'Cooper04'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Cooper of Cooper's Hill (aka Sragh, in Queen's Co.), Cooper of Thurgarton

                               
William Cooper of Thurgarton, Nottinghamshire
m. Scissely (Cecilia) Tolley (dau/heir of John Tolley of London)
1. Thomas Cooper of Thurgarton (a 1569)
  m. Ellinor Stanhope (dau of Sir Michael Stanhope of Shelford)
  A. William Cooper of Thurgarton (2nd son)
FMG & Thoroton show Willliam's wife as a dau of _ Hutton, the Judge, showing them as parents of Sir Roger & Drury. However, Visitation (1662), which starts with this generation, identifies her as follows with children as shown below, identifying the daughter of Judge Hutton as wife of William's eldest son.
  m. ?? Trentham (dau of Sir Thomas Trentham of Rosseter)
  i. Thomas Cooper of Thurgarton
  m. Jane Hutton (dau of Sir Richard Hutton, judge)
  a. Anne Cooper probably of this generation
  m. Sir Nicholas Coote of Blownorton (a 1636)
  b. daughter
ii. Sir Roger Cooper of Thurgarton (d 12.1657)
  m. (c10.1624) Catherine Harper (dau/coheir of Sir Richard Harper or Harpur of Hemmington (Swarkston))
  a. Cecil Cooper of Thurgarton (b c1656, a 1662)
  m. Sarah Hotham (dau of Sir John Hotham, Bart)
  (1) Cecil Cooper 'of Thurgarton' (b c1669, a 1673)
m. Ann Savile (dau of William Savile)
  b. John Cooper of Thurgarton (d 1672, carver to Charles II)
  m. Jane (probably not Dorothy) Gilbert (dau of Henry Gilbert of Locko)
  (1) Roger Cooper of Thurgarton only one of this generation mentioned by FMG, not mentioned by Visitation or Thoroton
  m. Annetta Jones (dau of Francis Jones of Newton-Tovy)
  (A) John Cooper of Thurgarton (dsp, 3rd son)
  John left his estate to his 2nd cousin, John Gilbert, who assumed the name Cooper.
  (B)+ other issue - George (dvp?), Francis (dvp?), Roger
  (2)+ other issue (a 1662) - Charles (b c1644), John, Gilbert, William, Dorothy mentioned by Visitation (1662) and (except for Gilbert) Thoroton
c.+ other issue - William, Cooper, Henry (d young), Thomas (d young), Richard (d young), Dorothy, Anne, Elizabeth (d young)
  iii. Cordelia Cooper
  m. Sir John Meldrum ("a Scotchman")
  iv. Jane Cooper
  m. (c04.1623) Anthony Butler of Cotes
  v. Mary (sb Anne?) Cooper
  m. Thomas Wightman of Stoke
  vi.+ other issue - Francis (d unm), William (d unm), Drury (dsp), Trentham (d young), Elizabeth, Katherine
  B.+ other issue - Thomas (dsp), Anne, Joane
2. William Cooper
  m. Anne Mering (dau of James Mering of Rolston)
3. Richard Cooper
4. Olivia Cooper
  m. Edward Sutton of Averham

 

 

Edward Cooper, later in co. Carlow (a 1690) possibly father or uncle or cousin of ...
1. Thomas Cooper of Newtown (co. Carlow), later of Sragh (Queen's Co.) (d 23.06.1714)
  A. Edward Cooper of Sragh (aka Cooper's Hill)
  m. (26.05.1697) Ann Inglefield (dau of John Inglefield of Dublin)
i. William Cooper of Cooper's Hill (aka Sragh) (b 07.08.1709, d 28.12.1760, youngest son)
  m. (31.01.1730) Experience Strettell (d 13.05.1733, dau of Abel Srettell of Dublin)
  a. Edward Cooper of Cooper's Hill (b 01.05.1733, d 17.02.1797)
  m. (23.05.1754) Sarah Clibborn (dau of Robert Clibborn of Whylam Grove)
  (1) William Cooper of Cooper's Hill, Sheriff of co. Carlow (b 07.02.1757, d 06.1830)
  m. (28.04.1789) Susan Cope (dau of William Cope of Dublin)
  (A) William Cooper of Cooper's Hill, Sheriff of Queen's Co. (b 1765, d unm 1874)
  (B) Robert Cooper of Cooper's Hill (b 15.08.1802, d 20.10.1879, minister, 3rd son) had issue
  m. (1838) Alicia Maria (Isabella) Le Hunte (d 16.09.1883, dau of William Augustus Le Hunte of Artramont)
  (C) Henry Cooper (b 1809, d 1878, General, Acting Governor of Natal) had issue
  m. (1843) Jane Boughton
  (D) Elizabeth Cooper (d 1876)
  m. (1825) Joseph Fishbourne of Straw Hall (d 1826)
  (E) Charlotte Cooper (d 1882)
m. Rev. R. Hamilton
  (F)+ other issue - Edward (b 1800, d unm 1826), Sarah (b 1793, d 1825), Susan (b 1794, d 1875), Anne (b 1798, d unm 1893), Alicia (d unm 1894), Maria Theresa (d unm 14.03.1897)
  (2)+ other issue - Edward (b 13.03.1767), Ann (b 14.10.1755, d unm 1834)
  b. Thomas Cooper of Mullimast, co. Kildare (b 03.01.1736, d 11.10.1847, 3rd son)
  (1) Juliana Cooper (b c1767, d 11.10.1847, coheir)
  m. (06.08.1789) Richard (Cavendish), 2nd Lord Waterpark
  c. Lydia Cooper
m. (08.04.1752) Joshua Cooper of Whylam Grove (not his son Robert)
  d. Sarah Clibborn Cooper (b 05.05.1739)
  m. Barclay Clibborn of Moate Castle
  e.+ other issue - Abel (b 17.10.1734), Anne Clibborn (b 29.04.1738)
  ii. Sarah Cooper (b 25.09.1702, d 09.08.1719)
  m. Abel Strettell of Dublin
  iii. Anne Cooper (b 07.09.1713)
  m. (12.08.1733) John Penrose of Waterford (son of William)
  iv.+ other issue - Thomas (b 22.01.1699, d 16.02.1699), Thomas (b 29.09.1703, d 17.07.1711), Edward (b 03.04.1705), John (b 06.08.1706), Elizabeth (b 01.08.1700, d 12.03.1702)
  B. William Cooper (d 07.11.713)

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (uploaded 24.05.16) : Visitation (Nottinghamshire, 1569+1614, 'Cooper'), FMG (vol 3, MS360, 'Cooper-Gilbert-Savile', p868+), Visitation (Nottinghamshire, 1662, 'Cooper of Thurgarton'), BHO (Thoroton's 'History of Nottinghamshire' (Throsby 1796) , vol 3, 'Thurgarton and Horspole')
(2) For lower section (uploaded 26.09.16) : BLGI1912 ('Cooper of Cooper's Hill')

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