Peerage Record – 37399

     Austin Cooper was born circa 1620.¹ He married Mary Dodson, daughter of Henry Dodson, at Hampton Court, London, England^G.¹ He died before 1690.¹
     He inherited paternal property at Byfleet, Surrey.¹ His father held an appointment at the Court of King Charles I.¹ Austin Cooper also went by the nick-name of ‘Austin the Settler’.¹ His estates were forfeited and so he sold all his possessions in England for £1,500 and emigrated to Ireland.¹ He lived in 1661 at Blessington, County Wicklow, Ireland^G.¹ He was employed by Primate Boyle in laying out the gardens at Blessington (‘These gardens were laid down by an English gentleman who abandoned his estate at Byfleet, Sussex to escape teh persecution of Cromwell.¹‘) He was famed for ‘taking two men, one in each hand, slapping them together and throwing them on a dunghill.¹‘

     Thomas Cooper was baptised on 26 February 1651/52.¹ He was the son of Austin Cooper and Mary Dodson.^2,1 He married unknown Badham, daughter of Brettridge Badham.¹
     He lived at Aughfarrell, County Wicklow, Ireland^G.¹

     unknown Badham is the daughter of Brettridge Badham.¹ She married Thomas Cooper, son of Austin Cooper and Mary Dodson.¹
     Her married name became Cooper.

     John Cooper is the son of Thomas Cooper and unknown Badham.²

     Rebecca Cooper is the son of Thomas Cooper and unknown Badham.² He married Thomas Walker.¹

     Thomas Walker married Rebecca Cooper, son of Thomas Cooper and unknown Badham.¹
     She lived at Coventry, Warwickshire, England^G.¹ Her married name became Cooper.

     unknown daughter Cooper is the son of Thomas Cooper and unknown Badham.²

     Martha Cooper is the daughter of Thomas Cooper and unknown Badham.²

     George Cooper was the son of Austin Cooper and Mary Dodson.^2,1 He died at England, unmarried.¹

     John Dodson Cooper was the son of Austin Cooper and Mary Dodson.^2,1 He died circa October 1661.¹ He was buried on 30 October 1661.¹