The Cooper Lineage


Emma Louise and Newbern Webster



Newbern Webster Rockett and Emma Louise Cooper


Peter Kieffer/Cooper


immigrant


He arrived in Philadelphia on the Robert And Alice on 11 September 1738. The book that contains this information reads: "At the Courthouse of Philadelphia, September 11th, 1738. Present The Honourable George Thomas, Esqr, Lt Gov....The Palatines whose Names are underwritten, imported in the Ship Robert and Alice, of Dublin, Walter Goodman, Comr, from Rotterdam, but last from Dover in England, did this day take and subscribe the Oaths to the Government."



Peter was a gunsmith by trade, and he made Pennsylvania/Kentucky Rifles.

b Germany

d 1766
York Co, PA


married


Margaret/Margaretta Fry/Frei

probably in Philadelphia, PA.


Their children were:

1. Adam b 19 Oct 1755 York Co, PA
2. Peter
3. Elizabeth (b PA m John STONE in SC)
4. Maria Eva "Eve" (b 5 Nov 1761 York Co, PA m Jacob STONE in SC).

Among their children:
Elizabeth m Phillip HOOPPAUGH/HOOPER (their children: Cooper, Dawson, Golozia, and William)



Margaret remarried Andrew Feaster/Pfister in Philadelphia, PA in 1767. They moved to GA briefly and then settled in Fairfield Co, SC.

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Margaret Fry's monument in Fairfield Co, SC



Adam B. Cooper, Sr of SC

b 19 Oct 1755
(Adam Kieffer)
baptized 30 Nov 1755
Trinity Lutheran Church
York Co, PA
d after 1833
Fairfield Co, SC


married


Jean Bell

dau of George Bell of Fairfield Co, SC


To view George Bell's will, click here.


Children of Adam Cooper Sr and Jean Bell Cooper were:

(Birth order unknown)

1. "probably" Peter
2. Adam B. Jr (b bef 1800 d 1823 SC m Frances "Franky" ?? SC)
3. George Bell (b 25 Dec 1784 SC d 1 Feb 1875 MS) m Sarah MAYFIELD b 10 Oct 1806 d 5 Dec 1886 MS)

Children: John b ca 1833 SC, Mary b ca 1836 SC, Sarah b ca 1836 SC, Margaret b ca 1838 SC, William b ca 1841 SC, Toletha b ca 1843 SC, Frances b 22 Feb 1847 SC

4. Andrew (b bef 1800 SC d Chambers Co, AL m Alsey ?? b ca 1800)
Children: Charner, Jane (b ca 1825 SC), Mary (b ca 1826 SC), Martha, Andrew J. (b ca 1828 SC), Rhoda (b ca 1832 SC), Adam L. (b ca 1838 AL), Clarisa (b ca 1838 AL), Elizabeth, John Marion, and Irena Margarette (b ca 1832 AL)

5. Margaret (m William F. HILL)
6. Nancy
7. Mary

Adam received 2 land grants in Fairfield Co, SC to the right of the Broad River, one adjoined the land of a Peter Cooper and the other adjoined the property of Andrew Feaster who was his stepfather. Both Adam and Andrew were of the dunkard faith, otherwise known as German Baptists, and they both were described as having very long, white beards.





This is the Liberty Universalist Church in Feasterville, SC. Since the actual church building was erected in 1832 by Andrew Feaster's son, it is likely that Adam Cooper also attended this church.



Peter Cooper

b before 1790 SC. d ca 1862 AL.

married

1st Mary ??

2nd Cematha/Samantha Moncrief
b. 1825 GA. d. 1862 AL.
(Daughter of Isaac Moncrief and Nancy Kicker)
See Kicker Lineage and Moncrief Lineage

Peter had brothers Andrew, Adam B,Jr, and George B. and probable sisters Nancy (who married a Wise), Mary, and Margaret (who married William F. Hill).

Peter's children by 1st wife Mary:

1.George (b 1812 SC d ca 1870 AL m Sarah)
Children: Hassethine, Wesley, Peter, Andrew, (1st 4 b MS) Samintha, John, Canses (male), Elizabeth, and George (last 5 b AL)
2. William B. (b 1813 SC married ca 1840 Sarah ??)
Children: John, Andrew, William, Zachariah, Marion, Joseph, Jordan

3. Adam (ca 1814 m 15 Nov 1837 Elvira SALE)
Children: Willis, Perry, Alida

4. John D. (b 1815 SC m 1st 24 Sep 1840 Martha Thompson AL m 2nd 31 Jan 1863 Mrs. Jane Ferguson)
Children: James M., Thomas C., Andrew P., Harvey N., M.D. (?), Albert, and Victoria J. (possibly others)

5. Andrew J. (b 1818 SC m 19 Feb 1850 Catherine "Cassie" DOWNS)
Children: Mary, John, William, Jasper Newton, Phila Ann, Peter, and George
6. Martha (b 20 Aug 1821 AL d 25 Aug 1899 AL m 28 Dec 1837 Singleton POSEY)
Children: Wessley, Jasper, George Warren, Elizabeth, Mary, Louisa, Savilla (Sallie), and William
7. Jane F. (b ca 1824 AL m 6 Aug 1840 Abimalech Hawkins BRASHER)
Children: Benjamin Franklin, Constantine Perkins, Peter C., Mary R., Elizabeth E., H. H. (male), and F. H.(male)

8. Elizabeth (b 16 Apr 1829 AL d 4 Jul 1887 m 29 Apr 1852 A. L. Albert TATUM)
Children: Perry C. b 20 Jun 1859 d 6 Nov 1917, Albert (possibly others)
9.Catherine (b ca 1830 AL m 24 Dec 1847 Joseph SANFORD d 15 Feb 1864)
Children: Joseph,, Rebecca, Martha A., William D, and Alfonzo Perry (possibly others)
10. Savilla (b ca 1833 AL m 18 Jul 1849 Benjamin Thomas RASBERRY)
Children: Peter Cooper and Alfonzo Perry
11.Louisa (b 9 Jun 1836 AL d 26 Dec 1884 m 1st 31 Oct 1850 Clinton THOMPSON; 2nd ca 1866 David WELLS)
Children: Mary, Burket, & Fannie THOMPSON; Emma, William, and Oseola WELLS (possibly others)


by 2nd wife Samantha:
Alphonzo (b 10 Nov 1843 d 8 May 1908 - see below)
Sarah A. "Sallie" (b 1845 m John A. MILNER)
Lafayette (b ca 1848 m 1 Aug 1868 Mrs. Mary E. ODEN)
Newton (b Dec 1849)


by Creek Indian slave girl Fanny:
Charles McCLELLAN (pictured below). (1853-1934) b. in Verbena, AL.



Alphonzo Cooper
b. 11/10/1843 AL. d. 05/08/1908 AL.

married

Mary Elizabeth Barber
b. 04/12/1851 AL d. 12/03/1899 AL.
(see Barber Lineage)


Emma Louise Cooper
b. 09/01/1884 AL. d. 03/21/1949 MS.

married

Newbern Webster Rockett
b. 07/04/1878
(see Rockett Lineage)





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