Thomas Cooper

Thomas COOPER 1, 2, 3, 4 was born 1645 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. [???] He died 5 6 Jan 1712 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island.

Thomas married 6, 7

1. Sarah BURNAP on 12 Jun 1674 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. The marriage ended in divorce. Daughter of Robert Burnap and Ann Miller, and widow of John Southwick (d 1672). She remarried to Cornelius Brown.
2. Abigail Sibley on Jun 1684 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island. She was christened 3 Jul 1659 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Did they actually marry or is this an “intent to marry” date ?
3. Hannah Armstrong before 1690. She was the daughter of Matthew Armstrong and Hannah Sunderland, both of Boston, MA.

Children of 1st wife

• Elizabeth Cooper, born Nov. 12, 1676

Children of 3rd wife

• Zerobbabel b. ca 1691, d. abt 1774
• Ebenezer, b. ca 1692
• Mary, b. ca 1694
• Sarah, b. ca 1695 (md. a Wheaton)
• Robert, b. ca 1698
• Seaborn, b. ca 1703
• Penelope, b. ca 1705, a spinster in 1774.
• Thomas Jr., b. ca 1707
• Moses, Sr., b. ca 1710
• Hannah, b. ca 1712, md. Joseph Curtis/Curtice of Essex Co., MA.

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Thomas Cooper's will dated Dec 30, 1711/12. Thomas died on Jan. 6th, 1711/12 and it names his children (I find 10 children mentioned in this will)

John Southwick married a third wife, Sarah Burnap. After John Southwick's decease his widow Sarah married Thomas Cooper, June 12, 1674; they had one child, Elizabeth Cooper, born Nov. 12, 1676

"This unfortunate marriage ended in a divorce granted on 2 September 1684 after Cooper deserted her for an adulterous relationship with Abigail Sibley, he claiming that his marriage with Sarah was invalid because "they were not married according to the Law of England." " (TG, John Southwick of Salem)

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Thomas Cooper of Salem, 12 April, 1679, husbandman, consideration 45 pounds to my son-in-law (sic) Samuel Southwick (Note: a son by first marriage) a dwelling house in Salem, heretofore the house of my predecessor, John Southwick, now by me dwelt in and my rightful estate by virtue of my marriage with Sarah, the relict of ye sd John Southwick . . . also the right of widdowes thirds due unto my present sd wife . . . also the thirds due unto the brothers of sd Samuel, viz., John and Isaac Southwick when they come to age, also to sd Samuel my title unto ye halfe of estate due unto John Southwick and Isaac Southwick his brother when they come to age . . . (Sarah consents) 15 March 1679. Thomas Cooper to have the use of the easterly end of ye house and firewood from the land for two years and use of the house for same time, but if he and his wife remove he shall not let it but Samuel shall have it. Thomas Cooper, Sarah Cooper, her mark. Witnesses: Thomas Preston, Richard Croade, Thomas Fuller, guardian to John Southwick. Acknowledged 25 March, 1680. (Essex Deeds, vol. V, page 73.) [ref 39:41]

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• 3 Snow, Nora Emma, The Snow-Estes Ancestry (Hillburn, New York: N.E. Snow, 1939.), 2:82, Family History Library, 929.273 Sn61s.
• 4 Essex Institute Historical Collections (Peabody Essex Museum.), 57:177-9, Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, Salem, Massachusetts 01970.
• 5 Arnold, James Newell, Vital Records of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Providence: Narragansett Historical, 1891-1912.), 1:266, Family History Library, 974.5 V2a.
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• 7 EIHC, 57:178-9.
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pattyrose/engel/gen/fg07/f...
• page 109 of The Early Records of the Town of Providence ...: Printed Under the ..., Volume 6 By Providence (R.I.). City Council
• http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/cooper/18005/
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• Moses Cooper's Tale of Wealth and Status: A Case-Study of Rural Rhode Island 1674-1808 by Tom Brownsword (Thesis) from Brown University History Department, Dated: April, 1986