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Descendants of Robert Cooper

Generation No. 2

2. WILLIAM³ COOPER (ROBERT², ROBERT¹) was born Abt. 1669 in Warwickshire, England. He married ELIZABETH LAWRENCE October 27, 1696 in St. Katherine by the Tower, Middlesex, London, daughter of ROBERT LAWRENCE. She was born Abt. 1673 in England.

Notes for WILLIAM COOPER:
May be related to the John Cooper who married Ann Ashley and was the father the first Earl of Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper.

William Cooper witnessed a will in Norfolk Co., Va., Apr 24, 1673.

He was given 20 shillings as an heir to will written there in Jan 15, 1676 and proved April 1677.

A William Cooper died in Norfolk Co. and named children William, James and Benjamin.

More About WILLIAM COOPER:
Fact: Prob. a half brother of James Cooper, plantation owner in Surry Co., Va., who was also from London/Warwickshire
Occupation: Cordwinder in Southwark (London)
Residence: 1696, St. Georges Southwark (London)

More About ELIZABETH LAWRENCE:
Fact: The Lawrence family were landowners in Surry/Isle of Wight Co., Va.

More About WILLIAM COOPER and ELIZABETH LAWRENCE:
Marriage: October 27, 1696, St. Katherine by the Tower, Middlesex, London

Children of WILLIAM COOPER and ELIZABETH LAWRENCE are:

	i.	THOMAS⁴ COOPER.
	ii.	JAMES COOPER.
5.	iii.	MARKHAM COOPER, b. 1699, Warwickshire, England; d. Isle of Wight, Virginia (?).
	iv.	GEORGE COOPER, b. 1715.
	v.	ANN COOPER, b. Abt. 1717, England or Virginia; m. THOMAS WILMOTH, SR., Richmond Co., Virginia or Maryland.

More About THOMAS WILMOTH and ANN COOPER:
Marriage: Richmond Co., Virginia or Maryland

3. JAMES³ COOPER (ROBERT², ROBERT¹) was born Abt. 1675 in Prob. London or Warwickshire, and died 1734 in Southwark, Surry Co., Va.. He married (1) UNKNOWN Abt. 1700 in England (?). He married (2) UNKNOWN Abt. 1720. She died Abt. 1727. He married (3) ELIZABETH CANNON Abt. 1730 in Virginia, daughter of JOHN CANNON and MARY PRICE. She was born 1716, and died Aft. 1761.

Notes for JAMES COOPER:
James Cooper was a plantation owner on the south side of the James River in Surry Co., Va., parish of Southwark. He raised and sold tobacco to Benjamin Harrison and other factors. He made his will Feb. 28, 1729/30 when he fell ill, died around October 1734, and it was probated by the court November 20, 1734. At that time Surry Co. stretched 100 miles southwestwardly and formed the western frontier of the James River colony. The Occaneechi trading path began here and eventually wound its way to the Yadkin and New Rivers in North Carolina, from there to Cherokee country.

His ancestor may be William Cooper, husband of Ann Cooper, of Warwickshire, England, as indicated in this old burial record: Warwick: - Registers of Baptisms, 1657-1824
1578. Burials.
The Franciscan Register of St. Peter's, Birmingham, 1657 to 1824.
Memorandum.
County: Warwick
Country: England
William & Ann Cooper 0 10 9

A William Cooper of Rowington was born in Warwickshire in 1660, according to this parish record:

Warwick: - Registers of Baptisms, 1657-1824
1578. Burials.
Nota Quod Solummodo Dies Nativitatis Eorum Annotentur et Anni a Vigesima Quinta Die Martis Sumant Exordium.
1660.
County: Warwick
Country: England
Gullielmus Cooper ex Rowington, co. War. 19 Aug 1660

A Mary or Mariah Cooper was also born in that parish in 1672:

Warwick: - Registers of Baptisms, 1657-1824
1578. Burials.
Nota Quod Solummodo Dies Nativitatis Eorum Annotentur et Anni a Vigesima Quinta Die Martis Sumant Exordium.
1672.
County: Warwick
Country: England
Maria Cooper, Rowington 23 Apr 1672

The widow Cooper of Shewly Heath buried in 1670 was probably their grandmother:

Warwick: Rowington - Parish Registers, 1612-1812
Burialls.
Vol. 1. A Register booke of the Christenings Burialls and Marriages in the Whole p'ish of Romington in Warwickshire beginning in the Keare of our Lord 1638.
1670.
County: Warwick
Country: England
Widdow Cooper of Shrewly heath was buryed 17 Nov 1670.

An Ann Cooper was buried in 1660:

Warwick: - Registers of Baptisms, 1657-1824
1578. Burials.
Nota Quod Solummodo Dies Nativitatis Eorum Annotentur et Anni a Vigesima Quinta Die Martis Sumant Exordium.
1660.
County: Warwick
Country: England
Anna Cooper ex Solihull, co. War. 01 Mar 1660

A James Cooper of Solihull, probably Ann's husband, died in 1658, according to this death record, originally kept by the Franciscans of Warwickshire:

Warwick: - Parish Registers, The Franciscan Registers and Register of Marriages, 1538-1812
Hic dies eorum obitus et non sepulturae annotatur.
Hic dies eorum obitus et non sepulturae annotatur.
Nomina Defunctorum.
County: Warwick
Country: England
11 May 1658 Jacobus Cooper, Solihull

James Cooper of Solihull was born 1658:

Warwick: - Parish Registers, The Franiscan Registers and Register of Marriages, 1538-1812
1578. Burials.
The Franciscan Register of St. Peter's, Birmingham, 1658 to 1830.
Advertendum quod hic interdum Locus Habitationis et interdum Locus in quo Reconciliati sunt Annotetur.
County: Warwick
Country: England
20 Apr 1658 Jacobus Cooper, Solihull

James Cooper of Edgbaston buried 1684:

Warwick: - Parish Registers, The Franciscan Registers and Register of Marriages, 1538-1812
1578. Burials.
The Franciscan Register of St. Peter's, Birmingham, 1658 to 1830.
Advertendum quod hic interdum Locus Habitationis et interdum Locus in quo Reconciliati sunt Annotetur.
County: Warwick
Country: England
25 Dec 1684 Jacobus Cooper, Edgbaston

Evidently, the James Cooper listed in Surry County on the Rent Roll of 1704.

More About JAMES COOPER:
Census: 1704, Rent Roll, Surry County
Fact: May 04, 1725, Witnessed will of William Arrington in Isle of Wight Co.
Migration: 1701, Said to have come with father (or half-brother) Reuben and uncle (or half-brother) William) to Delaware -- Quaker settlement
Note: May have been step-son and son of Howard wife from her previous marriage (or illegit.)
Note:: The Howards were dukes of Norfolk.
Will: February 28, 1728/29, Made in Surry Co., Va., naming wife Elizabeth and children William, Thomas, John and Martha, also Johanna Gilbert, codicil made Oct. 9, 1734

Notes for UNKNOWN:
Could also have had a son named James, to whom Elizabeth Cooper, widow, sold their land about 1740.

More About JAMES COOPER and UNKNOWN:
Marriage: Abt. 1700, England (?)

More About JAMES COOPER and UNKNOWN:
Marriage: Abt. 1720

Notes for ELIZABETH CANNON:
Elizabeth was executrix of her husband James Cooper's estate in Surry County, Virginia, 1734-38. She sold land to Thomas Allstin, paid his creditors and liquidated his estate with a positive balance of 54 lbs. 10 shillings 11 1/2 pence. She made her mark as I.E., not as a cross, suggesting she might not have been Christian but Jewish. Some researchers say she was Elizabeth Kelley, also given as the wife of Benjamin Cooper of Philadelphia, but this is evidently mistaken. She may have married James Massingale after her husband's death. She may only have been the mother of Thomas Cooper, the others (John, Francis, William and ) being James's children by an older wife.

More About ELIZABETH CANNON:
Ethnicity: Probably Indian or part Indian, perhaps Nansemond or Occaneechi
Fact: Often confused with Elizabeth Kelley of Philadelphia

More About JAMES COOPER and ELIZABETH CANNON:
Marriage: Abt. 1730, Virginia

Child of JAMES COOPER and UNKNOWN is:

JOHANNA⁴ COOPER, b. Bef. 1709.

Children of JAMES COOPER and UNKNOWN are:

7.	ii.	JOHN⁴ COOPER, b. Abt. 1723, Surry, Va.; d. 1768, Lunenburg Co., Va..
8.	iii.	WILLIAM A. COOPER, b. Abt. 1725, Surry Co., Va. (?); d. Abt. 1782, Nashborough, Cumberland Settlement (?).
	iv.	MARTHA COOPER, b. Abt. 1725.

Child of JAMES COOPER and ELIZABETH CANNON is:

THOMAS⁴ COOPER, b. 1733, Prob. Surry Co., Va.; d. February 13, 1796, Hancock Co., Ga..

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