John Cooper Bt (1597 - 1631)

Born 24 Oct 1597 in Wimborne, Dorset, England

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Ashley) Cooper — married 1 Jan 1617 in England

Descendants

Died 23 Mar 1631 at age 33 in Sham, Dorset, England

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Biography

John Cooper or Couper, was born 24 October 1597, the only son of Sir John Cooper and his wife, Margaret or Martha Skutt. His father died in 1610, leaving nearly 7,000 acres in Somerset and Hampshire, including Pawlett in Somerset, and the recently purchased Rockbourne estate.^[1]

John married Anne Ashley. They had two sons and one daughter. She died of smallpox in 1628.^[1]

John subsequently married Mary Hicks.^[1]

John was knighted on 10 July 1622, and also became the 1st Baronet in 1622.^[1][2]

He died on 23 March 1631, and was buried at Wimborne St. Giles.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Ferris, John P., 'Cooper, Sir John, 1st Bt. (1597-1931), of Rockbourne, Hants and Thornton's Alley, St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx.' in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. by Andrew Thrush & John P. Ferris, 2010. Published online at The History of Parliament: British political, social & local history, (http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/cooper-sir-john-1597-1631 : accessed 14 July 2015)
2. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Cooper baronets," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cooper_baronets&oldid=711709157 (accessed April 21, 2016).