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1. John Woodruff #3, b. 1665 at Elizabethtown, NJ, m. 25 October 1683 at Jamacia, LI, NY Sarah Cooper , d. 1722 at Elizabethtown, NJ

Father: John Woodruff Jr. #2, b. 1637 at Sturry, Kent, England, d. 27 April 1691 at Elizabethtown, NJ
Mother: Sarah Ogden , b. 1643 at Stamford, CT, d. aft. 1684 at Elizabethtown, NJ

* "John was the first white child to have been born in Elizabeth town."
* CNW I p 51
* CNW II p 3, 9
* From Hatfield's, "History of Elizabeth, NJ,"
p. 244
* 1699, John received a first lot right along with his brothers David and Joseph
" Daniel Price was appointed, May 3, 1697, Captain of the Train-Bands; William Bond and Ephraim Price, Lieutenants; and Richard Baker and Samuel Oliver, Ensigns. JOHN WOODRUFF (son of the old planter,) received, May 30, the appointment of High Sheriff of Essex Co., John Harriman and Andrew Hampton, Dec 1, 1698 were chosen Deputies; Robert Smith (the first of the name in the town,) became Dec 26, 1699, High Sheriff; and Feb 15, 1699-1700, George Jewell, County Court."
p. 306,
"In 1710, Col. Richard Townley, Benjamin Price Jr., Daniel Price, and Jonas Wood were Justices of the Peace; John Hainds, Constable; and Samuel Melyen and Thomas Price were Overseers of the highways for this town. Andrew Hampton and Richard Baker were on the Committee for regulating the highways of the County. In 1711, Isaac Whitehead, Benjamin Price, Benjamin Lyon, JOHN WOODRUFF, and John Blanchard were Justices; John Hainds and Benjamin Meeker were Constables; and Benjamin Ogden Jr. and Samuel Ogden were Overseers of the highways. In 1712, the Justices were the SAME; James Seers and Samuel Ogden were constables, and Samuel Winans and John Scudder were Overseers of the highways."

Spouse: Sarah Cooper , b. 17 March 1666 at Springfield, MA, d. 3 June 1727 at Elizabethtown, NJ

Father: Timothy Cooper , b. 1635 at Springfield, MA, d. 1679
Mother: Elizabeth Munson , b. 1642 at New Haven, CT, d. 1706 at Stamford, CT

* CNW I p 51
* CNW II p 3, 9

Married 25 October 1683 at Jamacia, LI, NY.

Children:

1 2. Elias Woodruff #12, b. 1684 at Elizabethtown, NJ

2 3. Timothy Woodruff Sr. #13, b. 1684 at Elizabethtown, NJ, m. Mary Baker , 12 May 1709 at Elizabethtown, NJ, d. 15 November 1766 at Elizabethtown, NJ

3 481. John Woodruff #14, b. 1687 at Elizabethtown, NJ, m. Mary Carle , 1708, d. 1751 at Elizabethtown, NJ

4 737. David Woodruff Sr. #16, b. 27 February 1688 at Elizabethtown, NJ, m. Eunice Ward , bef. 1720, d. 2 July 1749 at Elizabethtown, NJ

5 865. Thomas Woodruff Sr. #15, b. 1689 at Elizabethtown, NJ, m. Hannah Ward #1, d. 25 March 1752 at Elizabethtown, NJ

Timothy Cooper b. 1635 at Springfield, MA, m.19 October 1664 at New Haven, CT, Elizabeth Munson, d. 1679

    Father: Lieut. Thomas Cooper, b. ca. 1600 at England, d. 1675 at Springfield, MA

    * siblings named in John Cooper's will on 1736; Mary (Cooper) Ward, Sarah (Cooper) Woodruff, Elizabeth (Cooper) Fraley
    * owned property at Springfield, Fort Albany and New Jersey at the time of his death
    * The Munson Record by Myron A Munson p 61 -62
    * CNW II p 8

Spouse: Elizabeth Munson b. 1642 at New Haven, CT, d. 1706 at Stamford, CT

    Father: Capt. Thomas Munson b. 1612 at Rattlesden, England, d. 1685 at New Haven, CT

* m 1st to Timothy Cooper
* m 2nd to Richard Higginbotham, tailor, of New Haven and Elizabethtown, settled in Stamford, CT
    * The Munson Record by Myron A Munson p 61 -62
    * CNW II p 8

    Married 19 October 1664 at New Haven, CT.

Children :

1 John Cooper , b. 1665 at Springfield, MA, m. Phebe Ward , d. 1736 at Newark, NJ

2 1. Sarah Cooper , b. 17 March 1666 at Springfield, MA, m. John Woodruff #3, 25
October 1683 at Jamacia, LI, NY, d. 3 June 1727 at Elizabethtown, NJ

3 Mary Cooper , b. aft. 1666, m. Caleb Ward

4 Elizabeth Cooper , b. 21 January 1672 at Springfield, MA, m. John Frazee, d. 1704

3. Lieut. Thomas Cooper (ca. 1600 - 1675)
Birthplace: England
Died 5 October 1675 at Springfield, MA

    * arrived at Boston on the ship Christian in 1635
    * settled in Windsor, CT, then moved to Springfield MA
    * practicing attorney before the county court
    * farmer, carpenter, surveyor, deputy, agent with the Indians
    * killed by the Indians on Oct 5, 1675 when the town of Springfield was burned
    * The Munson Record by Myron A Munson, p 61
    * CNW II p 6 -7

Children :

  1 2. Timothy Cooper (1635 - 1679)

4. Capt. Thomas Munson (1612 - 1685)
Birthplace: Rattlesden, England
Died 1685 at New Haven, CT

    * immigrated to America before 1637
    * member of the militia unit in the Pequot War in 1637, award lands along the Quinnipiac River with other soldiers
    * an original settler of New Haven, CT; signed the Fundamental Agreement at New Haven in 1639
    * noted in the List of Officers for New Haven, CT; sergent 1642, captain 1676
    * m to Joanna
    * buried in Groves St. Cemetery, New Haven, CT
    * History of the Colony of New Haven, by Edward E Atwater 130, 153, 196, 218, 284, 297, 298, 311, 543, 545, 550, 724
    * Munson Family Genealogy

Children

  1 2. Elizabeth Munson (1642 - 1706)

The parents of Sarah Cooper were Elizabeth Munson and Timothy Cooper. The Munson Record, by Myron A Munson, consists of many volumes documenting the family of New Haven CT. Thomas Munson was born 1612 in Rattlesden, Suffolk, England. The first record of him in America was in 1637 in Hartford, CT as he served in the Pequot War. He moved to New Haven, CT in 1639 with other "planters" to settle a new colony at Quinnnipiac, (The Quinnipiac River runs next to New Haven) Thomas Munson and his wife Susannah's tombstones are at Grove St. cemetery, New Haven, next to Yale University. Their "bodies" are buried in the Crypt with others in the basement of Center Church on the Green. Other hisorical people buried there are James Pierpont, one of the founders of Yale College, Theophilus Easton, a founder of New Haven and the governor of The New Haven Colony, and Margaret Arnold, wife of Benedict Arnold. He died on May 7th, 1685, his wife earlier in 1678.

Thomas and Susannah had three children:
Elizabeth Munson 19 Oct 1664 - 18 Dec 1706 m Timothy Cooper, son of Lieut. Thomas Cooper
Samuel Munson 7 Aug 1643 -1693 m Martha Bradley, dau of William Bradley and Alice Pritchard
Hannah Munson 11 Jun 1648 - 30 Nov 1695 m Joseph Tuttle, son of William Tuttle;...interesting is that Hannah and Joseph's son Stephen m Ruth Fitz Randolph of Woodbridge, NJ where they settled, and their daughter Johanna m Richard Pangborn of Woodbridge where they settled.
Stephen Tuttle' son Joseph m Abigail Ogden, dau of Capt David Ogden

Excerpt from The Munson Record, by Myron A Munson:

Elisabeth Cooper dwells in Springfield

Elisabeth 2 (Thomas 1) m 19 Oct 1664 Timothy son of Lieut. Thomas Cooper * of Springfield, Mass., b 26 April 1644**: orig. rec -”Tymothy Cooper joyned in Marriage with Elizabeth Munson the 19th of October 1964”; he d before 30 Sept. 1679***; m (2nd) Richard Higinbothom, a tailor; “Mrs higumbothum dyed y 18 of Dec at evening of 1706,”- Stamford Rec.; he was living 6 May 1713. Res 1689 New Haven, 1691 Elizabeth town, N. J., 1696, 1708, Stamford, Ct.,// 1713 Greenwich Ct.
Children:
i... John 3 ; I, John Cooper, of Newark,” N. J., “son and heir to timothy Cooper Sometymes of Springfield,” accept of L40 from Samuel Cooper of Sprinfiedl as discharging all the claims of “the children of my deceased father “ upon the estates of their grandfather Thomas Cooper and their uncle John Cooper. Dated 18 Jan 1698, ie 1699.

ii. Rebekah 3 ( Higinbothom)b 12 Oct 1682 in New Haven; m 10 Dec 1701 Joseph Weed (rec. Stamford); he d 18 Dec 1711; res Stamford; 4 ch. etc.

iii Richard 3 (Higinbothom) b 1702 m Mary Tuttle dau of David Tuttle...4 ch

iv Hannah 3 (Higinbothom) m John Gold

* The Hist of Springfield states that Lieut. Cooper was a practicing attorney before the County Court, a practical carpenter and farmer, a bone-setter and a surveyor, a deputy at the General Court, and townsman, and an invaluable agent in dealing with the Indians,- “a pillar of the town.” It was remarked in the County Court, March 1675, that the Leiut. was “putt to goe” often for “setting of Broken Bones.” His home was “on the hill over agawome.” He lost his life dramatically, the burning of Sprinfield in Oct. 1675. An instrument by which Amoakussen disclaimed all right to certain Worronoco lands in possession of Cooper, dated 20 Oct 1664, was witnessed by Elizur Holyoke, Thomas Munson (the day after his daughter’s marriage to Timothy) and John Holyoke.

** “Tymothy Coop ye sone of Thomas Cooper borne 2 mon: 26 day 1644 about 9 of ye clock in y forenoon & babtised y 28 day.” Spring. Rec.

***When Thomas Cooper was “ye only sirviving son of his ffather Leef Thomas Cooper.” Timothy was living 29 March 1676

Timothy Cooper was witness of conveynances 29 Jan 1661, ie 1662 and 10 June 1663. In the winter of 1663, “ Tim: Cooper”- with Saml Holyoke and five others - was assigned a seat in the meeting-house “Below y Pillars on y North side.” A record touching the settlement of Lieut. Thomas Cooper’s estate, 29 Mar 1676, says- “The other children, Especially Timothy & Thomas, ...haveing had from their ffather in his lifetime a Competency, are not here mentioned.” I quote two Springfield records of much significance, dated “June 23d: Ano Dom 1680.

“Whereas Timothy Cooper, late of Springfield, in the Colony of Massachusets, deceased, hath Received form Major Jon Pynchon of Springfield...a very considerabel Estate, & hath fallen short of Returning the Principal by some hundred of pounds, I, therefore, Elizabeth Cooper, Relict of the said Timothy Cooper, haveing Received benefite by the sd estate, to make compensation for so great loss & to obtain full acquittance...I have...sold.. al my Right of Dowry or Interest of Thirds of the housing & Land that did Pertaine to my said deceased husband, in Springfield aforesaid, fro the time of his Death during the terme of my Natural Life, as also al my Right & Interest to my said Husband Debts & produce of that Estate belonging to him either in New Jersey or Fort Albany, as also al his Debts or other estates in Springfild afores, that doth now of shal hereafter appeare to belonging to my said Husband for ever.” Signed by Elizabeth Cooper, in the presence of John Holyoke and Samuel Munson, her brother.

“Whereas, I, John Pynchon, Esq....have delivered some hundreds of pounds to Timothy Cooper late of Springfield...deceased, and have yet payabel to me sone hundreds of the principal of the estate, I doe now...aquitte his Relict Elizabeth Cooper in Consideration of her Relinquishing & Resigning her Right of Dowre, or Thirds in the Lands & housing of the foresaid deceased at Springfield during the terme of her Natural lif, & of Right & Interest in or to all his Debts & the produce of the said be trusted Estate at New Jersy & Fort Albany, as alos of the Right to her said Husband’s debts or other Estate at Springfield,” and will ave her and her heirs harmless from all debts. (Timothy’s indebtedness had already been considered in court, and 30 Sept. 1679 a jury awarded Pynchon L 138.18)

the remainder deals with the transactions of Richard Higginbothom in New Haven and Stamford, CT....he is called “a tailor, of Elizabeth Town in ye provice of east Jersey”...

there is no mention of Sarah Cooper or her sisters and no mention of what became of John Cooper, her son....the will of Timothy Cooper does state children, not child.

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