Peter Cooper 1761–1847

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In the documents

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

1 further document not published (they may name living people).

Documents

• 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).
• 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.
• I.129 Biographical and Genealogical History of Morris County, New Jersey, Vol. II (Lewis Publishing Co., New York, 1899), Vol. II p. 937 [Ancestry image-pagination] — 'THE COOPER FAMILY OF MORRIS COUNTY' narrative biographical section embedded in the Joseph W. Thompson biographical sketch. PRIMARY-SOURCE-GRADE 1899 Long-Hill-Cooper-family-tradition narrative (= 1899 publication is within living memory of Daniel Sr's grandchildren, age 50+ in 1899 = adults remembering grandparents). 6 catalog-defining content blocks: (1) 'About the year 1700 the first American ancestor of this family came from Holland' = INDEPENDENT CORROBORATION of Holland-origin tradition 47 years earlier than [I.36 House of Cooper 1946](I.36.yaml). (2) Confirms Daniel Cooper [Sr] × Grace Runyan + Long Hill residence + 'leading man, justice of the peace and county judge'. (3) NEW LAND CLAIM: 'He located on a tract of five hundred acres along the banks of the Passaic river from Sterling to Long Hill, his deed being signed by William, earl of Sterling and one of His Majesty's commissioners in the state of New Jersey' — = NEW NJSA primary-source-search target NOT YET in catalog K-section. (4) Confirms Daniel Jr 'was a sheriff of this county' = matches catalog [I.99](I.99.yaml)/[I.100](I.100.yaml). (5) 5-sons-of-Daniel-Jr roster: Peter / Dr John of eastern PA / Daniel / William / Joseph. (6) Late-19th-c. Long-Hill Cooper continuation: William d. 1880 (m. 3 times Sarah A. Cooper + Martha Brown + Martha Cross; father of Mrs. Joseph W. Thompson); Alexander 'still living on the old homestead' 1899 (m. Abigail Parrott; 5 children incl. Mrs. Elizabeth Travis of Newark + Mrs. Anna Flaker of Brooklyn).
• A.33 Aitkin's Index of Wills, Inventories, etc. prior to 1901, Vol. 3 — Morris County section — all 54 Cooper-surname entries, verbatim, with their NJSA docket numbers.
• G.91 Find a Grave memorial 70802191 - Peter Cooper, Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey
• G.51 "Cemetery Burial Listing", Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church, Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey (web page, saved HTML)
• I.29e Stryker-Rodda Some Early Records of Morris County NJ 1740-1799 — MORRIS COUNTY FREEHOLDERS 1793 — by Township (Morris Town Jany 17 1793; book pp 143-155); on-disk pages 143 (Morris Twp / Jno + William + Geo + Peter Cooper + Elias Coriell), 144 (Morris Twp continuation / Elias Runyon), 146 (Mendham Twp / Charles + Henry Junr Cooper), 148 (Hanover Twp / Abm + Ebenezer + James + Ichabod Cooper), 153 (Roxbury Twp / Nathan Cooper). Sub-entry of [I.29](I.29.yaml). PRIMARY-SOURCE-GRADE 4-TOWNSHIP COOPER GEOGRAPHIC SPLIT: 10 distinct Coopers attested across 4 Morris-County townships in single 1793 freeholder roll — directly informs todo.md v143 SCOPE QUESTION about Hanover-vs-Long-Hill Cooper family separation
• A.10 Calendar of Wills 1786–1790, p. 51 — the abstract of Daniel Cooper, Jr. of Morristown, intestate: administration 10 July 1787, and the widow Ann Cooper's renunciation.
• G.102 Find a Grave memorial 70802355 - William Cooper, Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey
• G.90 Find a Grave memorial 70801829 - Alexander Cooper, Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Basking Ridge, Somerset County, New Jersey
• A.50 Will and inventory of Peter Cooper of Morris Twp., docket 3127N — will made 17 October 1837, proved 1847. FHC capture, will body read at high resolution.
• B.44 NJSSAR membership packet of Abram Parrot Cooper, filed 5 June 1895 — three Patriots in one binding: William Parrot, George Townley and Peter Cooper (1761-1847), whose musket and bayonet the family still held in 1895.
• C.22 1867 Bernards Township NJ Marriage Register — entry #6 William Cooper × Martha Crop[=Cross], 13 March 1867 — PRIMARY-SOURCE LOCKS Peter & Susan Cooper as William 1811-1880's parents AND James & Gertrude Cross as Martha H Cross 1823-1914's parents. Closes the v191.17 hypothesis at primary-source grade: William Cooper of Long Hill (age 56, Widower, Farmer) = son of Peter & Susan Cooper = [G.91](../G-Cemetery/G.91.yaml) Peter Cooper 1761-1847 + Susan Boyle Cooper 1788-1865 = primary-source-confirms [G.102](../G-Cemetery/G.102.yaml) William Cooper 1811-1880 IS Peter Cooper's son (= the long-pending [G.91] 'William 1813-?' identity + [G.90] 1860 census 'Brother William'). Also primary-source-corroborates [G.106](../G-Cemetery/G.106.yaml) Martha H Cross's stone-engraved parents James Cross 1775-1855 + Gertrude Wyckoff Stevenson Cross 1795-1885. NEW datum: bride Martha's occupation = Milliner. NEW datum: bride age 43 / single (b. ~1824) = consistent with Find A Grave b. 7 Sep 1823 within 1-yr tolerance. NEW datum: groom age 56 / Widower = b. ~1811 = exactly matches G.102 b. 1811. Source: NJ Marriage Records 1670-1965 / FamilySearch Film 004208613 / Bernards register entry. Ancestry index card on disk + register-page-image on disk.
• D.233 Ancestry search of the 1850 US Federal Census index: surname Cooper, lived in Morris Twp, Morris Co., New Jersey; 27 results; 9 May 2026.
• I.4 John Littell, Family Records, or Genealogies of the First Settlers of Passaic Valley (and Vicinity) above Chatham — a compiled surname-chapter genealogy of the Passaic Valley families, with a separately-bound index volume. Preface signed April 1852; the scan carries no title page.
• I.62 Map of Morris County New Jersey, 1853 — published wall map. Long Hill detail names TWO Cooper residences, BOTH PRIMARY-SOURCE-LOCKED via [D.233](../D-Federal-Census/D.233.yaml): W. Cooper = William Cooper b. 1813 NJ Farmer $4,500 RE dwelling 305 NORTH side of road; A. Cooper = Alexander Cooper b. 1828 NJ Farmer $12,000 RE dwelling 255 SOUTH side of road (immediate east neighbor of Joseph Blake dwelling 254 = map's J. Blake). Map's W and A Cooper labels are on OPPOSITE sides of the road despite their close visual placement. THIRD unlabeled Cooper household = Eleanor M. + Catharine M. Cooper at dwelling 287 (likely widow + daughter of John Cooper of Long Hill per G.4).
• I.63 1868 Town of Passaic NJ — atlas plate including Long Hill area. THREE Cooper residences along the same east-west road: A Cooper + W Cooper (left/west cluster) + A. Cooper (middle cluster, alongside J Blake). 15 years post-[I.62](I.62.yaml); same general road segment shows ONE NEW Cooper household added (the second 'A' Cooper west of W. Cooper) since the 1853 wall map's W + A pair.
• J.42 New Hampshire Spy (Portsmouth NH), 23 June 1787 — death notice for Daniel Cooper Jr. Esq. of Long Hill, Morris Co. NJ. Reprint of a New-Brunswick (NJ) dispatch dated 22 June 1787 reporting Daniel Jr.'s suicide by hanging on Friday 24[?]/25 May 1787 in his barn at Long Hill. Names Rev. Samuel Kenedy as funeral preacher; describes ~600-700 mourners; states Daniel Jr. left a desolate widow and eleven children; confirms burial in 'the family burying ground, on his father's plantation' = the G.4 Long Hill site.
• G.92 Find a Grave memorial 150816493 - Daniel Cooper Jr., Old Cemetery, Long Hill, Morris County, New Jersey
• G.94 Find a Grave memorial 169490858 - Dr John Cooper, Easton Cemetery, Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania
• G.302 Find a Grave memorial 132609879 - Mary Cooper Crane, Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside, Union County, New Jersey