Thank you very much for your information. my Wiley was born about 1800-1810 in NC and can not be yours. Do you have any idea how I could find mine/ Thanks Michael ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Bray Cooper" <miminbc@sprynet.com> To: <COOPER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 6:13 AM Subject: [COOPER-L] Re:.-New info-Wiley > amerm@attglobal.net wrote: > ... do you show a Wiley Cooper in this family? > > Hi Michael, > I show a Wiley H. Cooper, b. May 15, 1822 Nash Co., NC s/o William,1787 > Nash Co., NC ( s/o Marcome and Sarah J. Randolph)and Margaret PRIDGEN, > 1790 Nash Co., NC. > > 1 William Cooper 1787 - 1849 > . +Margaret Pridgen 1790 - > ...... 2 Rosa Cooper 1811 - > .......... +William John b. Barnes > ...... 2 George Henry Cooper 1816 - > .......... +Martha Ann Palend > ...... 2 William Buck Cooper 1818 - 1880 > .......... +Polly Ann Elizabeth Joyner > ...... 2 Wiley H. Cooper 1822 - > .......... +Mahala Jane Winstead > ...... 2 Calvin Cooper 1824 - 1907 > .......... +Shelda Mary Pridgen > ...... 2 Ashley Greenhill Cooper 1826 - 1883 > .......... +Sallie Ann Winstead > ...... 2 David Cooper 1828 - 1904 > .......... +Mary Wright Strickland > ...... 2 Margaret Cooper 1829 - > .......... +George Washington Cooper > ...... 2 Vincent Cooper 1831 - > ...... 2 Primmy Cooper 1833 - > ...... 2 Rhoda Cooper 1835 - > ...... 2 Isaac B. Cooper 1837 - > > Does this fit? > > Nancy > > > ==== 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 > >

As always still looking for Descendants of Peter+* Cooper of Rowley, Mass. Generation No. 1 1. Peter+*1 Cooper1,2,3 was born 1607 in England3, and died 16893. He married Amelia+* w:Cooper-P4,5. 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. (Refs: Vital Records - Rowley, Mass; History of Rowley, Mass; Cooper Genealogy) Notes for Amelia+* w:Cooper-P: There are different spellings of first name for the wife of Peter; Ame and Emme are also listed. Child of Peter+* Cooper and Amelia+* w:Cooper-P is: + 2 i. Samuel+2 Cooper, born December 08, 1646 in Rowley, Massachusetts; died May 25, 1727 in Rowley, Massachusetts. Generation No. 2 2. Samuel+2 Cooper (Peter+*1)6,7 was born December 08, 1646 in Rowley, Massachusetts7, and died May 25, 1727 in Rowley, Massachusetts7. He married Mary+ Harriman8,9 June 25, 16919, daughter of Leonard+* Harriman and Margaret+* w:Harriman-L. Notes for Samuel+ Cooper: 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. Child of Samuel+ Cooper and Mary+ Harriman is: + 3 i. Leonard+3 Cooper, born June 26, 1707 in Rowley, Massachusetts. Generation No. 3 3. Leonard+3 Cooper (Samuel+2, Peter+*1)10,11 was born June 26, 1707 in Rowley, Massachusetts11. He married Sarah+ Platts12,13 March 13, 1728/2913, daughter of James+* Platts and Lydia+* Hale. Notes for Leonard+ Cooper: 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. Child of Leonard+ Cooper and Sarah+ Platts is: + 4 i. Moses+4 Cooper, born May 26, 1743 in Rowley, Massachusetts; died January 15, 1830. Generation No. 4 4. Moses+4 Cooper (Leonard+3, Samuel+2, Peter+*1)14,15 was born May 26, 1743 in Rowley, Massachusetts15, and died January 15, 183015. He married Mahetable+* Clough16,17 February 16, 1767 in Gloucester, Massachusetts17. Notes for Moses+ Cooper: Moses, fourth son of Leonard, (Samuel, Peter) was born in Rowley, Massachusetts. He married 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). Child of Moses+ Cooper and Mahetable+* Clough is: + 5 i. Jedediah+5 Cooper, Sr, born August 16, 1772 in Whitefield, Maine. Generation No. 5 5. Jedediah+5 Cooper, Sr (Moses+4, Leonard+3, Samuel+2, Peter+*1)18,19 was born August 16, 1772 in Whitefield, Maine19. He married Lydia+ Davis20,21 September 09, 1793 in Balltown (Pittston), Maine21, daughter of James+* Davis and Mary+* w:Davis-J. Notes for Jedediah+ Cooper, Sr: Jedediah, Sr. and Lydia Davis were married in a place then called "Balltown". It is known as Pittston, Maine today. Lydia and her parents were residents of Hallowell, Chelsea and Whitefield, Maine. Child of Jedediah+ Cooper and Lydia+ Davis is: + 6 i. George+6 Cooper, born August 22, 1813 in Whitefield, Maine; died February 21, 1887 in Chelsea, Maine. Generation No. 6 6. George+6 Cooper (Jedediah+5, Moses+4, Leonard+3, Samuel+2, Peter+*1)22,23 was born August 22, 1813 in Whitefield, Maine23, and died February 21, 1887 in Chelsea, Maine23. He married Mercy+ Morang24,25 August 26, 1832 in Chelsea, Maine25, daughter of Peter+ Morang and Martha Colburn. Notes for George+ Cooper: George and Mercy after their marriage moved to Chelsea, Maine, where they raised their family. NOTE: There is a photograph of George and Mercy (Morang) Cooper. Notes for Mercy+ Morang: Also known as Marcy Morang. Child of George+ Cooper and Mercy+ Morang is: + 7 i. Delphina Nellie+7 Cooper, born April 30, 1851 in Chelsea, Maine. Generation No. 7 7. Delphina Nellie+7 Cooper (George+6, Jedediah+5, Moses+4, Leonard+3, Samuel+2, Peter+*1)26,27 was born April 30, 1851 in Chelsea, Maine27. She married (1) ? Stickney Bef. 1868. She married (2) Colby W.+* York Abt. 1869. Notes for Delphina Nellie+ Cooper: Marriage intentions published in Gardiner, Maine have her name as Mrs. Nellie D. Stickney. Notes for Colby W.+* York: From "Cumberland County Marriage Returns": Colby W, York and Caroline L. Wiley, both of Brunswick, married Feb. 11, 1860 by Alfred J. Stone (Response to query in Maine Sunday Telegram) from Lee Simonds lsimonds@gwi.net Child of Delphina Cooper and Colby York is: + 8 i. Annie Louise+8 York, born September 06, 1873 in Randolph, Maine; died June 27, 1964 in Gardiner, Maine. Generation No. 8 8. Annie Louise+8 York (Delphina Nellie+7 Cooper, George+6, Jedediah+5, Moses+4, Leonard+3, Samuel+2, Peter+*1) was born September 06, 1873 in Randolph, Maine, and died June 27, 1964 in Gardiner, Maine. She married William Henry+ Hutchings September 28, 1896 in Gardiner, Maine, son of William Hutchings and Elizabeth+ Meader. Child of Annie York and William Hutchings is: + 9 i. Claude Leon+ (118913FA1m)9 Hutchings, born October 01, 1900 in Gardiner, Maine; died January 02, 1986 in Gardiner, Maine.