Talk:William Cooper (judge)
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The following article on Judge Wm. Cooper's father (James Cooper (b.1729)) is up for deletion due his lack of notablity. I'm including it here for possible use in improving the William Cooper (judge) article.
James Cooper (1729 – 1777) was father of Judge William Cooper and grandfather of American writer James Fenimore Cooper.
James Cooper was born in a dwelling near the Somerton post office in Byberry Township, which is now in northern Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was married at the Christ Church, Philadelphia, September 18, 1750, to Hannah Hibbs, daughter of William Hibbs, and Ann Carter. James owned "the plantation st Buckingham, in Bucks county, that Nathan Preston did clear out of the woods," , by inheritance, under the will of his uncle, Samuel Cooper. This was given to him on November 24, 1750, but did not take possession, as in September 1753, James is recorded as a resident of Moreland township, now Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Soon after he returned to the homestead in Byberry. There his son William was born in December 1754, and doubtless the later born sons and daughters by his wife, Hannah, who died in Byberry, April 22, 1777.
