Lydia (Cooper) Morton (bef. 1613 - 1673)

Born before 30 Jan 1613 in Frolesworth, Leicestershire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Nathaniel Morton — married 25 Dec 1635 in Plymouth Colony, Mass.

Descendants

Died 23 Sep 1673 after age 60 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts

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Lydia (Cooper) Morton migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 2, p. 205) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Lydia Cooper was the sister of John Cooper, who married Priscilla (Carpenter) Wright^{[1] [2]} Their parents were Edmund Cowper/Cooper and his wife Jane (Staresmore). She was baptized at Frolesworth 30 Jan 1613.^[3]

On December 26, 1635, she married Nathaniel Morton, son of George^{[4] [1]}, and author of New England's memorial ^{[5] [6] [7] [2] [8]}

Their children included:

1. Remember, born about 1637; who married Abrahm Jackson on Nov. 18, 1657, and then married Preserved Hall^{[7] [2]}
2. Mercy, who married Joseph Dunham Nov. 18, 1657^{[7] [2]}
3. Hannah, who married Benjamin Bosworth November 27, 1666^[7], and Isaac Cole in 1686^[2]
4. Lydia, who married George Elliston about 1670^{[7] [2]}
5. Eleazer, who died young, Jan. 16, 1649^{[7] [9] [2]}
6. Nathaniel, who died Feb. 17, 1666-7^{[7] [2]}
7. Elizabeth, born May 3, 1652^[10] ; who married Nathaniel Bosworth on Dec. 7, 1670,^{[7] [2]}
8. Joanna, born Nov. 9-19, 1654^[10], who married Joseph Prince on Dec. 7, 1670^{[7] [2]}

Lydia (Cooper) Morton died on September 23, 1673^{[10] [7] [2]}

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} John Cooper page 201 of Great Migration 1634-1635, C-F. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume II, C-F, by Robert Charles Anderson, George F. Sanborn, Jr., and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001. John Cooper's will notes his sister Lydia Morton.
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10} Early New England Families, 1641-1700 Nathaniel Morton volume (m. 1635), start on page 1 for Lydia, subsequent pages for her children. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.)
3. ↑ Bartley, Scott Andrew. John Cooper of Barnstable: Newphew of Sabin Staresmore, The Mayflower Descendant (Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, 2014) Vol. 63, p. 165 & p. 168
4. ↑ Volume 1, page 35 of the Records of the colony of New Plymouth in New England : printed by order of the legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by New Plymouth Colony; Shurtleff, Nathaniel Bradstreet, 1810-1874; Pulsifer, David, 1802-1894; Publication date 1855-1861; Publisher New York : AMS Press
5. ↑ George Morton page 1297 of he Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010), (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995).
6. ↑ New England's Memorial by Morton, Nathaniel, 1613-1685; Publication date 1855; Publisher Boston, Congregational board of publication
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9} "George Morton of Plymouth Colony and Some of His Descendants" by John K. Allen, Chicago, Printed for private circulation by J. K. Allen, 1908.. see p.10, "she d. Sept. 23- Oct. 4, 1673"
8. ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages to 1700 Volume 2, page 1065 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015, which states MORTON, Nathaniel (?1613-1685) & 1/wf Lydia COOPER (-1673), sis John of Scituate; 25 Dec 1635; ?Plymouth {MD 13:84, 15:213, 18:70; Bosworth 178, 179, 195; Dunham-Boyd 202; TAG 30:153; Morris-Converse 120?; Morton 18, 22; Morton (1908) 10; Scott (1919) 283; Tingley-Meyers 56; Drown (ms) 74,76}
9. ↑ Plymouth Colony Records Published in Volume 9, page 316 of The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.)
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2} 1652 Plymouth Regester of the Beirthe of their Childrene Volume 8, page 14 of the Records of the colony of New Plymouth in New England : printed by order of the legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts] by New Plymouth Colony; Shurtleff, Nathaniel Bradstreet, 1810-1874; Pulsifer, David, 1802-1894; Publication date 1855-1861; Publisher New York : AMS Press, see page 16 for Joanna, and page 35 for Lydia's death

• Bartley, Scott Andrew. John Cooper of Barnstable: Newphew of Sabin Staresmore, The Mayflower Descendant (Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, 2014) Vol. 63, Page 165 & Page 168-70

• Her correct parents are Edmund and Jane (Staresmore) Cooper.