Coopers of Dorset

[jen70mar]

HI,
I am looking for the parents of my ggggrandfather Robert R. Cooper
born April 6, 1807 in  England   Death December 4, 1869 in  Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA
He married Mary Northover on Sept. 28, 1824 in Bridport.
They had the following children: Elizabeth Mary Read Cooper, Ameila Cooper, Henrietta Cooper, Jemima Cooper, William Cooper and Thomas S. Cooper.

I think they left for the United states in 1840.

I believe he may have been baptized on March 27, 1808 at St. Mary's in bridport, dorset?

I would love to find out his parents names and information along with any siblings. Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

[partoon_researcher]

COOPER, Robert   
Christening
Gender:   Male
Christening Date: 27 Mar 1808   
Recorded in: Bridport, Dorset, England
Father:   John COOPER
Mother:   Elizabeth
Source:   FHL Film 1279486

[partoon_researcher]

COOPER, Robert Hallett   
Christening
Gender:   Male
Christening Date: 1811   
Recorded in: Bridport, Dorset, England
Father:   John COOPER
Mother:   Elizabeth
Source:   FHL Film 1279486

[partoon_researcher]

possible parents for Robert..

COOPER, John         
Marriage
Wife: Elizabeth MILLER      
Marriage Date: 6 Dec 1795   
Recorded in: Bridport, Dorset, England
Source:   FHL Film 1279486

[partoon_researcher]

Possible siblings

COOPER, Charlotte   
Christening
Gender:   Female
Christening Date: 18 May 1796   
Recorded in: Bridport, Dorset, England
Father:   John COOPER
Mother:   Elizabeth
Source:   FHL Film 1279486

COOPER, Hugh   
Christening
Gender:   Male
Christening Date:15 Apr 1798   
Recorded in:Bridport, Dorset, England
Father:   John COOPER
Mother:   Elizabeth
Source:   FHL Film 1279486

COOPER, Elizabeth   
Christening
Gender:   Female
Christening Date:2 Feb 1802   
Recorded in:Bridport, Dorset, England
Father:   John COOPER
Mother:   Elizabeth
Source:   FHL Film 1279486

COOPER, John   
Christening
Gender:   Male
Christening Date:4 Mar 1804   
Recorded in:Bridport, Dorset, England
Father:   John COOPER
Mother:   Elizabeth
Source:   FHL Film 1279486


Gender:   Female
Christening Date:20 Oct 1805   
Recorded in:Bridport, Dorset, England
Father:   John COOPER
Mother:   Eliza
Source:   FHL Film 1279486

COOPER, Susan   
Christening
Gender:   Female
Christening Date:25 Apr 1813   
Recorded in:Bridport, Dorset, England
Father:   John COOPER
Mother:   Elizabeth
Source:   FHL Film 1279486

[partoon_researcher]

Possible records for Roberts father John, his siblings and thier parents

COOPER, John   
Christening
Gender:   Male
Christening Date:18 Feb 1767   
Recorded in: Church Knowle, Dorset, England
Father:   Robert COOPER
Mother:   Elizabeth
Source:   FHL Film 1279492

COOPER, Thomas   
Christening
Gender:   Male
Christening Date:29 May 1770   
Recorded in:Church Knowle, Dorset, England
Father:   Robert COOPER
Mother:   Elizabeth
Source:   FHL Film 1279492

COOPER, Jesse   
Christening
Gender:   Male
Christening Date:15 Dec 1773   
Recorded in:Church Knowle, Dorset, England
Father:   Robert COOPER
Mother:   Elizabeth
Source:   FHL Film 1279492

COOPER, Robert         
Marriage
Wife: Elizabeth READ      
Marriage Date:   7 Aug 1766   
Recorded in: Shaftesbury, Dorset, England
Collection: Holy Trinity
Source:   FHL Film 1239226

[LizzieL]

COOPER, Robert Hallett   
Christening
Gender:   Male
Christening Date: 1811   
Recorded in: Bridport, Dorset, England
Father:   John COOPER
Mother:   Elizabeth
Source:   FHL Film 1279486

If John Cooper and his wife Elizabeth baptised a second son called Robert in 1811, wouldn't that imply that the Robert baptised in 1808 had died?

[LizzieL]

FindMyPast has a burial for a Robert Cooper on 24 Oct 1809 at Bridport. It does say age 0, but if it was the child baptised in March 1808, he would be between 1 and 2. However it does depend what the actual record says (image not available from FindMyPast). Often it just says infant, which is usually interpreted as less than 1 year old, but it could be used a bit more loosely for a young child.

[LizzieL]

Have just found same records on Ancestry with images. The 1809 burial record records Robert as "infant" not specifying actual age and says he is of Allington (a separate parish but which forms part of the borough of Bridport). The marriage record of Robert Cooper and Mary Northover also says Robert is of the parish of Allington. But this means that was his abode prior to marriage and does not necessarily mean he was born there. Mary is of the parish of St Marys Bridport. Both Robert and Mary were able to sign there names, as were their witnesses: John Edwards and what looks like Mary Young. John Curme is an additional witness but he seems to have witnessed all the marriages around that time so possibly parish clerk or similar official.