Thanks so much, Danny, for this very interesting info about the COOPERS. And I see that you are a BYRD. My husband's line goes back to Nathan BYRD b: abt 1780 in Anson Co., NC, migrated to Perry Co., TN, then to Johnson Co., AR where he died mid 1800's. My father-in-law told us we descend from "THE BYRDS of VA", but I don't know who he was talking about. It doesn't look like "THE" William Byrd was the ancestor. Gerre Byrd -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 8:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [COOPER] NJ COOPERS Hi, I don't know about Daniel born 1795, but I suspect that the Daniel Cooper born before 1709 is the same one that owned and operated a ferry that ran from Cooper's Point in Camden New Jersey across the Delaware to Penn's Landing in Philadelphia. Believe he was the son of a William Cooper that migrated in the late 1600's from England. There is an historical brick building built by them still standing on Coopers Point in Camden today. It was damaged by fire several years ago. I drove down to look at it when I was researching my William Cooper of Bucks County/Philadelphia who turned out to be unrelated to this Cooper bunch. These Coopers were quite wealthy at that time. Coopers Point is now located in a extremely low income area. Did not appear very safe to visit without being accompanied by someone from the historical society. There is also a Cooper River in the area. Cooper's Point can be found on the old maps of that time period and I believe on the local maps of the area. You might want to try an internet search. Danny Cooper Byrd ==== COOPER Mailing List ==== We have archives! Search for your COOPER information here..... http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=COOPER ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237