Conrad, As I interpretted Lampman's "A Brief History...", she speculated that William Cooper (Coupart) of France MIGHT be related to her line. Seems to read as though there was some uncertainty. Regards... Steve -----Original Message----- From: Conrad V. Dennis <cvdennis@vbe.com> To: COOPER-L@rootsweb.com <COOPER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, April 13, 2000 7:34 PM Subject: [COOPER-L] William (Coupart) Cooper NY |Annie Lampman's "A Brief History of the Cooper Family" states that |William Coupart came from Lombardy, France, fought in the |revolutionary war, eventually settling in LeRoy, NY; and taking a |second wife Margaret Chasten in 1822; and building a house that now |sits on the Victor Cooper farm. She listed William Sr's and Abigail |Leonard's children as: |William Jr; Reuben; Thomas; Bruce; Laban Dodge; Allen; George; Andre'; |Mary; Phoebe. | |I did a search at the LDS web site and received the following |information: |William Cooper son of Guilliame Coupart and Francoise DuPoint. | born 24 Jan 1773 Normandy, France | died 19 Jan 1851 Town of LeRay, Jefferson County, NY | married 21 March 1801 to Marguerite Charton | Children: Rene Cooper, b. 25 Nov 1801, d. 30 Nov 1876; William |Cooper, b. 25 Nov 1801, d. 8 May 1871; Angelica Cooper, b. 11 Aug |1803, d. 4 Jun 1896; Alexander Cooper, b. 17 Apr 1806, d.13 Jan1892; |Victor Cooper, b. 5 Apr 1808, d. 30 Sept 1885; Edward Cooper, b. 5 Apr |1808, d. 3 Aug 1855. | |Can someone clarify for me whether these are the same William Cooper |or just coincidental. |Conrad Dennis | | | |==== 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 | |