Samuel Cooper (1669 - 1748)

Born 9 Aug 1669 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Wilmarth) Cooper — married about 16 Feb 1697 (to 26 Mar 1706) in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Martha (Humphrey) Cooper — married after 26 Mar 1707 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 17 Nov 1748 at age 79 in Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts

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Biography

Deacon Samuell Cooper (1669-1748)

b. 9 Aug 1669 s/o Mary Slye & Thomas Cooper () @ Rehoboth, Massachusetts Bay Colony (MBC), British Colonial America (BCA)^[1][2]

m. 16 Feb 1697 Ruth Willmarth (1673-1706) @ Rehoboth, Province of Massachusetts Bay (PMB), BCA^[1]

b. 3 Jan 1699/80 Rachall Cooper Robinson (1699-1780)

m. 12 Oct 1723 Capt Jonathan Robinson (1700-1785)

b. 30 May 1702 Mary Cooper Robinson (1702-1736))

m. 29 Nov 1726 Samuel Robinson (1691-1767)

b. 29 Apr 1704 Ruth Cooper Kent (1704->1801) @ Rehoboth, Bristol, PMB, BCA

m. 4 Jan 1727/8 Hezekiah Kent (1700-1786)

b. 18 Mar 1705 Mehitabell Cooper Carpenter (1705-1737)

m. 15 Nov 1732 Edmund Carpenter (1705-1737)

d. 26 Mar 1706 Ruth Willmarth (1673-1706) @ Rehoboth, Province of Massachusetts Bay (PMB), BCA^[1]

m. 26 Mar 1707 Martha Humphrey (1692-1732) d/o Mary Torrey (~1656-1740) & Samuel Humphrey (1649-1732)

b. 1708 Sarah Cooper (1708-)

b. 11 Apr 1709 Martha Cooper Blanding (1709-1752) @ Rehoboth, PMB, BCA

b. 6 Apr 1711 Elizabeth Cooper (1711-) @ Rehoboth, PMB, BCA

b. 1 Mar 1713/4 Samuell Cooper

m. 14 Oct 1736 Mehitabel Willmarth (1711-1786)

b. 20 Jun 1715 Anna Cooper (1715-) @ Rehoboth, Bristol, PMB, BCA

b. 17 Nov 1718 John Henry Cooper (1718-1806)

m. 10 Mar 1744 Mehitabel Blanding (1717-1767)

b. 16 Mar 1721 Lydia Cooper Woodward (1721->1752) @ Rehoboth, Bristol, PMB, BCA^[3]

m. 15 Jan 1740 Samuel Woodward (1715-1804)

d. 26 Oct 1732 Martha Humphrey Cooper (1692-1732)

m. 26 Apr 1733 widow Mary Read who died 13 Sep 1740^[1][2]

m. 14 Oct 1736 Mehittabell Willmarth @ Rehoboth, PMB, BCA^[1]

b. 6 Jul 1738 Mary Cooper

b. 24 May 1640 Samuel Cooper

b. 1 Jun 1741 Sarah Cooper

b. 28 Aug 1743 James Cooper

b. 27 Apr 1745 Samuel Cooler

m. 10 Aug 1742 widow Elizabeth Eliza Grover^[4][2]

d. 17 Nov 1748 @ Rehoboth, Bristol, PMB, BCA^[1][2]

bur. Newman Cemetery, East Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA^[2]

Spouses: Martha Cooper (1674 - 1732)* Marcy Cooper (1675 - 1740)*

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Rehoboth Vital Records Rehoboth Vital Records pp.403,595,817
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Find A Grave: Memorial #84539962 Deacon Samuel Cooper (1669-1748)
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC7N-Z46 : 15 January 2020), Lydia Cooper, 1721.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHG8-W92 : 28 July 2021), Samuel Cooper, 1742.

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-39VV : 29 November 2018), Samuell Cooper, 9 Aug 1669; citing Birth, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007578641.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1V-YNSS : 29 November 2018), Samuel Cooper and Ruth Willmarth, 16 Feb 1697; citing Marriage, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007578641.
• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-QJ6M : 29 November 2018), Lemuel Cooper and Martha Humphrey, 27 Mar 1707; citing Marriage, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007578641.
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC7N-Z4X : 15 January 2020), Samuell Cooper in entry for Lydia Cooper, 1721.
• Saxbe, William Bart. Richard Bowen (1594?-1675), of Rehoboth, Massachusetts, and His Descendants (Rhode Island Genealogical Society, 2011) Page 79.
  • His will is dated 11 Nov 1748 and proved 6 Dec 1748.
• Rounds, Bristol Co., Mass., Probate Abstracts, Vol. 2, Page 50-51, 72, 256.