4th great-granddaughter of John Cooper Sr, through John Cooper Jr

Mehitable (Cooper) Bunn

1782–1861

Born: 2 Jan 1782, the Borough of Chester, Morris County, New Jersey
Died: 21 Jun 1861, Dix Schuyler Co. NY

Part of The Coopers of Southampton, Long Island. Not known to be related to Daniel Cooper Sr of Long Hill.

Catalog ID p.471 · The Coopers of Southampton, Long Island · Cite this page: njcoopers.com/p/471/

Mehitable (Cooper) Bunn was born on 2 Jan 1782 in the Borough of Chester, Morris County, New Jersey, the daughter of Samuel Cooper Sr. She married David Bunn (1803). She died on 21 Jun 1861 in Dix Schuyler Co. NY and was buried at Reading Center, Schuyler County, NY.

Facts

Event	Date	Place / detail	Certainty	Sources
birth	2 Jan 1782	the Borough of Chester, Morris County, New Jersey	certain	L.116
death	21 Jun 1861	Dix Schuyler Co. NY	certain	L.116
burial		Reading Center, Schuyler County, NY	certain

Family

Parents

Father Samuel Cooper Sr ?–1825

Spouses

David Bunn 1773–1858
married 7 Mar 1803, Chester Morris NJ

Siblings

Children

None recorded.

Family tree

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

Documents

Every published document about Mehitable (Cooper) Bunn, in date order, with what that document itself records about them.

Document	What it records
C.33 Morris County NJ 1795 Marriage Record: Samuel Cooper of Roxbury × Elizabeth Brown of Roxbury, 31 March 1795
I.138 Chambers, Theodore F., The Early Germans of New Jersey: Their History, Churches and Genealogies (Dover Iron Era, [c. 1895])
L.116 Ancestry Family Tree #89758918, person ID 162758972981…
L.120 Ancestry Family Tree, 'Samuel Cooper* Sr. Unknown-1825' (tree 63696121, person 212088048718, accessed 27 May 2026)