Martha Cooper (1737–) • FamilySearch

Martha Cooper

21 December 1737–
Shifnal, Shropshire, England

The Life of Martha

When Martha Cooper was born on 21 December 1737, in Shifnal, Shropshire, England, her father, John Cooper, was 35 and her mother, Mary Williams, was 32. She married Thomas Lawrence on 20 October 1775, in Shifnal, Shropshire, England. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters.

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Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

Thomas Lawrence

1748–1811

Martha Cooper

1737–

Marriage: 20 October 1775

John Lawrence

1775–

Thomas Lawrence

1778–1866

Mary Lawrence

1781–

Martha Lawrence

1784–1855

Spouse and Children

Thomas Lawrence

Male1748–1811Male

Martha Cooper

Female1737–Female

MARRIAGE
20 October 1775
Shifnal, Shropshire, England

children

(4)

Male1775–Male

Male1778–1866Male

Female1781–Female

Female1784–1855Female

Parents and Siblings

John Cooper

Male1702–1772Male

Mary Williams

Female1705–Female

siblings

(8)

Jonathan Cooper

Male1729–1729Male

Female1734–Female

Male1735–Male

Male1736–Male

Female1737–Female

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World Events (4)

1752 · Gregorian Calendar is Adopted

Age 15

Gregorian calendar was adopted in England in 1752. That year, Wednesday, September 2, 1752, was followed by Thursday, September 14th, 1752, which caused the country to skip ahead eleven days.

1754 · Seven Years' War

Age 17

The Seven Years' War began as a North American conflict then stretched between England and France. England, along with allies, battled France in America, India, and Europe, making it arguably the first global war. The conflict ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1763 and England was victorious. The Seven Years' war ultimately led to discontent in the colonies and the American Revolution.

1770 · Boston Tea Party

Age 33

Thousands of British troops were sent to Boston to enforce Britain's tax laws. Taxes were repealed on all imports to the American Colonies except tea. Americans, disguised as Native Americans, dumped chests of tea imported by the East India Company into the Boston Harbor in protest. This escalated tensions between the American Colonies and the British government.

Name Meaning

Cooper

Martha

1 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 America, the English name has absorbed some cases of like-sounding cognates and words with similar meaning in other European languages, for example Dutch Kuiper .2 Jewish (Ashkenazic): Americanized form of Kupfer and Kupper ( see Kuper ).3 Dutch: occupational name for a buyer or merchant, Middle Dutch coper.

Possible Related Names

Kuiper

Kuper

Coop

Copper

Couper

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Sources (1)

Martha in entry for John Lawrence, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

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