Deacon John Cooper^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]}

Bef 1609 - 1683  (> 74 years)

• Name	John Cooper
  Prefix	Deacon
  Birth	Bef 1609	England   [7]
  Gender	Male
  Member	Aug 1643	Barnstable, Plymouth, British America   [8, 9]
  	the List of Those Able to Bear Arms
  	Role: Member
  Will	28 Dec 1676  [7]
  	The Last Will and Testament of John Cooper of Barnstable late deceased, exhibited to the Court held att Plymouth the fift of March 1683/84 on the oathes of John Finney and Job Crocker as followeth. I John Cooper haveing Reason to expect my Great Change neare do make this my Last Will and Testament wherin I freely Resigne my spiritt to God that Gave it and my body to the dust by decent buriall when the Lord shall put an end to mydayes heer, in Comfortable hope of a future happy estate in Glory for the merritt sake alone of my Blessed Redeemer as for what estate the Lord hath given mee my will is that all my debts being justly and in Conscience due to any person shal be honestly payed; and then what is left shal be wholly at the disposal of my loveing wife Priscilla for her Comfortable support during her life, and what of it shal be att her death left I thuse dispose of it to be divided into three partes. The Church of Barnstable shall have one third parte, and the Survived Children of my sister Mistris Allice Bradford another third parte, and the surviveing Children of my sister Lydya Morton the other third part thereof, also I doe Request and appoint my Loveing Friends William Crocker, Barnabas Laythorp and Thomas huchens Jun.r to be executors to this my Last will as witness my hand and seal this 28th of December 1676. John Cooper (and a seal) Signed and sealed in the prescence of John Finney Jr. Job Crocker Job Crocker and John Finney took oath that they did see John Cooper signe and seale and declare this Instrument above written to be his last will and Testament this 25 of february 1683. Thomas Hinckley Gov.r John Thacher, Assistant Barnabas Laythorpe Assistant
  Property	7 Jul 1681  [7]
  	received a grant of land
  Death	1683	Barnstable, Plymouth, British America   [5]
  Probate	25 Feb 1683/4  [7]
  Burial	Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States   [10]
  	Cemetery: Lothrop Hill Cemetery
  Person ID	I10812	Duane's Ancestors
  Last Modified	17 May 2017

  
  

  Father	________ Cooper
  Mother	________ ________
  Family ID	F11028	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Priscilla Carpenter,   b. Abt 1598   d. 29 Dec 1689, Plymouth Plantation, British America (Age ~ 91 years)  [6]
  Marriage	27 Nov 1634	Plymouth, British America   [1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 11]
  Family ID	F4048	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2020

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Bef 1609 - England Marriage - 27 Nov 1634 - Plymouth, British America Member - the List of Those Able to Bear Arms  - Aug 1643 - Barnstable, Plymouth, British America Death - 1683 - Barnstable, Plymouth, British America Burial - Cemetery: Lothrop Hill Cemetery - - Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Coats of Arms

  Cooper Coat of Arms

  
  

• Sources

  1.  [S80] Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families, 70, 00224.  2.  [S530] George Morton, 12, 00239.  3.  [S565] History of Paris, ME, 334, 00278.  4.  [S588] Bassett-Preston Ancestors, 53, 00056.  5.  [S253] The History of Cape Cod, Vol. 2, 276, 00522.  6.  [S576] TGMSP, Priscilla Carpenter, 00516.  7.  [S576] TGMSP, John Cooper, 00516.  8.  [S259] NEHGS Register, 4:258, 00390.  9.  [S576] TGMSP, Henry Cobb, 00516.  10.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 43690538, 00974.  11.  [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 30842190, 00974.