COOPER
John Cooper
was imported by Randall Revell 16 December 1663, and by Arnold and John Elzey 14 Jun 1665. He settled in the Manokin section of Somerset County, Maryland, with his indentured servant Susannah Brayfield, whom he married 28 May 1667. They had one son. John died in 1667 and Susannah married 30 Jun 1668 Thomas Covington (d.1704) and they had ten children, Samuel, Sarah, Rachel, Jacob, Rebecca, Isaac, Amy, Thomas, Abraham, and Susannah.Susannah Brayfield, imported 1 Apr 1665, as a servant indentured to Randall Revell and John Cooper, was called into court several times charged with (and fined and "publickly whipped" for) bearing illegitimate children, of whom the fathers were John Cooper and John Griffith. John Cooper was proven to be the father of Gabriel Brayfield, born in March, 1666. Thomas Covington's will gives to "Gabriel Cooper his Mother's iron pott"
(A) Susanna Brayfield was christened 18 Dec 1642 at St John the Baptist, Croydon, Surrey, daughter of William Brayfielde, who married 26 Jun 1636 Winifride Best, in the same parish.
(B) Susanna Braffeild was christened 16 Jun 1642 at St Gregory by St Paul, London, daughter of Mathew Braffeild, who married 28 May 1637 Mary Ackens at St Martin Ludgate, London
(C) The "other" Susanna Brafield, of St Stephen, Bristol, married 3 May 1670 John Warren of Temple
There may be other possibilities. Further research in these parishes is needed.
. 1. Gabriel (Brayfield) Cooper (21 Mar 1666- Jul 1737) married Ann
Gabriel Cooper (21 Mar 1666-Jul 1737) patented a 500 acre tract of land in Somerset County called Orphans Lott 13 May 1689, described as at the head of a tract called Bedford., south of the Nanticoke River and north of Barren Creek. In 1716, he sold Orphans Lott to James Hardy, and purchased Bedford from James and William Weatherly.
He and four sons were taxed in Nanticoke Hundred in 1723. Gabriel's will was probated 19 July 1737, naming his wife
Ann. His son Thomas was executor. Gabriel and Ann had 9 children:
. 1. Gabriel
Cooper (before 1707-after 1737)
mentioned in his father's will
. 2. Ann Cooper married about 1715? Ebenezar Cotman
(bef.1687-1765) see below
. 3. Samuel Cooper
(1700-25 May 1762) married 3 Apr 1722 Sarah Wilson, daughter of William
. . . Wilson and Mary Cotman; lived in Somerset Co.
. 4. James Cooper
(before 1707-after 1737)
. 5. Isaac Cooper
(before 1707-1775) married 22 Feb 1731 Tabitha Milby (d.1737) m.1741 Isabel
. . . died in Newton, Gloucester County, New Jersey.
. 6. Phillis Cooper married a Clarkson
. 7. Sarah Cooper married
William Taylor
. 8. Betty Cooper married 10 Dec 1729 Jonathan Huffington (d.1741);
m(2) David Cordrey
. 9.
Thomas Cooper, Sr.
(1715-1766) married Isabel Hardy
Ann Cooper married about 1715(?)
Ebenezar Cotman (bef.1702-1765) is listed as a neighbor of Ralph Lowe on the Nanticoke Hundred Tax Lists from 1723 into the 1730's.
Ebenezar's will dated 9 Nov 1760, proved 19 Mar 1765, leaves his plantation Weatherless Adventure to his grandson Nathan Cotman, son of his daughter Sarah Low. Executor George Low, witnesses Ralph Low and Hudson Low.
. 2. Anne Cotman (c.1719-bef.1753) 28 Aug 1740 Richard Waller (c1715-1784) Sussex Co, DE
. 3. Sarah Cotman (bef.1727) m.29 Dec 1754 George Low, see below
. 4. Phillis Cotman unmarried in 1760; married by 13 Jun 1766 Averton Cowaly
Ann Cooper married Ebenezar Cotman
Sarah Cotman (bef.1727-bef.1778) m.1754 George Low
Nathan (Cotman) Lowe (1754-c1829) married Mary
Mary Lowe
(1798-1868) m.1817 William HickmanJohn Hickman
(1821-17 Jan 1875) m.1842 Maria KochelAngeline Hickman
(1848-1923) m.1868 George B LiptrapJohn Liptrap
(1872-1935) m.1904 Bertha Helen StonecypherVirgil Raymond Liptrap
(1907-1977) m.1949 Frances Mary Tate MatthewsJames Matthews Liptrap
(1951)