Peter Cooper 1735–1755
Catalog ID p.267 · Cite this page: njcoopers.com/p/267/
Peter Cooper was born on 11 Feb 1735, the son of Daniel Cooper Sr and Grace (Runyon) Cooper. He died in Oct 1755.
Facts
| Event | Date | Place / detail | Certainty | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| birth | 11 Feb 1735 | certain | I.130, I.167b | |
| death | Oct 1755 | certain | I.130, I.167b |
Family
Parents
- Father Daniel Cooper Sr 1695–1795
- Mother Grace (Runyon) Cooper 1707–1755
Spouses
None recorded.
Siblings
- Daniel Cooper Jr 1729–1787
- Agnes Cooper 1732–1737
- John Cooper 1738–1778
- Benjamin Cooper 1741–1794
- Rosanna (Cooper) Gaston 1743–1817
- George Cooper 1745–1801
- Providence (Cooper) Manning 1748–1798
- Ann (Cooper) Carle 1750–1795
Children
None recorded.
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 Peter Cooper, in date order, with what that document itself records.
| Date | Document | Role | What it records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1852 | I.4 published genealogy John Littell, Family Records, or Genealogies of the First Settlers of Passaic Valley (and Vicinity) above Chatham — a compiled surname-chapter genealogy of the … |
child as "Peter" |
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| 1932 | I.130 published genealogy Catherine Bigham Brode, Ludlow-Ross Genealogy: The Ancestors of Lydia Ludlow and Ogden Ross and Their Descendants, With Allied Families (privately printed, Wall… |
child as "Peter" |
Still unknown, and where we have looked
- Birthplace not established.
- Burial not yet found.
Documents
- 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.
- I.167b Martha Jane Humphreys Kinsey, A Family History — John Ludlow Jr. + Ruth (Ludlow) Baxter + Catherine (Ludlow) Long families
- D.325 Ancestry — New Jersey, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890 (625 hits) + U.S., Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 (23 hits) — surname COOPER, Lived In = Morris Co., NJ, all given names. 648 of 648 results returned; 566 name+residence pairs extracted; 64 canonical individuals after consolidating spelling variants. Retrieved 2026-05-19.
- L.4 Hand-drawn Family Tree: Descendants of Daniel Cooper and Grace Runyon (1695–1895)
- A.87 Will and inventory of Peter Cooper of Morris Twp., Morris Co., N.J. — NJSA File 3127N; will made 17 October 1837, proved 29 May 1847, inventory appraised 22 February 1847.
- C.41 Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church marriage register, Rev. Robert Finley, July 1795 – Sept 1811 (39 numbered marriages) + post-Finley formal continuation to ~1821. Full two-page register image (Marriage/Baskingridge Marriages 1795-1821.jpg). 5 Cooper marriages: #11 Joseph Cross × Mary Cooper (13 Mar 1800 = [p.5](../../people/p.5%20Polly%20Cooper%20Annin.md) primary-source 1st marriage); #16 Sayre × Charity Cooper (15 Oct 1801 = [C.12](C.12.yaml)); #25 David Kirkpatrick 3rd × Sally Cooper (14 Nov 1804); #31 — Cooper × — Horton of Chester (25 Apr 1806, names blank); #35 Peter Cooper × Susan Boyle (14 Dec 1808 = Daniel-Jr's-son marriage per Brode).