Jane Hamilton Cooper

Jane married Capt. Robert Cooper.

This gravesite was visited in May, 2000. It was located on the Solan Polk farm 1 1/2 mi N.E. of Clem, Jefferson Davis Co, Miss. Jane's and one other gravestone were in the woods. (Probably John H. Cooper, the child.) It seems the cemetary may have been located elsewhere and that more graves were there at one time. One book stated that the land was owned by Hamilton Cooper at the time Jane, his mother, died.

(One report states that Jane's son, Hamilton Cooper, is buried in the Elysian Fields Cemetery, Harrison County, Texas. Another report says this is not so.)

• ** See the History of the Captain Robert Cooper Family, dated 1967 compiled by Nina Myers Anderson.

Capt. Robert Cooper and Jane (Hamilton) Cooper had the following children:

Elizabeth Cooper born abt 1769 Col. Robert Melville Cooper born 19 Jan 1770/1790 Hugh Cooper born abt 1771 John Cooper born 31 Oct 1774 William Gill Cooper born 28 Mar 1775/1777 Eleanor Cooper born abt 1776 Jane Hamilton Cooper born 7 Jan 1782 Mary Cooper born born abt 1783 Jonathan Cooper born 9 May 1785 Senator Hamilton Cooper born 28 May 1789 Sarah "Sally" Cooper born 28 May 1789/1790 Matthew Delamere Cooper born 30 Oct 1792

• Updated from Find A Grave Memorial via Capt Robert Cooper by SmartCopy: Jun 19 2015, 0:38:03 UTC

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"Florida was not a State until 1821."

Jane Hamilton was born in St. John, Virgin Islands (before there was a US VI vs. British VI). Her father William Hamilton was James Hamilton's brother. William and James Hamilton were both merchants in the Caribbean (they were sons of Laird (Lord) Alexander Hamilton of the Grange, Scotland). James Hamilton was the father of Alexander Hamilton, Founding Father. Jane Hamilton and Alexander Hamilton were first cousins.

Jane married Capt. Robert Cooper.

This gravesite was visited in May, 2000. It was located on the Solan Polk farm 1 1/2 mi N.E. of Clem, Jefferson Davis Co, Miss. Jane's and one other gravestone were in the woods. (Probably John H. Cooper, the child.) It seems the cemetary may have been located elsewhere and that more graves were there at one time. One book stated that the land was owned by Hamilton Cooper at the time Jane, his mother, died.

(One report states that Jane's son, Hamilton Cooper, is buried in the Elysian Fields Cemetery, Harrison County, Texas. Another report says this is not so.)

• ** See the History of the Captain Robert Cooper Family, dated 1967 compiled by Nina Myers Anderson.

Capt. Robert Cooper and Jane (Hamilton) Cooper had the following children:

Elizabeth Cooper born abt 1769 Col. Robert Melville Cooper born 19 Jan 1770/1790 Hugh Cooper born abt 1771 John Cooper born 31 Oct 1774 William Gill Cooper born 28 Mar 1775/1777 Eleanor Cooper born abt 1776 Jane Hamilton Cooper born 7 Jan 1782 Mary Cooper born born abt 1783 Jonathan Cooper born 9 May 1785 Senator Hamilton Cooper born 28 May 1789 Sarah "Sally" Cooper born 28 May 1789/1790 Matthew Delamere Cooper born 30 Oct 1792* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Aug 26 2021, 20:20:22 UTC

Jane Hamilton Cooper
BIRTH
29 Nov 1752
Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida, USA
DEATH
29 Jan 1823 (aged 70)

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Jane Hamilton was born in St. John, Virgin Islands (before there was a US VI vs. British VI). Her father William Hamilton was James Hamilton's brother. William and James Hamilton were both merchants in the Caribbean (they were sons of Laird (Lord) Alexander Hamilton of the Grange, Scotland). James Hamilton was the father of Alexander Hamilton, Founding Father. Jane Hamilton and Alexander Hamilton were first cousins.

Jane married Capt. Robert Cooper.

This gravesite was visited in May, 2000. It was located on the Solan Polk farm 1 1/2 mi N.E. of Clem, Jefferson Davis Co, Miss. Jane's and one other gravestone were in the woods. (Probably John H. Cooper, the child.) It seems the cemetary may have been located elsewhere and that more graves were there at one time. One book stated that the land was owned by Hamilton Cooper at the time Jane, his mother, died.

(One report states that Jane's son, Hamilton Cooper, is buried in the Elysian Fields Cemetery, Harrison County, Texas. Another report says this is not so.)

• ** See the History of the Captain Robert Cooper Family, dated 1967 compiled by Nina Myers Anderson.

Capt. Robert Cooper and Jane (Hamilton) Cooper had the following children:

Elizabeth Cooper born abt 1769
Col. Robert Melville Cooper born 19 Jan 1770/1790
Hugh Cooper born abt 1771
John Cooper born 31 Oct 1774
William Gill Cooper born 28 Mar 1775/1777
Eleanor Cooper born abt 1776
Jane Hamilton Cooper born 7 Jan 1782
Mary Cooper born born abt 1783
Jonathan Cooper born 9 May 1785
Senator Hamilton Cooper born 28 May 1789
Sarah "Sally" Cooper born 28 May 1789/1790
Matthew Delamere Cooper born 30 Oct 1792

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ROBERT AND JANE COOPER HAD 13 CHILDREN AND THEY ALL LIVED TO BE ADULTS, MARRIED AND HAD CHILDREN OF THEIR OWN: ELIZABETH, M. JOHN PATTEN; HUGH , M. CATHRINE BRAKEFIELD; JOHN, M. JENNET CAMPBELL; WILLIAM GILL, M. DEMPSEY DONAHO; ELEANOR , M. ROBERT SMITH; JAMES HAMILTON, M. MARGARET BROWN; JANE, M. WILLIAM HEMPHILL; MARY, M. DAVID ANDERSON; JONATHAN, M. ELIZABETH DUFFIE; SARAH, M. HUGH BARR; HAMILTON, M. MARGARET ELIZABETH STEVENS; ROBERT MELVILLE, M. CATHERINE COOPER; MATTHEW DELAMERE, THE YOUNGEST MARRIED THREE TIMES TO WIVES THAT WERE ALL KIN; MARY AGNES FRIERSON, ELIZABETH JANE FRIERSON, AND MARY ANN WITHERSPOON BROWN.

WITH THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND, JANE COOPER FACED HER SEVEREST TEST. JANE WAS BORN IN ST. AUGUSTINE FLORIDA IN 1753 AFTER THE DEATH OF HER FATHER WILLIAM HAMILTON WHO FELL ILL WHILE ENROUTE FROM JAMAICA TO THE COLONIES AND WAS BURIED AT SEA. WITH THE REMARRIAGE OF HER MOTHER SOON AFTER, JANE WAS REARED BY MR. AND MRS. CHARLES GRAVES. MRS. GRAVES WAS THE ONLY SISTER OF WILLIAM HAMILTON AND CHARLES WAS A WEALTHY SHIPPING MERCHANT WHO WAS LIVING AT ST. AUGUSTINE AT THE TIME BUT HAD OPERATIONS IN CHARLESTON, JAMAICA, AND PHILADELPHIA WHERE JANE LIVED AND ENJOYED THE ADVANTAGES OF WEALTH AND EDUCATION THAT ENABLED HER TO SPEAK FLUENT FRENCH AND SPANISH. IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH HISTORIAN LYMAN DRAPER, HER SON ROBERT MELVILLE COOPER WROTE IN 1872 THAT WHEN MR. AND MRS. GRAVES RETURNED TO THE WEST INDIES TO LIVE, JANE RETURNED TO NEW JERSEY WHERE SHE MET AND MARRIED ROBERT COOPER. WITH ROBERT COOPER'S DEATH IN 1798, JANE WAS LEFT WITH 3 UNMARRIED DAUGHTERS AND 4 SONS AGES 16 TO 6. IN 1803, JANE PACKED THE UNMARRIED CHILDREN IN A CARRYALL ( A COVERED CARRIAGE DRAWN BY A SPAN OF HORSES) AND DROVE TO TENNESSEE WHERE SHE SETTLED IN HAYSBOROUGH IN DAVIDSON COUNTY NEAR NASHVILLE. AFTER ROBERT MELVILLE COOPER MARRIED IN 1816 (WITH WHOM SHE WAS LIVING), JANE MOVED TO MISSISSIPPI WHERE FOUR SONS WERE LIVING. IN RECENT YEARS, HER GRAVE WAS FOUND ON THE OLD HAMILTON COOPER PLACE AT MT. OLIVE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI. THE GRAVE MARKER GAVE THE DATE OF DEATH AS JANUARY 23, 1823. A BIOGRAPHY OF A GRANDSON IN TENNESSEE GAVE HER CREDIT FOR HAVING THE BRAINS OF THE COOPER FAMILY.

Jane Hamilton Cooper
BIRTH
29 Nov 1752
Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida, USA
DEATH
29 Jan 1823 (aged 70)
Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi, USA
BURIAL
Cooper Cemetery
Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi, USA
MEMORIAL ID
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FLOWERS 16
"Florida was not a State until 1821."

Jane Hamilton was born in St. John, Virgin Islands (before there was a US VI vs. British VI). Her father William Hamilton was James Hamilton's brother. William and James Hamilton were both merchants in the Caribbean (they were sons of Laird (Lord) Alexander Hamilton of the Grange, Scotland). James Hamilton was the father of Alexander Hamilton, Founding Father. Jane Hamilton and Alexander Hamilton were first cousins.

Jane married Capt. Robert Cooper.

This gravesite was visited in May, 2000. It was located on the Solan Polk farm 1 1/2 mi N.E. of Clem, Jefferson Davis Co, Miss. Jane's and one other gravestone were in the woods. (Probably John H. Cooper, the child.) It seems the cemetary may have been located elsewhere and that more graves were there at one time. One book stated that the land was owned by Hamilton Cooper at the time Jane, his mother, died.

(One report states that Jane's son, Hamilton Cooper, is buried in the Elysian Fields Cemetery, Harrison County, Texas. Another report says this is not so.)

• ** See the History of the Captain Robert Cooper Family, dated 1967 compiled by Nina Myers Anderson.

Capt. Robert Cooper and Jane (Hamilton) Cooper had the following children:

Elizabeth Cooper born abt 1769
Col. Robert Melville Cooper born 19 Jan 1770/1790
Hugh Cooper born abt 1771
John Cooper born 31 Oct 1774
William Gill Cooper born 28 Mar 1775/1777
Eleanor Cooper born abt 1776
Jane Hamilton Cooper born 7 Jan 1782
Mary Cooper born born abt 1783
Jonathan Cooper born 9 May 1785
Senator Hamilton Cooper born 28 May 1789
Sarah "Sally" Cooper born 28 May 1789/1790
Matthew Delamere Cooper born 30 Oct 1792