Rosanna (Cooper) Gaston 1743–1817
Catalog ID p.54 · Cite this page: njcoopers.com/p/54/
Rosanna (Cooper) Gaston was born on 26 Mar 1743, the daughter of Daniel Cooper Sr and Grace (Runyon) Cooper. She married Robert Gaston (1762). She died on 14 Jan 1817. Eight children are recorded.
Facts
| Event | Date | Place / detail | Certainty | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| birth | 26 Mar 1743 | certain | L.4 | |
| death | 14 Jan 1817 | certain | L.4 |
Family
Parents
- Father Daniel Cooper Sr 1695–1795
- Mother Grace (Runyon) Cooper 1707–1755
Spouses
- Robert Gaston 1732–1793married 13 May 1762L.4 (cid7)
Siblings
- Daniel Cooper Jr 1729–1787
- Agnes Cooper 1732–1737
- Peter Cooper 1735–1755
- John Cooper 1738–1778
- Benjamin Cooper 1741–1794
- George Cooper 1745–1801
- Providence (Cooper) Manning 1748–1798
- Ann (Cooper) Carle 1750–1795
Children
- Grace Gaston 1764–1838
- Joseph Gaston 1766–1834
- Margaret (Gaston) Melick 1768–1807
- Mary Gaston 1770
- Ann (Gaston) Chamberlin 1774–1854
- George W Gaston 1777
- John Gaston 1780
- Daniel Gaston
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 Rosanna (Cooper) Gaston, in date order, with what that document itself records.
| Date | Document | Role | What it records |
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| 24 Sep 1755 | A.77 probate abstract NJ Archives Vol. XXXII, pp. 276–277 — the published abstracts of three Runyon wills of Piscataway: Peter (1755), his widow Providence (1759), and their son Jose… |
grandchild as "Rosannah" |
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| 1778 | G.123 find a grave memorial Find a Grave memorial 150811719 - John Cooper, Old Cemetery, Long Hill, Morris County, New Jersey |
sibling as "Rosanna Cooper Gaston" |
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| 1787 | G.92 find a grave memorial Find a Grave memorial 150816493 - Daniel Cooper Jr., Old Cemetery, Long Hill, Morris County, New Jersey |
sibling as "Rosanna Cooper Gaston" |
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| 1793 | G.238 find a grave memorial Find a Grave memorial 26660286 - LTC Robert Gaston, Warrior Run Church Cemetery, Delaware Run, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania |
spouse as "Rosanna Cooper Gaston" |
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| 1801 | G.211 find a grave memorial Find a Grave memorial 7633052 - George Cooper, Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey |
sibling as "Rosanna Cooper Gaston" |
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| 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 "Rosannah" |
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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 "Rosannah" |
Still unknown, and where we have looked
- Birthplace not established.
- Burial not yet found.
Documents
- A.77 NJ Archives Vol. XXXII, pp. 276–277 — the published abstracts of three Runyon wills of Piscataway: Peter (1755), his widow Providence (1759), and their son Joseph (1760).
- A.9 Calendar of Wills p. 84 — the published abstract of Daniel Cooper Sr.'s will of 1 February 1791 and its 24 April 1792 codicil, proved 20 June 1795.
- I.87 Tuttle Revolutionary Fragments, Morris Co., N.J. — No. 8 (1850; reprinted 1896) — published transcription of the 1776 'Association of Whigs in Pequannock' petition, naming Robert Gaston at the head of the signers list + the four Hoffs (Jos., Garret, John, Charles Jr.) among 177 named signers; Committee of Safety named (Robert Gaston, Moses Tuttle, Stephen Jackson, Abram Kitchel, Job Allen). Robert Gaston = husband of [p.54 Rosanna Cooper Gaston](../../people/p.54%20Rosanna%20%28Cooper%29%20Gaston.md) (Daniel Sr's daughter per [A.9](../A-Probate/A.9.yaml)) = brother-in-law of [p.2 Capt Benjamin Cooper](../../people/p.2%20Benjamin%20Cooper.md). The four Hoff signers = family network of [p.46 Charity (Hoff) Cooper](../../people/p.46%20Charity%20%28Hoff%29%20Cooper.md) (Benjamin's 1st wife).
- I.89 Tuttle Revolutionary Fragments, Morris Co., N.J. — No. 12: Incidents Connected with the Execution of Reynolds Counterfeiting and the Old Boonton Slitting Mill (1850) — primary identification of 'the wife of Robert Gaston, chairman of the committee of vigilance, was the sister of Cooper, one of the four condemned counterfeiters.' = explicit published-secondary primary-source-published-tier identification that Capt. Benjamin Cooper's sister was Mrs. Robert Gaston (= Rosanna Cooper per [A.9](../A-Probate/A.9.yaml) Daniel Sr's 1791 will). Plus narrative: she ran on a hill above Rockaway for hours awaiting reprieve news on the morning of the execution. Plus additional Sheriff Thomas Kinney + execution-day color material.
- I.109 Morris County NJ Court of Common Pleas Minute Book Vol 4-6 (1766-1778) (FamilySearch DGS 7903185), images 333 + 362 — July Term 1772 + September Term 1772 sealing-dockets at Morristown. Both pages record 'Robert Gaston v Jno. Burwell' Sum [Appeal] from Jus. [B/D]. Cooper Judg by Default for $10 proc = some Cooper-family Justice rendered the appealed-from judgment; cursive reads 'B' but the BENJAMIN-AS-JP reading is REJECTED per absence of contemporary documentation (no newspaper, no political-backlash record, no commission instrument names Benjamin as JP). Most parsimonious reading: systematic clerk-hand pattern (D→B letter-swap) referring to Daniel Cooper Sr or Jr in Justice capacity. Img333 also shows Benj Cooper Esq v David Day = Benjamin as private litigant (clear full-name + Esq title, unambiguous identification) appealing from Justice Bowers's $9.16 judgment. Plus the case caption documents Robert Gaston (Benjamin's brother-in-law) appealing from a Cooper-family JP judgment = family-network legal entanglement regardless of which Cooper served as JP.
- L.4 Hand-drawn Family Tree: Descendants of Daniel Cooper and Grace Runyon (1695–1895)
- G.238 Find a Grave memorial 26660286 - LTC Robert Gaston, Warrior Run Church Cemetery, Delaware Run, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
- M.45 Michigan Society SAR membership application (Nat. #30783) — applicant Hugh Philander Gaston, descendant of patriot Robert Gaston (Lt. Col., b. Basking Ridge NJ 28 Jan 1732, d. Warrior Run PA 1793)
- I.164 Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies (1900) p. 47–48 — Robert Gaston × Rosanna Cooper family (7 children) + a published 'Daniel Cooper born at sea 1695 from Holland, m. 6 times, 1st Grace Runyon 1726' attestation
- I.165 Your Ancestors magazine (V.2 No.7, Jul 1948) — Hugh Gaston × Grace Gaston (dau. of Robert & Rosanna Cooper Gaston): confirms Gracey (L.4 child #1) whom Hanna omitted; her Ohio line
- G.92 Find a Grave memorial 150816493 - Daniel Cooper Jr., Old Cemetery, Long Hill, Morris County, New Jersey
- G.123 Find a Grave memorial 150811719 - John Cooper, Old Cemetery, Long Hill, Morris County, New Jersey
- G.211 Find a Grave memorial 7633052 - George Cooper, Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey
- G.726 Find a Grave searches, Lamington Presbyterian Church Cemetery (cemetery 1520607), Lamington, Bedminster Township, Somerset County, New Jersey: surnames Gaston (21), Lafferty (1) and Cooper (none), the 1740-1820 death window, and memorials 8444585 and 54623639 parsed