The roots of  the COOPER  family tree are deeply planted in the soil of  Cambridge, England and for many generations the bulk of  the family lived in or around the town of  Soham, which is situated near the Cambridge-Suffolk border.                                                                                                                        Compiled by  Raelene Ryan

1.  George COOPER                       sp:  Sarah NIXSON      Born: circa. 1719, Soham, Cambridge, England.        2.  Robert COOPER            Born:24th. June 1751,  Soham, Cambridge, England           Married:  11th. Oct. 1773, Soham, Cambridge, England           Spouse:Ann  ROPER (d/o   William ROPER & Ann LAMBERT of Soham)           Born:   1st. Dec. 1755  Soham, Cambridge, England.           3.   Robert COOPER                 Born:   5th. April 1778, Soham, Cambridge, England                 Died:                 Married:  5th. August 1799, Soham, Cambridge, England.                 Spouse : Eleanor  WEST   (aka. Ellen WEST)                 (daughter of   Charles JAQUES & Mary JARVIS a.k.a. WEST)                 Bapt:   circa.  16th. Oct. 1778, Soham, Cambridge, England.                 4.  Mary COOPER                       Spouse:  William CASBON                      Bapt: 14th. March 1801, Soham, Cambridge, England.                      Bur: 28th. July 1835, Soham, Cambridge, England.                      Married: 14th. March 1829, Soham, Cambridge, England.                  4.  Ann Elizabeth COOPER         Spouse:   Charles FREE                      Bapt: 22rd. March 1805, Soham, Cambridge, England.                      Married:  15th. Sept. 1827  Castle Camps, Cambridge, England.                 4.  Robert COOPER                     Spouse:   Sarah THOMPSON                      Bapt: 14th. April 1808, Soham, Cambridge, England.                      Bur: 8th. Oct. 1841, Soham, Cambridge, England.                      Married: 30th. Nov. 1834, Soham, Cambridge, England.                 4.  John West COOPER                      Bapt.   1812, Soham, Cambridge, England.                      Died: 1st. August 1853, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.                      1st. Married: 15th. Oct. 1833, Haslingfield, Cambridge, England.                       1st. Spouse: Ann OSBORNE             1812-1837                      (d/o William & Ann OSBOURN)                       5.  Elsden Osborne COOPER           1834-1921                            1st. sp:  Elizabeth Ann Richards GILL                            2nd. sp:  Mrs Sarah HADON                       5.  Frederick John COOPER  1836-1837                      2nd. Married:   9th. Sept. 1838,  Fowlmere, Cambridge, England.                       2nd. Spouse:    Susan GEEVES (Jeeves/Jeaves)  1817-1880                      5.  Arthur William COOPER  1839-1839                      5.  William Jeaves COOPER  1841-1923                            sp: Mary Matilda McKENZIE                       5.   Mary Ann Jeaves COOPER 1843-1882                             sp:  Guiseppi FRANZI                       5.   Sarah Louisa Jeaves COOPER 1845-1877                            sp: John Thomas ALLAN                      5.   Frances Eleanor COOPER   1848-1851                 4.  Rebecca COOPER                       Spouse:    John CARTER                      Born:  circa. 1811, Melbourn, Cambridge, England.                      Bapt:  circa. 1811, Soham, Cambridge, England.                      Married:  3rd. Nov. 1832, Soham, Cambridge, England.                  4.  Edward  COOPER                        Spouse:     Ann FREE                      Bapt: 12th. Jan. 1817, Soham, Cambridge, England.                      Married: 11th. Nov. 1837, Castle Camps, Cambridge, England.

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