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From: "David Tourison" <>
Subject: [NJ] New Jersey Wills, 1670-1750 - COOPER
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 12:08:49 -0700


Extracted from DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF
NEW JERSEY, VOLUME XXIII, CALENDAR OF NEW JERSEY WILLS, VOLUME I, 1670-1730;
Paterson NJ, 1901
( Libers 1, 2, etc. are of West Jersey Wills. Those as Libers A, B, etc.,
are of East Jersey Wills)

COOPER, beginning page 107:

1715 March 30. Cooper, Daniel, of Gloucester Co. Inventory of the
personal estate of, 451.12.4 , incl. three male and one female negro
slaves 140., one servant womans time 6., bills and book debts 55.8.;
made by John Kaighin and John Kay; attested by Sarah Cooper.

1691 28th d. 1st. m. (March). Cooper, William , junior, of Salem,
blacksmith; will of. Wife Mary. Children John, Hannah and Mary. Home
lot of 16 acres, 100 a. on Allaways Creek, Salem Co., given by [page 108]
father-in-law Edward Bradaway, 500 a. there, bought of John Test; personal
estate. Executors father William Cooper and father-in-law Edward Bradway.
Witnesses Saml Spicer and Henry Wood. Recorded December 23, 1692.
Lib. A, p. 85.
1691 May 11. Inventory of the personal estate of, 236.19, incl. a
Bible and other books 10s., debts due to the estate 41, a bond in the hands
of Wm. Cooper of Pine Point 30; made by George Deacon and Mary Cooper.
Lib. A, p. 55.

1709-10 March 7. Cooper, William, of Newton Township, Gloucester Co.,
yeoman; will of. Sons Joseph and Daniel Cooper; grandsons John Cooper
and Jonathan Woolstone; daughter, Hannah Scirket; Ipsebath, daughter of
Thomas Thackara decd. Owns land for his third dividend on 1/8 and 1-20
share of the Province, personal property. Executors son Daniel and
grandson John Cooper. Witnesses Thomas Thakera, Elizabeth Newby, William
Grow and John Kaighin. Proved March 28, 1710. Lib. 1, p. 260, and
Gloucester Wills.
1710 March 27. Inventory of the personal estate (710.10.6, incl.
631.11.10 in bonds and mortgages and 18.11.4 in cash and plate); made by
John Dole and John Kay.

1720-1 March 22. Cooper, Cornelius; will of. Wife (second) Sarah,
three sons by first wife, viz.: Cornelius, John and Edmund, all under age,
of whom the first to be apprenticed to Joseph Hawkes, until he is 21, John
and Edmund to ----------; daughter Elizabeth. [page 109] Real and personal
estate in N. J. and in the Dominion of Wales. No executor named.
Witnesses Jacob Hendrickso, Henry Cornelius, Cornelius Cornelius. Proved
March 28, 1722. Lib. 2, p. 184.

The following names appear in the INDEX of this volume, the references being
as persons mentioned in wills, such as recipients, trustees, witnesses,
etc., but not wills of:

COOPER - Abigail, Ann, Benj., Benjamin, Benjamon, Daniel, Edward, Hanah,
Isaac, J., Jno., Jo:, John, Col. John, John junior, Jon, Joseph, Joseph
junior, Liddia, Mary, Rachel, Samuel, Ensign Samuel, Sarah, Will:, William,
Wm.

Extracted from DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF
NEW JERSEY, VOLUME XXX, CALENDAR OF NEW JERSEY WILLS, VOLUME II, 1730-1750;
Paterson NJ, 1918
( Libers 1, 2, etc. are of West Jersey Wills. Those as Libers A, B, etc.,
are of East Jersey Wills)

COOPER, beginning page 108:

1746, Sept. 20. Cooper, James, of Coles Town, Gloucester Co. Int.
Inventory of personal estate, 35.2.1; made by Josa Bispham and Arthur
Borradaill.

1746, Oct. 11. Cooper, James, of Evesham, Burlington Co., weaver.
Int. Admr Thomas Coles (Cole), Waterford, Gloucester Co. Richard Cannon,
of Evesham, gent., fellow bondsman. Lib. 5, p. 431.
1747, April 2. Inventory, 2.15.0; made by Joshua Bispham and Arthur
Borradaill.

1730, Sept. 20. Cooper, John, of Deptford, Gloucester Co., yeoman;
will of. Wife, Ann. Children James, John, David, Mary, Ann, Sarah,
Hannah; an expected child. Plantation at Alloways Creek. Executors
wife, brother John Mickle, cousin Joseph Cooper, Jr., brother Benjamin
Clark, Jr. Witnesses Henry Elliott, Joseph Dickinson, James Sloan.
Proved Feb. 16, 1730.
1730-1, Feb. 10-12. Inventory, 623.1.3 1/4; made by Jonathan Lad and
Josa Lord.
Lib. 3, p. 118.

1733, April 17. Cooper, John, of Middletown, Monmouth co. Int.
Admr Roelof Skank. Lib. B, p. 421.
[page 109]
1733, August 4. Inventory, appraised at house of Roeloffe Schenck,
brewer, 18.18.6. Includes note from Robert Manns and Oliver Silverthorne,
and To his Credits in two several books set down, the one in his Tavern
Book and the other in his freight book. Made by Aure Van Dorn, Jacob
Vandorn and Robert Dodsworth.

1732, Nov. 16. Cooper, John, of Newark, Essex Co.; will of.
Son-in-law, John Sergeant, who is under age. Brother, Samuel Cooper.
Children of sister Sarah Woodruff, deceased. Children of sister Mary Ward.
Eldest daughter of sister Elizabeth Frayley, deceased. Sons-in-law Thomas
and Daniel Sergeant. Real and personal estate. Executors wife, Hannah,
and son-in-law, Jonathan Sergeant. Witnesses Samll Farrand, Ezekiel
Alling, Nathaniel Farrand. Proved March 11, 1736. Lib. C, p. 154.

1728, Oct. 2. Cooper, Joseph, of Newtown Township, Gloucester Co.,
yeoman; will of. Wife, Lydia, during widowhood, plantation whereon I live
and personal estate. In case of her marriage or decease, son Isaac to have
home farm and land bought from John Colley and Joseph Dole, next Wm. Cooper.
Whereas I have given my son Joseph the land on which he lives, I also
give him 572 acres on which George Erwin lives in the Township of Waterford,
upon condition, that he pays my daughters Lydia, Hannah and Sarah 33.6.8
within four years after my decease. Whereas I have given my son Benjamin
the plantation at Coopers Point, on which he lives, I also give him 227
acres on the northerly side of Coopers Creek in the Township of Waterford, 5
acres in the Great Meadows adjoining Samuel Cole, 300 acres of Unknown Creek
in Salem County, adjoining Neale Daniel, also meadow and upland between land
of Wm. Cooper and my son, Joseph. Executors wife, Lydia, and son,
Joseph. Witnesses Tho. Spicer, Abigail Spicer, Wm. Cooper, John Green.
Proved 8 Jan., 1731. Lib. 3, p. 173.
1731, Nov. 10. Inventory (861.06) includes 111 Barrels of Sidder
and 103 empty cases. Appraisers John Kay, Tho. Spicer.

1747, Nov. 23. Cooper, Joseph, of Newtown, Gloucester Co.; will of.
Wife, Hannah, to have the home plantation 430 acres (at her death brother,
Isaac Cooper, to possess the same), etc. Cousins Wm. Moode and Joseph
Howell. Grandchildren Mary, Hannah, and Lydia (minors). Children of
Jacob Howell, Junr. Sisters Hannah Morgan and Sarah Raper. Nephews
Joseph, Benjamin, James, Samuel and William, sons of brother Benjamin
Cooper. 600 acres near head of Coopers Creek in Waterford, Gloucester Co.,
occupied by John Collins, Jun. Executors Wife and Israel Pemberton, Jun.,
of City of Philadelphia, merchant. Witnesses Simon Breach, Roger Irwin,
Mary Shores. Affirmed 22 Nov., 1749. Lib. 6, p. 274.
1750, Aug. 8. Inventory, 1351.16.7 ; made by Thos. Spicer, Josiah
Alberson.

1732, Nov. 28. Cooper, Lydia, of Newtown Township, Gloucester Co.,
widow; will of. Legacies to grandchildren Mary, daughter of son Joseph
Cooper; Hannah, Lydia and Rachel, daughters of son Benjamin Cooper; Thomas,
Lydia and Mary Raper, son and daughters of daughter Sarah, wife of Joshua
Raper; Mary, Elizabeth, Lydia and Hannah, daughters of daughter Hannah, wife
of Alexander Morgan. Daughter, Lydia Cook, son, Isaac Cooper. Executors
son, Joseph Cooper, [page 110] and son-in-law, Joshua Raper. Witnesses
John Preston, Nicholas Lynch, Elisabeth Mclelan. Affirmed 29 Nov. 1736.
Lib. 4, p. 77.
1736, Nov. 16. Inventory (485.15.7 1/4) includes large Bible, 49
shillings, 228 3/4 yds. of linnen, 28.11.10. Appraisers John Kay,
Tho. Spicer.

1737, Aug. 2. Cooper, Samuel, Esq., of Newark, Essex Co. Int.
Admx, Experience Cooper, widow. Isaac Lyon and Daniel Tichener, fellow
bondsmen. Lib. C, p. 173.
1737, Sept. 22. Inventory (580.09.19) includes bonds due from John
Plumb, Thomas Stag,. Ezekiel Crane, John Reno, Junr, Joseph Jones, Jeremiah
Baldwin, Zachariah Hall, Thomas Price, Thomas Gardner, Thomas Longworth,
John Nutman, Abraham Ketchel, Josiah Crane, Joseph Peck, John Johnson at
Canabrok, Henry Eling, James Souter, Edward Heden, William Homes, Nathaniel
Ward, Junr, John Melleg, Samuel Godden, James Smith, Capt. Amos Williams,
Abraham Meeker, Daniel Cogswell, France Francisco, Hance Sper, Junr, Joseph
Bestedo, Nathaniel Crain, James Meleg, John Baldwin, Junr, Benjamin
Shipman, John Francisco, Coll. John Cooper, Caleb Ward, Moses Harrison,
Benjamin Baldwin, Josiah Gilbert, David Alling, John Ogden, David Ogden,
Nathaniel Anderson, Garret Jacobus, Joseph Ball, Jonathan Ward, Simeon
Vanwinkle, John Hambleton, Bornt France, John Wells, Peter Sanderson, Jacob
Spier, Jonathan Davis, Thomas Stag, Hendrick France, France Cook, Nathaniel
Williams, Abraham Riker, Doctor Gillet, Abraham Defoe, Nathaniel Rogers,
Thomas Ward, Philp Schuyler, Steven Ward, Perrigrine Sandford, Eleazer
Bruen, John Mun, Adam Belsher, Jacob Vanderhoof, Abraham Francisco, Hendrick
Spier, Timothy Person, Hesel Petterson, Eliphalet Johnson, Epenetus Beech,
Samuel Parkis, John Brown, Daniel Serjeants, Widow Richards; made by
Eliphalet Johnson and John Ogden.

The following names appear in the INDEX of this volume, the references being
as persons mentioned in wills, such as recipients, trustees, witnesses,
etc., but not wills of:

COOPER - Ann, Benjamin, Daniel, David, Dow, Edward, Experience, Hannah,
Henry, Hester, Isaac, J., Jacob, James, Jo., John, Col. John, Jonathan,
Joseph, Lydia, Mary, Nathaniel, Rachel, Samuel, Sarah, Thomas, William, Mrs.


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