Ancestors of Mandy Willard

Henry COOPER (1789-1865)

and Philadelphia WILLARD (1795-1847)

Henry Cooper and Philadelphia Willard married on 31 July 1814 in Sullington, Sussex.  At the time he was a bachelor and she a spinster of Storrington, Sussex.  The witnesses to their marriage were James Mitchell and Lucy Mitchell.  (They were not my direct ancestors.)

Henry Cooper was baptised on 18 October 1789 in Storrington, Sussex.  He was the son of John Cooper and Mary.  He died aged 80 years and was buried on 8 January 1865 in Storrington.

Philadelphia Willard was baptised on 31 May 1795 in West Chiltington, Sussex.  She was the daughter of William Willard (1757-?) and Philadelphia Kidd.  She died aged 52 years at Oldfield Common and was buried on 8 August 1847 in Storrington.

On 19 April 1819 a Removal Order was issued to Henry, wife Philadelphia and children, 4 year old William, 2 year old Harriet and 7 month old George, from Storrington to Sullington, or vice versa.  When the 1841 census was recorded the family were living in Storrington.  At the time of the 1861 census, Henry was living at Old Field Cottage, Storrington, along with widowed daughter and 3 grandsons.  He was then a 76 year old bailiff who gave his place of birth as Storrington.

Henry Cooper and Philadelphia Willard had 9 known children:

1. William Cooper was baptised on 5 February 1815 in Storrington, at which time his father was a labourer from Roundabouts.  He may have died aged 67 years in the third quarter of 1881.

   William married Charlotte Tribe by banns on 24 October 1835 in Pulborough, Sussex.  He was then of Storrington and she of Pulborough.  The witnesses to the marriage were Mary Cooper and Charles Balchin.

   Charlotte was born about 1816.

   William and Charlotte had 4 known children:

   1. George Cooper was born about 1836.

   2. Thomas Cooper was born about 1837.

   3. William Cooper was born about 1839 in Storrington.  He married Emily.  She was born about 1845 in Bishops Waltham, Hampshire.  When the 1881 census was recorded the family were living in Sea Horse Street in Alverstoke, Hampshire, and William was then a brewer's foreman.  The couple had 5 known children:

      1. Henry Cooper was born about 1868 in Gosport, Hampshire.  When the 1881 census was recorded he was a 13 year old Blacksmith's Boy, and the eldest of his siblings living at home.

      2. George F Cooper was born about 1869 in Gosport.  He was a 12 year old Scholar in 1881.

      3. Eliza Annie Cooper was born in 1875 in Gosport (fourth quarter).  She was a 5 year old Scholar in 1881.

      4. Lydia Harriet Cooper was born in 1878 in Gosport (second quarter).  She was a 3 year old Scholar when the 1881 census was recorded.

      5. John H Cooper was born about 1880 in Gosport.  He was 10 months old at the time of the 1881 census.

      Also with the family in 1881 was their 1 year old niece, Emily K Wittenham.

   4. Harriot Cooper was born about 1841.

2. Harriet Cooper was born baptised on 11 July 1816 in Storrington.

3. George Cooper was bapitsed on 1 March in Storrington.  He probably died aged 84 years in the first quarter of 1903.  It would seem he was still living in the parental home when the 1841 census was recorded and he was then a labourer.  He married twice.  Firstly in the fourth quarter of 1840 in the Midhurst registration to Ann.  Ann was born about 1820 in Billingshurst.

   George and Ann had the following children:

   1. Oliver Cooper was born about 1840 in Billingshurst.

   2. Jane Cooper was born about 1845 in Billingshurst.

   3. Caroline Cooper was born about 1846 in Storrington (possibly the third quarter).  She was 15 and living at home in 1861.  Caroline married Alfred Clements in the third quarter of 1867 in the Thakeham district.  When the 1881 census was recorded the couple and their 10 year old son were living at Charmans in West Chiltington and Alfred was then a shoemaker.  He had been born about 1845 in Thakeham.  They had 2 known children:

      1. Albert William Clements was born in 1871 in Storrington (third quarter).

      2. Philadelphia Ann Clements was born in 1883 in West Chiltington (second quarter).

   4. Thomas Cooper was born about 1850 in Storrington (possibly in the second quarter).  He was an 11 year old plough boy living with his parents when the 1861 census was recorded.

   5. Ellen Cooper was born about 1853 in Storrington (possibly the third quarter).  She was an 8 year old Scholar in 1861.  She may have died aged 13 in the first quarter of 1867.

   George then married Sarah in about 1855.  She was born about 1807 in Washington, Sussex.  When the 1861 census was recorded the family were living at Old Field Common in Storrington and George was a farm labourer.

4. Caroline Cooper was baptised on 5 November 1820 and then again on 5 August 1821 in Storrington, at which time her father was a labourer from Roundabouts.  The Storrington burial register does not record the burial of an infant Caroline.  She married William Streeter on 6 May 1854 in West Chiltington, Sussex.  He died before the recording of the 1861 census, as Caroline was then a widow living with her father at Old Field Cottage.  They had 1 known son:

   1. William Streeter was born about 1855 in Billingshurst, Sussex.

5. John Cooper was baptised on 10 November 1822 in Storrington.  He died on 6 May 1902 in Storrington.  John married Mary Feast in the third quarter of 1841.  She was born about 1825 in Beeding and died on 11 September 1897 in Storrington.  When the 1861 census was recorded the family were living at Roundabouts in Storrington, and John was then a labourer.  The couple and their son Walter, daughter Jane and 1 year old grandson, George H Cooper who had been born in Portslade, were still living at Roundabouts when the 1881 census was recorded and John was then a farm servant.  They had the following children:

   1. George Henry Cooper was born about 1847 in Storrington.  He married Ann.  She was born about 1845 in Chipstead, Surrey.  The couple had 7 known children:

      1. Frederick Cooper was born about 1870 in Croydon, Surrey.

      2. Mary A Cooper was born about 1870 in Croydon.

      3. Ellen Cooper was baptised on 17 October 1875 in Selhurst, Surrey.

      4. Charlotte Cooper was baptised on 7 October 1877 in Selhurst.

      5. Florence Emily Cooper was baptised on 6 July 1879 in Selhurst.

      6. Albert Cooper was born about 1880 in Croydon.

      7. Horace Cooper was born about 1885 in Croydon.

   2. John Cooper was born in 1848 in Storrington (second quarter).  He was a 12 year old plough boy when the 1861 census was recorded and the eldest of his siblings in the parental home.  When the 1881 census was recorded John together with his wife Kate and 3 young children were living at 119 Gloster Road, Croydon and he was a gardener.  John may have married Catherine Best in the fourth quarter of 1874.  The couple had 8 known children:

      1. Albert James Cooper was born in 1877 in Croydon (second quarter).

      2. Louisa Elizabeth Cooper was baptised on 18 May 1879 in Selhurst.

      3. Alfred J Cooper was born about 1881 in Croydon.

      4. Joseph Frank Cooper was born in 1883 in Croydon (second quarter).

      5. George William Cooper was born about 1886 in Croydon.

      6. Percy Walter Cooper was born about 1888 in Croydon.

      7. Arthur Fred Cooper was born about 1888 in Croydon.

      8. Philip Cooper was born about 1893 in Croydon (first quarter).

   3. Charles Cooper was born about 1850 in Storrington.  In 1861 he was an 11 year old plough boy.  He was an unmarried gardener in 1881, living in his brother William's home.  He married Emily.  She was born about 1854 in Stanmore, Middlesex.  The couple had 2 known children:

      1. Charles John Cooper was born in 1890 in Portslade, Sussex (second quarter).

      2. Millie Cooper was born about 1892 in Portslade.

   4. William Cooper was born about 1852 in Storrington.  He was a 9 year old Scholar in 1861.  When the 1881 census was recorded he was living in The Village in Portslade, where he was an agricultural labourer.  He was then a widower, and 3 of his unmarried siblings were part of his household.  He married for a second time to Adeline.  She was born about 1863 in Tarring.  They had 2 known children:

      1. Mary Adelina Cooper was born in 1891 in Portslade (fourth quarter).

      2. Millicent Cooper was born in 1894 in Portslade (fourth quarter).

   5. James Cooper was born on 26 January 1856 in Storrington.  He was a 5 year old scholar in 1861.  At the time of the 1881 census he was a 25 year old agricultural labourer lodging at Bilsham in Yapton, Sussex, the home of Charles Read.  He married Martha Read in the fourth quarter of 1883.  She was baptised on 8 May 1864 in Yapton.  James and Martha had 7 known children:

      1. Charles Cooper was born about 1885 in Yapton.

      2. William Cooper was born about 1891 in Yapton.  He died in 1967 in Climping, Sussex.  He was also known as Bill.  He married Queenie Dorothy Ellen Parrott.  She was born on 23 July 1904 in Oving, Sussex and died on 25 January 1978 in Climping.

      3. Albert Cooper was born about 1892 in Yapton.  Bert never married.

      4. Walter Ernest Cooper was born in 1896 in Yapton (fourth quarter).  He married Gertrude Susan Squires.  She was born in 1898 in Colworth, Sussex (third quarter).

      5. Ethel May Cooper was born in 1898 in Yapton (third quarter).  She married William Butler.

      6. Jane Elizabeth Cooper was born in 1902 in Yapton.  She married twice.  Firstly to Robert Read and then to Fred Millais.

      7. Wilfred Cooper was born in 1907 and died in 1985.  He married Shana Sanchars.

   6. Albert Cooper was born about 1858 in Storrington.  He was a 3 year old Scholar in 1861.  In 1881 he was living in Portslade with his brother William, where he was an unmarried 23 year old Stableman.  He married Alice (possibly Foord).  She was born about 1862 in Pevensey, Sussex.

   7. Walter Cooper was born in 1861 in Storrington.  He was a month old when the 1861 census was recorded.  He was an unmarried 21 year old farm servant at the time of the 1881.  He may have died aged 32 years in the third quarter of 1893.

   8. Mary Ann Cooper was born about 1864 in Storrington.  In 1881 she was a 17 year old living in the home of her brother William.

   9. Elizabeth Cooper was born in 1868 in Sullington.  She may have married George Nickells in the second quarter of 1889.

   10. Jane Cooper was born about 1869 in Storrington.  When the 1881 census was recorded she was a 12 year old Scholar living at home.

6. Elizabeth Cooper was baptised on 17 October 1824 in Storrington.

7. John Cooper was baptised on 5 November 1826 in Storrington.  The baptism register recorded his father's name as John, but I think that was an error.

8. Ellen Cooper was baptised on 5 October 1828 in Storrington.

9. Henry Cooper was baptised on 11 March 1832 in Storrington.

10. Charles Cooper was baptised on 3 August 1834 in Storrington, at which time his father was a labourer from Roundabouts.  He married Eliza.  She was born about 1831 in Tavistock, Devon.  They had 2 known children:

    1. Ellen Cooper was born about 1860 in Islington, Middlesex.

    2. Frances Cooper was born about 1866 in Islington.

11. Isaac Cooper was baptised on 20 November 1836 in Storrington, at which time his father was a labourer from Oldfield Common.  He married Anna.  She was born about 1836 in Surrey.  The couple had 8 known children:

    1. Charles Cooper was born about 1860 in Sussex.

    2. Henry Cooper was born about 1865 in Croydon.

    3. Ellen Cooper was born about 1865 in Croydon.

    4. George Cooper was born about 1870 in Croydon.

    5. Jane Cooper was born about 1871 in Croydon.

    6. Alfred Cooper was born about 1874 in Croydon.

    7. Ernest Cooper was born about 1876 in Croydon.

    8. Isaac Cooper was born about 1879 in Croydon.

COOPER          WILLARD