('coopers' tools'); no death notice for him found in the Herald Oct-Dec 1852. The Belvidere Apollo (Warren Co.) is not on newspapers.com for 1852.

ancestry all 2026-10-04 · Joseph Cooper, b. 1788 +/- 5, d. 1852 +/- 1 Warren Co., New Jersey, spouse Elsie (18 results).

Searched for: Joseph Cooper, b. 1788 +/- 5, d. 1852 +/- 1 Warren Co., New Jersey, spouse Elsie (18 results).

Result: Only record: 'New Jersey, U.S., Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1711-1878' - Joseph Cooper, b. abt 1792, d. Oct 1852 Warren (= his death return [F.216], already held). Trees: Premock Family Tree 'Joseph Ellis Cooper' b. 29 Aug 1786 Haddonfield, parents Joshua Cooper x Abigail Stokes (the namesake merge this file resolved 2026-07-08 - see Joseph Ellis Cooper); member photos/stories give a birth of 19 Jan 1786 (unsourced). The rest are English and Connecticut look-alikes.

familysearch tree 2026-10-04 · Caleb Cooper, b. 1833-1835, father Joseph (to reach the parents' profile; a direct Joseph Cooper / spouse Elsie / d. 1851-1853 New...

Searched for: Caleb Cooper, b. 1833-1835, father Joseph (to reach the parents' profile; a direct Joseph Cooper / spouse Elsie / d. 1851-1853 New Jersey search returned page after page of look-alikes). (link)

Result: G5G8-KQ2 'Joseph Cooper', b. 1785 New Jersey, death blank; residences 1830 Independence, 1840 Warren, 1850 Independence; wife Elsy Stackhouse 99ZS-2GV (1801-1868), no marriage event; children Lewis S K8LH-6XW, George Monroe 99ZS-2PG, Margaret Elizabeth MRWJ-181, Caleb Swayze 99ZS-25P, Calvin C MRQ8-JD2, Robert Marshall 99ZS-2RV; NO parents. 11 sources: 1830/1840/1850 censuses, the sons' marriage returns (Caleb 1858, Calvin 1861/1862, Robert 1864) and - NEW to the catalog as a lead - 'Minnesota, Deaths and Burials' and 'Minnesota, Deaths, 1887-2001' 1913 entries for son George naming Joseph Cooper as father. A second profile G1HX-17F 'Joseph Ellis Cooper', husband of the same Elsy, is grafted onto Amos Cooper (1749-1813) x Sarah M. Mickle (a southern-NJ family); a contributor's note on G5G8-KQ2 flags the two as conflicting. Lead only - same namesake pattern as Joseph Ellis Cooper.

familysearch records 2026-10-05 · SIGNED IN. Full-Text: "Joseph Cooper" Independence; "Joseph Cooper" Sussex Jersey; "Joseph Cooper" Warren Jersey; "Joseph Cooper"...

Searched for: SIGNED IN. Full-Text: "Joseph Cooper" Independence; "Joseph Cooper" Sussex Jersey; "Joseph Cooper" Warren Jersey; "Joseph Cooper" Hardwick; "Joseph Cooper" "Great Meadows"; "Chandler administrator" Cooper. Sussex/Warren NJ volumes noted from the first 100 results of each.

Result: FOUND: Warren Receipts and Discharges 1825-1867 vol 1-3 - the heirs' receipts on his estate [A.211]: widow Elcy (by mark) 173 dollars; George M., Lewis S. (with Mary Jane), Margaret Elizabeth (with husband William R. Johnson) 57.67 each, 9 Jun 1854; Caleb S. 69.13, 15 Dec 1856; Calvin C. 70.27, 6 Apr 1857; Robert M. 78.37, 14 May 1859. NOT YET OPENED (snippets only): Sussex Deeds 1810-1814; Warren Deeds 1830-1831; Warren Wills 1840-1853; Warren Road Dockets 1857-1955 and Oyer and Terminer 1878-1941 (the 'Great Meadows' query); a Hackettstown 'Stories' item and Sussex/Warren biographies. The Warren Guardianship 1851-1870 and Inventories 1852-1857 hits are the volumes already held at [A.94]/[A.124] and [A.53]. Nothing on 'Hardwick'; no NJ volume on 'Independence'.

familysearch records 2026-10-05 · (a) United States, War of 1812 Index to Service Records (coll. 1916219), Joseph Cooper - all 25 rows, every card image downloaded and...

Searched for: (a) United States, War of 1812 Index to Service Records (coll. 1916219), Joseph Cooper - all 25 rows, every card image downloaded and read; (b) Joseph Cooper, father Amos, any place New Jersey; Joseph Cooper b. 1781, mother Sarah; (c) Joseph Cooper, b. 1780-1792, any place New Jersey (100 rows); Joseph Cooper, residence Warren NJ, 1830/1840 census rows opened.

Result: NULL for him. (a) No New Jersey unit among the 25 cards - units are TN, NC, SC, VA, NY, KY, MD, PA, MO, MS and U.S. Volunteers/Rangers; one card is 'Cooper, Meredith'. Stryker's Records of Officers and Men of New Jersey in Wars 1791-1815 (on disk, Books/) has no Joseph Cooper in its index either. (b) The only Joseph with father Amos is 'New Jersey, Deaths and Burials': Joseph Cooper d. 18 Aug 1790, Gloucester, parents Amos and Sarah (index only, image unavailable; digital folder 007578947 image 2044). The 1781 birth-index row of [L.173] was not surfaced. (c) The extra 1830/1840 'Warren' Joseph rows are mis-filed Morris Co. (Mendham, Jefferson) and 'springville' entries; only the Independence rows [D.40]/[D.348] are his.

familysearch records 2026-10-08 · At the Boulder FHC: First Presbyterian Church, Hackettstown (formerly 'of Independence') - Full-Text name search 'Cooper' and...

Searched for: At the Boulder FHC: First Presbyterian Church, Hackettstown (formerly 'of Independence') - Full-Text name search 'Cooper' and 'Stackhouse' within DGS 7433331 (session minutes 1812-1946) and 'Cooper' within DGS 7433334 (registers); DGS 7433333 (trustees 1785-1911) has no Full-Text, image 50 (seat rents May 1798-May 1799) read; DGS 7433334 images 69-76 (roll of members, admitted 1813-1855) read whole.

Result: NULL for Joseph, Elsie/Elcy and their children. Coopers on the reels: 'John Cooper' and 'Sarah Cooper' admitted c.1816-1819 (images not yet captured); Sarah Cooper dismissed 1841; Rebecca M. Cooper married William H. Oliver 1848-49. One Stackhouse: 'Sophia Wire (Mrs Stackhouse [?] Hunt[s?])', roll of 1825-28 (DGS 7433331 image 140). Seat-rent list 1798-99: 27 seat-holders, no Cooper. See films/film.7433331.yaml, film.7433333.yaml, film.7433334.yaml.

Documents

D.566 New Jersey State Census 1855 (Ancestry collection 61553) - index sweep on surname Cooper. Complete statewide set, 205 rows over five pages: Warren County 12, Sussex County 35. First captured 22 August 2026 from a place-filtered search; re-captured unfiltered and in full 31 October 2026.
F.402 New Jersey State Archives, Death Records May 1848 - May 1878 - the complete COOPER rows for Warren (17), Sussex (16), Morris (33), Somerset (20) and Hunterdon (10) counties, 96 rows, each with its register book and page. The free NJSA searchable database at DeathIndex1848.aspx, 301,128 records, captured 2026-10-28.
A.124 Warren Co., N.J. — the “Letters of administration and guardianship” 1851–1870 volume's own alphabetical INDEX, C block: exactly two Coopers, both adults.
A.123 Warren Co. Orphans' Court minutes v. 4 (1851–1857) — the volume's own alphabetical index, C block, and the minute at p. 222 it points to: the final settlement of Joseph Cooper's estate.
I.185 Hull, Cooper Family Register (descendants of William & Margaret Cooper of Pine Point, Newton Twp, Gloucester Co. — the fam.3 progenitors) — Joshua Cooper⁵ × Abigail Stokes and their 9 children incl. Joseph Ellis Cooper (m. Mary Scull, 3 children)
F.220 Haddonfield Monthly Meeting (Quaker) birth register — Joshua Cooper & Abigail his wife, their 9 children (incl. Joseph Ellis Cooper b. 29 Aug 1786)
C.66 Joshua Cooper × Abigail Stokes, 21 Feb 1782, Gloucester NJ (NJ Compiled Marriage Records 1684-1886)
I.184 Haines, Genealogy of the Stokes Family (Burlington Co. NJ) — Abigail Stokes m. Joshua Cooper (son of Daniel Cooper & Mary); their 7 surviving children incl. Joseph E. Cooper b.1786 m. Mary Schull
L.147 Ancestry 'Redding Family Tree' (155779766) — Elsie Stackhouse Cooper (1801–1868), wife of Joseph [Ellis?] Cooper of Warren Co.
D.469 1860 US Federal Census, Schedule 1, Independence Twp., Warren Co., NJ - Page No. 49 (stamped 687), PO Danville, enumerated 21 June 1860; 40 lines covering dwellings 331-338, incl. the Derrick Deats household (dw.334) and two Cooper households (dw.335, dw.336).
A.41 Warren Co. Surrogate — a five-volume internal-index NULL sweep for Aaron Cooper, covering 1825–1870 probate proceedings. All five came back empty; two new Cooper leads surfaced.
A.53 Inventory of Joseph Cooper of Independence Twp., Warren Co., made 5 November 1852 — Warren Surrogate Inventories Vol. 6 p. 87. A substantial farmer's goods; no family named.
A.94 Letters of administration on Joseph Cooper of Independence Twp., Warren Co., N.J., intestate — granted 29 November 1852 to Edward Chandler by Surrogate Lewis C. Reese. Letters Vol. 2, p. 25.
C.28 NJ Warren County Marriage Return 1864 — Robert M Cooper × Phebe Ann Schenck (Independence Twp); NAMES OF PARENTS col = 'Joseph & Elsy Cooper' | 'John & Eliz Schenck'. Now verbatim (2026-07-08).
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.18 1870 US Federal Census, West Jersey Township, Stark Co., Illinois (dwelling 72/72, enumerated 6-7 Jun 1870 by Minott Silliman) — the Louis S. Cooper household of 8 (Louis 44, blind; wife Mary J; 6 children) plus his co-resident brother George M. Cooper Sr.
D.40 1830 US Federal Census, Independence Twp., Warren Co., NJ (page 23 of 26) — three Cooper households (John, Robert, and Joseph Cooper), each enumerated by head name + age/sex bracket counts.
D.598 1830 US Federal Census, Township of Independence, Warren County, New Jersey — the COMPLETE township: all 13 name pages (stamped 395-407, images 757-781 odd on DGS 005156947) plus all 13 continuation leaves, downloaded and read. The enumerator's own recapitulation on page 13 totals "345 heads of Families" — twelve pages of 28 and one of 9. Every head-of-family name read.
C.29 New Jersey, Return of Marriages in the Township of Independence, County of Warren, 1857–1858, Vol. AH printed page 145 — the entry for Caleb S. Cooper and Amanda J. Batley[?]. Ancestry collection 62483, image group 004210793, image 155 of 623.
D.348 1840 US Federal Census, Independence Twp., Warren Co., NJ — three Cooper households (Joseph, Robert, and John Cooper), each enumerated by head name + free-white age/sex bracket counts.
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.276 Ancestry search of the 1830 US Federal Census (John Cooper / Lived In Lebanon, Hunterdon, NJ) - 7 hits, none in Lebanon.
D.285 1860 US Federal Census, Tymochtee Twp, Wyandot Co., OH (p.4, dwelling 24) - the L. S. Cooper household (head 33, wife Mary 33, and 5 children).
D.286 1900 US Federal Census, Green Twp., Sussex Co., NJ - the Caleb S. Cooper household (dwelling 52/52; Caleb 66 + Amanda 61 + extended family).
D.287 1900 US Federal Census, Decatur, Macon Co., ILLINOIS - Calvin Cooper (father-in-law in the Huffmaster household, b.1834 Indiana) - a NAME-COLLISION look-alike, NOT the catalog's Calvin (p.164).
D.288 1900 U.S. census, Leaf Lake Township, Otter Tail Co., Minnesota, supervisor's district 7, ED 178, sheet 1B, lines 51-53 (dwelling 6) and 58-60 (dwelling 8) - NARA T623
D.289 1910 U.S. census, Newton Township (New York Mills Village), Otter Tail Co., Minnesota, supervisor's district 9, ED 167, sheet 2A, lines 28-36 (dwelling 26, family 27) - NARA T624
D.290 1920 U.S. census, Upper Mt. Bethel Township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, ED 161, sheet 2B, lines 57-62 (dwelling 36, family 37) and 94-97 (dwelling 47, family 48) - NARA T625
F.139 PA Death Certificate File No. 95246 — Calvin C. Cooper, b. 31 Mar 1836 NJ, d. 7 Sept 1919 Northampton Co. PA, age 83y 6m 7d, Laborer, Widower. Parents given as Joseph Cooper (b. NJ) and Elsie Stackhouse (b. NJ); informant his son Samuel S. [Jones] Cooper of Portland PA. [verbatim]
F.216 New Jersey, Return of Deaths in the Township of Independence, County of Warren, May 1852 – 1 June 1853, Vol. AH printed page 365 — the entry for Joseph Cooper, aged 60, of Great Meadows. Held in two reproductions: NJSA order #202606-87692 (PDF) and Ancestry collection 62483, image group 004210793, image 377 of 623.
G.130 Find a Grave memorials 15136843, 42112931, 37389902 and 15136864 - Joseph Benjamin Cooper (West End Cemetery, Stephenville, Texas) and his sons James Henry, John Luther and Frank E. Cooper
G.150 Find a Grave memorial 70240764 - Calvin B. Cooper, Dodge Grove Cemetery, Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois
G.151 Find a Grave memorial 33948360 - Robert M Cooper, Johnsonburg Christian Church Cemetery, Johnsonburg, Warren County, New Jersey
G.152 Find a Grave memorial 14967123 - Caleb S. Cooper, Tranquility Cemetery, Green Township, Sussex County, New Jersey
G.153 Find a Grave memorial 65182123 - George Cooper, Greenwood Cemetery, New York Mills, Otter Tail County, Minnesota
G.154 Find a Grave memorial 97071077 - Calvin C Cooper, East Bangor Cemetery, East Bangor, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
G.156 Find a Grave memorial 33948318 - Albert P “Bertie” Cooper, Johnsonburg Christian Church Cemetery, Johnsonburg, Warren County, New Jersey
G.157 Find a Grave memorial 33948372 - Hector A Cooper, Johnsonburg Christian Church Cemetery, Johnsonburg, Warren County, New Jersey
L.90 Ancestry public tree — George Monroe COOPER (1830-1913) — Tree ID 33965336 / Person ID 18621242437 — names full sibling roster + parents Joseph Ellis Cooper × Elsie/Elcy Stackhouse + spouses (Martha E Stackhouse + Rachel Nancy Janes) + children (Mary L, Sarah, Laura Elbertine, Belle Florilla, George Ile Melvill). 11 timeline sources cited. = the keystone Ancestry-tree corroborating [F.139](../F-Church-Vital/F.139.yaml) PA death certificate primary-source-locking of Joseph Ellis Cooper × Elsie Stackhouse parentage [verbatim]
D.349 1910 US Federal Census, Green Twp. (Tranquility), Sussex Co., NJ (ED 171, Sheet 9B) - the Caleb S. Cooper household (dw.111/115) + son Elmer E. Cooper household (dw.114/118) + boarder Alfred Cooper.
F.148 NJ Birth Register — Warren Co. v.AJ Births 1848-1867 (Film 584585 / DGS 4210794 image 357) — Male child (likely Elmer Ellsworth Cooper [p.186]), b. 30 August 1861 Frelinghuysen Twp Warren Co. NJ, father Caleb S. Cooper [p.163], occupation Laborer. Primary-source upgrade of p.186's prior Ancestry-tree-tier birth-date attestation.
F.155 NJ Return of Births, 1870, entry #27 — Vivia A Cooper, female, b. 2 May 1870, Wyoming Co., Pa.; parents Robt. M & Phebe Cooper; residence 'Settlement Quaker'.
L.129 Ancestry public tree — Caleb Swayze COOPER (1834–1913) — Tree ID 28515039 / Person ID 12054847630 — Caleb-rooted tree (distinct from the [L.90](L.90.yaml)–[L.94](L.94.yaml) tree 33965336). Names parents Joseph Ellis Cooper × Elsie Stackhouse + spouse Amanda Jane Batley + 7 children, with a specific marriage date 30 Jan 1858 (4 sources) and birthplace Johnsonburg, Warren (cf. L.90's 'Vienna'). Timeline cites 1850–1910 censuses + NJ Marriage Records + 1863 Civil War Draft Registration + Find A Grave. [verbatim]
C.113 Sussex County, New Jersey, marriage register page 235 — the return of James Dewitt, Esq., Justice, covering December 1821 to August 1822: four marriages, among them Joseph Bell to Elisa Stackhouse, 11 April 1822 and Barnabas Swayze Jr. to Rachel Freas, 23 February 1822. Same film image as [C.84] (DGS 004541238, image 181), and the same justice's hand.
C.150 Sussex County, New Jersey — the loose marriage return of James Dewitt, Esq., Justice of the Peace, addressed to the county clerk Ephraim Green Jun[r] and dated 2 September 1822: seven marriages solemnised 15 December 1821 to 10 August 1822, each with both parties' townships. DGS 004541257, image 1246 of 1,634. The officiant's own signed paper behind the clerk's register copy at [C.113].
C.84 Sussex Co. NJ marriage register, page 233 — Samuel Cooper to Sarah Balden, 15 September 1821, married by James Dewitt Esq., Justice; recorded 21[?] Feb 1822. No parents are named — the register predates the parent-naming NJ returns (1848). The couple a FamilySearch tree gives as the parents of [name.495] George G. Cooper.
F.317 Minnesota death certificate no. 9827, George Cooper, New York [Mills], Otter Tail Co., 13 Dec 1913 — FamilySearch "Minnesota, Deaths, 1887-2001" index record only (no image)
A.211 Warren Co., N.J. Surrogate — Receipts and Discharges 1825-1867 vol. 1-3, book pages 140-143 and 449-452: seven receipts to Edward Chandler, administrator of Joseph Cooper, dated 9 June 1854, 15 December 1856, 6 April 1857 and 14 May 1859, with acknowledgments
F.378 State of Minnesota, Division of Vital Statistics, Certificate of Death no. 9827 - George Cooper, Otter Tail County, village of New York, filed 16 December 1913 (DGS 4225975 image 1240 of 2330).