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'Cooper01'
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Families covered:
Cooper of Rockbourne, Cooper (Ashley-Cooper) of Shaftesbury
| Richard Cooper of Paulett (d 08.05.1566) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Kingsmill (dau of John Kingsmill of Sidmanton, Southampton) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir John Cooper (d 1610) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Martha Skutt (dau of Anthony Skutt of Stanton Drew) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir John Cooper, 1st Bart of Rockbourne (d 23.03.1631) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Anne Ashley (d 20.07.1628, dau of Sir Anthony Ashley of Wimborne St. Giles) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, later Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (b 22.07.1621, d 21/2.01.1683) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (25.02.1639) Margaret Coventry (dsp 11.07.1649, dau of Thomas Coventry, 1st Lord) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (15/25.04.1650) Frances Cecil (bpt 14.08.1633, d 31.12.1652, dau of David Cecil, 3rd Earl of Exeter) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Cecil Ashley Cooper (b 1651, d young) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 2nd Earl of Shaftesbury (b 16.01.1652, d 10.11.1699) | ||||||||||||||
| It is not clear if, at this stage, Ashley was a 'first name' or had become part of the family name. TCP implies that Ashley was part of the family name at least by the time of the 7th Earl. As it appears to have been used by at least one of the daughters of this Earl, we presume to show it as a family name from this generation on. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (22.09.1669) Dorothy Manners (d 06.1698, dau of John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (b 26.02.1671, d 15.02.1712-3) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.08.1709) Jane Ewer (d 23.11.1751, dau of Thomas Ewer of Bushey Hall and the Leas) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 4th Earl of Shaftesbury (b 09.02.1710-1, d 27.05.1771) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (12.03.1724) Susannah Noel (dsp 20.06.1758, dau of Baptist Noel, 3rd Earl of Gainsborough) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (20.03.1759) Mary Bouverie (b 02.10.1730, d 12.11.1804, dau of Jacob Bouverie, 1st Viscount Folkestone) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 5th Earl of Shaftesbury (b 17.09.1761, d 14.05.1811) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.07.1786) Barbara Webb (b c1762, d 05.10.1819, dau of Sir John Webb, Bart of Oldstock House) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Barbara Ashley-Cooper (d 05.06.1844) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.08.1814) William Francis Spencer Ponsonby, 1st Lord de Mauley (b 31.07.1787, d 16.05.1855) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Cropley Ashley-Cooper, 6th Earl of Shaftesbury (b 21.12.1768, d 02.06.1851) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.12.1796) Anne Spencer (b 05.11.1773, d 07.08.1865, dau of George Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Mary Anne Ashley-Cooper (d 08.07.1854) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.04.1788) Charles Sturt of Crichel House (d 12.05.1812) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Maurice Ashley-Cooper (b 14.04.1675, dsp 21.10.1726, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catharine Popple (d 31.03.1721, dau of William Popple) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Frances Ashley-Cooper | ||||||||||||||
| m. Francis Stonehouse of Hungerford Park | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Dorothy Ashley-Cooper (d 04.05.1749) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1700) Edward Hooper of Heron Court | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Elizabeth Ashley-Cooper (d 20.01.1744) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.04.1707) James Harris of the Close of Sarum (b 17.04.1674, d 26.08.1731) | |||||||||||||||
| (6)+ | other issue - John (b c1672, d unm 1693), Gertrude (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| m3. (30.08.1655) Margaret Spencer (bpt 19.01.1627, dsp 1693, dau of William Spencer, 2nd Lord of Wormleighton) | |||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | 1 son and 1 daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Mary Hicks (dau of Baptist Hicks, Viscount Campden) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
BP1934 (Shaftesbury)
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