Brief Life History of James
When James Cooper was born in January 1729, in Byberry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, William Cooper, was 35 and his mother, Mary Groom, was 28. He married Hannah Hibbs on 18 July 1750. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Honey Brook, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States in 1779. He died in May 1795, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Coatesville, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- 1790 United States Federal Census
- Legacy NFS Source: James Cooper - birth-name: James Cooper
- James Cooper, "Pennsylvania, Church Marriages, 1682-1976"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a maker and repairer of wooden vessels such as barrels, tubs, buckets, casks, and vats, from Middle English couper, cowper (apparently from Middle Dutch kūper, a derivative of kūp ‘tub, container’, which was borrowed independently into English as coop). The prevalence of the surname, its cognates, and equivalents bears witness to the fact that this was one of the chief specialist trades in the Middle Ages throughout Europe. In North America, the English surname has absorbed some cases of like-sounding cognates from other languages, for example Dutch Kuiper .
Americanized form of Jewish (Ashkenazic) Kupfer and Kupper (see Kuper ).
Dutch: occupational name for a buyer or merchant, Middle Dutch coper.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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James Cooper, short bio & Genealogy
153. # JAMES COOPER, son of William and Mary (Groom) Cooper, born 1729, Byberry, a township of old Philadelphia County, died Spring 1795, will recorded at West Chester, Chester County, Pa. Marrie …
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