_http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/wayne/heritage/cooper.txt_ (http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/wayne/heritage/cooper.txt) The Rev. Fleet Cooper, Sr., (1722-1795) was a pioneer Baptist minister in Sampson and Duplin Counties and was a prominent political figure during the American Revolution. According to a reliable genealogist, the Coopers were descended from at least four of the Barons who signed the Magna Carta and Fleet Cooper was descended from a brother of Anthony Ashley Cooper (Earl of Shaftsbury), who was one of the Lords Proprietors who were granted the Carolinas in 1663 by Charles II Haplogroup: R1b1b2a1b5 (tested) Last name: Cooper Variant spellings: Tested with: Family Tree DNA Contact person: Daniel Cooper _Contact this user_ (http://www.ysearch.org/alphalist_view.asp?uid=nq89f&letter=C&lastname=Cooper&viewuid=R7DQX&p=0#)

Sorry, just jumping into this discussion. If this is the same Fleet Cooper, Sr. who is the most distant known ancestor for FTDNA kit 2751, the individual in question has haplotype R-DF5, which is part of the recently-discovered and very large R-DF21 subtree below R-L21 (aka R1b1b2a1b5). More specifically Cooper is actually in a very small clade below R-DF5 called R-L627, which he shares with a group of Reynolds. Their common ancestor probably dates from the medieval period. The DF21 subtree is known to be independent of M222. Steve On 22 September 2011 07:08, <GAshley923@aol.com> wrote: > > > _http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/wayne/heritage/cooper.txt_ > (http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/wayne/heritage/cooper.txt) > > > The Rev. Fleet Cooper, Sr., (1722-1795) was a pioneer Baptist minister in > Sampson and Duplin Counties and was a prominent political figure during > the > American Revolution. According to a reliable genealogist, the Coopers > were > descended from at least four of the Barons who signed the Magna Carta and > Fleet Cooper was descended from a brother of Anthony Ashley Cooper (Earl > of > Shaftsbury), who was one of the Lords Proprietors who were granted the > Carolinas in 1663 by Charles II Haplogroup: R1b1b2a1b5 (tested) Last > name: Cooper Variant spellings: Tested with: Family Tree DNA Contact > person: Daniel Cooper _Contact this user_ > ( > http://www.ysearch.org/alphalist_view.asp?uid=nq89f&letter=C&lastname=Cooper&viewuid=R7DQX&p=0# > ) > > > R1b1c7 Research and Links: > > http://clanmaclochlainn.com/R1b1c7/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DNA-R1B1C7-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >