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Dr. Samuel Cooper (1725 - 1783)

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Birthplace: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Death: September 29, 1783 (58)
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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Son of Rev. William Cooper and Judith Cooper
Husband of Judith Cooper
Father of Abigail Cooper and Judith Cooper
Brother of John Cooper and William Cooper
Half brother of Mary Gardner

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About Dr. Samuel Cooper

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Cooper_(clergyman)

Samuel Cooper (March 28, 1725 – December 29, 1783) was a Congregational minister in Boston, Massachusetts, affiliated with the Brattle Street Church. He was born in Boston to William Cooper and Judith Sewall, attended the Boston Latin School, and was graduated from Harvard College in 1743. He was ordained as a minister on May 21, 1746, and served as pastor of the Brattle Street Church, 1747-1783. Members of his parish at the Brattle St. Church included some of the most influential people of the American Revolution: John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Joseph Warren, John Adams, and others. He corresponded with Benjamin Franklin, Charles Hector d'Estaing, Gideon Hawley, Charles Gravier de Vergennes; and was associated with Phillis Wheatley. In 1780, he co-founded the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He served as "chaplain to the General Court" 1758-1770 and 1777-1783. Around 1783 Harvard College offered Cooper the position of college president, but Cooper declined. In September 1746 he married Judith Bulfinch; they had two daughters. A portrait of Cooper by John Singleton Copley now resides in the collection of the Massachusetts Historical Society.

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Dr. Samuel Cooper's Timeline

1725
March 28, 1725
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1755
1755
Boston, MA; 2
1783
September 29, 1783
Age 58
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
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