Cooper Family Papers

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.

The larger part of the collection is composed of genealogical research. There also is some family correspondence, wills and marriage certificates, manuscript and printed materials, memorabilia, and photographs of the ancestors and descendents of William and Sarah Morgan Cooper.

The collection is divided into five series:

1. Correspondence
2. Wills and related papers
3. Memorabilia
4. Pictures
5. Genealogy

Donors: Emily Cooper Johnson, 1959, and Elizabeth M. Cooper, 1961-1962

Originally processed before 1967 by FHL staff. Rehoused and finding aid revised in 2015.

See also:

1. Emily Cooper Johnson Papers, RG5/078
2. Cooper family pictures, PA 118

The following materials have been removed from the collection and recatalogued:

1. Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Discipline, 1719. See Disciplines.
2. In oversize picture collection, Portraits: Mahlon Betts (1795-1867) of Wilmington, Del.
3. In oversize picture collection, Portraits: Mary (Seal) Betts (1795-1891) (Photographed from oil portraits by Benjamin Otis(?)
4. Marriage certificates: see marr. certs. in chart case
5. Marriage certificate: Kaighin, Joseph to Mickle, Sarah. 4mo 16 1795. See Marriage Certificates in Chart Case.
6. Marriage certiificates: Cooper, John to Kaighn, Mary M. 10mo 18 1843. See Marriage Certificates in Chart Case.

Use

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Preferred Citation

[Indicate the cited item or series here], Cooper Family Papers, RG5/031, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Publisher

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Sponsor

Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries

Finding aids author

FHL staff

Date

Before 1967

Creator

Cooper family

Cooper, William, 1770-1850

Cooper, Sarah, 1774-1848

Cooper, Howard M. (Howard Mickle), 1844-1922

Cooper, Lucy S. (Lucy Smyth), 1853-1924

Subject

Quakers -- New Jersey -- Woodbury

People

Cooper family

Place

Woodbury (N.J.)

Language

English