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  • Name James Cooper  [1, 2, 3] 
    Birth Jan 1729  Byberry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1 Mar 1757  Chester, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 31 Aug 1767  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 3 Apr 1769  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 9 Aug 1769  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1770  Chester, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death 1795  Chester, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Notes 
    • James married second, in 1778, Elizabeth Wager, born February 2Z, 1749, daughter of Jacob Wager, born February 23, 1724,: and wife, Gertrude (Supplee) born March 25, 1726, descendants of early Swedish settlers on Schuylkill river, near the present site of Norristown, Montgomery county, Pa. James, with his wife Elizabeth, removed to the western part of Chester county Pa, and there bought 260 acres of land partly in West Cain and partly in Honeybrook townships. His farmhouse was about two miles northeast of the hamlet of Compassville, and about one mile from the western border of the county. The sons and daughters of his first wife, Hannah, visited their father in Chester county and are all named in his will, signed January 12, 1790, proved May 5, 1795, and recorded at West Chester, Pa., in Will Book I, volume 9, page 325. All the sons and daughters by his wife Elizabeth were born at the second homestead in West Cain township. James died in the spring of 1795, and was buried in Friends Meeting ground, near Wagontown, a hamlet about four miles southeast of his dwelling. His wife Elizabeth was buried in the same ground in the spring of 1814.
      iChildren of James and Elisabeth (Wager) Cooper/i
      tab 1 Amelia x John Morton
      tabb. 1779, d. 1806
      tab2 Marmaduke, b. 1781, d. 1863
      tab3 Meshack, b. 1783, d. 1853 x Elizabeth Ludwick
      tab4 Laodosia, b. 1784, d. 1861 x Henry B. Rozin
      tab5 Naboth, b.1785 x Jane Blair
      tab6 Noah, b. 1787, d. 1817 x Martha Carpenter
      tab7 Alpheus Cooper, b. June 25, 1789, in West Cain township, Chester county, Pa. In September 1814, with Chester county militia at Baltimore to repel British attack on North Point; married, April 15, 1819, Margaret, born October 1, 1796, daughter of James Grier, and wife Rachel (Litler); all were members of the Presbyterian church at Octorara, Chester county. Margaret died May 1, 1824; Alpheus February 21, 1845.



      James Cooper, b. 1729 in Byberry township, now the most northern ward of Philadelphia, in a dwelling near the Somerton postoffice; married at Christ Church, Philadelphia, September 18, 1750, Hannah Hibbs, daughter of William Hibbs, and wife of Ann (Carter), who were married at Friend's Meeting, in Wrightstown, Bucks county, Pa., April 13, 1728. These descended from English settlers who were at Burlington, N. J;, in 1678.

      James owned, by bequest, under the will of his uncle, Samuel Cooper, probated November 24, 1750, "the plantation st Buckingham, in Bucks county, that Nathan Preston did clear out of the woods," but did not take possession, as in September 1753, James is recorded a resident of Moreland township, now Montgomery county, Pa. Soon after he returned to the vicinity of the homestead in Byberry. There his son William was born in December 1754, and doubtless the later born sons and daughters by his wife, Hannah, who died in Byberry, April 22, 1777.
    Person ID I18980  McKenzie Genealogy
    Last Modified 30 Aug 2011 

    Father William Cooper,   b. 22 Jul 1701, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1736, Byberry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary Groom,   b. 1700, Byberry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Apr 1772, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1720  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Family ID F08785  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Hannah Hibbs,   b. 6 Jun 1730, Buckingham, Bucks, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Apr 1777, Byberry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Marriage 18 Sep 1750  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Children 
     1. Benjamin Cooper   d. UNKNOWN  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Sussanah Cooper   d. UNKNOWN  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Letitia Cooper   d. UNKNOWN  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Levi Cooper   d. UNKNOWN  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Anne Cooper   d. UNKNOWN  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. James Cooper,   b. 6 Mar 1753, Moreland, Lycoming, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 May 1849, Oswego, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. William Cooper,   b. 2 Dec 1754, Byberry, Bucks, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Dec 1809, Albany, Albany, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     8. Hannah Cooper,   b. 1777, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1853 (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     9. Amelia Cooper,   b. 1779, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1806 (Age 27 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     10. Marmaduke Cooper,   b. 1781, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1863 (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     11. Meshach Cooper,   b. 1783, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1853 (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     12. Laodosia Cooper,   b. 1784, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1861 (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     13. Naboth Cooper,   b. 1785, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. UNKNOWN  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     14. Noah Cooper,   b. 1787, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1817 (Age 30 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     15. Alpheus Cooper,   b. 25 Jun 1789, West Cain Township, Chester, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Feb 1845 (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F08831  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2011 

    Family 2 Elizabeth Wager,   b. 22 Feb 1749, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. UNKNOWN 
    Marriage 1778  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
     1. Amelia Cooper,   b. 1779   d. 1806 (Age 27 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Marmaduke Cooper,   b. 1781   d. 1863 (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Meshack Cooper,   b. 1783   d. 1853 (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Laodosia Cooper,   b. 1784   d. 1861 (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Naboth Cooper,   b. 1785   d. UNKNOWN  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Noah Cooper,   b. 1787   d. 1817 (Age 30 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F08832  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 May 2011 

  • Sources 
    1. [S010963] Simons/Cowell Family Tree, www.ancestry.com.
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    2. [S012100] U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820, (Ancestry.com. U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.).

    3. [S010088] Ken McCrea, Pennsylvania, Land Warrants, 1733-1987, (Index of Early Pennsylvania Land Warrants, 1733-1987 from the Pennsylvania State Archives. Stevens, Pennsylvania: Ken McCrea, 2010. Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Land Warrants, 1733-1987 [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.,).

    4. [S004882] Cooper Genealogy.

    5. [S006229] Genealogical and Family History of Central New York, Vol. III, (Go to Section: Central New York Family Histories.).


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