In a message dated 8/7/04 8:47:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > THOMAS COOPER1 born Abt. 1628 in Olney, Buckinghamshire, England, died 1687 > Southampton, LI, NY. He married MARY RAYNOR2, daughter of THURSTON RAYNOR > and MARTHA WOOD. She was born Abt. 1640 in New England. > from memory doodes this Thomas Cooper is a son of John Cooper a founder of Southampton, Long Island NY & many other postings on this clan check out rootsweb.com clicking on family tree etc and genforum.com some indication this John Cooper perhaps bounced from New Haven, CT to Southampton, NY ??? noting his wife from memory was a Wibroe ___ Cooper and John from Olney as Thomas you show above ... later on (? earlier 1800's ?) a William Cooper of Olney wrote many religious hyms in famous authoring & compilation ? man of these doodes from this location (Southampton) and others in New England are even earlier (my surmise) all the same family and noting a William Cooper of Olney shows up in No Car later on in ? 1800 s as another Olney, England Cooper immigrant