Baptised in Thanet, Ramsgate, St Laurence.1

Father - Richard Tomson
Mother - Mary

Mentioned in Will.2

Of Richard Tomson (1729?-1793)
Annotated as :-
"my five daughters Dorothy Tomson Sarah Curling Tomson Mary Tomson Catherine Tomson and Ann Simpson Tomson"

Mentioned in Will.3

Of Mrs. Mary Tomson (died 1808)
Annotated as :-
"my said six children the said Richard Tomson Dorothy Tomson Sarah Curling the wife of George Hooper Mary Tomson Catherine Tomson and Ann Simpson the wife of James Cooper"

Mentioned in Will.4

Of Mary Tomson (1768?-1828)
Annotated as "my brother and sisters"

Licence obtained for marriage to David COOPER.14,15

Groom - David Cooper, of St James Westminster, gentleman, widower
Bride - Dorothy Tomson, spinster
By licence

Married David COOPER in Thanet, Ramsgate, St Laurence.22,23,24,25,26

Details from the Parish Register :-
Groom - David Cooper of the Parish of St James Westminster, widower
Bride - Dorothy Tomson, of this parish, spinster.
By licence
Witnesses .-
W. Fox
R. Tomson
W. Tomson
Catherine Tomson
Mary B(??)

From the Leeds Intelligencer :-
"On Wednesday, Mr. David Cooper, of Pall Mall, London, silk-mercer, to Miss Tomson, niece to Adm. Fox, of Ramsgate."

From the Morning Post :-
"On the 22nd inst. Mr. Cooper, of Pall-Mall, to Miss Tomson, of Ramsgate."

From the Bury and Norwich Post :-
"Mr. D. Cooper, of Pall-Mall, to Miss Tomson, niece of Admiral Fox, of Ramsgate."

Research Note :-
Dorothy Tomson's sister Ann Simpson Tomson married James Cooper, the brother of David Cooper, in 1805.

Mentioned in Will.5

Of Admiral William Fox (1733?-1810)
Annotated as "my niece Dorothy the wife of David Cooper"

Mentioned in Will.6

Of David Cooper (1753-1819)
Annotated as "my dear wife Dorothy Cooper"

Death of David COOPER in Hammersmith.16,17,18,19,20,21

Executor.6

Of the Will and 2 codicils of David Cooper (1753-1819)
Joint executors :-
James Cooper - "the brother"
Philip Barrett Cooper - "the nephew"
Dorothy Cooper - "the widow the relic"

Wrote will.7

1) This is the last Will and Testament
2) of me Dorothy Cooper now in the parish of Deal Kent after all my debts
3) and funeral expenses are paid I do bequeath to my friends Mary Clark and
4) her sister Jane Clark the sum of ten pounds each the remainder of my prop-
5) erty wherever or whatever I do give and bequeath to my sister Ann
6) Simpson the wife of James Cooper and  to her husband the said James
7) Cooper during their lives and at the death of the survivor to be equally
8) divided between my brother Richard Tomson and my sister Sarah Curling
9) the wife of George Hooper to my sister Sarah Curling Hooper and to my
10) sister Ann Simpson Cooper I do give my clothes trinkets tenements etc to
11) be disposed as they think proper I do request that my brother James
13) Cooper will see this my last will properly executed as he best knows in
14) what it consists and where it is deposited. Signed by me this fourth of April
15) in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight.
Signed  Dorothy Cooper

Codicil to Will.7

1) I do likewise give and bequeath to my nephew Philip Barrett
2) Cooper the sum of one hundred pounds and request that he will assist
3) his uncle to settle this my last will and testament signed the tenth
4) one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight. Signed Dorothy Cooper

Recorded in census in Eastry, Deal (Upper Deal, Deal House).8

James Cooper - 81 - Ind 
Dorothy Cooper - 70 - Ind
Staff x 4       

Codicil to Will.7

1) Whereas I am entitled by the will of my late sister Catherine
2) (after the death of her husband Peter Burgess) to the one half of
3) the house wherein she resided in the High Street Ramsgate together with
4) the two adjoining houses and all the premises thereunto belonging I do
5) hereby give and bequeath to my niece and goddaughter Mary Bunn
6) the wife of Edward Thomas Bunn of Sydenham in Kent and to the heirs
7) and assignees all my right share and interest in the said houses and what
8) ever else I may be entitled to under the will of my said sister Catherine
9) Burgess the Mary Bunn paying all law or other expenses already
10) (?) or which may hereafter arise in respect to the said houses this
11) Codicil signed this first of April one thousand eight hundred and forty three.
12) in the presence of us. Signed Dorothy Cooper Upper Deal
William Chambers, Upper Deal
Mary Ann Bassett, Upper Deal

Died in Eastry, Deal (Upper Deal, Deal House).9,10,11,12

From the Death Certificate :-
1) Occupation - Widow of David Cooper Esquire
2) Description and residence of informant - Mary Harries present at the death, Upper Deal
3) When registered - 27  September 1843

From the Times :-
"On the 22nd inst., at Upper Deal House, in her 80th year, Dorothy, Widow of the late David Cooper, Esq., formerly of Hammersmith, and Waterloo Place, London"

From the Standard :-
Sept. 22, at Upper Deal House, in her 80th year, Dorothy, widow of the late David Cooper, Esq., formerly of Hammersmith, and Waterloo-place, London.

Buried in Deal, St Leonard.13

From the Parish Register :-
""Dorothy Cooper / Upper Deal House / September 28th / 80 / Rev E Biys Curate"

Probate in Prerogative Court of Canterbury.7

Executor - James Cooper