%eadnotat; ]> 5031coop An Inventory of the Cooper Family Papers, 1780-1926 Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staff Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Before 1967 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, December 2000. ENG Cooper Family Papers, 1780-1926 FHL staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Before 1967 Descriptive Summary Papers, 1780-1926 RG 5/031 Cooper Family 3 boxes; 1.5 linear ft. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081-1399 U.S.A.

For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. 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. This collection contains 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.

Repository:

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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

Arrangement

The collection is divided into seven series:

Correspondence Genealogy Wills and marriage certificates Manuscripts and printed writings Newspaper clippings Memorabilia Pictures ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

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

Access

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Friends Historical Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

Preferred Citation

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

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

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

See also:

Emily Cooper Johnson Papers, RG5/078 SELECTED SEARCH TERMS Materials catalogued separately

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings:

Quakers -- New Jersey - Woodbury Woodbury (N.J.) Cooper family Cooper, William, 1770-1850 Cooper, Sarah, 1774-1848 Cooper, Howard M. (Howard Mickle), 1844-1922 Cooper, Lucy S. (Lucy Smyth), 1853-1924 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS Ser. 1. Correspondence, 1834-1921 William Cooper to John Cooper, Greenfield 3/31/1834 1 copy Mary [Cooper?] to Ann [Cooper?], Byberry 8/23/1857 1 [Elizabeth M. Cooper?] to Anna Richardson, Phila. 9/3/1890 1 Lydia Griscom to?, Greenfields 8/14/1909 1 Lydia Griscom to cousin Howard Cooper, Greenfields 11/15/1909 1 Lydia Biddle to Howard [Cooper?], Lansdowne, Pa. 2/13/1910 1 Wm. A. Cooper to Howard [Cooper?], Conshohocken 5/15/1921 1 Ser. 2. Genealogy Lucy Smyth Cooper Genealogical notes: 2 Betts Family notes 2 volumes 2 Canby Family notes 1 volume 2 Seal Family notes 1 volume 2 Smyth Family notes 4 volumes 2 Ancestral Tablets 1 volume 2

Includes Canby, Gilpin, Gregg, Paxson, Richards, Shipley and many others.

Miscellaneous notes: small notebooks, letters, and loose notes of different sizes. 3 3 packets Ser. 3. Wills, 1780-1885 1

Also includes papers connected with the wills.

Hannah Jessup 1780 1 James Cooper 1790 1 Mary Cooper 1794 1 Rebecca Cooper 1799 1 James Cooper 1819 1 John Cooper 1830 1 Joseph Kaighn 1841 1 William Cooper 1850 1 Joseph Morgan 1864 1 Joseph M. Cooper 1885 1 Ser. 4. Manuscript material, 1987-1921 “Newton Meeting--A Retrospect," by Howard M. Cooper1876 1mo 14 1

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 1 Cooper Re-union at Greenfields, N.J. 9mo. 18, 1909 1 McGeorge, Isabella Crater: Ann Whitall's DutySeptember, 1901 1

Printed in The American Monthly Magazine.

Bicentennial Celebration of Erection of Friends Meeting House, Woodbury Comfort, William Wistar 1921 5mo 1

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 1

Looking Backward (Philadelphia Evening Bulletin). Obituaries, etc.

Ser. 6. Memorabilia, 1829-1934 Birth Announcement, Sarah Cooper Griest, 1922 1 Birthdays of family & Friends 1889 1 Medical certificates: Anna Richardson 1899-1902 1 Speech by Lucy Cooper Walker at Cooper family reunion at Greenfields Nov. 1934 1 Testimonies for, 1910-1926: Annie Cooper Lippincott 1910 1 Sarah Cooper 1923 1 Anna Richardson 1926 1 Invitation to funeral of Sarah Kaighn 1842 11mo 9 1 Invitation to hear Grattan Guiness 1860 4mo 11 1 Disownments, 1929-1837: Disownment of Mary Kaighn, 1837 8mo 14 Haddonfield Meeting 1 Disownment of John Cooper, 1836 3mo 1 Woodbury Meeting. 1 Disownment of Joseph Kaighn, and wife Sarah, 1829 6mo 8 Haddonfield Meeting 1 Ser. 7. Pictures, late 1800s-1924 William J. Cooper (1849-1925) c. 1924 1 Group: Caroline M. Cooper, Sarah Bancroft Clark, Emma C. Bancroft, William P. Bancroft c.1899 1 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 1 Group: Anne T. Hilles, Sarah Tatum Hilles, Joseph T. Hilles. At Cooper Reunion, Woodbury N.J.1909 1 Group: Emily Kaighn Smith, Robert Kaighn, Anna K. Smith, Mary M. Kaighn, Sarah C. Kaighn. Cooper Reunion 1909 1 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 1 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 1 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 1 Group: Deborah Ferris, Anna Ferris, Martha Ferris late 1800s 1 Group: Anna and Patty (Martha) Ferris late 1880s 1 Group: Deborah and Anna Ferrislate 1800s 1 Wm. C. Smyth 3/4/1895 1 Mount Holly, N.J., Meeting house 1 Stony Brook, N.J., Meeting house 1 Wilmington, Del., meeting 1 Woodbury meeting house 9/1/1909 1