James Benjamin Cooper

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 1684, Ship - "Welcome" Pennsylvania
• Residence: 1692, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

Notes:

James Cooper came to America aboard the good ship Welcome with William
Penn, and was give land in Gloucester County, New Jersey (record PP-39-79).

James Cooper, of Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, had deeds for land (9/22/1682) from Edward Byllinge. In 1683 he bought a lot on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, opposite the Marble Custom House. He sold the Jersey land on Oct. 20, 1685 and settled in Philadelphia, where he was a Petit Jurer in 1686 and Foreman of the Grand Jury in Feb. 1701. He owned much land in Philadelphia. He was first cousin of Judge William Cooper, father of James Fenimore Cooper.

James married Hester Burrows in 1686 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hester (daughter of Richard Burrows and Elizabeth Baker) was born in 1665 in Stratford on Avon, , Warwickshire, England; died on 13 Oct 1706 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ester Cooper was born in 1687 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died on 1 Jun 1750 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2. James Cooper was born about 1689 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died before 1732 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
3. Joseph Cooper was born in 1691 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died on 4 Jul 1720 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
4. Samuel Cooper was born in 1693 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died on 24 Nov 1750 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
5. Benjamin Cooper was born in 1697 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died in 1776 in Granville, North Carolina.
6. Isaac Cooper was born in 1699 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died in 1780 in Moreland, Lycoming, Pennsylvania.
7. William Cooper was born on 22 Jul 1701 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died in 1736 in Byberry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
8. Rebecca Cooper was born in 1702 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died in 1755 in Byberry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

James married Mary Burrows in 1772 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mary was born in 1669; died in 1732 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; was buried in Dec 1732 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• College: 1 Apr 1642, Oxford, , England

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George and Anthony were twins.

George Ashley Cooper was the son of Sir John Cooper Baronet and Ann Ashley.1 George Ashley Cooper was born on 22 July 1621.1 He married Elizabeth Oldfield, daughter of John Oldfield , Alderman of London, circa 1649 at Stratford-On-Avon, Warwickshire, England. George Ashley Cooper died on 28 January 1682 at age 60.1 Child of George Ashley Cooper and Elizabeth Oldfield: James Cooper+ b. 1661, d. 4 Dec 1732

George married Elizabeth Oldfield in 1645 in Stratford on Avon, , Warwickshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of John Oldfield and Mary Blythe) was born on 16 Jul 1625 in Sutton, Cheshire, England; died on 22 Jan 1682 in Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sir John Cooper, 1st Baronet, (created 7/4/1622) of Rockbourne, Southhampton, died 23 March 1631. He was knighted for his services at the capture of Calais, Knight of Wimborne, Saint Giles, co. Dorset. He was Secretary-at-war in the reign of Queen Elizabeth and Secretary to the Privy Council in the reign of King James I

1st Baronet of Rockbourne, married Anne Ashley (1602 - 1628) , daughter of Baron Sir Anthony Ashley II (1521 - 1628) Secretary of Queen Elizabeth I's Council of War, and King James I's Privy Council. Father of twins George Ashley Cooper (1621 - 1682) and Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper (1621-1683)

John married Ann Ashley on 1 Jan 1617 in Dorset, England. Ann (daughter of Anthony Ashley and Jane Okeover) was born in 1602 in Winbourne, St Giles, Dorset, England; died on 20 Jul 1628 in Wimbourne, Saint Giles, , Dorset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1st Baronet Cooper of Wimborne in 1622.

Anne Ashley, heir to the vast lands of the Ashley family dating back to Henry III (1216-1272), married Sir John Cooper, later Baronet of Rockbourne. The son of Anne Ashley and Sir John Cooper was Anthony Ashley Cooper, usually known as "Lord Ashley, the first Earl of Shaftesbury." The Oxford Dictionary sums him up, "...Shaftesbury was undoubtedly the most eminent politician of his time; Burnet declares that he never knew any man equal to him in the art of governing parties." His brother George had a son named James Cooper, who went to America in 1681, settling in Philadelphia, where he had eight children.

John + Mary Blythe. Mary was born on 25 Mar 1600 in Warwickshire, England; died on 2 Sep 1658 in Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Politics: 1586, Whitchurch, Hampshire, England

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Sir John Cooper was a member of Parliment in 1586 for Whitchurch, Hants. He dies in 1610, having married Martha Skutt, daughter of Anthony Skutt, of Stanton Drew, Somersetshire.

John + Martha Skutt. Martha (daughter of Anthony Skutt) was born in 1550 in Drew, Somerset, England; died in 1610 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anthony + Jane Okeover. Jane was born in 1574 in Ashbourne, Staffordshire, England; died on 20 Jul 1628 in St. Giles, Dorset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]