Did you ever get a response on the James Cooper your query is about? If this is your line contact me: I would be interested in exchanging information: ***************Generation No. 1 ********************* 1. PETER1 COOPER was born 1607 in England, and died 1689. He married AMELIA W:COOPER-P. Notes for PETER COOPER: Peter Cooper, the emigrant, came to New England in 1635, a passenger in the ship "Susan & Ellen". Then aged twenty-eight, he settled in the town of Rowley, Essex county, Massachusetts, ( named after Rowley, England)., and was the owner of a house lot of an acre and an half as early as 1643. His will is on record in the Probate Office of that county. Rowley records give the names and births of one son and three daughters. the son, Samuel, remained in Rowley, and was himself the father of three sons, beside daughters. Of these three sons, the grandchildren of the emigrant, Samuel and Moses, died apparently without male issue to continue the line ; the third son Leonard, removed from Rowley to Newcastle, maine and left a large family of children, as you will see in the following Cooper families Peter the emigrant, born 1607, married Emme, Ame, or Amelia, who died in Rowley, Massachusetts in 1689, and was buried in Rowley. All of the issue of this union were born at Rowley, Massachusetts. In 1975, the author Delmar Frank Cooper, went to Rowley, Massachusetts, and found it to be a beautiful small town, just off interstate 95 in Massachusetts. They have a very nice tourist attraction of old seventeen century homes. Children of PETER COOPER and AMELIA W:COOPER-P are: i. SAMUEL2 COOPER, b. December 08, 1646, Rowley, Massachusetts; d. May 25, 1727, Rowley, Mass. ii. MARY COOPER, b. October 02, 1642. iii. DEBORAH COOPER, b. June 30, 1650. iv. SARAH COOPER, b. June 14, 1652. **********************Generation No. 2******************* SAMUEL COOPER (PETER) was born December 08, 1646 in Rowley, Massachusetts, and died May 25, 1727 in Rowley, Massachusetts. He married MARY HARRIMAN June 25, 1691, daughter of Leonard and Margaret Harriman. Samuel, son of Peter was born in Rowley, Massachusetts and lived there during his life; he served in Ipswich, Massachusetts County, King Philip's Indian War of 1660. Children of SAMUEL COOPER and MARY HARRIMAN are: i. SAMUEL COOPER, b. March 07, 1691/92. ii.MARY COOPER, b. November 10, 1693, Rowley, Massachusetts; d. October 1773. iii. PETER COOPER, b. March 07, 1695/96; d. August 12, 1715. Peter drowned Aug 1715. iv. MOSES COOPER, b. April 19, 1703. v. LEONARD3 COOPER, b. June 26, 1707, Rowley, Massachusetts. ******************** Generation No. 3*************** LEONARD COOPER (SAMUEL, PETER) was born June 26, 1707 in Rowley, Massachusetts. He married SARAH PLATTS March 13, 1728/29, daughter of JAMES PLATTS and LYDIA HALE. Leonard, youngest son of Samuel, (Peter); was born in Rowley, Massachusetts. He settled on the farm and built the house afterwards owned by Thomas Kennedy in Newcastle, Maine. All of the children of Leonard and Sarah were born in Rowley, Massachusetts. Children of LEONARD COOPER and SARAH PLATTS are: i. HANNAH COOPER, b. April 07, 1730, Rowley, Massachusetts. ii. PETER COOPER, b. March 03, 1731/32, Rowley, Massachusetts. iii. MARY COOPER, b. November 18, 1734, Rowley, Massachusetts. iv. JAMES COOPER, b. March 04, 1736/37, Rowley, Massachusetts. v. JEDEDIAH COOPER, b. July 03, 1739, Rowley, Massachusetts. vi. SUSANNAH COOPER, b. May 06, 1742, Rowley, Massachusetts. vii. MOSES COOPER, b. May 26, 1743, Rowley, Massachusetts; d. January 15, 1830. viii. EZEKIEL COOPER, b. October 07, 1745, Rowley, Massachusetts. ix. SARAH COOPER, b. February 26, 1747/48, Rowley, Massachusetts. x. JESSE COOPER, b. May 17, 1751, Rowley, Massachusetts. xi. SUSANNAH COOPER, b. October 11, 1753, Rowley, Massachusetts. *********************Generation No. 4***************** MOSES COOPER (LEONARD, SAMUEL, PETER) was born May 26, 1743 in Rowley, Massachusetts, and died January 15, 1830. He married February 16, 1767 the widow Mahetable (Clough) Tarr in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Upon leaving Gloucester, Massachusetts, he and Mahetable settled first in Newcastle, Maine ( Dyer Neck) and at Hunts Meadow Town, (Whitefield, Maine). Children of MOSES COOPER and MAHETABLE CLOUGH are: i. SARAH COOPER, b. November 01, 1767, Gloucester, Massachusetts. ii. JEDEDIAH COOPER, SR, b. August 16, 1772, Whitefield, Maine. iii. MOSES COOPER, JR, b. May 1776. ***********************Generation No. 5************************* 7. JEDEDIAH COOPER, SR (MOSES, LEONARD, SAMUEL, PETER) was born August 16, 1772 in Whitefield, Maine. Jedediah, Sr. and Lydia Davis were married in a place then called "Balltown" (It is known as Pittston, Maine today) Me., 9 Sept., 1793, Lydia Davis; daughter of James and Mary Davis; she was born 2 Aug., 1771; resident of Hallowell, Chelsea and Whitefield, Maine. Children of JEDEDIAH COOPER and LYDIA DAVIS are: i. POLLEY COOPER, b. March 26, 1795; d. June 03, 1879; married 2 Jan., 1814 Richard B. Moody. ii. SUSANNA COOPER, b. June 02, 1797; married 1816 Daniel Noyes. iii. SARAH COOPER, b. January 13, 1801; m. ABRAHAM CLEAVES JR, October 01, 1820. iv. BOWMAN COOPER, b. April 17, 1802; Whitefield, Maine; married Naomi or Lorina Emery. v. JAMES B. COOPER, b. November 16, 1806, Whitefield, Maine ** see below**. vi. JEDEDIAH COOPER, JR, b. March 15, 1808, Whitefield, Maine; married 29 Aug., 1825 Lavina Philbrick. vii. ORCHARD COOPER, b. May 06, 1810, Whitefield, Maine; d. March 18, 1883; m. HULDA PHILBRICK. viii. GEORGE COOPER, b. August 22, 1813, Whitefield, Maine; d. February 21, 1887, Chelsea, Maine, married 1823 Mercy Morang, b. 1811 in Eastport, Maine. *** My Ancestors *** ix. WARREN COOPER, b. January 26, 1816, Whitefield, Maine. *************Generation 6 ******************************************* James B., son of Jedediah, (Moses, Leonard, Samuel, Peter), was born in Whitefield, Maine, 16 Nov. 1806. He was in the 11th Maine Reg., Co.D. Civil War. He was a woodsman in his early years. He married Olive Emery, 30 June 1824. She was born at Waterville, Maine., 8 May 1807. She died 1 May 1893 at Delaware, Minn., at the home of her son, James Warren Cooper. Her sister Naomi or Lorina Emery, married James's brother Bowman. He died at Prentiss, Maine 8 Jan., 1876 at the age of 69 years, and is buried at Thompson Corner Cemetery, Prentiss, Maine Children of James B. and Olive Emery Cooper: 1. Hiram Cooper, b. 14 Dec., 1826 in Windsor, Maine; d. 13 Sept 1827, Bath, Maine. 2. George Loren Cooper, b. 29 Jan., 1829, d. 15 May, 1862 of Typhoid Fever, City Hospital, New York City,; buried US Union Grounds at Cypress Hill, Brooklyn, New York. He married Maria Webb, 1 Jan., 1850 at Prentiss, Maine: she died 12 May 1863. 2a). George Melville Cooper, b. 7 Jan., 1856, Prentiss, Me.; married Ida Amanda Sprague, Dec.,1880; d. 26 Jan. 1930, Madison, Maine. 3. William Cooper, b. 22 Feb., 1831, Concord, Me.; d. 5 May 1831 4. Henry Cooper, b. 22 Feb., 1831; d. 5 May 1831 5. James Warren Cooper ( called Warren ), b. 22 Feb 1832, Lexington, Me., d. 1 Oct 1893, Minnesota. Married Nancy Pike, Oct 22, 1866 in Springfield, Maine. He died Oct. 1, 1893 in Delaware, Minnesota. 5a). Ora Cooper, b. Dec., 17, 1867, Prentiss, Me.; married __ Hokanson. 5a1). Rose Hokanson, married Lloyd Cooper 5b). Ernest W. Cooper, b. 1 De4c 1873, Prentiss, Maine 5c). Henry Cooper, b. 29 Dec., 1875, Prentiss, Maine 6. William Henry Cooper, b. 30 Sept., 1833, Concord, Me. Married Elizabeth Martin. He Died 27., 1910, at Swanton, NH. 6a). Henry Eddie Cooper 6b). Anna Cooper 7. Carlton M. Cooper, b. 5 July 1863 Enfield, Me., ; Married Abby Coffin. He died in Enumclaw, Washington, 9 Sept., 1896. 7a). Forrest Cooper, b. 13 Jan 1863 7b). Frank Cooper, b. 13 April 1865 7c). Melvin Cooper, b. 28 Dec., 1867 7d). Ida Cooper 8. Hiram Cooper, b. 7 Nov 1839, Enfield, Me.,; Married Mary Leighton, 23 Sept1866 in Springfield, Maine; she died 6 Nov 1919; he died 11 March 1910 in Anson, Me.; Both are buried at Athearn Cemetery, Anson, Maine. 8a). Loren V. Cooper, b. 19 March 1869, Prentiss, Maine; married Hattie Weymouth, 12 Nov., 1893; she died 24 Oct., 1899; he died 15 Dec., 1951; married 2nd. Myra Eddy. 9. Leonard S., b. 5 Nov., 1843, Enfield, Maine; Married Eva Floyd, 17 March, 1878. He died in Enumclaw, Washington. 9a). Bert Cooper ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy MacDonald" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 4:09 PM Subject: Re: [MEWASHIN-L] Cooper > Hi Bill, > > Can you be more specific in terms of approximate dates or location in > Maine? My 4th Great Grandfather was James Cooper b. approx. 1808 in > (probably) Whitefield, ME. He m. Olive Emery. They were in Prentiss, > Penobscot County 1850 onward. Possibly earlier. They had at least 6 kids, > includung a son, William H. b. approx. 1834. > > Does any of this connect with your Coopers? > > Kathy MacDonald > > > > > At 2:56 PM -0400 10/1/2002, Bill Cooper wrote: >>My cousin located a William James Cooper, born in England, lived in >>Richibucto NB died in Maine. Had three sons, William James, Samuel and >>David. >> >>I have details on William James. Anybody got any details on the other two >>and their decendants. >> >>Bill Cooper > > > -- > Kathy MacDonald, LICSW > email: [email protected] > > >