Tenth Generation

786. Thomas COOPER³⁰² was born on 31 August 1630 in Hingham, Norfolk, England. He died on 16 August 1698 at the age of 67 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA. Mentioned frequently in Early Rehoboth (Richard Lebaron Bowen, 1948). He helped form the early town of Rehoboth and was one of the original land owners. Was grandjuryman for town 1646. He was senior deacon in the Rehoboth Congregational Church, 1670 (Deacon Philip Walker #2324 was the junior deacon). There was a lot of conflict between the Congregationalists and the Baptists just before this. He bought a house with 8 acres of land and various other parcels of land from Thomas Smith on May 16, 1654.

Also listed as wives Mary Slye and Mary Raynor. There's also a question as to whether his first wife Mary died and he married (2) Elizabeth Rand (see Ancestral Lines, Third Edition). Mary KINGSBURY and Thomas COOPER were married in 1657 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA.

787. Mary KINGSBURY³⁰³ was born on 1 September 1637 in Hingham, Norfolk, England. She died on 18 September 1700 at the age of 63 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA. Was she born in Hingham or in Dedham, MA 1 July 1637?

Children were:

393	i.	Elizabeth COOPER.
	ii.	Thomas COOPER³⁰² was born on 28 August 1660 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA. He died before 10 August 1725 at the age of 64 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA.
	iii.	Mary COOPER was born on 5 October 1658.
	iv.	Deborah COOPER was born on 21 September 1664 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA. She died on 5 March 1730 at the age of 65.
	v.	Sary COOPER³⁰² was born on 26 September 1666 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA.
194	vi.	Deacon Samuel COOPER.
	vii.	Rachel COOPER²¹⁹ was born on 6 August 1671 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA.
	viii.	Judith COOPER²¹⁹ was born on 11 September 1673 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA.
	ix.	Mercy COOPER²¹⁹ died before 1712. She was born in Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA.