Cooper-Chadwick Genealogy



THE COOPER (Tipperary) (CHADWICK) FAMILY


Issue Date: 19/3/2006

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Transcript from Burkes Irish Family Records.

With additions (for which I am grateful!) supplied by Richard Austin Cooper:
Butterhill and Beyond: Illustrated History of the Cooper Family of
Byfleet, Killenure Castle, Co.Tipperary, and Abbeville House, Co. 
Dublin.

and by Mary Cooper who distilled her line from the above.

Lineage The known records of this family (see Genealogical Notes 
on the (Austin) Cooper Family in Ireland 1660-1960, by Richard A. 
Cooper, FRSAI, in The Irish Genealogist) begin with Samuel Cooper 
at the end of this paper.

Arms-Sa, a chevron wavy erm between three lions rampant or.
Crest-On a chapeau gu turned up erm a bull passant ppr collared'
and hoofed or. Motto: Love, serve.
Seat Killenure Castle, Dundrum, co Tipperary; Abbeville, co
Dublin; Drumnigh House, co Dublin; Ballinard House, Emly, co
Tipperary.


ROBERT JOHN COOPER-CHADWICK, 
with Southern Nat Bus Co, Yeovil, late RAF (Starlight, Charlton 
Adam, Somerton, Somerset), 
b 17 Jan 1935, m 3 Oct 1959, Audrey May Grace, eldest dau of
Felix Jubilee Bennett, of Charlton Marshall, Blandford, Dorset, 
and has issue,
1/1. Trevor Cooper-Chadwick, b 2 Nov 1960, educ Elmhurst Grm Sch,   
   and Crispin Comp School, Street.
1/2. Linda Cooper-Chadwick, b 15 March 1963.
1/3. Wendy Cooper-Chadwick, b 12 April 1969.


The elder son
SAMUEL COOPER, 

of Killenure Castle, co Tipperary, JP, sometime commn'd 2nd (Queen's) Regt, b 21 April 1800, m. March 1829, Louise Salisbury, dau of Col Richard Long, of Longfield, co Tipperary, by his wife Charity More, and d 9 Jan 1861, leaving issue,

CHARITY MOORE is my Gt-Gt-Gt-Gt-Grandmother. She was born in 1760 at Barne Park, Clonmel, Tipperary, the 5th surviving daughter of Richard Moore (d 1771), of Barne, Clonmel, Tipperary, by his wife Henrietta Taylor (d 1783), daughter of Sir Thomas Taylor, 2nd Baronet, of Headfort, Kells, Meath, Ireland, by his wife, Sarah Graham of Platten Hall, Drogheda, Meath. On March 8th, 1790, at the Dublin residence of her uncle, Sir Thomas Taylor, the 1st Earl of Bective, Charity Moore married COLONEL RICHARD HUTCHINSON LONG [younger son of Edward Long, of Lacken & Cahir Abbey, Tipperary, by his wife, Elizabeth Mauzee] (b 1740, Lacken, Ardfinnan, Tipperary; d July 4, 1814, at Longfield House), of Longfield House, Ardmayle, Cashel, Tipperary; & they had issue: Richard Long II, b ca 1791-95, d 1860, m. Ellen Maher; 2. Edward Thomas Long, b 1799, d 1875, m. 1822, Mary Crozier Clarke (daur of Rev Marshal Clarke of Abbey, Tipperary); 3. Harriet Long, b 1792, d 1889, m. 1821, Capt James Denis O'Kelly (son of Count John James O'Kelly of Montauban, Tarn et Garonne, France; 4. Charity Maria Long, b 1796, d 1874, m. 1821, William Jacob Pennefather of Lakefield, Fethard, Tipperary; 5. Caroline Anna Long, b 1797, d 1875, m. 1823, Samuel Phillips of Gaile, Holycross, Tipperary; & 6. Louisa Salisbury Long, b 1800, d 1892, m. 1829, Samuel Cooper of Killenure Castle, Tipperary. I am descended from the 2nd son, Edward Thomas Long.

Richard Long & Charity Moore were married March 8, 1790, in the Dublin residence of Charity's maternal uncle, Sir Thomas Taylour [or Taylor], 1st Earl of Bective (1724-1795), who married Jane Rowley in 1754.

The Taylor connection appears under Hercules Langford Rowley & Elizabeth Ormsby Upton.

1/1. Samuel Cooper, of Killenure Castle, co Tipperary, JP,    
   sometime 44th Regt, served in Eastern Expdn 1854, b 1829; dunm 
   21 July 1877.
1/2. Richard Austin Cooper-Chadwick, of Ballinard House,
   Emly, co Tipperary, assumed addl surname and arms of Chadwick   
   By R Sign Manual 15 Jan 1855, b 15 Dec 1831, educ R Sch,    
   Armagh, m. 1st 6 Feb 1855, Katherine (d 12 Dec 1855), eldest  
   dau of William Chadwick, of Ballinard, co Tipperary (see 
   that family, 1912 Edn), and had issue,
   2/1. William, of Ballinard House, Emly, co Tipperary, Col in
      the Army, b. 14 Nov 1855, educ R Sch Armagh, m. Anna (d 24
      Nov 1895) dau of John Langley, of Knockanure, Co
      Tipperary, and had issue,
      3/1. Frances Violet, m. 10 July 1910, as his 1st wife, Allen
         Baker, MRCVS, of Lismacue, Co Tipperary, and d 10 June
         1922, leaving issue (see that family). He d 19 Dec 1969.
      3/2. a dau.

   Mr R. A. Cooper-Chadwick m. 2ndly Aug 1863, Charlotte Sophia (d  
   6 Oct 1912), only dau of John Bourchier, BA, JP, of    
   Baggotstown, Co Limerick (see that family, 1958 Edn), and d 19
   Jan 1892, having by her had issue, his mother's family were, 
   amongst others, the Wilkinsons, well researched by others.
   2/2. John Cooper-Chadwick, of Ballinard House, Co Tipperary,  
      served with Sir Charles Warren's Expdn in S Africa 1878-81, 
      with Bechuanaland Border Police 1885, and with Rhode's 
      Pioneers in Mashonaland 1888, author of "Three Years with 
      Lobengula" (which he wrote with a pen tied to his elbow 
      joints as a result of losing his forearms in a shooting 
      accident), b 13 May 1864, in 17 Oct 1896, Wilhelmina (Ina)  
     (d 20 Feb 1929), 2nd dau of Samuel Heuston, JP, of 
      Barrowstown, Co Tipperary, and d 5 June 1948, leaving issue,
      3/1. John Lionel Cooper-Chadwick, of Broad Acres, Charlton 
         Adam, Somerset, 2nd Lieut unattached 1917, Lieut IA 1918, 
         served on Afghan Frontier 1919, and in World War II 
        (wounded), b 16 Feb 1899, educ R Sch Armagh, m. 8 Aug 
         1931, Beatrix (d 12 April 1965), yst dau of Capt William 
         Robert Penrose, of Seaville, Tramore, Co Waterford, and d 
         2 May 1968, leaving issue,
         4/1. Robert John Cooper-Chadwick, of whom we treat.
      3/2. Samuel Victor Cooper-Chadwick, b 1 Nov 1902, m. 10 
         March 1931, Eileen Mann, and has issue, 
         4/1. Stephanie Ina Mary Cooper-Chadwick, b 14 March 1941.
   2/3. Richard Austin Cooper-Chadwick, b 23 Dec 1866; d 6 Sept 
      1934.
   2/4. Austin Samuel Cooper-Chadwick, b 25 May 1871, m. 30 March 
      1910, Florence Banks, dau of Joseph Harris, of Richmond,  
      Surrey, and d 6 Sept 1934.
   2/5. Kate Louise Cooper-Chadwick, dunm. 1 March 1947
   2/6. Elizabeth Sarah Cooper-Chadwick, dunm 16 Aug 1956.
   2/7. Charlotte Sophia Cooper-Chadwick, dunm. 6 Feb 1959.
   2/8. Frances Anna Cooper-Chadwick, m. 12 April 1898, Sutherland    
      Matterson, eldest son of Joseph Matterson, of Castle Troy, 
      Co Limerick, and d 19 April 1942.
   2/9. Ada Mary Cooper-Chadwick, m. 2l July 1908, Major Ambrose  
      Grattan Power, R Munster Fus of Glencairn Abbey, Lismore, 
      only son of Ambrose William Bushe Power, DL, JP, of 
      Barrettstown, co Tipperary, and d 16 Nov 1967, leaving issue 
      (see BURKE'S Peerage, Power, Bt of Kilfane) He d 7 Dec 1926.


      GG Grandfather of Charlotte Sophie Bourchier:
      (From the internet)
      1. Thomas Wilkinson, b. 1720 in Corballis, Meath, (son of  
        James Wilkinson and Mary Magdalen Myre) occupation  
        Minister of Religion.  He married Marguerit Susanne Maret 
        de la Rive, married c 1745 in Dublin, b. 2 Oct 1726 in 
        Dublin, (daughter of John Maret de la Rive and Anne Collot 
        D'Escury) d. 1809.  Thomas died 29 April 1831.
        Children:
        2/1. Anne Magdalene Wilkinson, b. 1747 in Castle Comer.  
        She married Roger Garraway.  Anne died 16Dec. 1818 in 
        Birmingham, England.
        2/4. (Sir) Henry Wilkinson b. 1749.
        2/3. William Cumberland Wilkinson, b. 1752 in Corballis, 
        Meath.  He married (1) Sarah Donaldson, married 31 Dec. 
        1781 to Belfast, Antrim., b. c 1767 in County Down, 
        (daughter of Hugh Donaldson) d. 24 Jun 1798.  He married 
        (2) Eliza Netterville, married 1799 in Cruisebath, Meath.  
        William died 6 Jan.1802.
        G/grandfather of Charlotte Sophia Bourchier

        2/4. John Wilkinson, b. 1754 in Madras, India.  He married 
        Anne Carleton, married c 1780 in New York.  John died in 
        In India.

1/3. William Cooper, m and d in Australia, leaving issue.
1/4. Edward Cooper, Capt Mercantile Marine, d at sea.
1/5. Austin Samuel, of Killenure Castle, Co Tipperary ,DL, JP
   High Sheriff 1893, Lieut RNR, Capt Mercantile Marine, Master of   
   S.S. Carlisle Castle, b 1835, m. 1st Sept 1868, Anne Wilhelmina 
   (d Nov 1870), dau of Very Rev Ogle William Moore, Dean of   
   Clogher and formerly of Cashel, and had issue,
   2/1. Austin Samuel Cooper, of Killenure Castle, Co Tipperary,   
      JP, served in S African War with 22nd Cheshire Regt, joined  
      3rd Bn Cheshire Regr 1905, served as Major in World War I, b   
      8 Nov 1870, educ Charterhouse, m. 16 Jan 1907, Evelyn Ethel  
     (d 16 June 1974), eldest dau of John Leahy, of South Hill
      Killarney, and Pasadena, California, USA, and d 4 Oct 1926:
      Leaving issue: 
      3/1. Austin Francis Cooper, of Killenure Castle, co   
         Tipperary (sold to Irish Land Commn 1963), served in  
         World War II with 4th KOR Regt (Lancaster), Cav Regt  
         Transjordan Frontier Force, 9th Army, Provost Branch 8th  
         Army, Actg Supt Agric to HM Govt of Cyprus 1944, Capt  
         1945, Chm of Cashel Branch and Vice-Chm of Tipperary  
         Branch, Brit Legion Ireland (S) Area, author of "Eritrean  
         Livestock Survey", b 20 Jan 1909, educ Shrewsbury, m. 1st 
         5 Aug 1937, Isabel Gloria (d 22 Aug 1939), only dau of  
         Col. Jose Manuel Delgado, of Cuba and New York, and had  
         issue,
         4/1. Anthony Austin Cooper (Coachman's Cottage, Stanwell,
            Staines, Middx), b 20 May 1938, educ St Columba's, m.
            24 Aug 1970, Patricia Melanie, only dau of Alan Robert  
            Jones, MRCVS, of Lengraigne, Prior Park Road, Clonmel, 
            Co Tipperary, by his wife (Aileen) Dorothy, only dau 
            of Freeman Crofts Wills Gason (see that family), and  
            has issue,
            5/1. David Austin Cooper, b 16 May 1971.
            5/2. Richard Anthony Cooper, b 28 April 1972.
         4/2. Deirdre Isabel Cooper, b 20 May 1938 (twin with her
            brother), m. 17 Oct 1962, Revell Nott de Valda (727
            Remuera Road, Auckland 5, NZ), son of Frederick F. de
            Valda, of Bournemouth, and has issue,
            5/1. Peter Revell de Valda, b 22 July 1966.
            5/2. Wendy Ruth de Valda, b 15 May 1964.
         Capt A. F. Cooper m 2ndly 9 June 1949, Violet Jessica
         (Atlantic House, Myrtleville, Crosshaven, co Cork),  
         eldest dau of Thomas William Priestley, of Clonmel, co    
         Tipperary, and Mallow, co Cork, and d 2 April 1972.
      3/2. Astley John, AFC (1943), 22nd Cheshire Regt 1930,  
         served in World War II with Glider Pilot Regt, 1st  
         Airborne Divn, b 25 Sept 1911, educ Nautical Coll.  
         Pangbourne, and RMC Sandhurst, ka at Catania, Sicily 14  
         July 1943.
      3/3. Doreen Eleanora Anna Cooper, served in World War II as
         Subaltern ATS, b 4 Nov 1908, m 1st 1 Sept 1926 (m diss by
         div 1940), Simon Francis Low, of Kilahane, co Tipperary,
         only son of Francis Simon Low, DL, of Kilahane, co
         Tipperary (see that family, 1912 Edn), and has issue,
         4/1. Francis Anthony Low, Mgr Purnell Pubg Co,      
            Johannesburg, S Africa, b 20 April 1931, educ 
            Bradfield, m. Roseanna Mary Stevens, and has issue, 
            two sons and one dau.
         4/2. Sheila Anne Low, b 1 July 1927, m 1948, Edward
            Parkinson (RR2, The Coldstream,  Vernon, BC,
            Canada), and has issue, one son and three daus.
         Mrs Low m. 2ndly 21 Aug 1942, Lt-Col Cyril
         Harrison-Cooper, MC, Northumberland Fus. (25 Beam-
         leigh Mansions, Stellenberg Avenue, Kenilworth, Cape
         Town, S Africa).
   Capt A. S. Cooper m. 2ndly l4 Aug 1878, Emma Harriet (d 19
   Nov 1941), 2nd dau of Major-Gen William Armstrong, 22nd
   Cheshire Regt, and d 7 June 1897.
1/6. Astley Cooper, Cmdr RN, b 31 July 1843; dunm 1872.
1/7. Charity Cooper, b 1830, m 1854, John Battersby, of Bobsville,   
   co Meath.
1/8. Maria Louise Cooper, b 1837, m. 12 Sept 1866, Edward  
   Rotheram, of Sallymount, co Weatmeath, and d 26 Aug 1919, 
   leaving issue (see that family). He d 4 June 1909.


WILLIAM COOPER, of Killenure Castle, co Tipperary, JP, b 19 July 
1772, m. 27 April 1798, Rebecca (d 23 April 1859), dau of Rev
Richard Chadwick, of Perryville, co Tipperary, and d 9 April
1850, having had issue,
1/1. Samuel Cooper, of whom presently.
1/2. Austin Cooper, of Camas, Cashel, co Tipperary, b 1802, educ   
   Trin Coll. Dublin (BA 1824, MA 1832), m. Jane Armstrong, and 
   Was murdered 5 April 1838, leaving issue,
   2/1. Elizabeth Cooper, m. 2 Dec 1857, Col Alfred Wright, and 
      dsp 13 March 1902.
   2/2. Rebecca Wilhelmina, m. Sydney Darling, and dsp.
   2/3. Margaret Cooper, b 1828, m. 3 July 1866, Col Daniel James
      Mansergh, JP, of Grallagh Castle, Thurles, co Tipperary,
      elder son of Rev James Wentworth Mansergh, Rector of
      Kilmore (see that family), and d 9 Nov 1911. He d 27 April
      1907.
   2/4. Jane Cooper, m. her cousin, John Lane, son of Major  
      Ambrose Lane, by his wife Margaret, eldest dau of William      
      Cooper, JP, of Killenure Castle (see below), and d 23 Nov 
      1924.
1/3. Margaret Cooper, m. Major Ambrose Lane, and had issue, two  
   sons.
1/4. Anne Cooper, m. Rev Edward G. Carr, Incumbent of St Helen's,  
   co Wexford, and had issue, one son and two daus.
1/5. Rosetta Louise Cooper, m. 17 Jan 1845, Very Rev John Sisson   
   Cooper, Dean of Ferns, son of Jonathan Cooper of Barn Hall, co
   Kildare, and had issue (see above). He d 18 Feb 1898.
1/6. Margaret Cooper, dunm.
1/7. Elizabeth Cooper, d dunm.
1/8. Caroline Damer, dunm.
1/9. Eleanor Wilhelmina Cooper, m. Richard Ralph William Sadleir, 
   JP, of	Sadleir's Wells, co Tipperary, and had issue (see   
   TRENCH). He d 1906.
   Ref Colin Salter, 16/10/2002:
   2/1. Eleanor Wilhelmina Cooper, 

   M Richard Ralph William Sadlier, JP
   3/1. Eleanor Wilhelmina Sadlier M. William Henry Castle
      4/1. Eleanor May Castle M. Frederick Gurney Salter, the 
         Gurney connection being the inventor of a system of 
         shorthand.
         5/1. Charles Henry Salter M. Moira Scott Tough
            6/1. Colin Salter (b abt 1958) (a touring stage 
               manager 10/2002 from Glasgow, living Cumbria)
1/10. Alicia Cooper, dunm.
1/11. Frances Cooper, m. 1835, Rev Alfred Thomas Armstrong, of
   Ashton-on-Ribble, Lancs, Rector of Aston, Manchester, yst
   son of Rev William Carew Armstrong, of Mealiffe, co
   Tipperary, and had issue (see KEMMIS). He d 1887.


SAMUEL COOPER,
of Killenure Castle, co Tipperary, b 14 June 1750, educ Drogheda 
Sch, m. 1st 1769, Frances, dau of David Butler, of Garranleagh, co 
Tipperary; and 2ndly, Elizabeth Chadwick, and d 3 April 1831, 
having by her had issue,
1/1. William Cooper, of Killenure Castle, co Tipperary, JP, b    
   19 July 1772, m. 27 April 1798,


WILLIAM GEORGE COOPER, 
of Killenure Castle, Dundrum, co Tipperary (purchased from 
Coppinger family, 1746), Dioc Registrar to Archbp Price at Cashel 
1745-46, b 1721, m May 1747, Jane (d 9 Sept 1780),dau of Henry 
Wayland, of Kilmore House, co Tipperary, and d 15 Nov 1769, having 
had issue,   
1/1. SAMUEL Cooper, of whom presently.
1/2. John Cooper, b 14 Sept 1756; d 30 Aug 1759.
1/3. Austin Cooper, FSA (1830), MRIA, of Merrion Square, Dublin,
   Abbeville House (purchased from Rt Hon J.C. Beresford 1815) and     
   Kinsaley, co Dublin, entd Treas Office, Dublin 1774, Paymr   
   Pensions on Civil and Mil Estabs, Dep Constable Dublin Castle   
   1796-1830, sometime land agent, a devoted antiquarian, his 
   sketches, notes and diaries were published under title "An
   Eighteenth Century Antiquary 1759-1830" (1939), b 26 Feb 1759,
   educ Cashel, m 17 July 1786, Sarah Mauvillieu (d 7 June 1830),
   2nd dau of Timothy Turner, of 6 Clare Street, Dublin, by his
   wife Catherine Sisson (sister of Hannah, who m John Cooper, of
   Barn Hall - see above), and d as the result of a carriage a   
   Accident 30 Aug 1830 (bur in family vault in ruins of St 
   Nicholas's Church, Kinsaley, co Dublin), leaving issue,
   2/1. William John, of Abbeville and Kinsaley, co Dublin, and of
      Merrion Square, Dublin, Lieut Donegal Militia, b 25 Jan     
      1791, m 1st, - Foy; and 2ndly, - Twiney, and d 2 June 1861,   
      having had issue, four sons.
   2/2. John Turner Cooper, mem of Dublin Soc 1818, b20 Nov 1793,    
      educ  Trin Coil Dublin (BA 1814), dunm 31 March 1860.
   2/3. Samuel Cooper, of Merrion Square, Dublin, and Kinsaley, Co
      Dublin, lived in Brussels until 1857, b 19 Jan 1802, m 1st,
      Lydia (dsp), dau of Laurence Clutterbuck, by his wife   
      Dorothea, 4th dau of William George Cooper, of Killenure   
      Castle, Co Tipperary (see below); and 2ndly, Frances Ann 
      (nee Armstrong), widow of Dr Thomas Arthure, and by her had 
      issue,
      3/1. Austin Cooper, of Kinasley, Rly Mgr at Roscommon,   
         b. 1825, m Mary (d. 1849), dau of Anthony Irwin, of 
         Cummeston, Co Westmeath, and d 11 July 1874, leaving 
         issue.
         4/1. Austin Irwin Cooper, b 1849, a 2nd Lieut.in the 
            Royal City of Dublin Infantry (inherited part of N. 
            Kinsaley). d. 10 Apr 1891

         Mr. Austin Cooper m 2ndly Elizabeth Gibson, 1851,  having 
         by her had issue:
         4/1. Henry Cooper, b. 12 April 1852 d. 1883.
         4/2. Alexander Sisson Cooper,  b. 1854, m 1875 Laura Jane 
            Boyd (daughter of William Boyd. of Scotland), in 
            Dublin and died in New York, 27 Mar, 1927
            and had issue:
            5/1. Laura Jane Cooper, b. 29 Jan 1876, N. Dublin, 
               m. Alexander Dawes of Ireland in New York 1908, 
               having two sons.
            5/2. Elizabeth Cooper, b. 4 Apr 1878, Dublin.
            5/3. Austin Sisson Cooper, b. 27 Apr 1879, Dublin.
            5/4. John Carrick Cooper, b. 5 Nov 1886, Dublin, 
               m. 1916 Sophie Pina in New York, d. 15 July 1969.
               Emigrated to US 1906.
               6/1. Stanley Gibson Cooper
                  7/1. Mary Cooper, who supplied this information. 
            5/5. Edwin Irwin Cooper, b. 1888, 
               m. Bertha Raiso and having issue. 
               2ndly m. Edith Richter 13 Apr 1917, in New York, 
               and d. 1935 in California.
            5/6. Alexander Sisson Cooper, Jr., (Alec) b. 1890, 
               m. May Harvey in New York, no issue and d. 1933.
         4/3. Arthur Lincoln Cooper, b. 20 Jan. 1856.
         4/4. Edwin Ashley Cooper, b. 22 Mar. 1860.
         4/5. Samuel Cooper, b. 2 May 1861.
         4/6. John Turner Cooper, b. 8 Oct. 1862.
         4/7. Walter Ernest Cooper, b. 13 Aug. 1866 at Moate, co 
            Westmeathe.
         4/8. Ashley Joseph Cooper, b. 22 Aug. 1868 at Roscommon.
         4/9. James Austin Cooper, b. 10 May 1870 and d. 13 May 
            1872, Sligo.
         4/10. Mary Elizabeth Cooper, b. 1854, d. 1885.
         4/11. Elizabeth (Bessie) Cooper, b. 31 May 1857, m. John 
             David Pearson and d. Wittington, Manchester 1937.
         4/12. Jane Mauvillian Cooper, b. Oct. 9, 1864.
         4/13. Marion Frances Cooper, b. 6 Nov. 1871.
         4/14. Jenny Cooper.
 

     Mr Samuel Cooper m. 3rdly, Henrietta, dau of Capt Thomas 
     Barnewall, Longford Militia, who claimed the title of   
     Viscount Kingsland (see BURKE'S Dormant and Extinct 
     Peerages), and d 11 July 1874, having by her had issue,
     3/2. William Samuel Cooper, of Peckham, chemical mfr, b 1833, 
        m Amelia Elizabeth Gill (d 10 April 1894), and d 31 March 
        1885, leaving issue,
        4/1. William Samuel Cooper, b 1865.
        4/2. Clementine Emily Cooper.
     3/3. John Thomas Adolphus Cooper, of Constantinople, Ch  
        Telegraph Engr and Surveyor to HIM Sultan Abdul Hamid of 
        Turkey, responsible for irrigation of whole of Asia Minor  
        s of Konya, Imp Commr Roumelian Rlvs, with E India  
        Telegraph Co, had Turkish Order of the Medjidie. b 15 Jan  
        1836, m 8 Aug l864, Adelaide (d at Smyrna), dau of Marius 
        Lombardo, and d at Adrianople l4 Novl897, leaving issue,
        4/1. Arthur Augustus Cooper, of Chios, proprietor of  
           citrus fruit export business and Actg Brit Consul 
           Messina, Sicily, b 3 July 1866, m 1st 25 Jan 1895 (m  
           diss by div), Eugenie Eleonore Lacandella, and had 
           issue,
           5/l. Wilfred Jerome Delmaine (assumed surname in lieu 
              of his patronymic), estate agent, b 23 Feb 1897; d 
              15 March 1958.
           5/2. Adolphus Richard Cooper, joined French Foreign 
              Legion at age of 15 (first Legionnaire to win Croix  
              de Guerre), served in  French, Italian and British 
              Armies, served in World War II as Capt SOE (pow, 
              escaped), Sr Civil Servant with Brit Continental  
              Telephone Exchange, lectr and broadcaster, author of 
              "The Man who Liked Hell, Adventures of a Secret 
              Agent, Born to Fight, March or Bust", and other 
              works (Special Forces Club),b 28 Feb 1899, educ 
              Salesian Coll. Istanbul, Monkhams Coll. Lond, and 
              Xaverian Coll. Brighton, m 1931, Doris Wallen, and 
              has issue,
              6/1. Richard Arthur AUSTIN-COOPER, hon LLD (American 
                 Coll. of Pol Sc, Lond), FRSA, FRSAI, FSA (Scot), 
                 late RA Intell Corps, SAS, commn'd, Essex Yeo 
                 (TA) 1968, Dep Head Banking Div Brook Street 
                 Bureau of Mayfair Ltd, formerly Head Stocks & 
                 Shares Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas, Lond, 
                 Vice-Rector American Coll. of Pol Sc, Lond, 
                 Freeman City of London, personal rep in Lond of 
                 Prince  William of Grau Moctezuma III (pretender 
                 to throne of Mexico), Dir of antique business, 
                 regd genealogist, mem Guild of Freemen, lcctr, 
                 KSG, OCE, Chev Irish Chapter of Order of Crown of 
                 Thorns of Louis of France, assumed addl surname 
                 of AUSTIN by Deed Poll 1963 (Shetlocks Farm, 
                 Matching Tye, Harlow, Essex; Special Forces
                 Club), b 21 Feb 1932, educ Wellingborough and  
                 Tottenham Grm Schs, m lst 28 March 1953 (m diss 
                 by div 1963), Anne Shirley Berringer. He m 2ndly 
                 28 Sept 1963, Valerie Georgina, dau of Henry 
                 Drage, of Tottenham, London, and by her has iss:   
                 7/1. Matthew Richard b 10 May 1969.
                 7/3. Samantha Jane, b 2 Jan 1967.
              6/2. Patricia Anne Cooper, b 11 April 1938, m John 
                 James Hews, and has issue,
                 7/1. Scott Jonathan Hews, b 20 Oct 1966.
                 7/2. Todd Damian Hews , b 20 June 1969.
                 7/3. Lori Daniella Hews, b 21 July 1963.
           5/3. Daisy Adeline Cooper, b 7 Dec 1895, m lst 22 Nov 
              1918, Raoul Devaurieux. He d 17 Feb 1937. She m 
              2ndly, Fernand Diou. He d 1972.

        Mr A. A. Cooper m 2ndly, Marie Varteliti, of Messina,   
        Sicily (d 1962), and d at Messina 13 Oct 1929.
        4/2. Richard Henry Cooper, b 1868.
        4/3. Alfred Cooper, b 1875; d as a pow in Turkey.
        4/4. William Cooper, b 4 April 1886; dunm 17 May 1941.
        4/5. Henrietta Cooper, m Giovanni Flaccommio, of Messina,  
           Sicily. He d 16 May 1964.
        4/6. Kathleen Cooper.
        4/7. Ida Cooper.
   2/4. Austin Cooper (Rev), Curate of Pallasgreen, co Limerick         
      1829-35, of Rathdrum 1835-40, of Rathgar 1840-44, and of      
      Kilbixy, co Westmeath from 1844, b 18 Fe 1804, educ Trin   
      Coll. Dublin (BA 1826, MA 1832), m 10 Sept 1829, Margaret (d 
      3 Dec 1861), dau of James Armstrong, Solicitor, and niece of 
      Rt Hon John Hatchell, and d 3 Dec 1871, having had issue, 
      3/1. Austin Damer Cooper, of Drumnigh House, co Dublin, JP,
         Commr of Peace co Dublin, b 2 Jan 1831 educ Trin Coll.
         Dublin (matric 1848), m 1st 17 Jan 1853: Caroline Anne
         Maria (d 30 Sept 1884), dau of Rev Mark Bloxham, of
         Glenmore Glebe, co Antrim, and grand-dau of Mark Bloxham,  
         JP, Lord Mayor of Dublin, and had issue,
         4/l. Austin Nathaniel Cooper, MD, Burg Gt S Rlys, b 9 Dec
            1853, educ R Coll. of Surgs Dublin, m 6 Oct 1893, Mary
            Thorn, of Tamworth, and d 11 July 1898, having had  
            issue, a dau, d an inf 20 Nov 1895.
         4/2. Mark Bloxham Cooper, KC, of Fitzwilliam Street,  
            Dublin, Barrister-at-law, King's Inns 1885, apptd Jr  
            Counsel for Crown Nenagh 1897, and Clonmel 1903, mem   
            Leinster Circuit 1890-l9I9, Crown Counsel Winter 
            Assizes 1900, 1904, 1913 and 1915, Senior Crown  
            Counsel, Wexford 1916, Counsel to Attorney-Gen 1918, 
            apptd Divnl Justice, Dublin 1919, S to Ch Magistracy 
            on apptment as Justice of Dist Court l924, b 18 Sept 
            1855, m 3 April 1888, Susan Westropp (d 1929), dau of  
            Major Matthew Pennefather Lloyd, 59th Regt, and d 4  
            Nov 1929, leaving issue,
            5/1. Matthew Pennefather Lloyd Cooper, of Drumnigh 
               House, co Dublin, and Breckland House,     
               Garboldisham, Norfolk, served in World War I in 
               Flanders with R Inniskilling Fus, Garrison Adjt  
               Colchester 1932-37 (ret as Capt), re-empd in World 
               War II as Major (Staff), Bursar Dauntsey's Sch 
               1937-58, b 19 March 1892, educ Wesley Coll. Dublin, 
               m 22 Jan 1916, Katherine Mary (Breckland House,  
               Garboldisham, Diss, Norfolk), eldest dau of John 
               Burtteas, of Finnoe House, Borrisokane, co  
               Tipperary, and d 2 June 1969, leaving issue,
               6/1. Austin Eric Lloyd Cooper, Major E Surrey Regt  
                  (ret), served in World War II with 4th Divn and 
                  IA, Staff Capt Rhine Army, personnel mgr (The 
                  Old Vicarage, Hayton, Nr Retford, Notts), b       
                  1918, educ ISC, and RMC Sandhurst, m Margaret J.  
                  C. French, and has issue,
		        7/l. John Godfrey Cooper, b 1951.
		        7/2. Robert Sebastian Cooper, b 1962.
		        7/3. Celia Margaret Cooper, b 1947.
		        7/4. Catherine Sophia Cooper, b 1948.
                  7/5. Lucy Mary Clare Cooper, b 1953.
 
               6/2. Anthony Matthew Cooper, Lt-Col RA (ret 1968),
                  Corporate Engr, served in World War II with
                  Combined Ops in Algeria, Middle East and Sicily,
                  served with Regt in Malaya and Singapore 1948-  
                  50, Hong Kong 1956-57, Ordnance Bd 1963-66,  
                  joined Rolls-Royce Ltd, Internat Computers Ltd 
                  1971, Gov Letchworth Coll. of Technology from 
                  1974 (Summerfield House, Station Road,  
                  Whittlesford, Cambs), b 1 Feb 1921, educ  
                  Framlingham, RMA Woolwich, and RMC of Sc, m. 4 
                  April 1945, Tatiana Margaret, dau of Major  
                  Thomas Pollok-Shields, of Park Mount, 
                  Pollokshields, Glasgow, and has issue,
                  7/1. Helen Sheila Cooper, b 24 March 1946.
                  7/2. Cathryn Julia Cooper, b 24 March 1946 (twin 
                     with sister Helen Sheila).
                  7/3. Anna Mary Cooper, b 3 Oct 1956.
            5/2. Austin Owen Cooper, served in World War I as Capt
               MGC (wounded, pow), and in World War II with RAPC,  
               W Cmd 1940-49, salaried official Lond Stock
               Exchange (11 Southwood Court, Hampstead Garden
               Suburb, London NW11), b 1 May 1894, educ Wesley
               Coll. Dublin, and Cleobury Mortimer Coll., m 25 Aug
               1920, Mary Ita, yr dau of Frederick A. England, Ch
               Cashier Hibernian Bank Ltd, Dublin, and has issue,
               6/1. Austin Ashley Cooper, b 11 June 1923, educ De       
                  la Salle Sch, Cardiff.
               6/2. Frederick Owen Cooper, served with RAF in  
                  India and Burma, Communications Technician for  
                  News Internat (381 Pinner Rood, Harrow, Middx),    
                  b 8 June 1926, educ St Iltyd's Cardiff, m 1959,
                  Barbara Davis, and has issue,
                  7/l. Christine Lilly Cooper, b 5 Oct 1960.
                  7/2. Mary Alice Cooper, b 27 July 1962.
                  7/3. Frances Patricia Cooper, b. 12 March 1965.
               6/3. Joan Maureen Cooper, b26 May1921, m 4 Jan  
                  1943, S/Ldr Eric Cawdery, RAF, and has issue,  
                  two sons and two daus.
            5/3. Mark Cyril Cooper, b 1896, educ Wesley Coll.  
               Dublin, m Olive, yr dau of John Burgess, of Finnoe  
               House, Borrisoksne, co Tipperary, and has issue,
               6/1. Pamela Cooper.
            5/4. Anna Hickman Susie Cooper, b 10 April 1898; d 2  
               Oct 1899.
            5/5. Caroline Anne Cooper, m. Frank Round, of  
               Gloucester.
         4/3. William Reginald Cooper, FRCSI, b July 1857, m.  
            1888, Cherry Jane, dau of Rev - Champion, and had 
            issue,
		  5/1. William Cherry Cooper, b 1890; drowned at sea 
            1914.
         4/4. John Anthony Ashley Cooper, of Cooper Hill (which he
            inherited from his aunts Sophia and Clamina), JP
            Kimberley, S Africa, b 22 April 1860, m. 1885, Lettie
            Caroline van Breda de Jongh (dl4Sept 1938),dau of H.
            C. van Breda, of Cape Town, S Africa, and d 1936,
            leaving issue,
            5/l. Austin Henry Ashley-Cooper, of Cape Town, S
               Africa, b 21 Oct 1892, m. Helena Sampson, and had
               issue.
            5/2. Cecil Charles Cooper, b 20 July 1896.
            5/3. Eileen Edith Adelaide Cooper, b 23 March 1889, m.  
               William Hawley, and had issue.
         4/5. Alfred James Sisson Cooper, MD, of Birkenhead, 
            Cheshire, b 3 Sept 1866, m. Marion Glynn, and d May  
            1909, leaving issue, one dau.
         4/6. Albert Damer Cooper, of Drumnigh House, Kinsaley, co
            Dublin, left funds for publn of diaries of Austin  
            Cooper, FSA (see above), b 27 March 1868; d 10 Dec 
            1939.
         4/7. Margaret Sarah Cooper, b 1 May 1862; d 4 Jan 1864.
         4/8. Caroline Anne Cooper, b 11 Sept 1864, m. John  
            Haines, and d 1958.
         4/8. Marcia Sarah Cooper, b 12 Feb 1874, m. Major Edward
            Neville Townsend, DSO (see TOWNSHEND), and dsp.

         Mr. A.D. Cooper m 2ndly 29 April 1886, Jane Adelaide, yr
         dau of Francis Massy, of Suir Castle, co Tipperary (see
         BURKE'S Peerage, MASSY, B), and d 2 Jan 1900.
      3/2. Jarmes Sisson, of Pallasgreen, co Limerick, sometime
         Ensign R North Lincoln Militia, served in Crimean War
         and Indian Mutiny, b 17 Oct 1832, m. Ann Parks, and d 5
         April 1898, having had issue,
         4/1. James Sisson Ashley Cooper, b 20 May 1874; lost at  
            sea.
         4/2. Austin Damer Cooper, b 21 June 1878.
         4/3. Charles John Cooper, b 10 Nov 1881.
         4/4. Annie Margaret Kathleen Cooper, b 5 Sept 1875.
         4/4. Mary Amelia Josephine Cooper, b 5 March 1877.
         4/3. Annita Victoria Cooper, b 14 April 1879, m. 1909, C.  
            D. Jenkin, and had issue, one son.
         4/4. Evelyn Frances Armstrong Cooper, b 12 Dec 1883.
      3/3. John Hatchell Cooper, b 13 Jan 1836, m. Adelaide (d 24     
         July) dau of Rev William Henry Stanford, of Rincurran,
         co Cork, and had issue,
         4/1. Henry Samuel Austin Cooper, b 27 Aug 1875, m. Edith  
            Mary, dau of Edward Clarke, of Kingstown.
      3/4. George William Cooper, of Clonskeagh, co Dublin, b 18  
         Feb 1839, m. 1st 30 July 1862, Emily Esther, dau of Rev
         Mathew Daniel Peter, of Janeville, and had issue,
         4/1. Austin Edwin Cooper, m. Mary Hunter.
         Mr G. W. Cooper m. 2ndly, -, and d 1889.
      3/5. Samuel Cooper, b 28 June 1844, m. Virginia Stanford,  
         and d 20 March 1892.
      3/6. Sarah Josephine Cooper, b 18 Jan 1834; dunm 10 May     
         1854.
      3/7. Margaret Jane Amelia Cooper, b 30 Aug 1840, m. 28 Nov  
         1872, Charles William Baylee, of Mount Baylee, co Clare,  
         and had issue, one dau.
   2/5. Jane Rebecca Cooper, b 28 Nov 1789; dunm.18 June 1813.
   2/6. Catherine Clements Cooper, b 11 July 1792, m. Bernard   
      Shaw, and d 1874.
   2/7. Elizabeth Cooper, b 19 March 1795; d 27 Jan 1801.
   2/8. Sarah Cooper, b 29 Aug 1799, m. William Shaw, of St   
      Doughlough's House (now Rodhomer), co Dublin, and d 21 Oct       
      1869, leaving issue, one son.
1/4. Jane Cooper, b 30 April 1748, d young
1/5. Jane Cooper, b 29 June 1749, d young.
1/6. Anne Cooper, b 28 June 1751; d 7 Feb l828.
1/7. Dorothea Cooper, b 28 Oct 1752, m. 20 Nov 1776, Laurence
	Clutterbuck, and had issue.
1/8. Elizabeth Cooper, b 26 Jan 1754; dunm.
1/9. Jane Cooper, b 9 Jan 1755, m. Thomas Dixon, Councillor-at-  
   law.
1/10. Susanna Cooper, b 10 Sept 1757; dunm. 1832.
1/11. Sarah Cooper, b 16 Sept 1761, m. Thomas Haffield, and d  
    1821.
1/12. Martha Cooper, b 13 June 1762, m. Edward Purdue.
1/12. Rebecca Cooper, b 15 Jan 1763.


SAMUEL COOPER,
of Beamore and Calligatown, co Meath, and Butterhill, co Wicklow, 
b 1686, m Dorothea (d 12 April 1750), dau of William Harrison, of 
Carlisle, and d 26 Dec 1761, having had issue,
1/1. John Cooper, of Cooper Hill, co Meath, Ch Clerk to Dep Vice-  
   Treas 1742-93	(where he was s. by his nephew Austin - see 
   below), known as "John of the Treasury", b 12 Oct 1719, educ 
   Custom House, Drogheda, m 18 Sept 1753, Mary Anne (d 14 July 
   1777), dau and co-heiress of Thomas Paget, and d 1808, having   
   had issue,
   2/1. Thomas Cooper, b 13 Aug 1754; d Dec 1754.
   2/2. John Cooper, b 20 April 1758; d 24 April 1759.
   2/3. Nathaniel Cooper, of Cooper Hill, Capt 68th Regt, b 1761,    
      m 24 April 1795, Elizabeth, 2nd dau of Hugh Montgomery Lyons    
      (see Lyons-Montgomery), and d 3 April 1818, leaving issue,
      3/1. Nathaniel Cooper, of Cooper Hill, b 1802, m Anne, dau   
         of Col Jones William Irwin, of Streamstown, co Sligo, by 
         his wife Georgina, eldest dau of Hugh Montgomery Lyons 
         (see LYONS-MONTGOMERY), and d 1852, having had issue,
         4/l. Hugh Cooper, bapt 19 July 1829; k in an accident.
         4/2. Henry Alexander Cooper, of Cooper Hill, JP co Meath,  
            dunm 2 Jan 1896.
         4/3. Nathaniel Cooper.
         4/4. Georgina Cooper, dunm.
         4/5. Anne Cooper, dunm.
      3/2. Hugh Cooper, m Catherine, dau of Col Jones William  
         Irwin, of Streamstown, co Sligo, by his wife Georgina,  
         eldest dau of Hugh Montgomery Lyons (see LYONS- 
         MONTGOMERY), and d 1844, having had issue,
         4/l. John Cooper, MD, went to America.
         4/2. Hugh Cooper.
         4/3. Elizabeth Cooper, dunm.
         4/4. Sophia Cooper, m - Smith, and d 1918.
         4/5. Clamina Cooper, dunm 1907.
      3/3. Alexander Cooper.
      3/4. John Cooper, d of cholera 1849, unm.
      3/5. William Cooper, dunm.
      3/6. Bess Cooper, dunm.
      3/7. Kate Cooper, dunm.
   2/4. Mary Anne Cooper, b 9 Jan 1757, m 12 June 1779, Capt John
      Greene, of Millbrook, co Kildare, and 11 Lower Leeson  
      Street, Dublin, and d 20 July 1819, leaving issue (see that 
      family).
   2/5. Elizabeth Cooper, b 6 Sept 1760, m Alexander Marsden,    
      MRIA.
1/2. Thomas Cooper, d an inf.
1/3. William George Cooper, of whom presently.
1/4. Thomas Cooper, d an inf.
1/5. Samuel Cooper, of Beamore, Co Meath, b May 1729, m 18 July   
   1766, Elizabeth Nugent, and d 15 May 1797, having had issue,    
   with one dau,
   2/1. Samuel Cooper, b 25 April 1771, m, and d of spotted fever 
      3 Nov 1797, leaving issue,
      3/1. John Cooper, of Beamore, and Mount Granville, co Meath, 
         dunm 1 Aug 1895.
      3/2. John Cooper.
1/6. Austin Cooper, of Brittam Street, Dublin, and Rockbellew, Co 
   Meath, m Sarah (d 2 Nov 1771), dau of Ald Ogle, of Drogheda,and 
   d 28 Oct 1771, leaving issue,
   2/1. William Cooper, b 5 March 1760; d a lunatic 7 June 1808.

AUSTIN COOPER,
of Beamore, nr Drogheda, co Meath (1709), and Butterhill, co 
Wicklow, b at Hampton Court 1653, m 15 July 1683, Susanna, dau of 
Ephraim Rainsford, of. Butterhill, co Wicklow, and d 17 Oct 1743 
(bur with his wife at St Mary's Church, Drogheda), having had 
issue,
1/1. Samuel Cooper, of whom presently.
1/2. John Cooper, will pr 22 May 1747.
1/3. Joseph Cooper, of Barn Hall, Castletown, co Kildare, bapt 4    
   May 1702, m 29 March 1748, Hannah, dau of Sir Henry Delamain,
   of Dublin, and d 2 July 1786, having had issue,
   2/1. John Cooper, of Barn Hall, b 4 Sept 1749, m 12 Aug 1775,    
      Hannah, dau of Jonathan Sisson, of Milltown and Lucan, and d    
      24 Dec 1785, having had issue,
      3/1. Joseph Cooper, of 9 Clare Street, Dublin, Solicitor, b   
         14 May 1776, m 3 June 1799, Sarah Battersby, and d 2 
         April 1814, having had issue,
         4/l. John Cooper, dunm 1809.
         4/2. William Cooper, of 9 Clare Street, Dublin, m 1828, 
            Anna James, of Ballychnatal, co Wesford, and d 1889, 
            leaving issue, two sons and three daus.
         4/3. Penelope Cooper.
         4/4. Anne Cooper.
         4/5. Sarah Cooper.
         4/6. Kate Cooper.
      3/2. Jonathan Cooper, of Barn Hall, b 5 July 1777, m 13 July 
         1799, Anna Maria, dau of Francis Kirchhoffer, by his wife 
         Sarah Brooke, and d 18 Nov 1850, having had issue (with 
         ten other children),
         4/l. John Joseph Cooper.
         4/2. Jonathan Sisson Cooper (Very Rev), of Barn Hall,  
            Dean of Ferns, b 1820, educ Trin Coll. Dublin (BA  
            1841, MA 1891), m 17 Jan 1845, Rosetta Louise, 3rd dau  
            of William Cooper, JP, of Killenure (see below), and d  
            18 Feb 1898, having had issue,
            5/l. Frederick Douglas Cooper, of Barn Hall, m, and d 
               ca 1931, leaving issue,
               6/1. Sisson Douglas Beresford Cooper, of Barn Hall, 
                  Gen Mgr Cape Argus Gp of Newspapers, Cape Town,   
                  S Africa, b 24 April 1888, m 1925, Muriel 
                  Whiley, and had issue,
                  7/1. Jonathan Sisson Cooper (Killane, Queens        
                     Road, Bryanstown, Transvaal, S Africa), b 27 
                     Jan 1927, m, and has issue,
                     8/1.Jonathan Sisson Cooper.
                     8/2. Robert Cooper.
                     8/3. Clare Cooper.
                  7/2. Anne Virginia Cooper, b 16 Dec1931, m Mr 
                     Bell, and has issue, three sons and one dau.
               6/2. Austin Clare Cooper, poster and abstract   
                  artist, served in World War I with Canadian  
                  Black Watch, b 6 March 1890, m, and d Aug 1964,  
                  leaving issue,
                  7/1. Jonathan Austin Litchfield Cooper, printing 
                     offr with HMSO and FO (267 Norcot Road, 
                     Tilehurst, Reading, Berks), b 9 Feb 1926, m 5 
                     Dec 1959, Mary Home, and has issue,
                     8/1. Nicholas Cooper, b 14 March 1965.
                  7/1. Chloe Cooper, b 21 May1923, m Geoffrey 
                     Salter (33 Bark Place, Bayswater, London W2), 
                     and has issue, one dau.
               6/3. Honoria Fairbridge Cooper, b 24 Sept 1883, m 
                  William Gouinlock Benson, and d 1955, leaving 
                  issue, two sons and two daus.
               6/4. Dorothea Lucinda Cooper, b 20 April 1885; dunm 
                  4 July 1939.
            5/2. Henry Massey Cooper.
            5/3. Alfred William Cooper (Ven), Archdeacon of 
               Calgary, b 28 March 1848; d 14 Nov 1920.
            5/4. Jonathan Sisson Cooper (Rev), Rector of Coolock,     
               Co Dublin, b Sept 1851, educ Rathmines Sch, m Lina 
               Nainee, authoress of "Charity Moore, We Wives, The 
               Cathedral Cave", etc, dau of Major Charles Edward 
               Orman, 29th Bengal NI, and d 5 Feb 1896, leaving 
               issue,
               6/l. John Sisson Orman Cooper, b 6 Dec 1885; dunm 
                  26 July 1922.
               6/2. Nora Cooper, d young.
               6/3. Theodora Cooper, b 7 July 1895, m 19 Dec 1916, 
                  Major Charles Ernest Farran, JP, MICE, MIWE (20 
                  South Parade, Doncaster, Yorks), and has issue,  
                  three sons (see BURKE'S LG, 1952 Edn).
            5/5. Eleanor Violet Cooper.
            5/6. Rosamund Rebecca Cooper.
            5/7. Anna Maria Lucinda Cooper.
         4/3. Frances Agnes Cooper, m 1827, Lt-Gen Sir Thomas   
            Simson Pratt, KCB, of Camden Crescent, Bath, son of    
            Capt James Pratt, and had issue, 4 sons and one dau.
         4/4. Sarah Honoria Cooper, m 29 Jan 1828, Capt William 
            Hurt Sitwell, of Barmoor Castle, Northumberland, and d 
            13 April 1892, having had issue (see BURKE'S LGiii). 
            He d 17 Jan 1865.
         4/5. Lucinda Brooke Cooper, dunm.
         4/6. Elizabeth Frances Cooper, m. Brooke Francis Norris, 
            and had issue, one son.
      3/3. John Cooper, b 1780; d 1811.
      3/4. Robert Cooper, m, and had issue,
         4/1. Austin Cooper.
         4/2. Robert Cooper.
      3/5. Hannah Cooper.
      3/6. Sarah Cooper, b 1778, m 1805, Daniel Simmonds, of   
         Collinstown, co Kildare, and d 1863. He d 1860.
      3/7. Catherine Cooper, b 1779, m Edward Simmonds, Solicitor, 
         and d 1806, leaving issue, one son and one dau.
      3/8. Maria Cooper.
      3/9. Jane Cooper.
   2/2. Joseph Cooper, b 24 Se Pt 1750; d an inf.
   2/3. George Cooper, b 27  arc  1752, m 18 July 1787, Caroline 
      Simmonds, and d 19 Feb 1818.
   2/4. Henry Cooper, b 27 Dec 1753; d 17 Nov 1773.
   2/5. Michael Cooper, b 16 Sept 1757.
   2/6. William Cooper.
   2/7. Thomas Cooper.
   2/8. Sarah Cooper, dumn
   2/9. Susanna dunm.
   2/10. Catherine Cooper, dunm
1/4 Mary Cooper, died youg.
1/5. Sarah Cooper, b. 1703, m William Rainsford, and d Feb 1764.
1/6. Susanna Cooper, dunm.
1/7. Esther Cooper , dunm
1/8. Rebecca Cooper, m - Gordon, and had issue, one son and one 
dau.


AUSTIN COOPER (whose father held an apptment at Court of King 
Charles I), inherited paternal ppty at Byfleet, Surrey, and there 
purchased lands from Col Thomas Hammond, a Cromwellian soldier 
(see Close Rolls ref C54/3712 1653), but, although Royalist, was 
obliged to forfeit them, whereupon he sold all his possessions in 
England for £1,500 and went to Blessington, co Wicklow, in 1661 
before the passing of the Act of Oblivion and was empd by Primate 
Boyle in laying out the gardens there ("These gardens were laid 
down by an English gentleman who abandoned his estate at Byfleet, 
Sussex (sic) to escape the persecution of Cromwell" - Historical 
Memoirs of the Irish Bards, by Joseph Cooper Walker). "Austin the 
Settler", famed for his feats of strength ("taking two men, one in 
each hand, slapping them together and throwing them on a  
dunghill") was b ca 1620, m at Hampton Court, Mary, dau of Henry 
Dodson, of Kingston-on-Thames, and niece of Erasmus Smith (who 
left large estates for the endowment of schs in Ireland), and d 
ante l690, having had issue,
1/1. Thomas Cooper, of Aughfarrell, co Wicklow, bapt 26 Feb   
   1651/2, m -, dau of Brettridge Badham, of Cork, and had issue,
   2/1. John Cooper.
   2/2. Rebecca Cooper, m Thomas Walker, of Coventry, and had   
      issue.
   2/3 a dau.
   2/4. Martha Cooper.
1/2. George Cooper, dunm in England.
1/3. John Dodson Cooper, bur 30 Oct 1661.
1/4. John Cooper, dunm at Ballykinlar, Lecale, co Down 1702.
1/5. Austin Cooper, of whom presently.
1/6. William Cooper, d as the result of a fall from his horse.
1/7. Joseph Cooper, Keeper of New Park (Richmond Park), b 1674, m    
   Elizabeth Slade ("lived 50 years in the Park-was married to the
   keeper, and was prior to her marriage Lord Rochester's dairy-    
   maid", at7l years appeared as a prosecution witness in the    
   Richmond Park trial), and d 7 Feb 1735 (bur with his wife at
   Petersham), leaving issue,
   2/1. Augustine Cooper, of East Sheen, and Claygate, Surrey,   
      bapt 15 Oct 1712; d 5 July 1775.
   2/2. Susan Cooper.
   2/3 Mary Cooper,m - Cairncross, and had issue, two sons.
   2/4 Sarah Cooper, m - Neill, and had issue, two daus.
   2/5. Elizabeth Cooper.

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