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Obadiah
Cooper
Obadiah
Cooper was one-time soldier who settled in Albany
during the second decade of the eighteenth century.
In September
1714, he was identified as a private in Captain Peter
Matthews' company and on duty at Catskill and Coxsackie.
By that time he had married Kinderhook native Cornelia
Gardenier. Beginning in 1718, the last nine of their
twelve children were baptized in the Albany Dutch
church where both parents were frequent baptism sponsors.
In
1718, Cooper began to acquire land on the south side
of Albany in an area recently settled by former garrison
soldiers. He was listed as a first ward resident
on the voter lists of 1720 and 1742. Traditional
sources refer to him as a "tailor."
Obadiah
Cooper died in 1742 and was buried from the Albany
Dutch church on May sixth.
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Sources: The life of Obadiah Cooper is CAP biography number
795. This profile is derived chiefly from family
and community-based resources. The standard printed
resource is M. Grace Wilmarth, Obadiah Cooper (Tailor
at Albany, N.Y., from 1713-1742), his Wife, Cornelia
(Gardinier) Cooper, and Their Descendants (privately
published, 1946). An online genealogy (thru twelve
generations) provides interesting (but conflicting)
background information. We seek defining information
on his background!
By Stefan Bielinski, Colonial Albany Social History Project [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany]
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