Joseph Cooper (1666-1731)
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-04401
- Given Name
- Joseph
- Family Name
- Cooper
- Birth Date
- 1666
- Death Date
- 1731
- Sex
- Male
- Biographical Description
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Joseph 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. Joseph lived in the area that is now part of Camden (during his lifetime, it was part of Newton Township, Gloucester County). He is mentioned in the exhibit "Enslaved Africans of Pomona Hall" at the Camden County Historical Society, which provides extensive information about his family members who held people in slavery, but there are no known documents linking Joseph himself to slavery.
Joseph's brother Daniel Cooper was an enslaver and the operator of the first ferry that connected New Jersey to Philadelphia; this ferry was located at the foot of present-day Cooper Street in Camden. Joseph's son Benjamin Cooper established the second ferry, which was located at Cooper's Poynt. Joseph's son Joseph Cooper Jr built Pomona Hall, where numerous people were held in slavery in the 18th century by several generations of the Cooper family. This historic property now houses the Camden County Historical Society. - Keywords
- white person
- Child of
- William Cooper (1632-1710)
- Sibling of
- Daniel Cooper (1673-1715)
- References
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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.
“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/.
This person is represented on the following page(s):
WikiTree: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cooper-11026 - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
- Resource class
- Agent