Carroll Cooper Summers, wrote: >My sister and I have searched for years trying to find the parentage of our >gr gr grandfather, Nathaniel P. Cooper (we think the P stands for Parda or >Pardee but are not sure). Nathaniel was b somewhere in NY about 1806, d. >Apr. >1870 Ft. Collins, CO.. We think he was probably b. near Pultneyville as that >is where he married in 1835 to Sophia Cowles. They had 7 children. The mention of Pultneyville got my attention. Some of my Coopers lived there and in the surrounding area of Wayne County, New York in the 19th century. Can I ask you how you found the information that the husband of Sophia Cowles was a NATHANIEL P. COOPER? What I know of my Coopers is that GRIFFITH MORGAN COOPER born 1791 Haddonfield, NJ, son of Capt. JAMES B. COOPER & Rebecca MORGAN. These Coopers were originally Quakers but possibly because the father James B. Cooper served in the Continental Army during the Revolution and later in the U.S. Navy he was more than likely dismissed from being a member of the Society of Friends. However, Griffith Morgan Cooper became a Quaker later in life and moved to the Town of Williamson, Wayne County sometime after marrying ELIZABETH HODGSON in 1812. G.M. Cooper's brother, ALEXANDER HAMILTON COOPER b. 1812 married REBECCA E........... moved to Port Gibson, Ontario Co., NY and later to the Town of Williamson where he is buried. I think that Capt. James B. Cooper had about eleven children but I can only account for five of them at the moment. There is another brother, Captain BENJAMIN COOPER b. 1793 who marrried ELIZABETH HICKS. They lived on Hicks Street, Brooklyn, New York. My ggg-grandfather, JAMES MORGAN COOPER, b.1799 was a gunner in the US Navy, died in 1868 and is buried in New York Bay Cemetery, NJ. Since reading your message, I have tried to find a Nathaniel Cooper in Wayne County but have been unable to do so. Just thought that I would let you know of other Coopers in that area around the time period that you are interested in. - Ed