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Where did the Dutch Cooper family come from? What is the Dutch Cooper family crest and coat of arms? When did the Cooper family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Cooper family history?
The surname Cooper can be found all over the Netherlands. It derives from the word for a common medieval occupation; that of the "kuiper." The "kuiper" was a maker and repairer of wooden vessels, such as barrels, caskets, and tubs. Occupational names belong to the larger category of hereditary surnames, and were adopted by families whose ancestors had performed a certain job.
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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
- Known spelling variations
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- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Cuypert, Cuypers, Cuypherts, Cuijpers, Kuijpers, Kuypers, Kukppers, Kupers, Kuipers, de Cuypere, Cuyp, de Kuyper, Kupfer, Kupper, Kupker, Kuypker, Cypert and many more.First found in Holland, where the Cooper family became noted for its many branches in the region, each house acquiring a status and influence which was envied by the princes of the region. The name was first recorded in Deventer, in the province of Overyessel, Holland bordering Drenthe, Gelderland and Zutphen.
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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cooper research. Another 295 words(21 lines of text) covering the years 1594, 1632, and 1729 are included under the topic Early Cooper History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Cooper. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Cooper Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Justinian Cooper, who arrived in Virginia in 1618
- Humility Cooper, who landed in Plymouth, Mass in 1620
- Tho. Cooper, who arrived in Maryland in 1633
- Jo Cooper, aged 20, arrived in Virginia in 1635
- Jon Cooper, who arrived in Virginia in 1635
Cooper Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Semi Cooper, who landed in Virginia in 1704
- Richd Cooper, who landed in Virginia in 1705
- Esther Cooper, who arrived in Virginia in 1705
- Hannah Cooper, who landed in Virginia in 1726
- Boice Cooper, who landed in New England in 1740
Cooper Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Thomas, Cooper Jr., who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pa in 1800
- William, Cooper Jr., who arrived in Philadelphia, Pa in 1805
- Robert Cooper, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pa in 1810
- Mrs. Cooper, who landed in New York, NY in 1811
- Allan Cooper, aged 37, landed in New York in 1812
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- James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851), American novelist who wrote "The Last of the Mohicans"
- Leon Neil Cooper (b. 1930), American physicist and Nobel prize-winner (Physics, 1972)
- Leroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper Jr. (1927-2004), American astronaut who piloted the final Mercury mission in May of 1963
- Gary Cooper (1901-1961), Academy Award-winning American actor
- Frank James Cooper (1901-1961), original name of Gary Cooper, the Academy-Award-winning (twice) American film actor
- Frederic Taber Cooper (1864-1937), American editor and writer and an associate professor of Latin and Sanskrit at New York University until 1902
- Christopher W. "Chris" Cooper (b. 1951), Academy and Golden Globe Award-winning American film actor
- Jackie Cooper (1922-2011), American actor, television director, producer and executive and the youngest performer to have been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role (1931)
- Sir Alfred Duff Cooper (1890-1954), English politician
- Dame Gladys Cooper DBE (1888-1971), English actress
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We have comprised a great deal of suggested readings that would be of interest to you and your family.
- A Confederate Soldier and His Descendants by Norman Lee Cooper.
- Cooper Family History, 1730-1982 by Thomas R. Bryan.
- The Cooper Family of Maryland by F. William Cooper Gateway Press 1972.
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- Bayerisch Stammenbuch von den alten abgestorbenen Fuerten. Print.
- Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 7th Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0806313676).
- Swierenga, Robert P. Compiler Dutch Emigrant to the United State, South Africa, South America and Southeast Asia 1835-1880 An Alphabetical Listing by Househould Heads and Independent Persons. Wilmington, DE: Scholary Resources, 1983. Print.
- Bentley, Elizabeth P. Passenger Arrivals at the Port of New York 1820-1829. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999. Print.
- Zoder, Rudolf. Familiennamen in Ostfalen. Hildesheim: Geog Olms Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1968. Print.
- Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
- Tobler-Meyer, Wilhelm. Familiennamen der Ostschweiz. Zürich: 1894. Print.
- Bahlow, Hans. Abhandlungen zur Namenforschung und Buchgeschichte. 1980. Print. (ISBN 978-3768690522).
- Siebmacher, J.J. Siebmacher's Grosses Wappenbuch 35 Volumes. Germany: Bauer & Raspe. Print.
- Samuelsen, W. David. New York City Passenger List Manifests Index 1820 - 1824. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems International, 1986. Print.
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