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immigrant flag male ancestor  John  COOPER

Born
abt. 1617 ,  England
Died
23 August 1691 ,  Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Born: abt. 1617 in England

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John  married  Ann SPARHAWK .  The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Ann SPARHAWK  was born 1 June 1623 in Dedham, Essex, England.  Ann died abt. 1717 in Cambridge, Province of Massachusetts Bay.  Ann was the child of Nathaniel SPARHAWK and Mary ANGIER.

John COOPER died 23 August 1691 in Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay Colony.



son of Simon Cooper and Lydia Fiske

Inscription:
HERE LYETH INTERRED
THE BODY OF DEACON
JOHN COOPER WHO
DEPARTED THIS LIFE
22 DAY OF AUGUST
IN YE YEAR OF OUR
LORD GOD 1691
& IN THE 74 YEAR
OF HIS AGE.

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John COOPER married immigrant flag female ancestor Ann SPARHAWK
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Ann SPARHAWK was the child of Nathaniel SPARHAWK and Mary ANGIER

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1645 Birth of Child
Mary COOPER was born 11 September 1645, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Invention 1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)
marriage1663 Marriage of Child
Mary COOPER married 21 October 1663, Concord, Massachusetts Bay Colony to John MERRIAM
Invention 1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity
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Old Burying Ground Cambridge Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA

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DeathDeath — 1691
23 August 1691
Cambridge, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Old Burying Ground Cambridge Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA
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