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     Mehitable Cooper was born on 24 August 1701 in Boston, Massachusetts.¹ She was the daughter of Thomas Cooper and Mehitable Minot.¹ Mehitable Cooper died on 1 September 1701 in Boston, Massachusetts.¹

     Richard Wibird Cooper was born on 27 October 1761 in Boston, Massachusetts.^1,2 He was the son of William Cooper and Katherine Wendell.¹ Richard Wibird Cooper was baptised on 1 November 1761.² He married Priscilla English, daughter of Captain Alexander English, on 17 December 1787 in Petersburg, Virginia.³ Richard Wibird Cooper died in 1810 in New York sometime in the autumn.³

     Samuel Cooper was born on 19 August 1755.² He was the son of William Cooper and Katherine Wendell.¹ Samuel Cooper died young.¹

     Samuel Cooper. Lawyer.² He was born on 2 January 1759 in Boston, Massachusetts.³ He was the son of William Cooper and Katherine Wendell.¹ Samuel Cooper was baptised on 21 January 1759.³ He married Margaret Phillips, daughter of William Phillips and Margaret Wendell, on 8 December 1785 in Boston, Massachusetts.³ Samuel Cooper died on 14 January 1809 or 15 January 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts, depending which newspaper you read.^4,5,6 The New-England Palladium notes that he was an officer in the Navy of the Unites States during the revolutionary war and late Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the county.⁶

     Samuel Cooper was born on 13 February 1794 in Boston, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Richard Wibird Cooper and Priscilla English.¹ Samuel Cooper was baptised on 23 February 1794.¹ He died before 1830.¹

     Rev. Samuel Cooper D.D. was born on 28 March 1725 in Boston, Massachusetts.² He was the son of Rev. William Cooper D.D. and Judith Sewall.¹ Rev. Samuel Cooper D.D. was baptised on 4 April 1725.² He graduated in 1743 from Harvard having prepared for college at the Boston Latin School, 1732-39.³ He then studied theology and in 1744 became a colleague of the Rev. Dr. Benjamin Colman, being made assistant pastor of the Brattle Street Church, Boston, Mass., May 21, 1846. He was a member of the Harvard corporation 1767-83, and was elected president of the College in 1774 but declined the position.

He was a vigorous writer in the public press in behalf of the patriot cause and the most positive articles in the Boston Gazette on the Stamp Act and subsequent political usurpations on the part of Great Britain were from his pen.

He was the object of denunciation by the British officers in Boston and with others was publicly lampooned in an oration on a city street. He was obliged to leave Boston, and his church was used as barracks for British soldiers, 1775-76. He was a fellow and the first vice-president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, received the degree of S.T.D. from the University of Edinburgh, 1767, and that of A.M. from Yale in 1750.³ He married Judith Bulfinch, daughter of Dr. Thomas Bulfinch and Judith Colman, on 11 September 1746 Married by The Rev. Roger Price.⁴ Rev. Samuel Cooper D.D. made a will on 23 August 1783.⁵ He died on 29 December 1783 in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 58 "He had been confined to his chamber with a disorder of the lethargick kind for upwards of six weeks."⁶ Probate was granted on 13 January 1784.⁵

     Samuel George Cooper was born on 11 April 1824 in Andover, Massachusetts, though the vital record of his second marriage gives the place of birth as Danville, Vermont.¹ He was the son of Samuel Thatcher Cooper and Elizabeth Hawley.¹ Samuel George Cooper married firstly Maria Gates on 6 March 1849.¹ Samuel George Cooper married secondly R. Jane Robinson, daughter of Benjamin Robinson, on 30 September 1854.¹ Samuel George Cooper died on 12 January 1887 in Worcester, Massachusetts, at the age of 62.¹

     Samuel Phillips Cooper was born in December 1833 in Clinton County, Illinois.¹ He was the son of William Phillips Cooper and Elizabeth Ballard.¹ Samuel Phillips Cooper married Sarah E. Needles on 22 January 1858.¹

     Samuel Thatcher Cooper was born on 10 May 1799 in Boston, Massachusetts.² He was the son of Samuel Cooper and Margaret Phillips.¹ Samuel Thatcher Cooper was baptised on 19 May 1799.² In 1822 settled in Andover.³ He married firstly Elizabeth Hawley in 1823.³ Samuel Thatcher Cooper married secondly Caroline Lucinda Flint Abbott, daughter of William B. Abbott and Lucinda F. (Unknown), on 29 October 1840.³ Samuel Thatcher Cooper died on 8 November 1872 in West Newton, Massachusetts, at the age of 73.³

     Sarah Cooper was born on 15 December 1748 in Boston, Massachusetts.^1,2 She was the daughter of William Cooper and Katherine Wendell.¹ Sarah Cooper was born on 18 December 1748.² She died on 21 April 1770 in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 21.^1,2

     Thomas Cooper was born circa 1660 probably in London.² He married Mehitable Minot, daughter of James Minot and Hannah Stoughton, on 6 March 1683 in Boston, Massachusetts.³ Thomas Cooper died in 1705 at sea whilst on a journey to London.³

     Thomas Cooper was born on 21 January 1728 in Boston, Massachusetts.² He was the son of Rev. William Cooper D.D. and Judith Sewall.¹ Thomas Cooper was baptised on 28 January 1728.² He was alive in 1765.¹

     Thomas Cooper was born on 27 June 1688 in Boston, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Thomas Cooper and Mehitable Minot.¹ Thomas Cooper died on 13 August 1688 in Boston, Massachusetts.¹

     Thomas Cooper was born on 20 August 1705 in Boston, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Thomas Cooper and Mehitable Minot.¹

     William Cooper. Merchant..² He was born on 1 October 1721 in Boston, Massachusetts.³ He was the son of Rev. William Cooper D.D. and Judith Sewall.¹ William Cooper was baptised on 8 October 1721.³ He married Katherine Wendell, daughter of Hon. Colonel Jacob Wendell and Sarah Oliver, on 25 April 1745 in Boston, Massachusetts.⁴ He was an eminent patriot of the Revolution. 1759-1799 Register of Probate, 1761-1809 Town Clerk of Boston, 1755 & 1776 Representative. William Cooper died on 28 November 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 88.⁵

     William Cooper was born on 14 February 1746 in Boston, Massachusetts.^1,2 He was the son of William Cooper and Katherine Wendell.¹ William Cooper was baptised on 17 February 1746.² He died in October 1748 in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 2.^1,2

     William Cooper was born in February 1750 in Boston, Massachusetts.^1,2 He was the son of William Cooper and Katherine Wendell.¹ William Cooper died on 7 February 1788 drowned in Passamaquoddy Bay.^1,2

     William Cooper was born on 6 November 1788 in Boston, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Richard Wibird Cooper and Priscilla English.¹ William Cooper died on 14 September 1789 in Petersburg, Virginia.¹

     William Cooper was born on 1 May 1792 in Boston, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Richard Wibird Cooper and Priscilla English.¹ William Cooper was baptised on 6 May 1792.¹ He died before 1830.¹

     William Cooper was born on 3 January 1794 in Machias, Maine.¹ He was the son of John Cooper and Elizabeth Savage.¹ William Cooper married Eliza Balch Dutton on 8 August 1826.² William Cooper died on 27 August 1875 in Dennysville, Maine, at the age of 81.²

     Rev. William Cooper D.D. was born on 20 March 1694/95 in Boston, Massachusetts.^1,2 He was the son of Thomas Cooper and Mehitable Minot.³ Rev. William Cooper D.D. graduated in 1712 from Harvard.⁴ He was ordained on 23 May 1716 Minister of Brattle Street Church; he was elected to but declined the presidency of Harvard in 1737.^3,4 He married firstly Judith Sewall, daughter of Chief Justice Samuel E. Sewall and Hannah Hull, on 12 May 1720 at Boston, Massachusetts, the service being conducted by her father.^1,5,6 Rev. William Cooper D.D. married secondly Mary Foye, daughter of William Foye and Elizabeth Campbell, on 8 November 1742.^1,5 Rev. William Cooper D.D. died on 13 December 1743 in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 48.^7,2

     William Phillips Cooper was baptised on 27 November 1791 at Boston, Massachusetts.² He was the son of Samuel Cooper and Margaret Phillips.¹ William Phillips Cooper died young.¹

     William Phillips Cooper. Teacher and editor.² He was born on 29 May 1795 in Boston, Massachusetts.³ He was the son of Samuel Cooper and Margaret Phillips.¹ William Phillips Cooper was baptised on 31 May 1795.³ He married Elizabeth Ballard on 15 August 1830.² William Phillips Cooper died on 4 December 1845 in Clinton County, Illinois, at the age of 50.²

     William Phillips Cooper was born on 29 June 1842 in Clinton County, Illinois.¹ He was the son of William Phillips Cooper and Elizabeth Ballard.¹ William Phillips Cooper married firstly Abigail Dinsmore on 24 March 1867.¹ William Phillips Cooper married secondly Mary H. Hoke on 8 August 1872.¹

     William Phillips Cooper was born on 16 September 1826 in Andover, Massachusetts.¹ He was the son of Samuel Thatcher Cooper and Elizabeth Hawley.¹ William Phillips Cooper married Sarah Elizabeth Wilson, daughter of Andrew Wilson, on 6 July 1850 in Northampton, Massachusetts.¹ William Phillips Cooper died on 15 June 1889 in Lawrence at the age of 62.¹

     William Phillips Cooper was born circa 1868 in Illinois.¹ He was the son of William Phillips Cooper and Abigail Dinsmore.¹

     William Savage Cooper was born on 25 July 1827 in Cooper, Maine.¹ He was the son of William Cooper and Eliza Balch Dutton.¹ William Savage Cooper married Sarah Jane Darling on 17 May 1864 in Tuolumne, Tuolumne County, California.² William Savage Cooper died on 17 December 1898 in Senora, Tuolumne County, Californias, at the age of 71.³

     William Savage Cooper was born on 26 December 1837 in Calais, Maine.¹ He was the son of James Sullivan Cooper and Mary Elizabeth Savage.¹ William Savage Cooper died on 26 September 1839 in Calais, Maine, at the age of 1.¹

     Adora Marie Cope was born circa 1827. She married Henry William Woodward on 31 October 1846 in Kensington Church, London.¹ Adora Marie Cope was buried on 10 February 1854 in All Saints, Croydon.²

     Lowell Copeland was born on 5 October 1862 in Calais, Washington County, Maine.¹ He married Ethel May Greeley, daughter of Samuel Sewall Greeley and Eliza May Wells, on 1 January 1900 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.^1,2 Lowell Copeland died on 24 December 1935 in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, at the age of 73.¹