Robert COOPER Mary LAMBE Elizabeth COOPER Mary COOPER Robert Harris COOPER John COOPER Ann COOPER Sarah COOPER Esther DENCH Harriet SHAKESHAFT  SHAKESHAFT Francis COOPER Mary HENNELL Mini tree diagram

Robert Harris COOPER

approx. 1744 - Apr 179215

Life History

approx. 1744

Born

6th Jun 1755

Mentioned in Will.1

of David Hennell
From the will :-
"Robert Harris Cooper and Francis Cooper sons of the said Robert Cooper and the said Mary his wife my said daughter"

1769

Directories.2

Robert Harris Cooper - merchant, commerce
143 Upper Thames Street
From :-
Kent's Directory for the Year 1769

29th Aug 1769

Licence obtained for marriage to Mary LAMBE in Faculty Office.25

Groom - Robert Harris Cooper
Bride - Mary Lambe

From the Marriage Licence :-
Faculty Office
"On which day appeared personally Robert Harris Cooper and made Oath that he is of the parish of Saint Mary Newington in the County of Middlesex a Bachelor aged twenty five years and upwards, and intendeth to intermarry with Mary Lambe of the parish of South Weald in the County of Essex Spinster aged twenty one years and upwards, and in which parish she hath had her usual place of abode for the space of four weeks last past.
He this Deponent not knowing or believing any lawful Let or Impediment by mean of any Precontract, Consanguinity, Affinity or any other lawful means whatsoever to hinder the said intended Marriage and prayed a Licence to Solemnize the said Marriage in the Parish Church of South Weal aforesaid.
R. H. Cooper"

13th Mar 1771

Mentioned in Will.3

of Hannah Lambe née Steare
Described as :-
"my daughter Mary Cooper the wife of Robert Harris Cooper"

1772

Land Taxes in City of London, Vintry Ward.4

Robert Harris Cooper - £3. 18. -

1774

Directories.5

From :-
Kent's Directory 1774
Robert Harris Cooper - merchant, commerce
N. 7, Cannon Street

2nd Jun 1775

Mentioned in Codicil to Will.3

of Hannah Lambe née Steare
Described as :-
"my daughter Mary Cooper the wife of Robert Harris Cooper"

1776

Fire Insurance.7

Company - Sun Insurance
Policy Number - 375828
Policy Holders - James Stuart Tulk, Robert Harris Cooper & Francis Cooper
Occupation / Status - Wine Merchants
Address - 4 Three Tun Lane, Miles's Lane
Insured value - 900 GBP

1st May 1776

Mentioned in Will.6

of Robert Cooper

Described as :-
"my two sons Robert Harris Cooper and Francis Cooper"

1777

Fire Insurance.8

Company - Sun Insurance
Policy Number - 381501
Policy Holders - Robert Harris Cooper & Francis Cooper
Address - 20 Lawrence Poultney Lane
Insured value - 1,600 GBP

1st Aug 1778

Mentioned in Will.9

of Ann Hennell
From the will :-
"to my Nephews Robert Harris Cooper and Francis Cooper one Guinea each"

6th Aug 1785

Executor.6

of the Will of Robert Cooper

Joint Executors :-
Robert Harris Cooper
Francis Cooper
"the sons"

3rd Nov 1785

New River Company.10

With Francis Cooper gave a Surety for David Cooper, Collector to the New River Company.
Described as "Wine Merchants of Philpot Lane, Fenchurch Street"

6th Sep 1786

Death of Mary LAMBE in Turnford.26

17th Aug 1787

Birth of daughter Elizabeth COOPER in Westminster, St James.27

approx. 1788

Birth of daughter Mary COOPER in Cheshunt.28

1788

Executor.11

Of the Will of William Saunders, Merchant of Poole, Dorset.
Joint executor with Francis Cooper and Thomas Young Bird

12th Aug 1790

Birth of son Robert Harris COOPER in Hunsdon, St Dunston.30,31

12th Aug 1790

Birth of son John COOPER in Hunsdon, St Dunston.32,31

8th Sep 1790

Death of son Robert Harris COOPER in Hunsdon, St Dunston.29,17

21st Dec 1790

Wrote will.12

1) In the name of God amen
2) I Robert Harris Cooper of Brabant Court Philpot Lane
3) London Merchant and of Hunsdon and Stanstead Abbot
4) in the County of Herts farmer ....
5) ... ... ...

Some names mentioned :-
1) "Hannah Killingley wife of Robert Hare Killingley of Hertford"
2) "Robert Hennell of Foster Lane London silversmith"
3) "my dear children or reputed children born of the body of Esther Dench nominally called Esther Cooper my intended wife"
4) "my four dear children or reputed children Elizabeth Cooper Mary Cooper Sarah Cooper and John Cooper"
5) "the first of which was born in the parish of St James Westminster that is to say Elizabeth Cooper"
6) "Mary Cooper and Sarah Cooper having been born in Chestunt Herts"
7) "John Cooper a twin in Hunston Herts"
8) "my daughter Harriet Cooper"
9) "my brother Francis Cooper"
19) "to his (Francis Cooper) wife Lucinda"

Witnesses :-
Wm Cooper Taylor
Martha Dench
John Phipps




27th Dec 1791

Birth of daughter Ann COOPER in Hunsdon, St Dunston.33,34

1792

Mentioned in Will.13

of James Stuart Tulk
From the will :-
1. "I give to my esteemed and most worthy friend Robert Harris Cooper one hundred guineas"
2. "Robert Harris Cooper of Brabant Court Philpot Lane London Merchant"

7th Mar 1792

Codicil to Will

Some names mentioned :-
1) "Esther Dench my intended wife"
2) "Elizabeth Cooper Mary Cooper Sarah Cooper and John Cooper a twin ... ... whether they shall be called by the surnames of their mother Dench or by my surnames of Harris and Cooper"
3) "Harriett Cooper or Harriett Shakeshaft which is her proper name also commonly called Cooper"
4) "which child hath been baptised by the Reverend William Calvert in the name Ann"
5) "Hannah Killingley"
6) "Robert Hennell"
7) "my highly ... friend John Augustus Tulk Esq of Sloane Street"
8) "my brother Francis Cooper"
9) "each of his (Francis Cooper) children being eight in number"

Witnesses :-
Martha Dench
Elizabeth Hinson
Willm.Spencer

Apr 1792

Died in Hunsdon.15

From the Norfolk Chronicle :-
"At Hunsdon, Herts, Robert Harris Cooper, Esq"

26th Apr 1792

Buried in Hunsdon, St Dunston.16,17

From the Parish Register :-
"Robert Harris Cooper, farmer"
Rector - H. Calvert

8th May 1792

Probate in Prerogative Court of Canterbury.12

Executors :-
Hannah Killingley wife of Robert Hare Killingley
Robert Hennell
John Augustus Tulk

9th Jul 1793

Legal in Garroway's Coffee House.18,19,20,21

From
Morning Post - 2 July 1793 :-
Morning Chronicle - 3 July 1793 :-
Morning Herald - 4 July 1793 :-
Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser - 8 July 1793 :-

"REVERSION
By Messrs. SKINNER and DYKE
On Tuesday the 9th of July, at Twelve o'Clock, at Garroway's Coffee-house, 'Change alley, Cornhill, by Order of the EXECUTORS of Mr. ROBERT HARRIS COOPER, deceased,
THE REVERSION of a MOIETY of THREE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED and FOURTEEN POUNDS NINE SHILLINGS and TWO-PENCE CAPITAL STOCK, being THREE THOUSAND and SEVENTY-TWO POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS PRINCIPAL MONEY, certain to be received at the Death of a Lady aged 55 years, if she dies without issue. The Lady is married and has no issue.
The Stock stands in the name of two Trustees of great respectability.
Printed Particulars at Garraway's Coffee-house, and of Messrs. Skinner and Dyke, Aldersgate Street"

13th Jun 1808

Mentioned in Codicil to Will.22

of Robert Hare Killingley

who mentioned the :-

"reversion of eighteen hundred and seven pounds 4/7' Bank Stock purchased by me at public auction of the Executors of Robert Harris Cooper"

12th Apr 1809

Legal in Court of Chancery : Six Clerks Office.23

Dench v. Hennell. Bill and Answer

Plaintiffs : Esther Dench and others
Defendants : Hannah Killingley, Robert Hennell and John Augustus Fulk
Amended 12 Sept 1809 : Robert Hare Killingley added as a defendant

Research Note :- Hannah Killingley, Robert Kennell and John Augustus Fulk were the Executors of the Will of Robert Harris Cooper

Bill Details :-
Esther Dench residing at Lancaster Court, Strand
Elizabeth Romer née Cooper had reached 21 years in January 1807
Mary Cooper had reached 21 in Ferbruary 1807
Sarah Cooper residing with mother
John Cooper residing at Bouverie Court
Ann Cooper, age 17, residing at Tavistock Square Covent Garden

When Elizabeth had reached 21 John Romer asked the Executors and Trustees for a full account of their share of the estate of Robert Harris Cooper This was received in writing which showed the total to be only GBP 186.. He accepted this as money was needed. The Executors and Trustees also promised to surrender to Elizabeth Romer, née Cooper, her share of the copyhold property but this had not happened.

The Trustees and Executors had, since the death of Robert Harris Cooper, continued to receive all the rents and profits and had advanced small amounts of money to Esther Dench. The had refused to come to a settlement and had claimed that the estate was actually of little more value than that required to cover Robert Harris Cooper's debts. Part of the estate had been shares in a lead mine.

Oct 1809

Legal in Court of Chancery : Six Clerks Office.23

Dench v. Hennell. Bill and Answer

Details :-
The Executors and Trustees stated that at the time of his death Robert Harris Cooper held a quarter share in the 4 tenements in Cooper's Court, which was sold for GBP 422. 11s. 6d. This was his only freehold property. They claimed that the whole estate only amounted to GBP 1,406. 5s. 9d.

1810

Legal in Court of Chancery : Six Clerks Office.24

Dench v. Hennell. Answer

Plaintiffs : Esther Dench and others
Defendants : Hannah Killingley, Robert Hennell and John Augustus Fulk
Amended 12 Sept 1809 : Robert Hare Killingley added as a defendant

Details :-
Hannah Killingley surrendered those parts of the estate of Robert Harris Cooper, over which she had control, to Esther Dench. She also claimed that she had no knowledge of any other matters.

Other facts

 

Married Esther DENCH

 

Married SHAKESHAFT

 

Married Mary LAMBE

 

Research Note.14

From an old hand-written pedigree of the Cooper family :-
Robert - was a Portuguese Merchant and died leaving no issue

Note - Whoever compiled this pedigree did not include his children as they were not legitimate.

 

Birth of daughter Harriet SHAKESHAFT

 

Birth of daughter Sarah COOPER

Sources

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