My great(5)-grandfather Daniel Cooper lived in Piscataway, NJ for a few years, maybe something like 1713-1730, and I have just stumbled upon some notes written by my great-great-uncle who was doing research 100 years ago, he wrote: "In 1715 the N.J. Records show that Daniel Cooper was a member of the 4th Company (Piscataway) of Col. Ffarmer's N.J. Reg't" . Where might I find these "N.J. Records"? I've got the set of "Documents Relating to the Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey" but I can't find a record like this anywhere in them. My great-great-uncle went on to say that: "Col. Ffarmer lived on Staten Island" . How do you suppose he knew that? My great-great-uncle then connected these two pieces of data, and said: "The N.Y. State Records give Daniel Cooper as one of the quota of six sent in 1711 from Richmond Co. (Staten Island) for the expedition against Canada" Daniel was probably born about 1695 in the city of New York, or near it on the North River, but when his father died (I don't exactly when) Daniel left home, so it's not unreasonable for Daniel to be found on Staten Island in 1711, and I guess the connection of Col. Ffarmer was enough for my great-great-uncle to assume the 1711 record was for my ancestor. I would agree with him, to the best of my knowledge there were only 2 Daniel Coopers running around NY/NJ at this point in history, and the other one was in South New Jersey with no New York connection. . Any idea where I can find these "N.Y. State Records"? Thanks for any and all advice, Chris p.s. I have much more info on Daniel starting with his marriage in Piscataway in 1726; it's his life prior to 1726 that is mostly a mystery to me right now . people having trouble getting to sleep are welcome to peruse my research here: http://www.gencircles.com/users/cscooper/1/data/353