Robert Cooper and Nancy Bell

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Husband Robert Cooper ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1758 - County Armagh, Ireland 3
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           Died: 20 Jan 1840 4
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       Marriage:  - Ireland

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Wife Nancy Bell ¹

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            AKA: Elizabeth [Unk] 4
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           Died: 29 Jan 1829 - Allegheny Co, PA 4
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Children

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1 M William Cooper ⁴

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         Spouse: Martha McCague (      -      ) 4

         Spouse: Mary Hood (      -      ) 4

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2 M John Cooper ^{5 6}

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           Born:  - ? Ireland
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           Died:  - ? Allegheny Co, PA
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         Spouse: Sarah Agnew (      -      ) 5 7

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3 M Robert Cooper ^{1 4}

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           Born:  - Findlay Twp, Allegheny Co, PA
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Gaunce (      -      ) 1 4
           Marr: 1811 4

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4 M Joseph Cooper ⁴

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           Died: Abt 1827
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5 M Richard Cooper ⁴

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         Spouse: Nancy Hooper (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 1817 4

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6 M James Cooper ^{4 8}

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           Born: 1796 - Allegheny Co, PA 8
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           Died: 1861 - Lawrence Co, PA 8
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         Spouse: Elizabeth McLeester (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 17 Jun 1819 4

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7 F Elizabeth Cooper ⁴

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         Spouse: Samuel Newell (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 1818 4

         Spouse: Thomas Lawton (      -      ) 4

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8 F Margaret Cooper ⁴

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         Spouse: John Bell (      -      ) 4

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General Notes: Husband - Robert Cooper

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Settlement was made in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, by the parents of John Cooper, the first of their line to leave the family home near Belfast, Ireland, and to take up foreign residence. Since then, many of the family followed paths that led them from that locality, the name becoming a numerous and common one in Allegheny County. The parents of John Cooper, who brought him with them to America, owned land in Moon and Findley townships, the family home being near Clinton. [GPHWP, 256]

He was born in county Armagh, Ireland, and there married and made his home. One day he purchased some glass to repair his windows and after the work was finished a collector came by, who, under the peculiar enactment then in force, known as the Excise Law, made Mr. Cooper pay for using the glass. This was too much for human endurance, and after the officer's departure Mr. Cooper walked into the house and said to his wife, "I will never again pay tax for the light of heaven; we will go where it can be had free," which they accordingly did, landing in New York in 1786. From New York they proceeded to Cherry Valley, Washington County, Pennsylvania, where they lived for three years and then settled in Findley township, Allegheny County, purchasing the farm which was their home during the remainder of their lives. [GPHWP, 410]

He was born in County Down, Ireland. In 1790 he emigrated to America and established his family in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

1 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 501.

2 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 1004.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 410.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 411.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 439.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 256, 411.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 256.

8 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 27.