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The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.)

Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. 250 words

Cooper of TnROCKiior.TON's Nece. -- The ancestors ot the Coopers emigrated from England to 3Iassachusetts, at a very early period. The name of Johs occurs as freeman of Cambridge, in 1036. This individual is one of the grantees named in the Indian deed of Southhampton, L. I., A. D. 1640. ^Ir. Cooper of Suffolk Co., L. I., a descendant of the above, had two sons and a da., the latter mar. and eniigrated with her husband, to the western part of Pen!;sylvania. His sons he brought up as physicians. The youngest, Jerenuah, settled at Fishkill, in Duchess Co. The eldest, Ananias, settled at Ithinebeck, in the same county, and Avas an active whig during the Revolutionary war. He had ten sons and three da. One son and one da. d. yoimg. (I.) Thomas, the eldest, graduated at Princeton College, and became an eminent lawyer in the city of New York, he mar. Catharine Coldeu, grand-da. of the Hon. David Colden, Lt. G'lv. of the Province of New York. He left 1. Colden, a lieutenant in the Provincial army, and ald-de-camp to General Izard", 2. Edward, d. young 3. Alice Ann, (II.) John, d. yoimg, (Til.) Henry, (IV.) ChvJfa Dilcay T'ooper, 31. D., fourth son of Ananias, resided at Albany, here he nmr. 3Iaig;'.r(;t Vernor. He left three sons a:!d tv.o da., 1. 3Iajnr (;..•:'(-::! .John T. Cooper, of Albany, m.ar. 3Ii-^^ JlL-niy, da. of J..liu V. Henry; 2, WiUiiAm mar. a da. of the lute Judge Yauderpool; 3, Rev. Charles