----- Original Message ----- From: R.P. & A.L. Lawrence <lawrence@hazels.u-net.com> To: <ENG-GLO-HAWKESBURY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 6:02 AM Subject: [[Hawks]] Another Joseph COOPER will > I went up to the Family Record Centre in London last Tuesday and, among > other things, looked for COOPER wills from Gloucestershire. > > I found a will, proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury of Joseph > COOPER who died 22 March 1797 at Almondsbury, but is buried at Hawkesbury > along with his wife Elizabeth who died 11 August 1797 and a daughter Mary > who died 22 February 1775. > > >From the will, it would seem that also had daughters Sarah and Elizabeth and > sons named John, Joseph, Thomas and William (what else would you expect of a > COOPER?) Wife and sons are all left various properties, and the current > tenants of those properties are named. > > The marriage of Joseph, and the baptism dates of most of his children, are > all on the on-line IGI. How this Joseph links with the other Josephs is > another matter, and one which I will try to sort out. I have now details of > nine Joseph COOPERs born in or near Hawkesbury over a 150 year period > > I will bring a copy of the will, and a transcription (still a few words to > decipher) to the event next Saturday. > > Bob Lawrence > *************************************************** > R.P. & A.L. Lawrence > The Hazels, Sheepwood Road, Bristol > BS10 7BS, U.K. > Phone: 0117 950 4314 > > ************************************************** > > > ==== ENG-GLO-HAWKESBURY Mailing List ==== > Don't forget to bookmark http://www.HawkesburyFamilyHistory.co.uk and visit regulary. > > ============================== > RootsWeb's guide to tracing family trees: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/ > >