John Cooper Sr 1765–1851

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

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

Documents

• D.931 Ancestry index sweeps - 1850 (collection 8054) and 1860 (collection 7667) U.S. Federal Censuses, surname Cooper, Lived In Northampton County (place id 2191) and Monroe County (place id 2065), Pennsylvania. Four complete county sets: 14, 8, 5 and zero rows. Captured 31 October 2026.
• J.605 The Belvidere Intelligencer (Belvidere, Warren Co., N.J.), 6 February 1851, page 3 column 2, DIED column - notice of John Cooper, M.D., of Easton, Pa. Supplied as a scan by the Warren County Library, 30 October 2026.
• K.118 Sussex County, N.J. Deeds 1806–1807 (DGS 008137039, item 1, images 150–151), book pages 232–235 — the deed of JOHN RICKARD of Greenwich Township, yeoman, and MARY his wife to JOHN COOPER of the Borough of Easton, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, Esquire, made 17 March 1806: opening, receipt clause, granting clause, covenant of warranty, signature and witness block, and the acknowledgment taken the same day before Judge George Bidleman
• A.42 Will and codicil of Dr. John Cooper of Easton, Northampton Co., Pa. — will 3 September 1849, codicil 26 January 1851 — probated in Pennsylvania first, then exemplified into Warren Co., N.J.
• C.27 First Reformed Church Easton PA Marriage Register — '22 May. Doctor John Cooper, Mary Ervine' (1798, entered out-of-chronological-order at bottom of 1797-1798 page) — = primary-source-locked marriage of [p.27 Dr John Cooper Sr](../../people/p.27%20Dr%20John%20Cooper%20Sr.md) to [p.128 Mary (Ervine) Cooper](../../people/p.128%20Mary%20Ervine%20Cooper.md); confirms 'Mary E. Cooper' of A.42 will = MARY ERVINE (E. middle initial = Ervine maiden-name pattern); locks bride's surname as Ervine
• D.1 1810 US Federal Census (Third Census), Easton, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania - page 84A, the "L" ledger page.
• D.280 1820 US Federal Census - Easton Township, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania, page 231; with an Ancestry index search for John Cooper (6 results).
• D.281 1850 US Federal Census, Schedule I Free Inhabitants - Bushkill Ward, Borough of Easton, Northampton Co., Pennsylvania; page 319 (stamped 161); enumerated 4 December 1850 by Wm Browne, Ass't Marshal.
• F.124 MANUSCRIPT LETTER, Grandin family papers (Hunterdon County Historical Society, DGS 8940234 image 2309) — datemarked only ‘Sunday afternoon’, addressed ‘Dear John’ (John Grandin), enclosing 5 dollars for books and a daguerreotype, and reporting that ‘old Doctor Cooper’ is dead. Undated on the page; placed to 1851 by the letters either side of it in the folder.
• G.94 Find a Grave memorial 169490858 - Dr John Cooper, Easton Cemetery, Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
• I.180 Somerset Co. Historical Quarterly Vol. VII (1918) p. 28 — 'Daniel Cooper and his Fifth Marriage' — (1) father-origin tradition: 'Daniel Cooper's father came to America, and settled just above New York on the Hudson'; (2) the Zion Lutheran (New Germantown) record of his 27 Oct 1788 5th marriage to Mrs. Barbara Mary Gibbs (age 77, twice-widowed); (3) Dr. John Cooper's medical training.
• L.30 Ancestry Tree #4782603 (Robert Wayne Setty owner) — Cooper-FitzRandolph family — Dr. John Lewis Cooper Sr (1765-1851) + 11 children of Daniel Cooper Jr × Nancy Anna Cross + 4 children of Sarah Ann Cooper × Joseph FitzRandolph; KEY DISCOVERY: Dr. John Lewis Cooper Jr (1799-1863) born + died COOPERS PLAINS, STEUBEN, NY = SAME TOWN as Chris Cooper's own documented family Bible line per CLAUDE.md → POSSIBLE Daniel Sr. → Daniel Jr → Dr. John Lewis Sr → Dr. John Lewis Jr → ... → Chris Cooper Y-line connection (subject to Cooper-Coriell Y-DNA constraint per project pr.16 Cooper-Coriell Y-DNA mystery.md)
• L.63 Maintainer Chris Cooper compiler-notes 2026-05-09 on Dr John Cooper Jr 1799-1863 of Coopers Plains Steuben Co. NY = Chris's 4-greats-grandfather + Generation -4 of his documented chain. Synthesizes 8 underlying primary + secondary sources: (1) Marion Springer (Steuben Co. Clerk's Office, Bath NY) deeds + newspaper-clipping research; (2) Stirling Cooper Sr's personal notes 'When Dr. John Cooper, Jr. died in 1863 he left each surviving son and daughter 500 acres of land. His mother, Mary Erwin, had inherited 5,000 acres in New York State'; (3) The Erwin Family book p. 151 + W.W. Clayton, History of Steuben Co., NY (Philadelphia 1879) p. 294 — village-of-Coopers-Plains-founder narrative + 1841 farm-residence at Meads Creek Valley + Conhocton + uncle Dr. John Erwin's military accoutrements bequest; (4) Roberts, 1891 Historical Gazateer of Steuben County — Coopers in Erwin Town 1891 directory; (5) USGenWeb extraction by Dan Wilson of Centennial History of the First Presbyterian Church of Easton PA 1811-1911 — John Cooper signed 1811 founding petition (probably John Sr, possibly John Jr); (6) Dictionary of American Biography Vol II Theodore Cooper entry — 'Both his father and mother were from Pennsylvania'; (7) 1860 Federal Census Erwin Steuben Co. NY July 11 (= [D.151](../D-Federal-Census/D.151.yaml)) full transcription including 2 Irish domestics; (8) Death notices from Steuben County NY newspapers 1797-1884 [LDS Family History Library call number G929.374783 J136de] indexing John Jr's death. NEW catalog datums: John Jr was a Civil-War-era physician (= father of 4 sons in Union Army March 1862); 1841 founding of Coopers Plains village by laying out farm into lots; 500-acre-each-child bequest; Mary Erwin's 5,000-acre NY State land inheritance from her father Col. Arthur Erwin (1726-1791) [B.45](../B-Military/B.45.yaml) Patriot; Steuben County Court bench service; uncle Dr. John Erwin's military-accoutrements bequest.
• I.207 Published county history — Snell & Clayton, History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1881), 540 FamilySearch images / 1082 PDF pages, read for its medical-profession roster (book p. 504 = image 353) and its biographical sketches (image 435). FamilySearch Warren, New Jersey. Biographies, History Records | Sussex, New Jersey. Biographies, History Records, groupId TH-7757-91150-29805-67, ark 3:1:3QHV-V38H-Z9QG-6.
• I.207a Published county history — Snell & Clayton, History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1881), two passages about Dr. John Cooper: the biographical sketch in the chapter "The Medical Profession of Warren County", book pp. 513–514 (PDF pp. 720–721), and the "Early Physicians" paragraph in the Phillipsburg chapter, book p. 552 (PDF p. 767).
• I.181 Published history — Stephen Wickes, History of Medicine in New Jersey, and of its Medical Men, from the Settlement of the Province to A.D. 1800 (Newark: Martin R. Dennis, 1879), book pp. 216–219 (PDF pp. 222–225), the biographical sketch headed JOHN COOPER.
• I.100 Morris County NJ Court of Common Pleas Minute Book Vol 2-3 (1754-1766) (FamilySearch DGS 7903193), image 66 of 410, printed pp. 117-118 — Tuesday 4 July 1758 General Sessions of the Peace + Inferior Court of Common Pleas at Morristown. 'A Commission from the Honourable John Reading Esq appointing Daniel Cooper Junior Esqr Sheriff of the County of Morris being Read' = the exact moment Daniel Cooper Jr received his Sheriff commission, primary-source-image-verified. John Reading was Acting Governor of NJ 1757-1758 between Belcher's death + Bernard's arrival. Daniel Sr present at same session as Justice of the Quorum. = closes the [I.99](I.99.yaml) Sept 28 1758 attestation by establishing the formal commission date 12 weeks earlier. Final correction to Honeyman [M.24](../M-Societies/M.24.yaml) Sheriff attribution: Daniel Cooper Junior commissioned by John Reading on 4 July 1758, not Daniel Sr.
• I.108 Morris County NJ Court of Common Pleas Minute Book Vol 4-6 (1766-1778) (FamilySearch DGS 7903185), images 640+641 of 669, 1 July 1777 — Rev War-era Morris CCP at Morristown adjourns mid-session to convene at Capt Peter Dicherson Esqr (= Capt Peter Dickerson home, Morris Co. militia officer; wartime court-displacement context). Present-list image-verified: Daniel Cooper June[ior] named as Justice of the Peace alongside Matthias Burnet, John Brookfield, Jonathan Stiles. = NEW catalog datum: Daniel Cooper Jr is a Justice of the Peace by July 1777 (post-Sheriff transition c. 1769-70). Daniel Cooper Sr is NOT on the bench at this session — age 82, possibly retired or just absent. Standard wartime court business: tavern licenses, recognizance bonds 'to keep the Peace & be of good behaviour', State v defendants criminal cases.
• G.91 Find a Grave memorial 70802191 - Peter Cooper, Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey
• G.92 Find a Grave memorial 150816493 - Daniel Cooper Jr., Old Cemetery, Long Hill, Morris County, New Jersey
• G.302 Find a Grave memorial 132609879 - Mary Cooper Crane, Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside, Union County, New Jersey
• G.489 Find a Grave memorial 8141930 - Sarah Ann Cooper Randolph, Easton Cemetery, Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
• F.35 New Jersey, U.S., Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931 — Sarah Ann Cooper, christened 25 Jun 1815, Basking Ridge (Ancestry record 1878865)