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John Cooper

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Dedham, Essex, England (United Kingdom)
Death: August 22, 1691
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America
Place of Burial: Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John Cooper and Lydia Stone
Husband of Anna Converse
Father of Ann Cooper; Mary Merriam; Timothy Cooper; Samuel Cooper; Dorcas Cooper and 5 others
Brother of Phoebe Morton; Lydia Fiske; Thomas Cooper and Dr. Simon Cooper
Half brother of Elizabeth Potter; Deacon Samuel Stone and Sarah Meriam

Occupation: Deacon
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Immediate Family

About John Cooper

Biography

From https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr07/rr07_115.html#P36524

Family of Mary Angier & Dea. Nathaniel Sparhawk:

Anna Sparhawk. Born in Jun 1623 in Dedham, Essex. Anna died ca 1717/8 in Cambridge, MA.Anna, widow of Dea. John Cooper of Cambridge.

Ca 1643 Anna first married Dea. John Cooper. Born ca 1618. John died on 21 Aug 1691 in Cambridge, MA.

Their children include:

  • 30628i.Mary Cooper (11 Sep 1645-5 Mar 1730)
  • 30629ii.John Cooper (3 Oct 1656-12 Feb 1735/6)
  • 30630iii. Lydia Cooper (13 Apr 1663-)

In 1692 Anna second married Lieut. James Converse, son of Dea. Edward Converse (ca 1588/9-10 Aug 1663) & Sarah Parker (-14 Jan 1662)



From Find a Grave contributor:

COOPER, JOHN, Cambridge, came, with sister Lydia, after their father's death in company of Gregory Stone, who m. their mother Lydia. His sister m. David Fiske. He was freeman 18 May 1612, constable, selectman, very many yrs., deacon, town clerk from 1669 to his d. 22 Aug. 1691; by wife Ann, d. of Nathaniel Sparhawk, had Ann, b. 16 Nov. 1643, who m. Edward Pinson; Mary, 11 Sept. 1645; Samuel, 3 Jan. 1654; John, 1656; Nathaniel, bapt. 8 May 1659, d. 19 Dec. 1661; Lydia, 13 Apr. 1663; and Hannah, 29 Dec. 1667. (James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers).

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59217887/john-cooper

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John Cooper's Timeline

1618
April 14, 1618
Dedham, Essex, England (United Kingdom)
April 14, 1618
1643
November 16, 1643
Cambridge, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
1645
September 11, 1645
Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
1646
1646
- 1690
Age 27
Selectman of Cambridge Mass
1651
1651
<Chelmsford, Middlesex, Ma>
1653
January 3, 1653
Cambridge, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1654
1654
<Chelmsford, Middlesex, Ma>
1656
October 3, 1656
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1656
Probably Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony