Cooper Family in America

The Cooper Family in America

1. KOOPER was born in Holland, and died in England.

Child of KOOPER is:

2. i. JOHN COOPER, b. Abt. 1594, England; d. New England.

Generation No. 2

2. JOHN COOPER (KOOPER) was born Abt. 1594 in England, and died in New England. He married WILBRO. She was born Abt. 1594.

Children of JOHN COOPER and WILBRO are:

i. MARY COOPER, b. Abt. 1622.

3. ii. JOHN COOPER, b. Abt. 1625, England; d. Southhampton, Long Island, New York.

iii. THOMAS COOPER, b. Abt. 1628.

iv. MARTHA COOPER, b. Abt. 1630.

Generation No. 3

3. JOHN COOPER (JOHN, KOOPER) was born Abt. 1625 in England, and died in Southhampton, Long Island, New York.

Child of JOHN COOPER is:

4. i. JEREMIAH COOPER, b. Southhampton, Long Island, New York; d. Fishkill, New York.

Generation No. 4

4. JEREMIAH COOPER (JOHN, JOHN, KOOPER) was born in Southhampton, Long Island, New York, and died in Fishkill, New York.

Child of JEREMIAH COOPER is:

5. i. OBADIAH COOPER, b. 1685, Fishkill, New York; d. 1742, Fishkill, New York.

Generation No. 5

5. OBADIAH COOPER (JEREMIAH, JOHN, JOHN, KOOPER) was born 1685 in Fishkill, New York, and died 1742 in Fishkill, New York. He married CORNELIA GARDENIER, daughter of JACOB GARDENIER and SARA VAN BREMEN.

Child of OBADIAH COOPER and CORNELIA GARDENIER is:

6. i. OBADIAH COOPER, b. 1720, Fishkill, Dutchess, New York; d. 1776, Fishkill, Dutchess, New York.

Generation No. 6

6. OBADIAH COOPER (OBADIAH, JEREMIAH, JOHN, JOHN, KOOPER¹) was born 1720 in Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, and died 1776 in Fishkill, Dutchess, New York. He married (1) MARIA FONDA 1739, daughter of JELLIS FONDA. She died 1748. He married (2) HESTER TESS BOSS 1749 in Fishkill, New York, daughter of HENRY TERBOSS and ROSE KRANCE. She was born Abt. 1727 in Dutchess, New York, and died in Fishkill, New York.

Children of OBADIAH COOPER and MARIA FONDA are:

i. CORNELIA COOPER, m. JOHN WRIGHT, 1764, Fishkill, New York.

ii. PIETER COOPER, b. Abt. 1746; d. 1748.

Children of OBADIAH COOPER and HESTER BOSS are:

iii. OBADIAH O. COOPER, b. 1750; m. (1) DINAH VANWYCK, 1772; b. 1755; d. 1783; m. (2) ELIZABETH BRUSH, 1793.

iv. CATHERINE COOPER, b. Abt. 1751; m. (1) CASPERUS ROMEYN; m. (2) JOHN DUBOIS.

v. MARY COOPER, b. 1752; m. (1) BENJAMIN THORNE, 1769; m. (2) OBADIAH COOPER, 1803.

vi. JACOBUS COOPER, b. 1753; d. Abt. 1811; m. JANE CAMPBELL, 1777.

7. vii. JOHN OBADIAH COOPER, b. September 05, 1755, Fishkill, New York; d. October 16, 1838, New York, New York.

viii. ANNATJE COOPER, b. 1763; m. STEPHEN SMITH.

ix. ABRAHAM COOPER, b. 1767, Twin; d. 1775.

x. ISAAC COOPER, b. 1767, Twin.

Generation No. 7

7. JOHN OBADIAH COOPER (OBADIAH, OBADIAH, JEREMIAH, JOHN, JOHN, KOOPER) was born September 05, 1755 in Fishkill, New York, and died October 16, 1838 in New York, New York. He married (1) MARTHA PINFOLD May 04, 1777 in Newtown, Long Island, New York. She was born January 22, 1758 in Newtown, Long Island, New York, and died September 18, 1778 in Fishkill, New York. He married (2) MARGARET CAMPBELL September 18, 1778, daughter of JOHN CAMPBELL and SARAH OAKLEY. She was born Abt. 1762 in New York, New York, and died November 29, 1836 in New York, New York.

Child of JOHN COOPER and MARTHA PINFOLD is:

8. i. JOHN OBADIAH COOPER, b. September 11, 1778, Fishkill, New York; d. March 07, 1848, New York, New York.

Children of JOHN COOPER and MARGARET CAMPBELL are:

ii. EDWARD⁸ COOPER, m. MARIA CROPSEY, 1828; b. , Brooklyn, New York.

iii. SARAH COOPER, b. November 07, 1782.

iv. MARTHA COOPER, b. April 22, 1784.

v. JAMES COOPER, b. January 25, 1786.

vi. THOMAS COOPER, b. September 09, 1788; d. August 20, 1789, New York, New York.

9. vii. PETER COOPER, b. February 12, 1791, New York, New York; d. April 04, 1883, New York, New York.

viii. WILLIAM COOPER b. December 22, 1799; d. 1880; m. REBECCA BEDELL, 1818; b. 1796.

Generation No. 8

8. JOHN OBADIAH COOPER (JOHN OBADIAH, OBADIAH, OBADIAH, JEREMIAH, JOHN, JOHN, KOOPER) was born September 11, 1778 in Fishkill, New York,and died March 07, 1848 in New York, New York. He married ELIZABETH HAWES April 21, 1804 in Peekskill, New York, daughter of SOLOMAN HAWES and LAVINIA HAMMOND. She was born October 02, 1786 in Peekskill, New York, and died April 08, 1871 in New York, New York.

Child of JOHN COOPER and ELIZABETH HAWES is:

10. i. THOMAS EDMUND COOPER, b. August 15, 1812, Peekskill, New York; d. March 1894, Perth, Amboy, New Jersey.

9. PETER COOPER (JOHN OBADIAH, OBADIAH, OBADIAH, JEREMIAH, JOHN, JOHN, KOOPER) was born February 12, 1791 in New York, New York, and died April 04, 1883 in New York, New York. He married SARAH BEDELL December 22, 1813 in New York, New York, daughter of BENJAMIN BEDELL and MARY RANOR. She was born August 22, 1793, and died December 19, 1869.

Children of PETER COOPER and SARAH BEDELL are:

i. JOHN CAMPBELL COOPER, b. September 05, 1814; d. June 07, 1820, The Croop.

ii. BENJAMIN BEDELL COOPER, b. Abt. December 31, 1815; d. June 01, 1819, Fell and died from the 'dropsy'.

iii. SARAH AMANDA COOPER, b. December 18, 1820, New York, New York; d. Abt. December 26, 1824, New York, New York.

iv. PETER WILLIAM COOPER, b. December 20, 1822, New York, New York; d. Abt. December 26, 1824, New York, New York.

11. v. EDWARD COOPER, b. October 26, 1824, New York, New York; d. February 25, 1905, New York, New York.

12. vi. AMELIA COOPER, b. 1830; d. 1912.

vii. GEORGE CAMPBELL COOPER, b. August 16, 1840; d. 1895.

Generation No. 9

10. THOMAS EDMUND COOPER (JOHN OBADIAH, JOHN OBADIAH, OBADIAH, OBADIAH, JEREMIAH, JOHN, JOHN, KOOPER) was born August 15, 1812 in Peekskill, New York, and died March 1894 in Perth, Amboy, New Jersey. He married ISABELLA SLEE MYERS, daughter of NATHAN MYERS and JOANNA FREAR. She was born June 16, 1825 in Poughkeepsie, New York, and died March 1905.

Children of THOMAS COOPER and ISABELLA MYERS are:

i. HARRIET EMMA COOPER, b. February 02, 1854; d. Abt. 1854.

13. ii. ISABELLA MYERS COOPER, b. August 26, 1855; d. 1885.

iii. MARY PULLMAN COOPER, b. January 09, 1857; d. 1945.

iv. EDWARD THOMAS COOPER, b. October 13, 1858; d. 1860.

v. JOANNA ELIZABETH COOPER, b. September 30, 1860; d. July 03, 1913.

vi. HARRIET CLARK COOPER, b. October 21, 1862; d. 1943.

14. vii. JOHN EDWARD COOPER, b. August 08, 1864; d. July 15, 1941.

15. viii. JAMES SHERMAN COOPER, b. April 14, 1866, New York, New York; d. January 08, 1898, Yukon Territory, Dawson, Alaska.

ix. MARTHA COOPER, b. 1867; d. 1869.

11. EDWARD COOPER (PETER, JOHN OBADIAH, OBADIAH, OBADIAH, JEREMIAH, JOHN, JOHN, KOOPER) was born October 26, 1824 in New York, New York, and died February 25, 1905 in New York, New York. He married CORNELIA REDMOND September 12, 1863, daughter of JAMES REDMOND and ANN BOWNE.

Children of EDWARD COOPER and CORNELIA REDMOND are:

i. EDITH COOPER, b. 1854; d. 1916.

ii. PETER COOPER, b. 1860.

12. AMELIA COOPER (PETER, JOHN OBADIAH, OBADIAH, OBADIAH, JEREMIAH, JOHN, JOHN, KOOPER) was born 1830, and died 1912. She married ABRAM STEVENS HEWITT April 06, 1855, son of JOHN HEWITT and ANN GURNEE. He was born July 31, 1822 in Haverstraw, NY, and died 1903.

Children of AMELIA COOPER and ABRAM HEWITT are:

i. SALLY HEWITT.

ii. AMELIA BOWMAN HEWITT, b. February 28, 1856; d. 1922.

iii. PETER COOPER HEWITT, b. April 05, 1861; d. 1921.

iv. SARAH HEWITT, b. Abt. 1863.

v. ELEANOR GURNEE HEWITT, b. 1864.

vi. AMY HEWITT, b. Abt. 1865.

vii. EDWARD RINGWOOD HEWITT, b. 1866.

viii. ERSKINE HEWITT, b. 1871; d. 1838.

Generation No. 10

13. ISABELLA MYERS COOPER (THOMAS EDMUND, JOHN OBADIAH, JOHN OBADIAH, OBADIAH, OBADIAH, JEREMIAH, JOHN, JOHN, KOOPER) was born August 26, 1855, and died 1885. She married CHARLES F SHIRLEY December 21, 1881 in New York, New York.

14. JOHN EDWARD COOPER (THOMAS EDMUND, JOHN OBADIAH, JOHN OBADIAH, OBADIAH, OBADIAH, JEREMIAH, JOHN, JOHN, KOOPER) was born August 08, 1864, and died July 15, 1941. He married (1) COLLENA STUART. He married (2) BELLE SHIPMAN TRAVIS April 25, 1887. She died Aft. 1899.

Child of JOHN COOPER and COLLENA STUART is:

i. MARION COOPER, m. HUGH CLEUSCHAU.

Children of JOHN COOPER and BELLE TRAVIS are:

ii. THOMAS SHIPMAN COOPER, b. May 14, 1888.

iii. CYRUS ROSSWALL COOPER, b. November 12, 1890.

iv. CATHERINE MARIE COOPER, b. October 01, 1895.

16. v. JEANETTE BELLE COOPER, b. June 23, 1899; d. May 10, 1991.

15. JAMES SHERMAN COOPER (THOMAS EDMUND, JOHN OBADIAH, JOHN OBADIAH, OBADIAH, OBADIAH, JEREMIAH, JOHN, JOHN, KOOPER) was born April 14, 1866 in New York, New York, and died January 08, 1898 in Yukon Territory, Dawson, Alaska. He married HONORA LESLIE HENRY August 18, 1891 in Tacoma, Washington, daughter of HENRY HENRY and SUSAN TUCKER. She was born November 19, 1872 in Stockton, Missouri, and died August 03, 1955 in Seattle, Washington.

Children of JAMES COOPER and HONORA HENRY are:

17. i. ISABEL RUTH COOPER, b. August 22, 1892; d. January 1984, Washington, D.C..

ii. HENRY LESLIE COOPER, b. November 23, 1893; d. December 1982, Mojave, California; m. EVELYN COOPER; b. February 03, 1884; d. December 1974, Lancaster, California..

18. iii. JAMES SHERMAN COOPER, b. April 02, 1895, Mankato, MN; d. October 24, 1952.

Generation No. 11

16. JEANETTE BELLE COOPER (JOHN EDWARD, THOMAS EDMUND, JOHN OBADIAH, JOHN OBADIAH, OBADIAH, OBADIAH, JEREMIAH, JOHN, JOHN, KOOPER) was born June 23, 1899, and died May 10, 1991. She married HARRY MCNEILL BLAND July 17, 1920.

17. ISABEL RUTH COOPER (JAMES SHERMAN, THOMAS EDMUND, JOHN OBADIAH, JOHN OBADIAH, OBADIAH, OBADIAH, JEREMIAH, JOHN, JOHN, KOOPER) was born August 22, 1892, and died January 1984 in Washington, D.C.. She married CHARLES D. MAHAFFIE August 25, 1928. He was born December 05, 1884, and died June 1969 in Washington, D.C..

18. JAMES SHERMAN COOPER (JAMES SHERMAN, THOMAS EDMUND, JOHN OBADIAH, JOHN OBADIAH, OBADIAH, OBADIAH, JEREMIAH, JOHN, JOHN, KOOPER) was born April 02, 1895 in Mankato, MN, and died October 24, 1952. He married FLORENCE TAYLOR January 16, 1918 in Jamacia, Long Island, New York, daughter of WILLFORD TAYLOR and MARY DEMAREST. She was born February 14, 1899 in Freeport, Long Island, New York, and died March 13, 1966 in Suffern, New York.

Children of JAMES COOPER and FLORENCE TAYLOR are:

19. i. JOSEPHINE SHIRLEY COOPER, b. March 31, 1920, Linden, New Jersey; d. March 06, 2000, Penfield, Monroe, New York.

ii. MARY HARRIETT COOPER, b. January 26, 1922, Jamaica, Long Island, New York.

iii. FLORENCE CAROLYN COOPER, b. October 14, 1925, Nutley, New Jersey.

iv. ISABEL MAY COOPER, b. October 11, 1927, Nutley, New Jersey.

Generation No. 12

19. JOSEPHINE SHIRLEY COOPER (JAMES SHERMAN, JAMES SHERMAN, THOMAS EDMUND, JOHN OBADIAH, JOHN OBADIAH, OBADIAH, OBADIAH, JEREMIAH, JOHN, JOHN, KOOPER¹) was born March 31, 1920 in Linden, New Jersey, and died March 06, 2000 in Penfield, Monroe, New York. She married ROLLIN WHITCOMB TUTTLE June 21, 1946 in Suffern, New York, son of ROLLIN TUTTLE and JENORA BURGER. He was born March 03, 1917 in Toledo, Ohio, and died August 02, 1989 in Oneonta, Otsego County, New York.

Information for living members of this family has either been omitted or edited so that their privacy can be protected.

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