Hannah (Keene) Cooper (1676 - bef. 1739)

Born 4 Feb 1676 in St Stephens Parish, Northumberland Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of John Bushrod — married about 1694 in Virginia

Wife of Willoughby Allerton — married about 1720 in Westmoreland Co., Virginia

Wife of John Cooper — married after 25 Mar 1724 in Westmoreland Co., Virginia

Descendants

Died before 29 May 1739 before age 63 in Cople Parish, Westmoreland, Virginia

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Biography

Hannah Keene

Origin

Hannah was born February 4, 1676/7.^{[citation needed]} She was a daughter of William Keene of Northumberland County, Gent., and his wife, Elizabeth (here profiled as Elizabeth Rogers).^[1]

One private webpage (without sources) reports she was born at Kent County, Maryland.^{[2][citation needed]}

Marriages

Hannah married three times.

• Hannah married to John Bushrod.^[1]
• She married, as her 2nd, to Col. Willoughby Allerton.^[2]
• She married, as her 3rd, to John Cooper.^[2]

Children

Children of John and Hannah (two sons and four daughters):^[1][2]

1. Apphia Bushrod, b c. 1684, ; m William "Fantleroy," (Fauntleroy) Gent.
2. John Bushrod, bc.1689; m. Anne Bushrod
3. Elizabeth Bushrod; m. William Meriwether, son of Nicholas Meriwether and Elizabeth Crawford.
4. Hannah Bushrod; m. ___ Neale.
5. Sarah Bushrod; m. ___ Berryman.
6. Thomas Bushrod, b May 25, 1702, d Feb 1719^[1]
7. Richard Bushrod.

Beside the tombstones of John and Hannah are the tombstones of some of their children: son Thomas and two infant children. There is also the tombstone of a grandchild, infant child of Apphia and her husband, William Fantleroy, Gent.^[1]

Death and Legacy

Hannah died about 1739 at Westmoreland County, Virginia. Her grave stone and one for John can still be seen at the family plot, near the house, at Bushfield Plantation.^[3]

Hannah left a will written on 26 Dec 1738 at Westmoreland Co., Virginia and proved on 29 May 1739.^[2] Westmoreland County, Virginia , Page 44^[4]
COOPER, HANNAH, 26 Dec. 1738; 29 May 1739.
Bushrod Thomas when 21
William Sanford son of my sister Elizabeth decd. of Richmond Co. 2500 lbs. of tobacco;
my dau. Elizabeth Meriwether a gold ring
dau. Sarah Berryman a gold ring
son John Bushrod a ring
dau. Hannah Heale
my late husband Col. Willoughby Allerton who gave his bond for my dau. Hannah Neale, by name of Hannah Bushrod
son in law William Fauntleroy and his wife Apphia
son Richard Bushrod land purchased of John Jewel and his wife Elizabeth
I desire my son Richard Bushrod to bury me between his father and Mr. Cooper and put pedestals to Thomas Bushrod's grave stone
son Richard exr.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Beale, G. W., (Oct., 1898) "Old Tombstones in Westmoreland County." The William and Mary Quarterly. Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture JSTOR.or accessed 9 September 2016 (Vol. 7, No. 2 , pp. 93-98, Citing p 96).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Marshall, John (15 April 2000) Bushrod Family. accessed 9 September 2016, Caution: No sources provided.
3. ↑ Amrhine, Richard "Bushfield takes its place in history", published April 2, 2004, Web accessed July 6, 2014
4. ↑ Westmoreland County Author: William Armstrong Crozier. Publisher: Baltimore, Genealogical Pub. Co 1962. Page: 44.

Hannah Keene Bushrod

Birth 4 Feb 1676 Northumberland County, Virginia, USA

Death 26 Dec 1739 (aged 63) Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA

Burial Bushrod Family Cemetery, Mount Holly, Westmoreland County, VA

Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #11337346

• Mayflower Families Vol. 17 p. 20-21
• Will of Willoughby Allerton, 08 Apr 1724
• Will of William Keene, Hannah's father, 1759
• Lee of Virginia
• Amelia Cleland Gilreath, The Grandparents David Cleland John Adolph Irwin Hattie Jenkins Minnie Holler (Nokesville, Virginia: Amelia Cleland Gilreath, 2000); page 319.