I wonder if anyone could find the burial of John Cooper who was said to have died at Sutton?
John was a shoemaker/baptist minister, and was, presumably, born in Nantwich, Cheshire where he was established as the first baptist minister of a new chapel purchased for that purpose in the town in around 1808.
In his book on the history of Nantwich James Hall (who was himself born in Lincolnshire in the 1840s) wrote “Mr Cooper, who was still minister in 1820, removed to Coseley, in Staffordshire, and afterwards to Wisbeach, and then to Sutton, in Lincolnshire, where he died...”. Unfortunately no date of death is given.
In the Crewe Chronicle (dated 1929) the death of his niece, Martha Adams, at the age of 91, is reported. It states that John Cooper was the brother of her grandfather Rev William Cooper, and that John left for Lincoln after some dispute in Nantwich and took the keys to the chapel with him. The chapel it was said remained closed for 40 years before being reopened. The obituary also states that the keys were returned so presumably this is when John Cooper died but I’m not sure on dates. It states that Martha was baptised in the chapel 60 years ago which would mean 1869 but then she would have been born 1838ish so it was a very late baptism if i’m Understanding it correctly.
Many thanks
Jay
