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Thomas Smith (1634 - 1724)

Abigail Smith was born on Oct. 17, 1683* and died around 1747. She married Ensign Joseph Cooper in 1706. Her daughter, Thankful Cooper, married Jonathan Ives on Feb, 19, 1737. *indicates listed in Vital Records of New Haven.

Thomas Smith was born about 1634 in England. He came to East Haven and married Elizabeth Patterson from New Haven (1644-1727*) in 1662. He is listed as a Proprietor of New Haven, in the Year 1685 (NEGHSR, vol. 1, pp. 157–8). He died on Nov. 16, 1724 in New Haven. They had 12 children, all born in New Haven:

1. John, born Mar. 13, 1663/64*, died Mar. 26, 1664* in New Haven.

2. Anna, born April 1, 1665.*

3. Joseph, born 1667,* died 1713.* He married Hannah Morris (1671-) (daughter of John Morris and Hannah Bishop – see Bishop family). After he died she married Joseph Sackett on Feb. 26, 1717/8. Joseph and Hannah had eight children: John (1693*-1738), Hannah (1695*-died soon), James (1698*-died young), Hannah (1701-1776), Job (1703*-), Isreal (1705*-), Joseph (1707-1734), Jemina (1711).

4. John, born June 14, 1669*

5. Thomas, born Aug. 1, 1671,* died Jan 14, 1672* in New Haven.

6. Lt. Thomas, born Jan. 31, 1673,* died 1762 in North Haven. He married Sarah Dow (-1724). They had six children: Thomas (-1727), Joseph, Samuel (1702-), Dow, Benjamin, Abigail (1711-). Then he married Abigail Potter (1680-1755), the widow of Samuel Thompson. They had one child: Elizabeth.

7. Elizabeth, born June 11, 1676,* married Samuel Cooper on Nov. 15, 1699*, the brother of Joseph Cooper who married her sister Abigail – see following. Elizabeth and Samuel had nine children, all born in New Haven: Mabel (1700-1777), Timothy (1702-1725), Samuel (1704-1781), Issac (1707-), Desire (1709-), Obedience (1712-1771), Joel (1715-), Sarah (1716-1778), Abraham (1719-).

8. Joanna, born Dec. 17, 1678.*

9. Capt. Samuel, born May, 24, 1681,* died Jan. 6, 1765 in East Haven and buried in Old Cemetery. He married Anna Morris (1686-1743) on Dec. 30, 1708* and they had nine children: Patterson (1709*-1773), Abel (1711*-1790), James (1713*-1803), Benjamin (1716*-1784), Anna (1719*-1798), Thankful (1722*-1795), Sarah (1725*-1773), Daniel (1727*-1783). All were born in New Haven. Abraham served in the French and Indian War in 1760 in the Sixth Company from New Haven under Capt. Hitchcock, along with Jeremiah Ives. After Anna died Samuel married Sarah Pardee (1695-1749), the widow of John Thompson.

10. Abigail, born Oct. 17, 1683*, died around 1747. She married Ensign Joseph Cooper in 1706. They had nine children: Phebe (1707-1750), Lydia (1708-1790), Joseph (1710-1761), Stephen (1712-1791), Joel (1717-1722), Abigail (1719-), Thankful (1721-), Joel (1723-1808), Mary (1725-1780).

11. Lydia, born Mar. 24, 1685*, married Theophilus Alling on June 17, 1708. They had six children: (Gideon (1709-died young), Benjamin, Phebe, Timothy, Lydia (1720-1786), Titus.

12. Benjamin, born Nov. 21, 1690.*

John Cooper (1610 - 1689) Part Three

In April 26, 1669 he has selected as a townsman (selectman) for the year, along with Abraham Dickerman and they were reappointed on June 26, 1671, April 27, 1695, and April 1677; John was chosen again in April 26, 1681. At the 1671 meeting, John Cooper presented a proposition form the widow Browne they a cart lot be built through her land. There was discussion about whether the neighbors should maintain it and nothing was concluded at the meeting. At this same meeting John Cooper informed the town that he and Moses Mansfield had viewed the land that John Nash wanted to fence in by the Mill River and they saw no inconvience to the town if he did this as long as there was access to cut hedge there on occasion. The town then granted John Nash this right to build a fence around his land as long as there was the access that John Cooper mentioned. At this meeting John also requested the town grant him a piece of land near Stony Rover farms in exchange for his second division grant. The town appointed Moses Mansfield and Matthew Moulthrop to look into the situation and make a return to the town.

Later, at the December 1674 town meeting, John stated that the land he was granted toward Stony River was not available for him because of the way Captain Clark laid out his land. He requested liberty to take land up toward Solitary Cove instead. The town again appointed Moses Mansfield and Matthew Moulthrop to look into the situation and to make sure there was sufficient highways and passages to the woods and meadows. At the April 1677 town meeting it was reported that John and Captain Rosewell had laid out a highway from the ferry to the farms at the ironworks. John Cooper was also interested in the iron works at East Haven, and removed to Stony River about the time the iron works was established there. He received 50 acres of land in the third division of land in 1680. John was listed as a Proprietor of New Haven in 1685.

John Cooper married his first wife, Mary Woolen (1614-1668), in England around 1635 and she was the mother of all of his children. Mary’s father was John Woolen, born in England around 1575. He married his second wife, Jane (Woolen) Hall, about 1679 in New Haven. She was the widow of John Hall of Wallingford, Connecticut. John Cooper died November 23, 1689, in New Haven, Connecticut. He and his first wife had four known children:

1. Mary Cooper born was born in 1636 in England, baptized on August 15, 1641, and died in New Haven on January 4, 1705, married Abraham Dickerman (1634-1711) on Dec. 2, 1658 in New Haven. They had eight children: Mary (1659-1728), Sarah (1661), Hannah (1665-1708), Ruth (1668-1725), Abigail (1670-1751), Abraham (1673-1758), Issac (1677-1758), Rebeccah (1679-1757). All were born in New Haven.

2. Hannah Cooper born 1638 in New Haven, CT, baptized in New Haven Colony on August 15, 1641, and died on June 15, 1675. She married John Potter (1635-1711) in 1661 in New Haven. They had nine children: Hannah (1661-1662), John (1663-1664), Hannah (1665), John (1667-1713), Samuel (1669-1669), Samuel (1670-1671), Samuel (1671-72), Samuel (1675-1737). All were born in New Haven.

3. John Cooper was born in New Haven Colony on May 28, 1642, and died in 1703. He married Mary Thompson (1652-1714) on Dec. 27, 1666 in New Haven. They had nine children: Mary (1669-1670), John (1670-1693), Sarah (1673-1736), Samuel (1675-1762), Mary (1677-1761), Hannah (1681-1772), Joseph (1683-1747), Rebecca (1689-1770). All were born in New Haven.

4. Sarah Cooper born before Sept, 21, 1645 and baptized on that date in New Haven, CT, married Samuel Hemmingway (1636-1689) on Mar. 23, 1661 in New Haven. They had ten children: Sarah (1663-1725), Samuel (1665-1666), Mary (1668-1691), Abigail (twin 1672-1737), Elizabeth (twin 1672-1685), John (1675-1736), Hannah (1676-1740), Jacob (twin 1683-1754), Issac (twin 1683-1685). Elizabeth (1685). All were born in New Haven.

John Cooper (1610 - 1689) Part Two

John was also involved in a number of estates. He was the overseer of the estate of William Bassett with Abraham Dickerman in his will of Jan. 1, 1679. He took the inventory of the estates of: Joseph Dickenson with Samuel Hemingway on May 10, 1683, Joseph Potter with Thomas Yale on Aug. 17, 1669, Thomas Powell with Abraham Dickerman on Oct. 10, 1681, Elizabeth Rose (widow) with John Winston on Aug. 2, 1677, John Rose, Sr. with Samuel Hemingway on May 10, 1683, John Harriman, Sr. on Dec. 6, 1681 with Abraham Dickerman, Widow Hitchcock on June 5, 1685 with John Winston, Sr, Thomas Hogge on June 5, 1685 with Thomas Kimberly, Andrew Low on Feb. 12, 1670 with William Bradley, William Luddington (no date) with Matthew Moulthrope, Richard Miles on Dec. 28, 1666 with Roger Alling, Elizabeth Morris (widow) on Nov. 8, 1681 with Jeremiah How, Matthew Moulthrope on Dec. 1668 with William Andrews, Francis Newman on Jan. 8, 1660/1 with Richard Miles and John Wakeman, William Osbornoe on April 29, 1662 with Richard Miles, George Smith on Dec. 20 with Roger Alling, Benjamin Stabbe on April 30, 1678 with Henry Glover and Thomas Trowbridge, John Thomas, Sr. on Jan. 4, 1669 with Roger Alling, John Tuttle, Sr. on Sept. 12, 1683 with John Winston, Sr. He also witnessed the will of Christopher Tod on March 25, 1686 with Abraham Dickerman.

On Sept. 6, 1664 he presented the inventory of the estate of John and Elinor Vinton. The court was concerned for the welfare of their children, also John and Elinor. The court asked who they would like to be guardian or overseers of their estate. They requested John Cooper and Thomas Yale and the court approved it. Then the court concerned the disposition of the children, now orphans. The court received a letter from Purchase Clarke, who was at the ironworks in Lynn, MA that was read and kept on file. It said he had much affection for the children and that they formerly lived in Lynn and had other fiends there. He promised to take care of them and see that they were disposed of for their good. John Cooper said to the court that Purchase was an able man and of good repute for godliness. The court approved that the children be sent to Purchase and ordered to Thomas Yale and John Cooper to see that the children were comfortably provided for the voyage there. The record said that later word was received by Patrick, formerly servant to Purchase that they children were lovingly received by Purchase and well disposed for their good.

On June 23, 1654, he was appointed corporal of a military company then organized for a contemplated expedition against the Dutch on the Hudson, and served as deputy for New Haven to the Colony's General court, May and August, 1661; May and November, 1662. John was representative to the Connecticut General court in April and October, 1665; October, 1666; May, 1671; October, 1674, and May, 1675. He was judge of the New Haven Town court in 1661, and a member of the committee to settle disputes between the town and individuals. The court of Nov. 11, 1667 appointed John Cooper, along with James Bishop, John Nash, and John Morse to meet with men from Branford and settle the boundary dispute and appointed again to a committee for the same purpose in April 26, 1669. An agreement was reached and read at the December 6, 1669 town meeting.

This same 1667 court appointed John Cooper and a number of others to act as attorneys for the town to make sure the covenants for grinding at the mill were properly upheld as there had been complaints. In February 1668 he was appointed to a committee, along with James Bishop, to settle the boundary dispute with Milford. In the court of March 1, 1669/70, he served on a jury in a dispute between William Chatterton, plaintiff, and Grace Mattocke, defendant.

John Cooper (1610 - 1689) Part One

John Cooper was born in England on July 22, 1610 in London, England, the son of Thomas (or Stephen) Cooper. Much has been written about him so I will divide his story into three long posts He came to Boston on June 26, 1637 on the Hector with several other founders of New Haven. John Cooper was one of the original 63 signers of the covenant of June 4, 1639, founding New Haven. In the first division of land in 1641, he received 9 acres in the first division, 1 ¾ acres in the neck, and 3 acres in the meadow with 12 acres in the second division. His annual tax for this land was 6 shillings and 7 pence. John is listed in attendance in the general court of July 1, 1644, as well as March 10, 1646. In the court of April 7, 1646 he was fined 6 pence for improper military equipment along with William Ives, James Bishop and several others. He lived at corner of Grove and Church Streets and was still living there in 1665.

John held a number of roles in the town. In 1643, he was appointed by the New Haven court as the first town chimney sweep. According to Levermore (The Republic of New Haven), every chimney in continual use had to be cleaned once a month in winter and once every other month in the summer. The cost of cleaning was related to the height of the chimney. If the owner wanted to do the job themselves, that was okay but then John inspected their work. If it was not done well then John re-did the job at double the regular fee. Also, every home owner, under five shilling fine, had to have a ladder leaning against the chimney at all times that provided access to any part of the roof and the chimney to provide access for fire prevention. After a few years John requested the town to name a successor in the chimney swipe role, since had several other town roles. but they could not find anyone. Finally, in 1658, the court declared that no one had to be the town chimney sweep.

John was also appointed the Town Crier in 1646 to proclaim the news. This role was eventually replaced by the newspaper. At the court of Oct. 26, 1646, he was chosen, along with Brother Mansfield, surveyor “for the other side of town.” In 1648 John Cooper was appointed “to begin to view and look to the fences presently, and when he gives warning to any quarter that he will view the first time, they are to go with him, show him every man his fence, and if they neglect, they shall pay 12 pence a man.” His role, supervising all the fence viewers was referred to as the “Public Pownder” because he and his two assistants would “overlook a convenient compase of ground on every day, and who should take and pound all the cattle and hogs they put there, mending any small defect in any fence or acquainting the owner with any breach.”

Later that same year John Cooper informed the court that “there is a great deal of fence down about Mr. Evans farm…the court ordered that it be made up with speed.” He also sited others for down fences. The next year John was “advised to view all the fences well, and where he sees them failing and not likely to keep cattle out of the corn, that he warn the owner of them and if they be not mended sufficiently between this and the next court, that they be warned to answer it.” He was also ordered to drive the neck and to “pound those cattle which are not orderly put in.” John also requested that the court appoint a man in each quarter “to know the quantity of corn every man hath sowen or planted this year, that he is to be paid for.”

At the court of Nov. 6, 1649 John Cooper complained that Thomas Osborne let his four of hogs “go abroad in the summer for the most part, contrary to order. Thomas Osborne could not deny it. The court ordered that he pay to John Cooper 12 pence a hog.” At the same court, John Cooper also complained that David Atwater and William Wooden let their hogs abroad in the summer contrary to order and that they have not been ringed, according to the last order. “The court witnessed against their disorderly walking, and they are to pay John Cooper for each swine which he found abroads of theirs, 12 pence, and for each swine not ringed and marked according to order.”

Levermore writes that one winter John Cooper summoned a large portion of the town for defective fences. So many influential townspeople were accused that the court, while complimenting John for his work, wiped out all the fines and gave every one a clean slate. John informed the court of June 11, 1666 that the corner in the beaver field was in danger of spoiling by hogs with the dam broken and requested the liberty of five or six men to go and make up the fence there and this granted to him.

John Cooper (1642 - 1703)

John Cooper was the son of John Cooper (1610 - 1689). He was born on May, 28 1642 in New Haven. He was also baptized on May 28, 1642 at the First Congregational Church. He married Mary Thompson (1652-1714), widow of Samuel Lines, on Dec. 27, 1666 in New Haven, CT. The town meeting of Feb. 7, 1670 appointed him as pounder (fence viewer) for the little quarter toward the hill. He was appointed constable at the September 18, 1676 meeting after getting equal votes as John Morris but there were some disagreements on the decision and responsibilities. John Cooper refused and presented reasons for this that were not accepted and he had to pay a forty shilling fine for not serving. At the March 13, 1676/77 meeting he was appointed surveyor of the highways for the coming year. He received 37 ½ acres of land in the third division of land in 1680. He is listed as a Proprietor of New Haven, CT, in 1685. He died in 1703 in New Haven, CT and is buried there. They had nine children:

1. Mary, born Nov.15, 1669 in New Haven, died 1670 in New Haven.

2. John, born Feb. 23, 1670 in New Haven, died 1693 in New Haven, married Sarah Thomas (1672-1757) on Jan. 4, 1693. They had six children: Elizabeth (1695-1776), John (1699-1724), Mary (1701-1726), Thomas (1703-1784), Caleb (1708-1746), Jude (1714-1781). All were born in New Haven.

3. Sarah, born Apr. 26, 1673 in New Haven, died 1736 in New Haven, married John Munson (1672-1749) on Nov. 10, 1692 in New Haven. They had nine children: John (1702-1775), Elizabeth (1693-1746), Hannah 1697), Joel (1702-1775), Anne (1704), Amy (1704-1790), Ruth (1707-1785), Mehitable (1709-1779), Sarah (1713-1737). All were born in New Haven.

4. Samuel, born June 20, 1675 in New Haven, died 1762 in New Haven, married Elizabeth Smith (1676-after 1719) on Nov. 15, 1699 in New Haven. Elizabeth was the sister of Abigail Smith who married Samuel’s brother Joseph. Samuel and Elizabeth had nine children: Mabel (1700-1777), Timothy (1702-1725), Samuel (1704-1781), Issac (1707), Desire (1709), Obedience (1712-1771), Joel (1715), Sarah (1716-1778), Abraham (1719). All were born in New Haven. Abraham served in the French and Indian War in 1760 in the Sixth Company from New Haven under Capt. Hitchcock, along with Jeremiah Ives. After Anna died Samuel married Sarah Pardee (1695-1749), the widow of John Thompson.

5. Mary, born Sep. 11, 1677 in New Haven, died on 1761 in New Haven, married Samuel Smith (1678-1753) on Aug. 14, 1700. They had nine children: Lamberton (1701-1779), Obedience (1705), Mary (1707-1788), Amy (1709), Margaret (1711-1803), Desire (twin 1712-.1799), Thankful (twin 1712-1769), Obedience (1714), Amy (1720-1796). All were born in New Haven.

6. Abigail, born Oct.3, 1679 in New Haven, died on 1724 in New Haven, married Issac Johnson (1672-1750) on April 25, 1699. They had ten children, all born in New Haven: Rebecca (1700-1723), Eunice (1703-1725), Issac (1705-1758), Dorcas (1707-1723), Abigail (1709-1748), Ezra (1712-1753), Obed (1714-1760), Rachel (1716-), Lois (1719-1750), David (1721-1758).

7. Hannah, born Aug. 10, 1681 in New Haven, died on 1772 in Woodbridge, CT, married John Lines (1676-1718) on De. 27, 1700 in New Haven. They had six children: (Ruth (1701-1788), Mary (1703-1790), Helena (1706-1736), Samuel (1708-1735), Daniel (1712-1793), Keiza (1715-1782). All were born in New Haven.

8. Joseph, born Sep. 11, 1683 in New Haven, died on 1747 in New Haven. He married Abigail Smith, they had nine children, all born in New Haven: Phebe (1707-1750), Lydia (1708-1790), Joseph (1710-1761), Stephen (1712-1791), Joel (1717-1722), Abigail (1719-after 1746), Thankful (1721-1808), Joel (1723-1808), Mary (1725-1789). (see above)

9. Rebecca born 1689 in New Haven, died on 1770 in New Haven, married Daniel Alling (1688-1756), they had eight children: Timothy (1712-1772), Mabel (1714-1737), Rebecca (1716-1802), Esther (1720), Sarah (1722), Phebe (1724-1788), Daniel (1728-1821), Silas (1734-1817). All were born in New Haven.

Joseph Cooper (1683 - 1747)

This post begins a brief series on Cooper family genealogy. Thankful Cooper married Jonathan Ives on Feb, 19, 1737. She was born on April 11, 1721 in New Haven and died Feb. 19, 1808. The Cooper family continued to live in the New Haven area. In the 1790 US Census, there were 6 male Coopers and one female listed as heads of households in Hamden, CT along with 11 male Coopers as heads of household in North Haven and none in Wallingford. Below is the story of her father, Jospeh. In follwoing posts their ancestors are covered going back to John Cooper (1610 - 1689). Thomas Smith (1634 - 1724), the maternal grandfather of Thankful Cooper, concludes coverage of the Coopers.

The surname Cooper is of occupative origin, derived, as were most of these very ancient names, from the occupation of an early ancestor and recorded as surnames after the coming of William the Conqueror had established the custom of the name. In the lists of those employed in the making of casks, tubs or "cups," the name designated was Couper, Cupare, Cupper, and various other forms of spelling. The Hundred Rolls, A. D. 1273, contain the names of Alan le Cupere of Cambridgeshire, Henry le Cupper of County Motts, and Richard le Cupare of Oxfordshire. Soon the Norman French "le" was dropped, and the name became greatly ramified in its native country. Later generations, assuming the modified form of the name, have spelled it Cooper.

Ensign Joseph Cooper was the son of John Cooper (1642 - 1703). He was born on Sept. 11, 1683 in New Haven. His baptism was on Sept. 27, 1685 at the First Congregational Church. He married Abigail Smith in 1706. She was born on Oct. 11, 1683 in New Haven, CT and died after 1747. In 1713 Joseph acquired property from Abraham Dickerman in the Hamden area and in 1726 he exchanged land so the Country Road could be improved. He was named ensign in charge of the colonial militia in North Haven in 1733. Joseph died in 1747 and is buried in the Old Cemetery in North Haven, CT. They had nine children:

1. Phebe, born June 8, 1707 in New Haven, died April 10, 1750, married Nathaniel Heaton (1703-) on Oct. 13, 1726 in New Haven. They had four children, all born in New Haven: Mary (1727-1774), Sarah (1729-1750), Nathaniel (1732-1803), Joseph (1736-1759).

2. Lydia, born Jan. 15, 1708/09 in New Haven, died on 1790, married Enos Ives (1711-) on July 31, 1735 in New Haven. They had at least three children: Sarah (1736-1737), Sarah (1738-1779), Phebe (1740-after 1760).

3. Joseph, born Nov. 21, 1710 in New Haven, died on 1761, married Jeminia Smith on Mar. 3, 1710 in New Haven. They had seven children: Phebe (1733-after1800), Jemina (1734-after 1800), Joseph (1738-1805), Hannah (1740-after 1800), Mary (1745-after 1800), Thankful (1748-1789), Eunice Clark (1753-1842).

4. Stephen, born Dec. 29, 1712 in New Haven, died on 1791, married Sarah Ives (1712-before 1750) on April 1,1735, they had six children: Sarah (1737-after 1800), Stephen (1738-after 1770), Allen (1739-1805), Elisha (1742-around 1800), Asa (1743-around 1800), Lydia (1744-around 1800). Then he married Mary Gilbert (1726-after 1766), they had three children: Mary (1759-1818), Issac (1760-1800), Rebecca (1766-1850). Stephen served in the French and Indian War in 1758 and 1760 in the Sixth Company from New Haven under Capt. Hitchcock, along with Jeremiah Ives.

5. Joel, born July 1717 in New Haven, died on 1722.

6. Abigail, born May 22, 1719 in New Haven, married Josiah Mansfield on 1737 in New Haven. They at least five children, all born in New Haven: Abigail (1738-), Timothy (1739-), Lemuel (1741-), Uzal (1744-1817), Josiah (1746-after 1790).

7. Thankful, born Apr. 11, 1721 in New Haven, married Jonathan Ives (1716-1792) on Feb 19, 1737. They had eight children: Jeremiah (1738-1825), Ruth (1740-1806), Mary, Thankful (1745-1834), Joel (1747-1825), Jonathan (1751-1813), Alling (1753-after 1790), Phebe (1757-).

8. Joel, born July 23, 1723 in New Haven, died on 1808. He married Abigail Goodyear (1727-1774). They had 11 children: Mabel (1747-1841), Joel (1748-1840), Justus (1751-1828), Jere (1752-after 1800), Esther (1757-1805), Phebe (1761-1829), Joseph (1764-1851), Abigail (1776-after 1800), Iru (1766-1774), Sally (1768-1770), James (1770-1836).

9. Mary, born June 10, 1725 in New Haven, died on 1789, married Henry Brooks on Dec. 4, 1745.