Mary (Cooper) Cross/Annin 1780–1817

Catalog ID p.5 · Cite this page: njcoopers.com/p/5/

Mary (Cooper) Cross/Annin was born on 6 Mar 1780, the daughter of Benjamin Cooper. She married twice: Joseph Cross (1800) and John Annin (1815). She died on 20 Aug 1817 and was buried at Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Basking Ridge, Somerset Co., NJ. Five children are recorded.

Facts

Event	Date	Place / detail	Certainty	Sources
birth	6 Mar 1780		certain	G.20
death	20 Aug 1817		certain	G.20
burial		Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Basking Ridge, Somerset Co., NJ	certain	G.20, G.51

Family

Parents

Father Benjamin Cooper 1741–1794

Spouses

Joseph Cross
married 13 Mar 1800, Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church, Somerset Co., NJ
C.41, I.22, I.23
John Annin 1764–1824
married 2 Nov 1815
I.22, I.23, L.10

Siblings

Children

John Cross 1800–1821
James Cross 1802–1829
Harriet (Cross) Van 1804–1878
Caroline (Cross) Sheldon 1806–1873
Joseph Annin 1816–1863

Family tree

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In the documents

Every published document that names Mary (Cooper) Cross/Annin, in date order, with what that document itself records.

Date	Document	Role	What it records
25 Dec 1808	A.88 probate abstract NJ Archives Vol. 40 — the abstract of the will of Joseph Cross of Somerset Co., N.J., made 25 December 1808, proved 17 February 1809, File 1394 R; with the 1809…	spouse as "Polly (Mary)"
1817	G.20 find a grave memorial Find a Grave memorial 70798683 - Mary Cooper Annin, Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey	deceased as "Mary Cooper Annin"	birth: 1780 death: 20 Aug 1817 burial: Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey
1824	G.21 find a grave memorial Find a Grave memorial 33310923 - John Annin, Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey	spouse as "Mary Cooper Annin"
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 "Polly"
1863	G.23 find a grave memorial Find a Grave memorial 57367911 - Joseph Annin, Liberty Corner Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Liberty Corner, Somerset County, New Jersey	parent as "Mary Cooper Annin"
1999	I.22 published genealogy Sheldon Forbes Craddock, Craddock, Kinder, Rogers, and Sheldon Families (Incline Village NV, privately published 1999) — Chart IX Biographies, book pp. 220–222:…	child as "Mary³ (a.k.a. Polly)"
	G.22 find a grave cemetery search Find a Grave cemetery search, Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery (641074), Somerset County, New Jersey, surname Annin: 8 memorials	listed as "Mary Cooper Annin"
	G.51 cemetery burial register "Cemetery Burial Listing", Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church, Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey (web page, saved HTML)	deceased as "Annin, Mary Cooper Cross, second wife of John"

Still unknown, and where we have looked

Birthplace not established.

Documents

I.22 Sheldon Forbes Craddock, Craddock, Kinder, Rogers, and Sheldon Families (Incline Village NV, privately published 1999) — Chart IX Biographies, book pp. 220–222: entry 102 Benjamin² Cooper, entry 200 John¹ Cross, entry 202 Bryan Lefferty; plus the complete 347-item bibliography at book pp. 359–378.
I.23 Sheldon Forbes Craddock, Craddock, Kinder, Rogers, and Sheldon Families — additional Cooper-relevant biographies on Chart IX (entries 50, 51, 100, 204) at pp. 219 + 223. Daniel¹ Cooper full biography (Benjamin's father, 10 children listed); Mary³ 'Polly' Cooper biography (Benjamin's daughter, d. 1817 Basking Ridge); Joseph³ Cross biography (Polly's husband); Robert² Cross biography (Joseph's father).
G.20 Find a Grave memorial 70798683 - Mary Cooper Annin, Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey
G.21 Find a Grave memorial 33310923 - John Annin, Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey
G.22 Find a Grave cemetery search, Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery (641074), Somerset County, New Jersey, surname Annin: 8 memorials
G.23 Find a Grave memorial 57367911 - Joseph Annin, Liberty Corner Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Liberty Corner, Somerset County, New Jersey
G.24 Find a Grave memorial 57367932 - Susie Edwards Annin, Liberty Corner Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Liberty Corner, Somerset County, New Jersey
G.51 "Cemetery Burial Listing", Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church, Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey (web page, saved HTML)
L.10 WikiTree profile Annin-14 — John Alexander Annin (1764-1824) of Liberty Corner; lists Mary (Cooper) Annin b. 6 March 1780 as 2nd wife m. 2 Nov 1815 NJ — strong corroboration of Craddock I.22's Polly Cooper / John Annin marriage claim
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).
L.4 Hand-drawn Family Tree: Descendants of Daniel Cooper and Grace Runyon (1695–1895)
A.88 NJ Archives Vol. 40 — the abstract of the will of Joseph Cross of Somerset Co., N.J., made 25 December 1808, proved 17 February 1809, File 1394 R; with the 1809 inventory.
G.233 Find a Grave memorial 70802733 - Dr James Cross, Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey
G.234 Find a Grave memorial 7568003 - Harriet Van Wagner, Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey
J.174 Obituary of Horace S. Van Wagner (c. 1836 – 1916), druggist of Madison NJ, 'native of Basking Ridge' — son of Dr. Perrine L. Van Wagner × Harriet (Cross) Van Wagner [G.234]; great-grandson of Capt. Benjamin Cooper via Polly [p.5].
G.399 Find a Grave memorial 70802915 - John Carl Cross, Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey
A.39 Aitkin 1912 NJ Index of Wills — Annin / Dayton / Haas sections across all three volumes — the search that found Capt. Benjamin Cooper's daughters' families under their MARRIED surnames.
A.64 Sussex County, New Jersey — County Clerk division of lands, record CA 19 with Map CA 21: the partition of a Newton Township tract formerly William Burnett's, between the heirs of Daniel Cooper Jr of Morris County and Aaron Fulkerson. Dated 11 November 1789; recorded 27 May 1794. Read here in the Alleman 1978 abstract, Abstracts of divisions of Warren and Sussex County Estates … 1789-1918, County Clerk records division Book A 1792-1821 p. 2.
A.45 Will (17 July 1822) and codicil (9 June 1823) of John Annin of Bernard Township, Somerset Co., N.J., docket 1999R, proved at Somerville 22 May 1824 — FHC captures, DGS 5657952 images 810-814