William Cooper (b1678-1756)


Dates

Birth: Before 1678
Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown

Christening: Unknown

Marriage: Unknown
Wife: Sarah ? b1679-1750

Death: March 1756 Wirksworth, Derbyshire, UK
Burial: 31 March 1756 Carsington, Derbyshire, UK

Children

By Esther Slater
William Cooper 1693

By Sarah
Hannah Cooper 1694
Richard (Ric) Cooper 1696-1748
Joseph Cooper 1698
Robert Cooper 1701
Sarah Cooper 1703
Mary Cooper 1706
Thomas Cooper 1710
Nathaniel (Nathan) Cooper b1716/7-1716/7

Notes

There is a submitted entry in the IGI for William Cooper born in about 1669 in Carsington, Derby, his wife Sarah born about 1673 in Carsington, Derby, and six children (Hannah, Richard, Joseph, Mary, Thomas and Nathan).

There is an entry in Carsington Baptisms for William Cooper, the bastard son of William Cooper and Esther Slater on 2 April 1693. This is the earliest entry in Carsington for Cooper. I can find no other reference to Esther.

There are also entries in Carsington Baptisms for Hannah, Richard, Joseph, Robert, Sarah, and Thomas, parents William and Sarah Cooper. Only William the father of Mary is given. Only the burial of Nathaniel is given, father William.

There is an entry in Carsington Burials for Sarah Cooper, wife of William Cooper on 9 December 1750.

Entry in Carsington Burials for William Cooper of Wirks on 31 March 1756.

Carsington is about 2 miles west of Wirksworth.

Relationship

William Cooper was Felicity's sixth great grandfather.

Cooper Gendex
Croucher Gendex
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