Ruby, Which "John Cooper 1st" is the one in Chapter 4? The one from Olney, Buckinghamshire? Thanks, Tom Cooper Cleveland Hts., OH ----- Original Message ----- From: Ruby Donahue <rubdon@IH2000.net> To: <COOPER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 1:37 AM Subject: Re: [COOPER-L] First Cooper Family in America > Gwen, I have copied a book called THE COOPER FAMILY, HISTORY AND GENEALOGY > 1681-1931 written by Murphy Rowe Cooper. The contents are as follows: > 1. The Cooper Family in England > 2. The Second Generation in America > 3. Settlement in North Carolina > 4. John Cooper, lst, and His Descendants > 5. Fleet Cooper Jr. > 6. Rev. William Cooper, Sr > 7. Westward, Ho > 8. James Cooper and Celia Rasberry > 9. The Story of 'Richard C. Cooper > 10. The Edwards Family > 11. Richard Cooper "In the Land of Beginning Again" > 12. Grandchildren of R.C. Cooper > 13. Other Descendants of James Cooper > 14. When the World Came to an End > 15. The College Life of Two Cooper Brothers > 16. Cooper and Bennetts of Durant, Mississippi > 17. Judge Timothy E. Cooper, and Other Descendants of Rev. William Cooper > 18. Other Descendants of Fleet Cooper > 19. Descendants of Thomas Cooper > 20. The Coopers in Tennessee > 21. Some Kentucky Coopers > 22. West Virginia Coopers > 23. Some Distinguished Coopers > 24. The Cooper Ideal In Education > 25. The Coopers and Prohibition > > The book is well written and has interested stories. I will be happy to > check the index to see if this book mentions your ancestors. > > I am looking for a connection for a Nancy Cooper that married Jacob Levi > Reeves of South Carolina and Mississippi. > > Happy hunting, > > Ruby Donahue > > ---------- > > From: Gwen Brooks <jhngwn@bellsouth.net> > > To: COOPER-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [COOPER-L] First Cooper Family in America > > Date: Monday, May 15, 2000 10:25 AM > > > > As said in an earlier post I searched through the Cooper list archive > this > > morning. However I could not figure out as I was reading when we first > had > > a Cooper in America and where. I noticed a particular line mentioned as > > being the first, James Cooper, who came from England to New Jersey. Is > this > > correct? > > > > I also noticed several times a reference to a genealogy of Coopers that > had > > been written. I'd like more information about this source. Is this a > > purchase that would be worthwhile? Is it considered to be fairly > accurate? > > > > Thanks to everyone. > > > > Gwen Brooks > > Atlanta, GA > > > > > > ==== COOPER Mailing List ==== > > Keep this list and over 6000 others online with your RootsWeb > > membership or sponsorship. > > RootsWeb Gen.Data Coop.Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > > > ==== COOPER Mailing List ==== > Keep this list and over 6000 others online with your RootsWeb > membership or sponsorship. > RootsWeb Gen.Data Coop.Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >

The informatiuon in this book which says that Fleet Cooper Sr, is the son of Benjamin Cooper and Elizabeth Kelly of Philadelphia has no basis in fact. There was a Benjamin Cooper that m. an Elizabeth Kelly in Philadelphia but there are NO records to prove that Fleet was the son of this union. Tom Cooper wrote: > Ruby, > Which "John Cooper 1st" is the one in Chapter 4? The one from Olney, > Buckinghamshire? > Thanks, > Tom Cooper > Cleveland Hts., OH > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ruby Donahue <rubdon@IH2000.net> > To: <COOPER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 1:37 AM > Subject: Re: [COOPER-L] First Cooper Family in America > > > Gwen, I have copied a book called THE COOPER FAMILY, HISTORY AND GENEALOGY > > 1681-1931 written by Murphy Rowe Cooper. The contents are as follows: > > 1. The Cooper Family in England > > 2. The Second Generation in America > > 3. Settlement in North Carolina > > 4. John Cooper, lst, and His Descendants > > 5. Fleet Cooper Jr. > > 6. Rev. William Cooper, Sr > > 7. Westward, Ho > > 8. James Cooper and Celia Rasberry > > 9. The Story of 'Richard C. Cooper > > 10. The Edwards Family > > 11. Richard Cooper "In the Land of Beginning Again" > > 12. Grandchildren of R.C. Cooper > > 13. Other Descendants of James Cooper > > 14. When the World Came to an End > > 15. The College Life of Two Cooper Brothers > > 16. Cooper and Bennetts of Durant, Mississippi > > 17. Judge Timothy E. Cooper, and Other Descendants of Rev. William Cooper > > 18. Other Descendants of Fleet Cooper > > 19. Descendants of Thomas Cooper > > 20. The Coopers in Tennessee > > 21. Some Kentucky Coopers > > 22. West Virginia Coopers > > 23. Some Distinguished Coopers > > 24. The Cooper Ideal In Education > > 25. The Coopers and Prohibition > > > > The book is well written and has interested stories. I will be happy to > > check the index to see if this book mentions your ancestors. > > > > I am looking for a connection for a Nancy Cooper that married Jacob Levi > > Reeves of South Carolina and Mississippi. > > > > Happy hunting, > > > > Ruby Donahue > > > > ---------- > > > From: Gwen Brooks <jhngwn@bellsouth.net> > > > To: COOPER-L@rootsweb.com > > > Subject: [COOPER-L] First Cooper Family in America > > > Date: Monday, May 15, 2000 10:25 AM > > > > > > As said in an earlier post I searched through the Cooper list archive > > this > > > morning. However I could not figure out as I was reading when we first > > had > > > a Cooper in America and where. I noticed a particular line mentioned as > > > being the first, James Cooper, who came from England to New Jersey. Is > > this > > > correct? > > > > > > I also noticed several times a reference to a genealogy of Coopers that > > had > > > been written. I'd like more information about this source. Is this a > > > purchase that would be worthwhile? Is it considered to be fairly > > accurate? > > > > > > Thanks to everyone. > > > > > > Gwen Brooks > > > Atlanta, GA > > > > > > > > > ==== COOPER Mailing List ==== > > > Keep this list and over 6000 others online with your RootsWeb > > > membership or sponsorship. > > > RootsWeb Gen.Data Coop.Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > > > > > > > ==== COOPER Mailing List ==== > > Keep this list and over 6000 others online with your RootsWeb > > membership or sponsorship. > > RootsWeb Gen.Data Coop.Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > > ==== COOPER Mailing List ==== > This list is brought to you by the RootsWeb Members and Sponsors. > RootsWeb Gen.Data Coop.Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html -- Marianna "Mike" Williams Want to see where I live? http://wintergreenresort.com/ Want to see why? http://www.twnf.org/index.html