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Martha Cooper

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  • Name Martha Cooper 
    Born From 1730 to 1740  of, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died of Cambridge, Washington, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4487  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 27 May 2021 

    Father John Cooper,   d. From 19 Dec 1768 to 25 Jan 1769, Leacock Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Ann,   b. of, , Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1769, of Leacock Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1740  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Anderson,   b. of, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. of Cambridge, Washington, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 14 Nov 1765  , Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 28 May 2021 
    Family ID F1744  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. The book "A History of Phineas Whiteside and His Family," comp. by Ida Whiteside, copy in the Cambridge public library,
      A. 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."
      B. Pp. 4-14: Mentions William Cooper the brother of Ann Cooper Whiteside and William Anderson, who also married a Cooper:"Phineas Whiteside was born in 1716 in County Tyrone, Ireland. As a young man he was educated for the ministry, but apparently never finished the course. The date of his arrival in this country is not known, but it must have been about 1736. He settled in the Pequea valley in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania... In 1752, he married Phineas Whiteside and Ann Cooper, daughter of John Cooper of Leacock township, Lancaster County, PA. About that time he was living and teaching school in Strasburg, Lancaster Co., PA. His oldest son, John was born there in 1752. A brother of Ann, William, and a sister Martha, who married William Anderson, later settled in Cambridge, NY near their sister.
      Will of Phinehas Whiteside [summarized as follows: dated 12 Apr 1780 in Cambridge, mentions wife Ann; sons: John, William, Peter, Thomas, Edward, and Oliver; daughter Ann. Executors: sons John and William. Witnesses: William Anderson and William Cooper (brothers-in-law)]"

      2. Archives-Wills C-E Surnames Will Abstracts 1729-1819 Lancaster, PA accessed 18 Jul 2015: http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/lancaster/wills/willabstc-e.txt:
      "COOPER, JOHN. Leacock Twp.
      December 19, 1768; January 25, 1769
      Wife: Ann Cooper.
      Children: James, William, John, Samuel, David, Jean and Martha wife of William Anderson.
      Ex.: James and David Cooper."