Born

Date calculated from the age mentioned within the Marriage Licence.

Licence obtained for marriage to David COOPER.11

Appeared personally David Cooper and made Oath that he is of the Parish of St Clement Danes in the County of Middlesex aged twenty three years and upwards a Bachelor and intendeth to marry with Fanny Wilson of the Parish of St Lukes in the same county aged nineteen  years and upwards Spinster a Minor with the consent of William Wilson her natural and lawful Father and that he knoweth of no lawful impediment by Reason of a Precontract, Consanguinity, Affinity, or any other lawful Means whatsoever, to hinder the said intended Marriage and prayed a Licence to solemnize the same in the Parish Church of St Luke aforesaid and further made Oath that the usual Place of Abode of her the said Fanny Wilson hath been in the said Parish of St Luke for the Space of four Weeks last part.
Then appeared Personally the said William Wilson and made Oath that he is of the Parish of St  Martin in the Fields in the said County of Middlesex that he is the natural and lawful Father of the said Minor and that he is consenting to the above intended marriage of his Daughter with the said David Cooper.
(signed) David Cooper, William Wilson

Married David COOPER in Finsbury, St Luke.17,18,19

Groom - David Cooper - of the parish of St Clement Danes, bachelor
Bride - Fanny Wilson - of this parish, spinster, a minor "by and with the consent of William Wilson her natural and lawful father"
By licence
Witness - William Wilson

From the General Evening Post :-
On Saturday last, at Hornsey, Mr. Cooper, silk-mercer, of Holywell-street, to the only daughter of ---- Wilson. Esq., of Great Newport-street.

Birth of son William Wilson COOPER in Westminster, St Clement Danes.12,13

Birth of daughter Rebecca COOPER in Westminster, St Clement Danes.14,15,16

Mentioned in Will.1

Of William Wilson
Described as :- "my daughter Frances Cooper the wife of the said David Cooper"

Died in Hampstead (West End).2,3,4,5,6,7

From the :-
a) Morning Chronicle
b) Oracle and Public Advertiser
c) Morning Post and Fashionable World
"On Friday, suddenly, at Westend, Hampstead, Mrs. Cooper, Wife of Mr. David Cooper, Silk Mercer, Holywell-street."

From the True Briton :-
"On Friday last, at West End, Hampstead, Mrs. Cooper, wife of Mr. Cooper, of Holywell-street."

From the Whitehall Evening Post (1770) :-
"Friday, at Westend, Hampstead, Mrs. Cooper, wife of Mr. Cooper, of Holywell-street."

Buried in Hampstead, St John at Hampstead.8,9,7,10

Grave No. XF 010

Inscription on grave - now badly eroded - transcribed by the Camden Historical Society :-
"Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Frances Cooper wife of Mr David Cooper of Holywell Street St Clement Danes London who departed this life at West End in this Parish Sept 30 1796 aged 39 years"

From the Greater London Burial Index :-
Residence - "Holywell Street, St Clement Dane"
Relationship - "Wife of David"
Age as transcribed - 39

Photo taken by Linda Eccles on 20 July 2011


Research Note :-
The painter John Constable R.A. and his family are also buried in this cemetery at XC 002.