Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Cooper was born on 21 December 1737, in Shifnal, Shropshire, England, her father, John Cooper, was 35 and her mother, Margaret Conkling, was 35. She married Thomas Lawrence on 20 October 1774, in Shifnal, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters.
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Family Time Line
Sources (5)
- Shropshire Marriages
- Shropshire Baptisms
- Shropshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
Spouse and Children
1737–1811 Male
1737– Female
Children (4)
1775– Male
1778–1866 Male
1781– Female
1784–1855 Female
Parents and Siblings
1702–1753 Male
1702–1800 Female
Siblings (4)
1730–1798 Male
1737– Female
– Male
– Male
World Events (4)
1752 · Gregorian Calendar is Adopted
Age 15
1754 · Seven Years' War
Age 17
1770 · Boston Tea Party
Age 33
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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