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- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. The ancestry of Lydia Almy is very ably traced and documented in the following Internet publication "William Almy and His Descendants in America," by Merwin F. Almy, July 2001, accessed 22 Jun 2013 at http://news.almy.us/AlmyBook.pdf. Her ancestry goes back as follows (see publication for children and sources for each couple):
Samuel5 Almy (Job4, William3, Christopher2, William1), b. Dartmouth, MA, 20 Sep 1725; d. Cambridge, Washington County, NY, 7 Feb 1806. He m. Dartmouth, MA, 5 Feb 1746, Sarah Wood, b. Dartmouth, MA, 2 Nov 1727; d. 10 Jan 1820; dau. of Jonathan and Anna (Carr) Wood.
Samuel5 Almy (Job4, William3, Christopher2, William1),b. Dartmouth, MA, 20 Sep 1725; d. Cambridge, Washington County, NY, 7 Feb 1806. Children, born Dartmouth:
i. Thomas6, b. 13 Mar 1747; d. prob. Sharon, NY; m. Dartmouth, 8 Mar 1769, Deborah Allen, d. bf 1828.
ii. John, b. 21 Jan 1749/50; m. Dartmouth, 1 Aug 1769, Sarah Kirby, b. Dartmouth, 11 Jan 1750; dau. of Robert and Abigail (Allen) Kirby.
iii. Lydia, b. 14 Feb 1752; m. at the Dutch Reformed Church, Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, NY, 19 Dec 1780, John Cooper, b. Octacara, York County, PA, 6 Apr 1752; d. White Creek, Washington County, NY, 13 Sep 1832; son of William and Jean Cooper. Children (Cooper): 1. William, b. Cambridge, NY, 9 Oct 1781; d. Cambridge, 2 Aug 1787. 2. Anna, b. Cambridge 15 Apr 1783; d. Jefferson County, NY, 1 Dec 1783. 3. Sarah, b. Cambridge, 7 Feb 1785; d. Cambridge, 13 May 1853. 4. Elizabeth, b. Cambridge, 7 Feb 1785; d. Cambridge, 12 Aug 1859. 5. John, b. Pittstown, NY, 7 Jan 1788; d. Cambridge, 13 Sep 1838. 6. Mary, b. Pittstown, 5 Jan 1790. 7. Lamul, b. Cambridge 19 Sep 1791; d. Montezuma, 27 Mar 1839. 8. Jane, b. Cambridge, 18 Aug 1793. 9. Clara Almy, b. White Creek, 30 Nov 1797; d. Momence, IL, 5 Aug 1883; m. White Creek, 24 Feb 1818, Lysamore Smith.
iv. Ann, b. 6 Mar 1756; m. Joseph Cornell.
v. Elizabeth, b. 12 May 1758; m. Dartmouth, 30 Mar 1777, Govet Cornell.
Samuel, in his will made at Cambridge, Washington County, NY, 14 Apr 1804, proved 7 Feb 1806, named sons John and Thomas; grandsons Samuel, son of Thomas Almy, and Samuel Cooper, son of his daughter Lydia Cooper; daughters Lydia, wife of John Cooper, Anna, wife of Joseph Cornell, Elizabeth, wife of Govet Cornell; granddaughters Elizabeth and Abigail, children of his son John.
References: Family Records; Lawton pp. 10, 102; MAVR, Dartmouth; NYGBR, Vol 1, p 59.
Job4 Almy (William3, Christopher2, William1),b. Tiverton, RI, 28 Apr 1696; d. Dartmouth, MA, 18 Jul 1777. Buried with wife in the Almy family graveyard, Horse Neck Road, Dartmouth, MA. He m. Tiverton, RI, 18 Jul 1717, Lydia Tillinghast, b. Dartmouth, 8 Jul 1700; d. 30 Dec 1774; dau. of Joseph and Freelove (Stafford) Tillinghast.
William3 Almy (Christopher2, William1),b. Portsmouth, RI, 27 Oct 1665; d. Tiverton, RI, 6 Jul 1747. He m.(1) 12 Jul 1688, Deborah Cook, b. 15 Feb 1669; dau. of John and Mary (Borden) Cook. He m.(2) Tiverton, RI, 14 Jul 1722, Hope Borden, b. 2 Mar 1685; d. 1762; dau. of John and Mary (Earle) Borden. [Deborah was Job's mother.]
Christopher2 Almy (William1),b. Dunton-Bassett, Leicester County, England, 1632; d. Newport, RI, 30 Jan 1712-3. He m. Portsmouth, RI, 9 Jul 1661, Elizabeth Cornell, b. Portsmouth; d. Newport, RI, 1714. dau. of Thomas and Rebecca (Briggs) Cornell.
William1 Almy, (Christopher, Thomas, John), born Dunton-Bassett, Leicester County, England, in 1601. He died Portsmouth, RI 1677. He m. Lutterworth, England, by license of 1626, Audrey Barlow, born 1603; died after 1676. William Almy came to America first between 1628 and 1631. He very likely worked for his passage as he is not included in any passenger list available at this date. Further, his family was not with him. He was in Lynn, MA in 1631 where he was fined for taking and using a canoe without permission. Before July 1634, he went back to England. In 1635 he returned to America in the ship 'Abigail' with his wife Audrey and his two children; Anne, age 8, and Christopher, age 3. On his return to America he lived in Lynn. In the Spring 1637, he and nine others founded Sandwich, on Cape Cod, in the Plymouth Colony. On 22 June 1642 he sold his Sandwich house and lands and was soon in Portsmouth, RI where he received a grant of land 14 Nov 1644. He became a Freeman in 1655, a Juryman in 1656, a Commissioner in 1656-57-63, and Foreman of the Jury in 1668. His will, dated 28 Feb 1676, proved 23 Apr 1677, names sons Christopher and Job as Executors. He requested his body be buried beside his son John. He bequeathed property to sons Christopher and Job, daughters Anna and Catherine, and £20 to grandchild Bartholomew West at twenty-one years of age.
2. Mentioned in the book "Abstracts of Wills of Washington County, New York: 1788-1825," by Gertrude A. Barber: "Samuel Almy of Cambridge, dated 21 Mar 1803, probated 21 Dec 1805. Mentions:
Sons: John, Thomas
Grandsons: Samuel (s. of Thomas Almy), Samuel Cooper (s. of my daughter Lydia Cooper)
Daughters: Lydia (w. of John Cooper), Anna (w. of Joseph Cornell), Elizabeth (w. of Covert Cornell)
Granddaughters: Elizabeth, Abigail, children of my son John.
Executor: son Thomas.
Witnesses: Joseph Almy, Asahel Morris, Josiah Lesters.
3. The book "A History of Phineas Whiteside and His Family," comp. by Ida Whiteside, copy in the Cambridge public library, pp. 72-73: "The family of Ann Cooper, wife of Phineas Whiteside:
The first Cooper of whom there is a record is John of Leacock Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, who died in 1769. In his will he mentions Ann, his wife, and leaves her a home for life in his house, the furniture, two-thirds of the crop unharvested at that time, and 200 pounds in lieu of her dower. To his son, James, he left his real estate, liable to his wife's residence as aforesaid. To his son, William, he left 100 pounds; to David, 300; to his daughter, Jean, and her two daughters, 10 pounds each. To his daughter, Ann, wife of Phineas Whiteside, he gave 200 pounds; the 340 pounds remaining to be divided among the children as his wife thought right. James and David were executors.
There are two letters from James Cooper to Phineas and John Whiteside dated April 7th, and May 1st, 1793. The first, to Phineas, inquires about his family and gives news of those at their home and elsewhere. Two men had come from North Carolina who lived next to David's farm and brought word that all were well. David, however, died the next December leaving four sons and daughter. He had bought 600 acres of land and it was nearly free from debt. John and his family and Samuel and his were all well a few weeks before. James and his wife, Jean, had been to visit his sister Jean and her husband the fall before and found them well and, 'living very comfortably.' They want news of William's family and the Anderson family who are not writing. Mrs. Anderson was their sister, Martha.
The second letter, dated May 1st, was written to John Whiteside after they heard of Phineas' death a month before. After condolences, it urges them to continue the correspondence as in the past.
From all this and from the markers in the Whiteside cemetery, the following partial genealogy can be deduced:
1. John Cooper, d. 1769, m. Ann ___.
2. James Cooper m. Jean ___.
2. William Cooper I, 1722-1805, m. Jane E. ___, 1730-1820.
3. William Cooper II, 1758-1849, m. Densite ___, 1764-1830.
4. Mary Cooper 1796-1831, m. Dairus Barker of Easton. Moved later to Homer, NY.
4. William Cooper III, d. 1886, m. Ruth Barker, sister of Darius.
5. William C. Barker.
3. John Cooper 1752-1832, m. Lydia Almey, b. 1752.
3. Mary Cooper, 1760-1831, unmarried.
2. Samuel Cooper. Probably went to North Carolina.
2. David Cooper. Moved to North Carolina. Had four sons and a daughter.
3. Jean Cooper. Married and had two daughters.
4. Martha Cooper m. William Anderson. Went to Cambridge. Had two daughters.
3. Ann Cooper 1731-1800, m. Phineas Whiteside 1716-1793. Went to Cambridge. Had six sons and one daughter.
Note: (3) William Cooper II and his brother, John, were in the Albany Militia during the Revolution, in the 16th Regiment, the same one in which the Whiteside brothers served. (Taken from "New York in the Revolution, " Col. I, pp. 130-131). In 1777, William Cooper was elected road commissioner. He was one of those disturbed in the Revolution and therefore, exempted from taxes.
(3) John must have moved to Cambridge.
Much of this information, and the wills of John and William Cooper were obtained from a great grandson of Darius and (4) Mary Cooper Barker, Lisle Cottrell, Homer, R.D. 2, N.Y."
4. Accessed at the website Fold3 24 Jun 2013 pension application for John Cooper, NY, W-17659. He was a Sergeant, Lieutenant, and a Captain. File contains several of his orders. Notes Lydia Cooper as his widow.
Attests to a record transcript of a marriage of John Cooper and Lydia Almy solemnized 19 Dec 1780 at Protestant Reformed Dutch Church in Straghticoke in the County of Renslaer, NY. The marriage was performed by H.M. Boyd, pastor of said Church. The certification of the marriage was addressed to Mr. Lysamore Smith of White Creek [a son-in-law].
An affidavit dated 9 Aug 1832 from William Cooper of Cambridge, brother of John Cooper of the town of White Creek, who details John's service record. Acknowledges a separate affidavit from John Whiteside. Service includes:
Fall 1779 under command of Major James Ashton for fifteen days at Palmertown.
2 weeks in March at Skeensborough (now Whitehall) when it was taken by Indians. Under the command of Lieut. Wm. Powel and Ensign Henry [Sampe].
Bateau men commanded by Capt. Van Avery for 4 or 5 months in Summer and Fall of 1777.
When not on active service, served generally as a volunteer or Spy or Scout of the Indians.
An affidavit dated 29 Aug 1832 from John Whiteside of Cambridge attesting:
Served more or less every year from 1775 to the close of the War.
In Jan or Feb 1775 belonged to a company of Minutemen commanded by Capt. James Wells of Cambridge went to Johnstown in Montgomery co., NY, to disarm and dispose of a party of about 300 highland Tories from whom they took some hostages and delivered them to Gen. Ten Broeck at Albany.
For 1 week or 10 days following Spring in May was part of the Minutemen who went from Cambridge to Ticonderoga and St. Johns. They had no officer higher than a Captain until Craven's Point when they met up with Colonels Benedict Arnold, Ethan Allen and a Col. Easton. Was engaged in this served from six weeks to two months.
In the Spring of 1776 enlisted in the New York Line Service under Capt. Robert Edmondston with Michael Ryan as Lieutenant and under Colonel Van Schaick. Served nine or ten months on the northern frontier on Lake Champlain.
Between the end of 1776 and 4 Apr 1778 that this was the heaviest period of the War when Genl. Burgoyne surrendered. Notes brothers of John Cooper were frequently with John and was under Capt. Elias Golden in Col. Van Waert's Regiment and in the Bateau service in Capt. Van Avery's Company and as a volunteer or Indian scout or spy the whole of the campaign of 1777.
4 Apr 1778 commissioned as a Captain of the company formerly commanded by Elias Golden under Col Van Waert and the personal command of Governor George Clinton on the northern frontier for 10 to 15 days.
Served in 1780 at various detailed dates per the rolls at Ticonderoga, Fort Edward, and around Washington county. Appointed afterwards as Lieutenant and Captain in a regiment commanded by Col. Joseph Caldwell of Vermont. Notes is was a very zealous partisan.
Affidavit dated 27 Jun 1833 at Cambridge of John Whiteside and William Cooper attesting date of death was "the last days of September or first week in October last past" [1832]. They note that they all knew each other well and all lived in the same neighborhood during the War. Confirms he served as a private for one year, one month and seven days. Served as a Serjeant for at least nine months in the Campaign of 1776, a Lieut. at least eight days, and as a Capt. for at least eight days and then again for three months.
Certificate dated 13 May 1840 approving Lydia for payments of $56.66 per annum to be paid from 4 Sept. 1838 to 4 Sept. 1839.
Affidavit dated 12 Jul 1838 in behalf of Lydia Cooper by Mariah Van Buskirk of Cambridge, aged 77, who witnessed the 19 Sep 1780 marriage of John and Lydia which ceremony was performed by her father. She knew the couple well and confirms John's death as 13 Sep 1832 in the town of White Creek in Washington co., NY. Attests that Lydia has not remarried since John's death. They have been neighbors ever since 1780. There is a note by the attesting judge affixed to the bottom of the affidavit: "The words 'at Schaghtcook in the County of Rensselaer & State' errased & the words 'at Cambridge in said County' insertion."
Affidavit dated 12 Jul 1838 in behalf of Lydia Cooper by Elizabeth Cornell of Cambridge, aged 80, sister of Lydia Almy, and who witnessed the 19 Sep 1780 marriage of John and Lydia. She notes that she has been a neighbor of John and Lydia ever since their marriage in 1780. She is feeble and the Judge signs her name in her behalf.
Judge Luther House also adds an affidavit dated 12 Jul 1838 of his own attesting to the marriage of John and Lydia with whom he has been acquainted 15 years. He notes that Lydia from her appearance is at least 86 years of age.
Affidavit from John Cooper dated 29 Aug 1832 at the Court of Common Pleas in Salem, Washington co., NY stating John Cooper was living in the town of White Creek, aged 80. He states he was born at "Octavia in the County York, he thinks, and State of Pennsylvania in the year 1752." He states that he has a "record of his age in the handwriting of his father as he believes and presents here in Court." States that he was called into Rev. War service in the town of Cambridge, Washington co. (then Albany co.), NY, and "since the revolutionary war and part of the time in the town of White Creek (formerly a part of said town of Cambridge) and that he lives in the said town of White Creek now." Note that there are several pages of very detailed dates and service with more information than in the affidavits quoted above.
Affidavit from son-in-law Thomas Scott dated 20 Dec 1833 at Washington co. attesting to death date of 13 Sep 1832.
Note that in all cases his name and signature appears as John Cooper. There is no "John D. Cooper."
BURIAL:
1. From the book "Cemetery Records of the Town of Cambridge, Washington County, NY," 2003, indexed and compiled by Historical Data Services, 14 Clark St., Glens Falls, NY 12804, www.hdsgenealogy.com, copy in public library of Cambridge, NY:
From Whiteside Church Cemetery, located on the North side of Center Cambridge Rd., west of West Cambridge. Next to Whiteside Church. In good condition GPS N42.59.167 W073.29.198. All of the Coopers (all are buried in Lot 2, Sec B):
"Cooper, Denshe: d. 13 Oct 1830, in her 66th y, wife of William Jr.
Cooper, Jane, d. 6 Jun 1820, in her 96th y, wife of William.
Cooper, John, d. 13 Sep 1832, in his 81st y, Vet. Rev. War.
Cooper, Lydia, d. 3 Dec 1841, in her 90th y, wife of John.
Cooper, Mary, d. 29 Mar 1831, in her 65th y.
Cooper, William II, d. 11 Mar 1849, in his 92nd y. vet. Rev. War.
Cooper, William Sr., d. 17 Nov 1805, ae 83y m. Jane ___."
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