Nancy, I am also looking for m y Maxwells via what appearsto me is your Cooper line of Chester Pa.....many f the Maxwells went to Kentucky late 1790s..... Do you see anything in Rober tMaxwells will of 1792 to help us? SEE PASTED BELOW Thanks Don Maxwell PS I am also the coadmin of the Maxwell DNA study..... Donald P. Maxwell, Jr., M.D. 18700 Wolf Creek Drive Edmond, Okla. 73003 Maxwell DNA webpage: http://maxwelldna.com Thomas Maxwell Worldconnect: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=donmaxwell&id=I06185 Abstract of Will of Robert Maxwell Chester County, Pennsylvania Archives Probate File 4257 Will was signed 30 December 1791 and proved 13 November 1792 (thereby establishing a year of death as probably 1792) Robert Maxwell of East Nottingham Township [legatees in the order mentioned with principal bequeaths J My beloved wife Elizabeth house next to Robert Hilless (?) With five acres of land 45 £ Pennsylvania currency, choice cow, three sheep, household goods, wheat in the ground Son Jon Maxwell - 10 £ Pennsylvania currency Son James Maxwell 20 5 Pennsylvania currency Son Robert Maxwell 60 £ Pennsylvania currency in lieu of 100 acres I promised him Son Thomas Maxwell - 50 £ Pennsylvama currency with case of drawers Daughter Eleanor Montgomery -20 £ Daughter Ester Denny -20 £ Granddaughter Agnes McCullagh -20 £ Grandson Robert Maxwell, son of Robert Maxwell - 10 £ Grandson Robert Maxwell, son of Thomas Maxwell - 10 £ ********Thomas Maxwell and my cousin James Cooper to be executors Robert Thompson and John Cooper, witnesses Descendants of Robert Maxwell 1 [1] Robert Maxwell b: Abt. 1730 in Scotland d: 1792 in East Nottingham Twp., Chester Co., Pa. .. +(unknown)(Maxwell) *2nd Wife of [1] Robert Maxwell: .. +Elizabeth (Maxwell ) b: in East Nottingham Township, Chester co. Pa. m: in Chester Co. (?), PA ......... 2 John Maxwell b: Bef. 1766 ......... 2 James Maxwell b: Bef. 1766 ......... 2 Robert Maxwell b: Bef. 1766 ......... 2 Eleanor Maxwell b: Bef. 1766 ............. +(unknown) Montgomery ......... 2 Esther Maxwell b: Bef. 1766 ............. +Daniel Denny b: Abt. 1755 ......... 2 Thomas M. Maxwell b: 1766 in Chester Co., Pa. d: Bet. 1796 - 1798 in drown crossing Monongahela River, PA/WVa. ............. +Jane Lewis b: July 17, 1767 in 1767 or 1769 in Pennsylvania m: April 17, 1785 in Near Germantown, PA in East Vincent Reformed Church d: October 20, 1836 in Lost Creek, WV ......... 2 daughter Maxwell b: Unknown > From: cooper-request@rootsweb.com > Subject: COOPER Digest, Vol 2, Issue 107 > To: cooper@rootsweb.com > Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:03:21 -0700 > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Coopers in Pennsylvania and Kentucky (Nancy Torphy) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 08:59:51 -0600 > From: "Nancy Torphy" > Subject: [COOPER] Coopers in Pennsylvania and Kentucky > To: > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Every few years, I feel the need to share my "brick wall" with others of the Cooper sort. The following includes several items and I am sorry in advance for the length. I would surely love to hear from someone. > > Nancy Torphy > > ***************************************************** > What I really need is a Cooper/Stewart/Whiteside/Hayes group. Since that doesn't seem to exist, here's hoping... > > The following is a letter that was in some papers that had belonged to my great-grandmother. The person to whom the letter is addressed, Finwell (sp) Cooper Stewart, was residing with her daughter and son-in-law in Cincinnati. The son-in-law was my ggg-grandfather, Samuel Hayes Whiteside. They had moved there from the Chester County PA area. I have included the letter and the abstract from Finwell's father's will in the hope that it will ring some bells. I should also report that I have two male second cousins that are descended through males and am patiently waiting for them to agree to doing the DNA test for the Whiteside line. If that works out, I will certainly begin to get their interest in the Cooper project. We'll see. > > Here are the letter and will. > > Dear Madam: > > > > A letter dated the 26th Sept. Last was put into my hands by the Rev. John E. Finley to whom it was addressed and affords me an opportunity of making enquiries. I have wished to know your Brother Alexander Cooper or Thomas Cooper representatives of John Cooper, deceased, or have the legal title to some land in this neighborhood, sold to me. To perfect the title I have been at a loss to ascertain who are their heirs. If you can give me the names of the heirs of Alexander Cooper in a direct line if there are any, if not, of his Brothers and sisters and likwise of the heirs of Thomas Cooper representative of John Cooper deceased in the same way you will oblige me. And any services or information I can give you in return respecting your Brother's land will be freely or candidly given. > > > > Your most obedient, > > > > J. Machir > > Washington, Mason County, Kentucky > > 30th Nov 1816 > > > > > > notes by Nancy Torphy - This letter was addressed to Mrs. Finwell Stewart, care of Mr. Whiteside, Cincinnati, Ohio. At the conclusion there is a note stating - From the uncommoness of your name I am at a loss to say (as Mr. Finley was) whether of the feminine or masculine gender, but I presume the former. Mrs. Finwell Stewart. > > > > The name Finwell is, I believe, a misspelling of what was probably Fiona/Fionell or a name like that, but that is totally a guess. > > > > ********************************************* > > > > Adam Cooper will > > > >>From Abstract of Wills and Administration, Chester County, PA. > > > > Adam Cooper, Oxford > > Feb. 4, 1771 - Aug. 31, 1771 > > > > To wife Mary, 40 pounds. To brother, James Cooper, my books. To son James, my jockey coat. To son, Adam, all wearing apparel. To son, Hugh, 5 pounds. To daughter Mary, cow and calf. Executors to sell all real estate and divided among children. viz - John, Thomas, James, Adam, Alexander, Hugh, Mary, Margaret, Jane, Finval (again maybe Finwell or Fionell or something like that) and the child my wife is now pregnant with. > > > > James Cooper and John Stuart executors > > James Henry, John Murray, Joseph McConnell - witnesses > > > > ******************************************** > > > > The following is the will of a sister of Finwell/Fionel. The maiden name of most of these women is Cooper, the daughter's of that Adam Cooper. > > > >>From Wills of Franklin County, Pennsylvania 1784-1826 > > > > Jean Gardner, widow, of John Gardner, late of Mercersburg; dated June 27, 1805; proved August 19, 1805; beloved brother Alexander Cooper sixty dollars; brother Hugh Cooper thrity dollars; sister Finoid Cooper, otherwise Stuard, sixty dollars; sister Margaret Cooper, otherwise Finlay, twenty dollars; daughter Franseina Gardner, otherwise Wilson, ten dollars; daughter Agnes gardner ten dollars; daughter Polly Gardner all the residue and to be taught to be a good English scholar to read and write well and be acquainted with arithmetic, likewise to be well instructed in the use of the needle; > > > > Exrs: Brother Alexander and trusty friend Walter McKinney; > > Wit: Thomas King, Hugh Cowan, Oliver Anderson > > > > ********************************** > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the COOPER list administrator, send an email to > COOPER-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the COOPER mailing list, send an email to COOPER@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COOPER-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of COOPER Digest, Vol 2, Issue 107 > **************************************