Grace (Runyon) Cooper 1707–1755

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In the documents

Every published document that names Grace (Runyon) Cooper, in date order, with what that document itself records.

Documents

• F.68 RETIRED ID — this entry was relocated to [M.15] on 2026-05-08 in the M-Societies reorganization; F.68 is retired and not reused, and this stub exists so legacy references still resolve. The source itself: NYG&B Record Vol 40 (1909) — Earliest Baptismal Records of the Church of HARLINGEN (Reformed Dutch) of New Jersey 1727-1734 by William Jones Skillman — CONGR
• G.27 Headstone photographs, Daniel Cooper and Grace Cooper, Presbyterian Church at Basking Ridge Cemetery, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
• G.51 "Cemetery Burial Listing", Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church, Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey (web page, saved HTML)
• I.4 John Littell, Family Records, or Genealogies of the First Settlers of Passaic Valley (and Vicinity) above Chatham — a compiled surname-chapter genealogy of the Passaic Valley families, with a separately-bound index volume. Preface signed April 1852; the scan carries no title page.
• I.35 Howard E. Bonham, Bonham And Related Family Lines: A Family Genealogy From the Mayflower to the 1990s — multi-page Runyon-Cooper-Van Court genealogy — page 583 explicit attestation 'Benjamin Runyon... was witness to the will of Elias Van Court, husband of Daniel Cooper's sister, Anne Van Court' = 4th independent corroborator of the Anne-Cooper-as-Daniel-Sr's-sister hypothesis (alongside Monnette p. 635, Reformed Dutch Church Raritan 1719 baptism, 1750 will-body 'my brother in Law Daniel Cooper'). Also primary-source-locks Grace Runyon (b. 17 Jan 1706/7) m. 17 Apr 1726 (as his first wife) Judge Daniel Cooper + provides 11-children roster of Daniel Sr × Grace per The Runyon Tree Section III June 1983.
• I.130 Catherine Bigham Brode, Ludlow-Ross Genealogy: The Ancestors of Lydia Ludlow and Ogden Ross and Their Descendants, With Allied Families (privately printed, Walla Walla WA, 1932) — the Cooper, Runyon and Ludlow chapters at book pp. 68-89, from the NYPL copy digitised by Google Books.
• K.2 NJSA Early Land Records — F-2 (EJ) Folio 33 — Reziah Runyon (Piscataway, yeoman) → Daniel Cooper (Weaver, of Hunterdon Co.): Runyon resigns his undivided half (moiety) of Lot No. 2 on the Passaic River, Hunterdon Co. Deed dated 20 June 1735, acknowledged 14 Aug 1740, recorded 1 April 1742. Recites the 10 Nov 1733 joint purchase of Lot No. 2 by Daniel Cooper + Reziah Runyon from David Jamison of NYC for £293 (= the C-3 f.77/78 deeds, [K.31]). CORRECTS the prior catalog date '14 Dec 1720' — that was an NJSA-database artifact, NOT a Daniel Cooper transaction; manuscript pulled + read 2026-06-23.
• K.12 NJ State Archives Early Land Records 1650-1900s database — Middlesex Co. NJ Runyon-surname search, 10 records 1679-1771. Catalog-defining context: extends Runyon-family-of-origin trace for [p.148 Grace Runyon Cooper](../../people/p.148%20Grace%20Runyon%20Cooper.md) (b. 17 Jan 1706/7 — d. 1755, first wife of [p.1 Daniel Cooper Sr](../../people/p.1%20Daniel%20Cooper%201695-1795.md)) into 17th-century Piscataway proprietary records. Vincent Runyon = catalog's earliest documented Piscataway Runyon (1679 Munday conveyance A.236; 1685-86 adjoining-landowner survey L.172-174; 1687 Hopewell Hull 70-acre Raritan deed D.30-31). Peter Runyon = next-generation Piscataway Runyon (1741 + 1744 Ambrose Brook surveys totaling 184.66 acres). Reune Runyon Jr (1769 Marlet/Webster Piscataway witness) + Reuben Runyon (1771 Molleson/Hooper New Windsor witness) = third-generation post-1700 Piscataway Runyons. John Runyon (1766) = shop-owner Bound Brook Piscataway in £162 mortgage. Compares with K.2 finding of Reziah Runyon (Yeoman) of Piscataway 14 Dec 1720 Hunterdon F-2 (EJ) Folio 33 conveyance to Daniel Cooper (Weaver) of Hunterdon = pre-marriage portion candidate for Grace × Daniel Sr. The Vincent → Peter → Reune Jr / Reuben / John progression suggests Vincent ≈ Grace's grandfather generation; Peter / Reune Sr generation ≈ Grace's parents' generation.
• K.14 NJSA Early Land Records — Vincent Runyon to Nicholas Munday conveyance, 30 January 1678/9 — Piscataway meadow = catalog's EARLIEST documented Runyon land transaction in NJ. Vincent Runyon of Piscataway conveys 'all my Right, Title and Interest unto a Certain Meadow' (acreage not specified in legible portion) bounded on the West by Munday and on the East by [Richard?] Smith (et al.). Witnesses: Jeffrey Manning + [—] Higgens [Higgins]. Acknowledged 30 January 1678/9 (Old Style; = 30 January 1679 New Style). Recorded ~7 Feb 1679 per NJSA index. = the foundational primary-source attestation for Vincent Runyon's presence at Piscataway by 1679, anchoring the [p.148 Grace Runyon Cooper](../../people/p.148%20Grace%20Runyon%20Cooper.md) family-of-origin trace back to the earliest Piscataway proprietary era.
• C.37 NJ Archives Vol. XXII — Marriage Records 1665-1800 — Runyon + Coriell sweep (companion to [C.36](C.36.yaml) Cooper sweep). Runyon (~13 marriages) cluster in Middlesex/Piscataway + Hunterdon/Amwell = the family milieu of [p.148 Grace Runyon Cooper](../../people/p.148%20Grace%20Runyon%20Cooper.md) (Daniel Sr's 1st wife, mother of Daniel Jr = Chris's ancestral line) — incl. Reziah Runyon × Elizabeth Crow (Middlesex 1761) ([p.261](../../people/p.261%20Reziah%20Runyon.md)). Coriell = strikingly THIN — only ~2 marriages in the whole 1665-1800 volume (Agnes Coriell × Andrew Smalley, 1746; Mart[ha/hew] Corriell × Moses Moore) = a useful negative datum for [pr.16 Cooper-Coriell Y-DNA mystery](../../projects/pr.16%20Cooper-Coriell%20Y-DNA%20mystery.md) (the NJ Coriells barely register in colonial marriage records, consistent with the K.19/K.20 finding that they clustered in a few Piscataway + Amwell families).
• M.15 NYG&B Record Vol 40 (1909) — Earliest Baptismal Records of the Church of HARLINGEN (Reformed Dutch) of New Jersey 1727-1734 by William Jones Skillman — CONGREGATION PRIMARY-SOURCE-IDENTIFIED v190 2026-05-06 as HARLINGEN NJ Reformed Dutch Church (= aka Sourland; aka 'op de Millstone' before 1766; same area as Skillman ancestral home). TWO Daniel Cooper × Lucresia Runyon children baptized at Harlingen 1729-1733: (1) Daniel Jr baptized 26 March 1729 (= Daniel Cooper Jr 1729-1787; wits Henry Smock & Ann Van Duyn); (2) CORRECTED 2026-07-11 — the "Anna Cooper baptized ~Oct 1733" is a PHANTOM (= Agnietje 1732 [p.516], not a new daughter). Reading the actual Vol 40 page (PDF p.322 = printed p.289) shows Skillman's entry is "Aug. 16. Anna, dau. Daniel Cooper & Lucresia Runyon" under the year header 1732 — i.e. the SAME 16 Aug 1732 baptism the register image + GMNJ render as Agnietje ([F.176]/[F.222], image-verified "Daniel Cuper / Creesje Reijnjen"). Skillman rendered "Agnietje"→"Anna" (he wrote "Anna" for all three consecutive Aug-16 girls); the v190 "~Oct 1733" date was a mis-read of the page location. ⇒ NOT a separate child; collapses into [p.516]. Daniel Sr × Grace have exactly TWO Harlingen baptisms (Daniel Jr 1729 + Agnietje 1732). Plus 'Sept. 11, 1728. Lucresia Runyon, wife of Daniel Cooper; received by Confession of Faith & baptized the same day' = primary-source 1728 Confession-of-Faith. Lucresia Runyon = Grace Runyon: per Vol 40 editorial note 'the latter being of the same household as Peter Runyon, the editor's paternal great-grandfather' — confirmed by [M.16](M.16.yaml) Vol 38 p. 108 published Skillman-family genealogy = Grace Runyon b. 17 Jan 1706/7 daughter of Peter Runyon b. 1 July 1680 of Piscataway. Latin/church-name 'Lucresia' for English/familial 'Grace'. v190 nuance: Vol 40's series transcribes the anti-Frelinghuysen / Conferentie party register of Harlingen 1727-1734; a separate Frelinghuysen-coetus-party register exists at Holland Society Library per Vol 41 editor's note; latter may have additional Daniel Sr × Grace baptism entries not yet seen.
• A.77 NJ Archives Vol. XXXII, pp. 276–277 — the published abstracts of three Runyon wills of Piscataway: Peter (1755), his widow Providence (1759), and their son Joseph (1760).
• F.222 GSNJ Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, 'Records of the Harlingen (Millstone) Reformed Dutch Church' (Vols 15–17) — printed transcription; Cooper/Kuper/Runyon sweep 2026-07-11. Independent 4th transcription of the Harlingen register: corroborates Grace's 11 Sept 1728 confession, Daniel Jr's 26 Mar 1729 baptism, and Agnietje's 16 Aug 1732 baptism. NO new Cooper data (transcription ends ~1733).
• G.720 Find a Grave memorials 150799907 (Anne Runyon Layton) and 150744393 (John Layton), Old Cemetery, Long Hill, Morris County, New Jersey
• G.719 Find a Grave cemetery browse and searches, Long Hill Township (Long Hill, Stirling, Millington, Meyersville, Gillette), Morris County, New Jersey, with surname Cooper searches of five grounds and memorials 150817593 and 237747667 parsed
• G.50 "Stories of Some Interesting People Buried in the Churchyard", compiled by George L. Fricke, The Presbyterian Church, Basking Ridge, New Jersey (pamphlet, 8 pages, undated)
• G.92 Find a Grave memorial 150816493 - Daniel Cooper Jr., Old Cemetery, Long Hill, Morris County, New Jersey
• G.123 Find a Grave memorial 150811719 - John Cooper, Old Cemetery, Long Hill, Morris County, New Jersey
• G.211 Find a Grave memorial 7633052 - George Cooper, Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey
• G.717 Find a Grave searches, surname Cooper, deaths 1700-1900, Somerset County (county_1924, 51 memorials) and Hunterdon County (county_1916, 15 memorials), New Jersey, with memorials 64658271 and 70802032 parsed
• G.240 "Middlesex County Gravestones - Runyon Family Burying Ground, Piscataway Township", Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, vol. 16 (1941), page 41