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Mehetable (Cooper) Jillson (1748 - 1824)

Mehetable Jillson formerly Cooper
Born in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Baymap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 5 Jul 1770 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Islandmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , , , , , and
Died at age 76 in Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

Mehetable Cooper was born in 1748 at Rehoboth (later Attleboro), Bristol, Massachusetts Bay.[1] She passed away at Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts in 1824 and is buried at Newell Burying Ground, Attleboro.[2]

Mehetable married Daniel Jillson in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, 5 Jul 1770, (by John Dexter, J. P.). Mehetable was the daughter of Daniel’s step-mother, also named Mehetable Cooper. Daniel and Mehetable lived on the homestead in South Attleboro.[3]

Children of Daniel Jillson and Mehetable Cooper

Daniel and Mehetable had the following children:[3]

  1. Lucinda, b. 3 May 1771; d. 19 Aug 1790; unmarried.
  2. Sylvester, b. 2 May 1773; d. in West Dummerston, Vt., 30 Jan 1863
  3. Samuel, b. 18 Apr 1775
  4. Sally Cooper, b. 7 Jun 1777; d. in Wrontham, 29 Nov 1865
  5. Daniel, b. 30 Jun 1780, a sailor. He sailed in the sloop-of-war Hornet, from New London, Ct., 13 Nov 1814, and was not heard from afterward. It was the Hornet's third cruise, as one of the squadron of Commodore Stephen Decatur. She returned to New York, 9 Jun 1815. This vessel was lost off Tampico, Mexico, 10 Sep 1829, with all on board.
  6. Hetty, b. 27 Nov 1782; d. in Attleboro, 22 Jul 1870
  7. Abel, b. 30 Apr 1785; d. in Attleboro, 27 May 1862
  8. Polly, b. 27 Nov 1787; d. in Wilmot, Kenosha Co., Wis., 7 May 1863
  9. David, b. 11 Jul 1790; d. in Attleboro, 28 Nov 1824
  10. Amos, b. 8 Aug 1793; d. in Providence, R. I., 11 Mar 1849

Sources

  1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1V-B1ZX : 29 November 2018), Mehittabell Cooper, 13 Mar 1748; citing Birth, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007578641.
  2. ↑ Mehitable Cooper Gillson Find A Grave: Memorial #85224280
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jillson, David. Genealogy of the Gillson and Jillson Family. E.L.Freeman & Company. 1876. Daniel Jillson, pp. 147-9




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