Daniel Cooper (1673-1715)

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Identifier
NJS-PER-04399
Given Name
Daniel
Family Name
Cooper
Birth Date
1673
Death Date
1715
Sex
Male
Occupation
Transportation
Biographical Description
Daniel Cooper was the son of William Cooper, the Quaker immigrant who was the first of the Cooper family to acquire land and settle in West Jersey in the 17th century. Daniel's father purchased ferry rights on the Delaware River in 1693 and promptly set up Daniel in business as an operator of a ferry that connected New Jersey to Philadelphia. This ferry was located at the foot of what is today Cooper Street in Camden. During Daniel's lifetime, this area was part of Newton Township, Gloucester County. The waterfront area where Daniel and his family lived became known as Cooper's Ferry (this would eventually grow into the city of Camden).

Daniel Cooper's son William Cooper took over the ferry when Daniel passed. Cooper's Ferry would eventually become a key entry point for enslaved Africans who were brought to New Jersey from Africa and the Caribbean as part of the transatlantic slave trade. The first known disembarkation of Africans at Cooper's Ferry occurred in 1727, during the period when William Cooper (Daniel's son) operated the ferry.

Daniel Cooper is known to have held at least four people in bondage, as evidenced by the inventory of his estate that was drawn up when he died in 1715.
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white person
Places
Cooper Street Ferry, Camden
Camden
Newton (Gloucester & Camden County)
Child of
William Cooper (1632-1710)
Parent of
William Cooper (1694-1767)
Sibling of
Joseph Cooper (1666-1731)
References

“Enslaved Africans Sold Here,” Camden County Historical Society, accessed January 23, 2025, https://cchsnj.org/enslaved-africans-sold-here/.

“Enslaved Africans of Pomona Hall,” exhibit researched and curated by Bonny Beth Elwell with artwork by Erik James Montgomery (Camden County Historical Society), https://cchsnj.org/online-exhibits/.

Garry Wheeler Stone, Coopers Ferry During the American Revolution, Report to the American Battlefield Protection Program, the National Park Service, September 28, 2015, https://www.camdennj.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Coopers-Ferry-during-the-American-Revolution-2015.08.17.pdf.

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WikiTree: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cooper-3697
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Jesse Bayker
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