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Sir John, Baronet of Rockbourne Cooper 1597 – 1631 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 October 1597

Birth Location: Colchester Essex Colchester, Middlesex, England

Death Date: 23 Mar 1631

Death Location: Sham, Dorset, , England

Father: Sir Rockbourne

Mother: Lady Cooper

Spouse(s): Lady Ashley

Children(s): Anthony Cooper

The story of Sir John, Baronet of Rockbourne Cooper began in 1597 in Colchester Essex Colchester, Middlesex, England. Sir John, Baronet of Rockbourne Cooper married Lady Countess Elizabeth Anne Ashley, and had children including Anthony Ashley Cooper. Sir John, Baronet of Rockbourne Cooper passed away in 1631 in Sham, Dorset, , England.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir John, Baronet of Rockbourne Cooper began in 1597 in Colchester Essex Colchester, Middlesex, England.
  • Sir John, Baronet of Rockbourne Cooper married Lady Countess Elizabeth Anne Ashley, and had children including Anthony Ashley Cooper.
  • Sir John, Baronet of Rockbourne Cooper passed away in 1631 in Sham, Dorset, , England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Rockbourne
1552 – 1610
Birth Location: Drew, Somerset, or Rudgwick, Horsham District, County West Sussex, England
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Lady Cooper
1552 – 1610
Birth Location: 1675480, Somerset, England
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Spouses(s)

Lady Ashley
1602 – 1628
Birth Location: St Giles, Dorset, England
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Children(s)

Anthony Cooper
1621 – 1683
Birth Location: Wimborne Saint Giles, Dorsetshire
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Sir Cooper's Ancestors

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Sir Cooper
1597 – 1631
Birth Place: Colchester Essex Colchester, Middlesex, England
Parents
Sir John COOPER I, MP of Rockbourne
1552 – 1610
Drew, Somerset, or Rudgwick, Horsham District, County West Sussex, England
Lady (Martha Margaret SKUTT) Cooper
1552 – 1610
1675480, Somerset, England
Grandparents
Sir (Richard John de) Cooper
1525 – 1588
Rudgwick, Horsham District, County West Sussex, England
June\Jane(Lady (Cooper nee')) Kingsmill
1536 – 1566
Sydmonton, Hauts, County Hampshire, England
Anthony SKUTT
1520 – 1588
Stanton Drew, Somerset CO., Eng
Gertrude (Gilbert) Skutt
1532 – 1593
Guilsborough, Northamptonshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Knight
1490 – 1566
Lady Ashley\Astley
1490 – 1526
Sir Knight,
1498 – 1556
Lady Goring
1519 – 1581
Sir Gilbert
1509 – 1546
Lady Haydon
1506 – 1572
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Astley
1469 – 1543
Ann Boughton
1480 – 1543
Sir Plea
1458 – 1509
Lady Gifford
1472 – 1566

Sir Cooper's Descendants

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Sir (John, Baronet of Rockbourne) Cooper (24 October 1597 – 23 Mar 1631) m. Lady (Countess Elizabeth Anne) Ashley (1602 – 20 Jul 1628)
  1. 1. Anthony (Ashley) Cooper (22 Jul 1621 – 21 Jan 1683) m. Elizabeth Oldfield (16 Jul 1625 – abt 1679)
    1. 1. James Couper (16 May 1661 – 4 Dec 1732) m. Hester ("Mary") Burrows (1 Jun 1665 – 1 Jun 1745)
      1. 1. Obadiah COOPER (Mar 1685 – 6 May 1742) m. Cornelia Gardenier (11 Oct 1691 – 17 Apr 1748)
        1. 1. Abraham (Obadiah) Cooper (21 Feb 1728 – 1812) m. Catharina Ostrander (10 Dec 1727 – 21 Sep 1766)

Sir Cooper's Timeline

2 Records

1597
24 October 1597
Birth of Sir John, Baronet of Rockbourne Cooper in Colchester Essex Colchester, Middlesex, England
Colchester Essex Colchester, Middlesex, England
1631
23 Mar 1631
Age 34
Death of Sir John, Baronet of Rockbourne Cooper in Sham, Dorset, , England
Sham, Dorset, , England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 October 1597
    Event Place: Colchester Essex Colchester, Middlesex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Mar 1631
    Event Place: Sham, Dorset, , England
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