Sophia (Sheffer) Cooper 1792
Catalog ID p.2056 · Cite this page: njcoopers.com/p/2056/
Sophia (Sheffer) Cooper married Robert Cooper (1812). Two children are recorded.
Facts
| Event | Date | Place / detail | Certainty | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| birth | between 1792 and 1800 | New Jersey | possible | D.4, D.469, C.115 |
Family
Parents
Not identified.
Spouses
- Robert Cooper 1783–1863married 12 Nov 1812, Sussex Co., New JerseyC.115, C.116, D.4, D.469
Children
- William Shafer Cooper 1825–1904 probable C.115, C.83
- Catherine Cooper about 1825 probable D.4
Family tree
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In the documents
Every published document that names Sophia (Sheffer) Cooper, in date order, with what that document itself records.
| Date | Document | Role | What it records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Nov 1812 | C.115 marriage return Sussex County, New Jersey — the loose marriage return of the Reverend John Boyd, six couples married 22 August – 24 November 1812, signed by him. FamilySearch N… |
bride as "Sheffer, Sophia" |
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| 12 Nov 1812 | C.116 marriage register Sussex County, New Jersey, marriage register page 107 — the county clerk's entry of the Reverend John Boyd return of 1812: six couples, among them Robert Cooper… |
bride as "Sheffer, Sophia" |
Still unknown, and where we have looked
- Parents not identified.
- Death not yet found.
1 search recorded:
ancestry all 2026-10-08 · Ancestry coll. 62483 (NJ Birth, Marriage and Death Records 1711-1878): Sophia Cooper deaths 1858-1878; Sophia Sheffer / Sophia Shafer...
Searched for: Ancestry coll. 62483 (NJ Birth, Marriage and Death Records 1711-1878): Sophia Cooper deaths 1858-1878; Sophia Sheffer / Sophia Shafer (any record); Robert Cooper with spouse Sophia; Robert Cooper events 1802-1822.Result: Nothing for her: the Sophia Cooper deaths indexed are Somerset (1873, two copies) and Passaic (Mrs S. D., 1872); no Warren or Sussex death; no 1812 marriage (the collection is thin before 1848). - Burial not yet found.
Other searches recorded
familysearch records 2026-10-08 · Sophia Cooper, b. 1788-1802, any NJ record; Sophia Cooper d. Warren Co. 1860-1885; Nancy Shaffer/Sheffer b. 1805-1815, NJ
Searched for: Sophia Cooper, b. 1788-1802, any NJ record; Sophia Cooper d. Warren Co. 1860-1885; Nancy Shaffer/Sheffer b. 1805-1815, NJ
Result: Sophia: only the 1850 [D.4] and 1860 [D.469] households - no death or later record (the Belvidere Sophia d. 1850 is Benjamin B. Cooper's wife). Nancy Shaffer, 50, b. NJ, is in Robert and Sophia's 1860 household [D.469] and in no other record found (not in 1850 under Shaffer/Sheffer in Warren).
familysearch records 2026-10-08 · Nancy with surnames Shafer, Sheffer, Shaffer, Shaver, Sheaffer, Shefer, b. 1803-1817, any NJ place; Nancy Shaffer/Sheffer deaths...
Searched for: Nancy with surnames Shafer, Sheffer, Shaffer, Shaver, Sheaffer, Shefer, b. 1803-1817, any NJ place; Nancy Shaffer/Sheffer deaths 1860-1895 (Warren, then NJ); Nancy Shaffer residence Warren Co. 1865-1885.
Result: Only one other NJ woman of the right age: Nancy Shafer b. 1807, Stillwater, Sussex, 1850/1870/1880 censuses, d. 27 Oct 1881 Stillwater - in 1850 she is in Peter Shafer's household (54) with Shafer children, i.e. a Shafer by MARRIAGE, so not a lead to Sophia's parents and not the 1860 lodger. No 1870 census, death or burial found for the Nancy Shaffer of [D.469].
Documents
- 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.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).
- F.217 New Jersey, Return of Deaths in the Township of Mansfield, County of Warren, 1 May 1863 – 1 May 1864, Vol. AH printed page 536 — the entry for Robert Cooper, aged 84, died at the County House. Held in two reproductions: NJSA order #202606-87692 (PDF, with an NJSA transcription) and Ancestry collection 62483, image group 004210793, image 568 of 623.
- C.115 Sussex County, New Jersey — the loose marriage return of the Reverend John Boyd, six couples married 22 August – 24 November 1812, signed by him. FamilySearch New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956; DGS 004541257 ("Sussex. Marriage Records 1809–1827"), image 326 of 1,634.
- C.116 Sussex County, New Jersey, marriage register page 107 — the county clerk's entry of the Reverend John Boyd return of 1812: six couples, among them Robert Cooper to Sophia Sheffer. FamilySearch New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956; DGS 004541238, item 2 ("Marriages, Sussex county, v. A — Sussex. Marriage Records 1795–1853"), image 42 of 104. Same film as [C.84] and [C.113].