on 10/08/2000 10:21 am, R.P. & A.L. Lawrence at lawrence@hazels.u-net.com wrote: > > Ann, who married Thomas THOMPSON. One of their children was Mary born 1877. and there were 8 others, including Giles (in the will) and Martha (possibly Martha LEWIS in the will) > > Now some questions which arise from the wills, and which some listers may be > able to answer. > > Thomas COOPER was believed to have married Ann THOMPSON, and the baptism > entries for their children match the names in John COOPER's will. However, > there is a will for a Thomas COOPER who died 3rd October 1838 age 74, and > who is described as a shopkeeper on Inglestone Common. The only names in > the will are those of a wife and daughter, and they are both Elizabeth. Are > there two Thomas COOPERs, or did his first wife die? > Yes. There are two. I have a Thomas COOPER married to Elizabeth with a daughter Elizabeth. The daughter was registered born 11 Jan 1803 at Shortwood Meeting House Baptist, Horsley, Gloucester, England. They seem to match your shopkeeper. > > Can anyone fill in the question marks in the names above? And are my other > facts correct? > > Now one for The Pond Dipper, who alone not quite! > is able to find John COOPER and his > brothers and sisters on the on-line IGI. What was the name of their parents? > Were they Thomas and Martha, who have a memorial in the churchyard with > dates sometime in the 1790s? Yes. They were Thomas and Martha. Have you any more details of the monument? Doug Thompson