An Inventory of the Cooper Family Papers, 1780-1926
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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081-1399 U.S.A.
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collection
Papers, 1780-1926
Cooper Family
Biographical History for: Papers, 1780-1926
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE William Cooper, a New Jersey Quaker and Elder of Woodbury Monthly Meeting, married Sarah Morgan in 1806. They had six children and resided at “Greenfield” in Woodbury.
SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS Family correspondence, wills and marriage certificates, other manuscript and printed materials, memorabilia, and photographs of the ancestors and descendents of William and Sarah Morgan Cooper. Includes historical writings of Howard Mickle Cooper and the genealogical notes of Lucy Smyth
Quakers -- New Jersey - Woodbury
Cooper, William, 1770-1850
Cooper, Sarah, 1774-1848
Cooper, Howard M. (Howard Mickle), 1844-1922
Cooper, Lucy S. (Lucy Smyth), 1853-1924
Cooper family
series
Ser. 1. Correspondence, 1834-1921
William Cooper to John Cooper, Greenfield 3/31/1834
Mary [Cooper?] to Ann [Cooper?], Byberry 8/23/1857
[Elizabeth M. Cooper?] to Anna Richardson, Phila. 9/3/1890
Lydia Griscom to?, Greenfields 8/14/1909
Lydia Griscom to cousin Howard Cooper, Greenfields 11/15/1909
Lydia Biddle to Howard [Cooper?], Lansdowne, Pa. 2/13/1910
Wm. A. Cooper to Howard [Cooper?], Conshohocken 5/15/1921
Ser. 2. Genealogy
Lucy Smyth Cooper Genealogical notes:
Betts Family notes
Canby Family notes
Seal Family notes
Smyth Family notes
Ancestral Tablets
Includes Canby, Gilpin, Gregg, Paxson, Richards, Shipley and many others.
Miscellaneous notes: small notebooks, letters, and loose notes of different sizes.
Ser. 3. Wills, 1780-1885
Also includes papers connected with the wills.
Hannah Jessup 1780
James Cooper 1790
Mary Cooper 1794
Rebecca Cooper 1799
James Cooper 1819
John Cooper 1830
Joseph Kaighn 1841
William Cooper 1850
Joseph Morgan 1864
Joseph M. Cooper 1885
Ser. 4. Manuscript material, 1987-1921
“Newton Meeting--A Retrospect," by Howard M. Cooper1876 1mo 14
Read before the Friends' Lyceum, Camden, N.J. Received 11/28/1962.
Printed materials, 1896-1921:
Cooper, Howard M.: William Cooper of “Greenfield” Woodbury, N.J. and his Cooper ancestry. 1896
Cooper Re-union at Greenfields, N.J. 9mo. 18, 1909
McGeorge, Isabella Crater: Ann Whitall's DutySeptember, 1901
Printed in The American Monthly Magazine.
Bicentennial Celebration of Erection of Friends Meeting House, Woodbury Comfort, William Wistar 1921 5mo
William Cooper and the Friends in England and America, Part II (in Bulletin of Friends Historical Society of Philadelphia.
Ser. 5. Newspaper clippings, 1921
John Cooper, Patriot, by Isabella Crater McGeorge April 22, 1921
Looking Backward (Philadelphia Evening Bulletin). Obituaries, etc.
Ser. 6. Memorabilia, 1829-1934
Birth Announcement, Sarah Cooper Griest, 1922
Birthdays of family & Friends 1889
Medical certificates: Anna Richardson 1899-1902
Speech by Lucy Cooper Walker at Cooper family reunion at Greenfields Nov. 1934
Testimonies for, 1910-1926:
Annie Cooper Lippincott 1910
Sarah Cooper 1923
Anna Richardson 1926
Invitation to funeral of Sarah Kaighn 1842 11mo 9
Invitation to hear Grattan Guiness 1860 4mo 11
Disownments, 1929-1837:
Disownment of Mary Kaighn, 1837 8mo 14 Haddonfield Meeting
Disownment of John Cooper, 1836 3mo 1 Woodbury Meeting.
Disownment of Joseph Kaighn, and wife Sarah, 1829 6mo 8 Haddonfield Meeting
Ser. 7. Pictures, late 1800s-1924
William J. Cooper (1849-1925) c. 1924
Group: Caroline M. Cooper, Sarah Bancroft Clark, Emma C. Bancroft, William P. Bancroft c.1899
Cooper family reunion pictures, 1909-1910
Group: William J. Cooper, George K. Johnson, Emma McIlvain Cooper, Sallie K. Johnson, Lucy Smyth Cooper, Howard M. Cooper, Mary Cooper Johnson (Griest), Emily Cooper (Johnson). At Cooper Reunion, Woodbury, N.J. 1909
Group: Anne T. Hilles, Sarah Tatum Hilles, Joseph T. Hilles. At Cooper Reunion, Woodbury N.J.1909
Group: Emily Kaighn Smith, Robert Kaighn, Anna K. Smith, Mary M. Kaighn, Sarah C. Kaighn. Cooper Reunion 1909
Group: Mary M. Kaighn, Lucy Cooper Walker, Sallie Kaighn, Emma C. Bancroft, Howard M. Cooper, Caroline M. Cooper, William A. Cooper, Anna Kaighn Smith, Robert Kaighn, Sarah Tatum Hilles, Annie Cooper Lippincott, Lydia C. Biddle, Sallie K. Johnson, Mary K. Richardson, William G. Cooper. Cooper Reunion1909
Group: Anna Richardson, Wm. Cooper Wilker, Lucy C. Walker, Wm. A. Cooper, Mary Kaighn Richardson (?), Mary Bagg Cooper, Annie Cooper Lippincott, Nathaniel Richardson, Elizabeth C. Richardson, Elisha H. Walker. Cooper Reunion 1909
Group: Mary W. Griscom, Howard M. Cooper, Mary Biddle (Fink), Lydia C. Lewis, (Rickman), Lydia Biddle, Mary B. Cooper, Caroline Biddle Lippincott, Robert Biddle, Caroline M. Cooper, Nathaniel Richardson, Lydia Griscom, Helen Conrad Biddle, Elizabeth D. Richardson, Emma McI. Cooper, J. Lawrence Lippincott, Lydia C. Biddle, Emma C. Bancroft, Wm. P. Bancroft, Lucy Biddle Lewis, Wm. J. Cooper, Caroline Biddle (Malin), Lucy Lippincott (Maris), Caroline Lippincott (Forman), Elizabeth Biddle Ayars, Helen Biddle (Porter). Cooper Reunion 1910
Group: Deborah Ferris, Anna Ferris, Martha Ferris late 1800s
Group: Anna and Patty (Martha) Ferris late 1880s
Group: Deborah and Anna Ferrislate 1800s
Wm. C. Smyth 3/4/1895
Mount Holly, N.J., Meeting house
Stony Brook, N.J., Meeting house
Wilmington, Del., meeting
Woodbury meeting house 9/1/1909