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 >