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Constance Fenimore Woolson

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Constance Fenimore Woolson

Victorian Novelist and Poet

    William Cooper

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    • Great-grandfather of Constance Fenimore Woolson — 4th Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 14 
    • Birth Date:
    • 2 Dec 1754 
    • Birth Location:
    • Smithfield (now Somerton), Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania 
    • Christening Date:
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    • Death Date:
    • 22 Dec 1809 
    • Death Location:
    • Lewis' Tavern, Albany, Albany Co., New York 
    • Burial Date:
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    • Burial Location:
    • Christ Churchyard, Cooperstown, Otsego, New York 
    • Marriage Date:
    • 12 Nov 1774 
    • Marriage Location:
    • Burlington, Burlington Co., New Jersey 
    • Children:

      • James Fenimore Cooper

      Ann Cooper (Ahnentafel No:7 )

    • Notes: 

    • Founder of Cooperstown, New York, and father of author James Fenimore Cooper.

      Some sources give the marriage date for William Cooper and Elizabeth Fenimore as 12 DEC 1775. This appears to be in error.

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  • Sources for William Cooper

    • 4 New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 1884, Vol. 15, p. 10.
    • 5 Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association: The Eighteenth Annual Meeting . . ., Vol. 16, Unknown: New York State Historical Association (1917), 199-200, 203.
    • 6 Cooper, James Fenimore, The Legends and Traditions of a Northern County, New York and London: The Knickerbocker Press (1921), 230, 233-244.
    • 7 Cooper, William and James Fenimore Cooper, A Guide in the Wilderness or the History of the First Settlements in the Western Counties of New York, Rochester, New York: Printed for George P. Humphrey (1897), i-vii.
    • 8 Cutter, William Richard, Genealogical and Family History of Central New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People . . ., Vol. 3, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1912), 1576-1577.
    • 9 Ogden, Mary Depue, et. al., Cyclopedia of New Jersey Biography: Memorial and Biographical, Vol. 1, New York: American Historical Society, Inc. (1921), 310.