Benjamin Cooper (abt. 1757 - 1843)

Born about 1757 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Lydia (Bartlett) Cooper — married 24 Oct 1775 in Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Descendants

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Private Benjamin Cooper served with Capt. Nathaniel Fales' Company, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Benjamin Cooper is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A052796.

Benjamin Cooper is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-138472
Rank: Soldier

Benjamin Cooper married Lydia Bartlett, daughter of Joshua and Priscilla (Jacobs) Bartlett, on 24 October 1775 at Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire. ^[1]

Benjamin and Lydia were still living in Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire as of the 1790 U.S. Federal Census; Benjamin's name is listed just below that of Joshua Bartlett, presumably Lydia's eldest brother. ^[2]

One of Lydia's other elder brothers, Samuel Bartlett, went to Maine to live about 1769, first going to New Meadows and then settling in Thomaston sometime before April 21, 1777. ^[3]

Benjamin Cooper was born in 1757 and was from Cambridge, Massachusetts and he married Lydia Bartlett. ^[4] Sometime after the 1790 U.S. Federal Census^[5], they settled at South Thomaston, Maine. He died 19 April 1843, aged 86, and she died 02 May, 1821, aged 67. They had 10 children. ^[6]

Note: Lydia's date of death appears to be incorrect in this source because she would not yet have been 67 years old. Also, her gravestone at Owl's Head, Knox, Maine shows: "died Nov 2, 1821, aged 67 years" ^[7]

Children:^[8]

1. Mary Cooper, died unmarried

2. Lydia, married John Heald on Oct. 30, 1817 and resided and died in Hope, Maine.

3. Priscilla Cooper, married Johnson Pillsbury.

4. Benjamin Cooper (2nd), married Hannah Pillsbury, published April 02, 1808. Resided in Morrill, Maine.

5. Abigail Cooper, born 1785, married Ralph Chapman. Resided in South Thomaston and died on April 09, 1859.

6. William, died young.

7. George B. Cooper, born Dec. 16, 1789. Married Sarah R. Killsa, published March 19, 1818. Resided in South Thomaston and died on July 08, 1858.

8. Hannah Cooper, married Charles Dyer. Resided in South Thomaston.

9. Susan Cooper, married Charles Sherman on August 11, 1816. Resided in Hope.

10. Sarah Cooper, married 1st, Capt. Nathaniel Sleeper and 2nd, Hiram Brewster. Resided in Rockland.

Sources

1. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947," database, FamilySearch: accessed 04 February 2022, Film#004243147, image 3502 of 4938; Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord
2. ↑ Year: 1790; Census Place: Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire; Series: M637; Roll: 5; Page: 57; Image: 268; Family History Library Film: 0568145
3. ↑ "Forefathers and descendants of Willard & Genevieve Wilson Bartlett and of allied familes, Moulton, McGehee, Endress" by Genevieve Wilson Bartlett. Saint Louis, Missouri: 1952. Hathitrust.org
4. ↑ "History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, Maine, from their first exploration, A. D. 1605; with family genealogies" by Cyrus Eaton. Masters, Smith & Co., printers. Halowell, ME:1865, p. 186.
5. ↑ Year: 1790; Census Place: Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire; Series: M637; Roll: 5; Page: 57; Image: 268; Family History Library Film: 0568145
6. ↑ "History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, Maine, from their first exploration, A. D. 1605; with family genealogies" by Cyrus Eaton. Masters, Smith & Co., printers. Halowell, ME:1865, p. 186.
7. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK6-H3VF : 14 July 2020), Lydia Bartlett Cooper, 1821; Burial,Find A Grave: Memorial #43545047,
8. ↑ "History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, Maine, from their first exploration, A. D. 1605; with family genealogies" by Cyrus Eaton. Masters, Smith & Co., printers. Halowell, ME:1865, p. 186.

• Cyrus Eaton, History Thomaston, So. Thomaston, Rockland, Maine Hallowell Me.; Masters, Smith & Co., printers 1865 Call Number: LH7560
• Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #43545009 (accessed 22 March 2024)
  Memorial page for Benjamin Cooper (1757-19 Apr 1843), citing Hall Cemetery, Owls Head, Knox County, Maine, USA; Maintained by A (contributor 47095312).