Notes on Cowper-Cooper of Hingham Norfolk, England

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Contents 1 Early Cowper/Coopers at Hingham 1.1 Who was Walter Cooper, clerk of Hingham 1.2 Unidentified Robert Cowper, with wife Mergett 1.3 Unidentified early men, Thomas Cowper 1.4 Who was Rev. Thomas Cooper, executed 25th December 1649 2 Research Notes 3 Sources

Early Cowper/Coopers at Hingham

Cowper-Cooper in Hingham, Norfolk, Parish Registers

Who was Walter Cooper, clerk of Hingham

He is known by a will of 1564. See Norfolk Catalog.

Unidentified Robert Cowper, with wife Mergett

Who is the Robert Cowper whose wife Mergett was buried 3 November 1607? See Mergett Cowper 1607 burial, Parish registers for Hingham; digital images, FamilySearch, FHL Digital Collection, DGS 4143430, image(s) 12 of 60, she is wife of Robert Cowper.

Unidentified early men, Thomas Cowper

There are actually several men, Thomas Cowper/Cooper who are not identified on WikiTree.

1611 Burial. Who is the Thomas Cooper buried Hingham, 22 December 1611. See Thomas Coop[er] 1611 burial, Parish registers for Hingham; digital images, FamilySearch, FHL Digital Collection, DGS 4143430, image(s) 15 of 60.

1613[/4] Thomas Cooper marriage. Thomas Cooper married at Hingham, 12 January 1613[/4], Leuce Anderson. See Cooper-Anderson 1613[/4] marriage, Parish registers for Hingham; digital images, FamilySearch, FHL Digital Collection, DGS 4143430, image(s) 17 of 60.

Thomas, butcher. Who is Thomas Cooper, butcher, whose son John was baptized Hingham, 30 January 1613[/4]? See John Cooper 1613[/4] baptism, Parish registers for Hingham; digital images, FamilySearch, FHL Digital Collection, DGS 4143430, image(s) 17 of 60.

• Is the John Cooper baptized Hingham 30 January 1613[/4] the same person as John Cowper buried Hingham, 22 February 1613[/4], son of Thomas? See John Cowp[er] 1613[/4] burial, Parish registers for Hingham; digital images, FamilySearch, FHL Digital Collection, DGS 4143430, image(s) 17 of 60, he is son of Thomas Cowper.

• Is Thomas Cooper, butcher the same "Thomas Cooper, butcher" who married Hingham, 12 August 1619, Agnes Bishop? See Cooper-Bishop 1619 marriage, Parish registers for Hingham; digital images, FamilySearch, FHL Digital Collection, DGS 4143430, image(s) 23 of 60.

• And what about the Tho: Cowper butcher, buried Hingham, 5 July 1641. See Tho[mas] Cowper butcher 1641 burial, Parish registers for Hingham; digital images, FamilySearch, FHL Digital Collection, DGS 4143430, image(s) 46 of 60.

Thomas Cooper, peddler. See also Thomas Cooper of Boxwood, for they have children baptized in the same time period.

Thomas Cooper of Norwood. Has a daughter Marye baptized Hingham, 1 August 1624. Other children were baptized to a father Thomas at Hingham in the same time frame. "Tho Cowper of Norwood" buried a daughter Marye at Hingham, 2 February 1650[/1].

Thomas Cooper, weaver. He marries 1634, Esther Rogers (Easter Roggers), and they have daughter Easter baptized the following year.

Who was Rev. Thomas Cooper, executed 25th December 1649

See article by K. E. Jermy, "Colonel Robert Jermy, M.P.," Norfolk Ancestor 6, pt 10 (1993):328-334, reprinted as web content ("with permission of the author"); [Jermy.org.

"... the Rev. Thomas Cooper, schoolmaster at Holt, and William Hobart. Both, being connected with Holt would have been known personally to Jermy, and doubtless his zeal sealed both their fates. Cooper had been appointed Rector of Little Barningham in 1631, and presumably lost the living because of his political views. In 1634 he was an usher at Gresham's School, Holt, and seems to have held this post until his death. He was tried on Christmas Day; apparently young Hobart testified against him on promise of leniency. Cooper was convicted and executed, it is thought outside his own school door."

For Thomas Cooper made rector at Little Barningham in 1631, see Norfolk Catalogue.

See John Venn and J. A. Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses, multiple parts and volumes (Cambridge : The University press, 1922-1954), 1(1):391 (John Cooper ... of Hingham, Norfolk); digital images, Hathi Trust.

COWPER, Thomas. Adm. sizar (age 18) at Caius, Apr. 1626, s. Thomas, gent. of Edgefield, Norfolk. School, Holt, Matric. 1623-4; B.A. 1627-8; M.A.; 1631. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) Jan 23; priest Jan. 24, 1628-9. R. of Little Barningham, Norfolk , 1631 ; afterwards usher at Holt School; appointed 1643. Executed at Norwich, Dec. 25, 1650, for participation in a Royalist conspiracy. (Venn. i. 275.)

Research Notes

See: Stanton-Cooper-Smith Association

Sources