There are three versions of his birth date:
* 26 Nov 1735 - Provided by a descendant.
* 21 Dec 1735 - Calculated from the information on his grave marker.
* 20 Jan 1736 - Found in a note in the following book; this is the transcript, with slight differences:
"CORNELIUS COOPER,
Died April 9, 1824.
Aged 88 yrs., 3 mos., 19 dys."
Notes written in the book: ""Born Jan 20, 1736""; "Of him it may in truth be said: He speaketh still - although he's dead; His life was faith - his death was - trust. That God would raise him from the - dust."
* Information provided by the First Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill's Eagle Scout cemetery survey project, Autumn 2000.
* Tombstone Inscriptions from the Churchyard of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill Village, Dutchess Co., N. Y.,
E. W. Van Voorhis of New York City, compiler,
Press of G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York; 1882,
Page 51.
Available online through Internet Archive - archive.org.
* Presumably from handwritten notes, by unknown authors, found in a copy of a Van Voorhis book held by Blodgett Memorial Library's Local History Collection, Fishkill, New York.
* Tombstone inscriptions from the churchyard of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill Village, Dutchess,
Elias W. Van Voorhis, compiler,
S.P., N.D.,
Page 49.
Available online through Internet Archive - archive.org.
* Old Gravestones of Dutchess County, New York, Vol I & II,
J. Wilson Poucher, MD and Helen Wilkerson Reynolds,
Dutchess County Historical Society, 1924, Poughkeepsie, New York.
Page 74.
Available online through Familysearch.og's Library.
* 26 Nov 1735 - Provided by a descendant.
* 21 Dec 1735 - Calculated from the information on his grave marker.
* 20 Jan 1736 - Found in a note in the following book; this is the transcript, with slight differences:
"CORNELIUS COOPER,
Died April 9, 1824.
Aged 88 yrs., 3 mos., 19 dys."
Notes written in the book: ""Born Jan 20, 1736""; "Of him it may in truth be said: He speaketh still - although he's dead; His life was faith - his death was - trust. That God would raise him from the - dust."
* Information provided by the First Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill's Eagle Scout cemetery survey project, Autumn 2000.
* Tombstone Inscriptions from the Churchyard of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill Village, Dutchess Co., N. Y.,
E. W. Van Voorhis of New York City, compiler,
Press of G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York; 1882,
Page 51.
Available online through Internet Archive - archive.org.
* Presumably from handwritten notes, by unknown authors, found in a copy of a Van Voorhis book held by Blodgett Memorial Library's Local History Collection, Fishkill, New York.
* Tombstone inscriptions from the churchyard of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill Village, Dutchess,
Elias W. Van Voorhis, compiler,
S.P., N.D.,
Page 49.
Available online through Internet Archive - archive.org.
* Old Gravestones of Dutchess County, New York, Vol I & II,
J. Wilson Poucher, MD and Helen Wilkerson Reynolds,
Dutchess County Historical Society, 1924, Poughkeepsie, New York.
Page 74.
Available online through Familysearch.og's Library.
There are three versions of his birth date:
* 26 Nov 1735 - Provided by a descendant.
* 21 Dec 1735 - Calculated from the information on his grave marker.
* 20 Jan 1736 - Found in a note in the following book; this is the transcript, with slight differences:
"CORNELIUS COOPER,
Died April 9, 1824.
Aged 88 yrs., 3 mos., 19 dys."
Notes written in the book: ""Born Jan 20, 1736""; "Of him it may in truth be said: He speaketh still - although he's dead; His life was faith - his death was - trust. That God would raise him from the - dust."
* Information provided by the First Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill's Eagle Scout cemetery survey project, Autumn 2000.
* Tombstone Inscriptions from the Churchyard of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill Village, Dutchess Co., N. Y.,
E. W. Van Voorhis of New York City, compiler,
Press of G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York; 1882,
Page 51.
Available online through Internet Archive - archive.org.
* Presumably from handwritten notes, by unknown authors, found in a copy of a Van Voorhis book held by Blodgett Memorial Library's Local History Collection, Fishkill, New York.
* Tombstone inscriptions from the churchyard of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill Village, Dutchess,
Elias W. Van Voorhis, compiler,
S.P., N.D.,
Page 49.
Available online through Internet Archive - archive.org.
* Old Gravestones of Dutchess County, New York, Vol I & II,
J. Wilson Poucher, MD and Helen Wilkerson Reynolds,
Dutchess County Historical Society, 1924, Poughkeepsie, New York.
Page 74.
Available online through Familysearch.og's Library.
* 26 Nov 1735 - Provided by a descendant.
* 21 Dec 1735 - Calculated from the information on his grave marker.
* 20 Jan 1736 - Found in a note in the following book; this is the transcript, with slight differences:
"CORNELIUS COOPER,
Died April 9, 1824.
Aged 88 yrs., 3 mos., 19 dys."
Notes written in the book: ""Born Jan 20, 1736""; "Of him it may in truth be said: He speaketh still - although he's dead; His life was faith - his death was - trust. That God would raise him from the - dust."
* Information provided by the First Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill's Eagle Scout cemetery survey project, Autumn 2000.
* Tombstone Inscriptions from the Churchyard of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill Village, Dutchess Co., N. Y.,
E. W. Van Voorhis of New York City, compiler,
Press of G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York; 1882,
Page 51.
Available online through Internet Archive - archive.org.
* Presumably from handwritten notes, by unknown authors, found in a copy of a Van Voorhis book held by Blodgett Memorial Library's Local History Collection, Fishkill, New York.
* Tombstone inscriptions from the churchyard of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Fishkill Village, Dutchess,
Elias W. Van Voorhis, compiler,
S.P., N.D.,
Page 49.
Available online through Internet Archive - archive.org.
* Old Gravestones of Dutchess County, New York, Vol I & II,
J. Wilson Poucher, MD and Helen Wilkerson Reynolds,
Dutchess County Historical Society, 1924, Poughkeepsie, New York.
Page 74.
Available online through Familysearch.og's Library.
Inscription
In
memory of
CORNELIUS
COOPER
Who departed this life
April 9^th, 1824.
aged 88 years, 3
months & 19 days.
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