Mary (Cooper) Smith (1677 - 1761)

Born 11 Sep 1677 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Smith — married 14 Aug 1700 in New Haven, New Haven, CT, British North America

Descendants

Died 1 Jun 1761 at age 83 in West Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

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Biography

Mary Cooper d/o John Cooper (1642-1703) and Mary (Thompson), was born 11 Sep 1677 in New Haven. ^{[1] [2]}

Mary Cooper, the daughter of John Cooper and Mary Thompson, was born September 11, 1677 and died June 1, 1761 at the age of 85. On August 14, 1700 she married Samuel Smith.^[2] Samuel Smith was born Aug 14 1678 in New Haven, Connecticut and died Aug 22 1753, age 77, in West Haven, Connecticut. Samuel was son of Samuel Smith and Obedience Lamberton ^[3]

Mary married 14 Aug 1700 Samuel Smith ^[2]

Mary and Samuel had the following children: ^[4]

1. Lamberton, b Jun 23 1701, d Dec 10 1779, age 79, m Jan 24 1722 Bathshua Burwell
2. Obedience, b May 19 1705, d soon
3. Mary, b Mar 7 1707, d May 29 1786, m Jun 23 1725
4. Amy, b Mar 10 1709, d soon
5. Margaret, b Jun 12 1711, d Mar 27 1803, age, 91, m Feb 7 1733 Austin Smith ^[5]
6. Desire, b Sep 30 1712, d Mar 4 1799, age 86, m 1st Mary 10 1733 Thomas Stevens, m 2nd Thomas Painter, ^{[6] [7]}m 3rd Jahleel Law
7. Thankful, b Sep 30 1712, d Jun 28 1769, age 58, m Daniel Tolles
8. Obedience, b Sep 19 1714, m John Chatfield ^[8]
9. Amy b abt 1720, d Sep 26 1796, age 76, m May 29 1750 John Lewis

She died 1 Jun 1761, age 85, in West Haven^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F77F-T5D : 7 January 2020), Mary Cooper, 1677.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Families of New Haven: Vol. II, pg 451-452, Cooper Fam. 1 # 3 John vi Mary
3. ↑ husband Samuel Families of New Haven: Vol. VII, pg 1620, Smith Fam. 1 # 7 Samuel i Samuel
4. ↑ Smith children Families of New Haven: Vol. VII, pg 1626, Smith Fam. 5
5. ↑ dau Margaret Families of New Haven: Vol. VII, pg 1622, Smith Fam. 2 #3 Austin
6. ↑ dau Desire Genealogies of Connecticut Families: Vol. 1, Pages 4
7. ↑ dau Desire Genealogies of Connecticut Families: Vol. 3, Pages 5
8. ↑ dau Obedience Genealogies of Connecticut Families: Vol. 1, Pages 313

• Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven (New Haven Genealogical Magazine)
• Genealogies of Connecticut Families (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts

Photographed Primary Sources

• Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 10 February 2020), memorial page for Mary Cooper Smith (11 Sep 1677–1 Jun 1761), Find A Grave: Memorial #33518688, citing West Haven Green Cemetery, West Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Jim and Mary (contributor 47147114) .

• New England Marriages to 1700 Vol 2, page 1406

Acknowledgements

• This person was created on 08 April 2011 through the import of HOWE(1).ged. Thanks to Greg Rose for editing this profile. Mary is the ninth great grandmother of Gregory.