Sarah Frances Duyckinck was born 1828 in Bound Brook, Somerset Co, NJ, the only known child of James Duyckinck and his wife, Margaret Post.
She was the paternal grandchild of John Taylor Duyckinck and Mary (McMeyer) Meyer of New Brunswick; and gr-grandchild of James Duyckinck and Mary "Polly" Taylor or Raritan. She was a direct descendant of this family's patriarch, Evert Duyckinck I (ca. 1621-1703), of Dutch ancestry born in Borken, Westphalia, Germany, located on the border with Holland, who immigrated to New Amsterdam in about 1638. The family name was also found as Duycking or Dukychick. Everty Duyckinck I, and his son Gerrit, were well known painters and glaziers in New Amsterdam. The colored stain glass windows in the Dutch Reformed Churches of New York and Albany, representing the coats of arms of of the members of the consistories, were among their masterpieces. On her mother's side, she was the maternal grandchild of Revolutionary War hero Capt. Andrew McMeyers of Scotland who lost his life at the Battle of Germantown in 1777.
She was the niece of Mary Taylor Duyckinck Hutchings, buried here in Willow Grove.
On August 17, 1858, the 30 year old Sarah married 28-year old Presbyterian minister Rev. Charles White Cooper, son of Sylvanus Cooper & Mary Bryant of Washington County, PA, but then serving the Presbytery in New Brunswick.
The couple would become parents to 3 known children: Mary Duyckinck Cooper (b. 1862), Charles Bryant Cooper (b. 1864) and Haviland Hutchings Cooper (1868-1869).
Her husband, Charles W. Cooper, was educated at West Alexandria Academy, Pennsylvania, and started life as a teacher in West Virginia. In 1849-50 he studied law at Steubenville, Ohio under R. S. Moody, Esq. He lost interest in the law, and soon returned home to enter Washington & Jefferson College in Washington Co, PA. In September, 1851, he entered Princeton Theological Seminary as a student, and after a full course of study graduated there in May, 1854.
In a historical address by Prof. A. H. McCaughey of Erie, PA, of Washington & Jefferson College, Charles Cooper was pronounced "the best looking man in the class. Pure-minded, warm-hearted, strong and faithful in his friendships — with few faults except that unusual one of not thinking as highly of himself as he ought to think — he was one whom we all loved heartily." This same history states he is related not remotely to America's most famous novelist, J. Fenimore Cooper.
Ordained Oct 5 1854 and licensed to preach, his first charge was in Pontiac, MI (1854-1856). He then came briefly to New Brunswick, NJ where he met and married his wife. His next charge was the Huntingdon South Church in Babylon, Long Island (1857-1859). From 1874-1876 he was back in New Jersey serving as principal of the Bound Brook Institute. In 1870 he took charge of First Presbyterian Church of Marlborough on the Hudson River, where he remained until his death. It was his privilege while pastor at Marlborough to receive at one time 74 members into the church.
Sarah lost her youngest son, Haviland Hastings Cooper in 1866, who was named for her wealthy uncle, Israel Haviland Hutchings (also buried here).
On September 24, 1876, Sarah died in Bound Brook, NJ at age 48. She was buried near her infant son in Willow Grove.
Her husband of 18 years married again to Charlotte Elizabeth Hunt, daughter of Rev. Holloway Whitfield Hunt & Henrietta Mundy of Metuchen, NJ. They had 1 child who died in infancy, but she was stepmother to his and Sarah's two surviving children, who lived to maturity and married. Charles died in Middletown, NY on April 28, 1882. Charlotte returned to New Jersey where for many years she was secretary of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbytery of Hudson. She died in 1906.
As for Sarah's surviving children, daughter Mary Duyckinck Cooper (1862-1894) married Frank Markoe Cummins Jr. (1861-1912),and removed to Orange County, NY. She was mother of 2 known children.
Her son, Charles Bryant Cooper, became a physician and surgeon. He married Katherine Christie McGrew, daughter of Dr. J. S. McGrew, previously Hawaiian Star editor,on March 24, 1897 in Honolulu. He was a Member Territorial Board of Health 1900-05; and as President of the Board in 1904 inaugurated the plan for establishing a Federal Experiment Hospital in Hawaii for furthering the research work for a cure of leprosy. He served as the Surgeon General for the Provisional Government and Republic of Hawaii. Later he served in the US Army Medical Corps during the Spanish-American War and again during World War I. He was attending physician and consulting surgeon for Queen's Hospital 1894-1904. Dr. Cooper served on the Board of Health and was a strong advocate for research to discover treatments for Hansen's disease. In addition to his long associations with Elks (he was Hawaii's first Exalted Ruler), Cooper was active as a University of Hawaii regent, in medical associations and boards, social clubs, and Shriners. PER Cooper, holding membership number 1, was made an honorary life member in March 1925. He died on Armistice (Veteran's) Day, November 11, 1940.
She was the paternal grandchild of John Taylor Duyckinck and Mary (McMeyer) Meyer of New Brunswick; and gr-grandchild of James Duyckinck and Mary "Polly" Taylor or Raritan. She was a direct descendant of this family's patriarch, Evert Duyckinck I (ca. 1621-1703), of Dutch ancestry born in Borken, Westphalia, Germany, located on the border with Holland, who immigrated to New Amsterdam in about 1638. The family name was also found as Duycking or Dukychick. Everty Duyckinck I, and his son Gerrit, were well known painters and glaziers in New Amsterdam. The colored stain glass windows in the Dutch Reformed Churches of New York and Albany, representing the coats of arms of of the members of the consistories, were among their masterpieces. On her mother's side, she was the maternal grandchild of Revolutionary War hero Capt. Andrew McMeyers of Scotland who lost his life at the Battle of Germantown in 1777.
She was the niece of Mary Taylor Duyckinck Hutchings, buried here in Willow Grove.
On August 17, 1858, the 30 year old Sarah married 28-year old Presbyterian minister Rev. Charles White Cooper, son of Sylvanus Cooper & Mary Bryant of Washington County, PA, but then serving the Presbytery in New Brunswick.
The couple would become parents to 3 known children: Mary Duyckinck Cooper (b. 1862), Charles Bryant Cooper (b. 1864) and Haviland Hutchings Cooper (1868-1869).
Her husband, Charles W. Cooper, was educated at West Alexandria Academy, Pennsylvania, and started life as a teacher in West Virginia. In 1849-50 he studied law at Steubenville, Ohio under R. S. Moody, Esq. He lost interest in the law, and soon returned home to enter Washington & Jefferson College in Washington Co, PA. In September, 1851, he entered Princeton Theological Seminary as a student, and after a full course of study graduated there in May, 1854.
In a historical address by Prof. A. H. McCaughey of Erie, PA, of Washington & Jefferson College, Charles Cooper was pronounced "the best looking man in the class. Pure-minded, warm-hearted, strong and faithful in his friendships — with few faults except that unusual one of not thinking as highly of himself as he ought to think — he was one whom we all loved heartily." This same history states he is related not remotely to America's most famous novelist, J. Fenimore Cooper.
Ordained Oct 5 1854 and licensed to preach, his first charge was in Pontiac, MI (1854-1856). He then came briefly to New Brunswick, NJ where he met and married his wife. His next charge was the Huntingdon South Church in Babylon, Long Island (1857-1859). From 1874-1876 he was back in New Jersey serving as principal of the Bound Brook Institute. In 1870 he took charge of First Presbyterian Church of Marlborough on the Hudson River, where he remained until his death. It was his privilege while pastor at Marlborough to receive at one time 74 members into the church.
Sarah lost her youngest son, Haviland Hastings Cooper in 1866, who was named for her wealthy uncle, Israel Haviland Hutchings (also buried here).
On September 24, 1876, Sarah died in Bound Brook, NJ at age 48. She was buried near her infant son in Willow Grove.
Her husband of 18 years married again to Charlotte Elizabeth Hunt, daughter of Rev. Holloway Whitfield Hunt & Henrietta Mundy of Metuchen, NJ. They had 1 child who died in infancy, but she was stepmother to his and Sarah's two surviving children, who lived to maturity and married. Charles died in Middletown, NY on April 28, 1882. Charlotte returned to New Jersey where for many years she was secretary of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbytery of Hudson. She died in 1906.
As for Sarah's surviving children, daughter Mary Duyckinck Cooper (1862-1894) married Frank Markoe Cummins Jr. (1861-1912),and removed to Orange County, NY. She was mother of 2 known children.
Her son, Charles Bryant Cooper, became a physician and surgeon. He married Katherine Christie McGrew, daughter of Dr. J. S. McGrew, previously Hawaiian Star editor,on March 24, 1897 in Honolulu. He was a Member Territorial Board of Health 1900-05; and as President of the Board in 1904 inaugurated the plan for establishing a Federal Experiment Hospital in Hawaii for furthering the research work for a cure of leprosy. He served as the Surgeon General for the Provisional Government and Republic of Hawaii. Later he served in the US Army Medical Corps during the Spanish-American War and again during World War I. He was attending physician and consulting surgeon for Queen's Hospital 1894-1904. Dr. Cooper served on the Board of Health and was a strong advocate for research to discover treatments for Hansen's disease. In addition to his long associations with Elks (he was Hawaii's first Exalted Ruler), Cooper was active as a University of Hawaii regent, in medical associations and boards, social clubs, and Shriners. PER Cooper, holding membership number 1, was made an honorary life member in March 1925. He died on Armistice (Veteran's) Day, November 11, 1940.
Sarah Frances Duyckinck was born 1828 in Bound Brook, Somerset Co, NJ, the only known child of James Duyckinck and his wife, Margaret Post.
She was the paternal grandchild of John Taylor Duyckinck and Mary (McMeyer) Meyer of New Brunswick; and gr-grandchild of James Duyckinck and Mary "Polly" Taylor or Raritan. She was a direct descendant of this family's patriarch, Evert Duyckinck I (ca. 1621-1703), of Dutch ancestry born in Borken, Westphalia, Germany, located on the border with Holland, who immigrated to New Amsterdam in about 1638. The family name was also found as Duycking or Dukychick. Everty Duyckinck I, and his son Gerrit, were well known painters and glaziers in New Amsterdam. The colored stain glass windows in the Dutch Reformed Churches of New York and Albany, representing the coats of arms of of the members of the consistories, were among their masterpieces. On her mother's side, she was the maternal grandchild of Revolutionary War hero Capt. Andrew McMeyers of Scotland who lost his life at the Battle of Germantown in 1777.
She was the niece of Mary Taylor Duyckinck Hutchings, buried here in Willow Grove.
On August 17, 1858, the 30 year old Sarah married 28-year old Presbyterian minister Rev. Charles White Cooper, son of Sylvanus Cooper & Mary Bryant of Washington County, PA, but then serving the Presbytery in New Brunswick.
The couple would become parents to 3 known children: Mary Duyckinck Cooper (b. 1862), Charles Bryant Cooper (b. 1864) and Haviland Hutchings Cooper (1868-1869).
Her husband, Charles W. Cooper, was educated at West Alexandria Academy, Pennsylvania, and started life as a teacher in West Virginia. In 1849-50 he studied law at Steubenville, Ohio under R. S. Moody, Esq. He lost interest in the law, and soon returned home to enter Washington & Jefferson College in Washington Co, PA. In September, 1851, he entered Princeton Theological Seminary as a student, and after a full course of study graduated there in May, 1854.
In a historical address by Prof. A. H. McCaughey of Erie, PA, of Washington & Jefferson College, Charles Cooper was pronounced "the best looking man in the class. Pure-minded, warm-hearted, strong and faithful in his friendships — with few faults except that unusual one of not thinking as highly of himself as he ought to think — he was one whom we all loved heartily." This same history states he is related not remotely to America's most famous novelist, J. Fenimore Cooper.
Ordained Oct 5 1854 and licensed to preach, his first charge was in Pontiac, MI (1854-1856). He then came briefly to New Brunswick, NJ where he met and married his wife. His next charge was the Huntingdon South Church in Babylon, Long Island (1857-1859). From 1874-1876 he was back in New Jersey serving as principal of the Bound Brook Institute. In 1870 he took charge of First Presbyterian Church of Marlborough on the Hudson River, where he remained until his death. It was his privilege while pastor at Marlborough to receive at one time 74 members into the church.
Sarah lost her youngest son, Haviland Hastings Cooper in 1866, who was named for her wealthy uncle, Israel Haviland Hutchings (also buried here).
On September 24, 1876, Sarah died in Bound Brook, NJ at age 48. She was buried near her infant son in Willow Grove.
Her husband of 18 years married again to Charlotte Elizabeth Hunt, daughter of Rev. Holloway Whitfield Hunt & Henrietta Mundy of Metuchen, NJ. They had 1 child who died in infancy, but she was stepmother to his and Sarah's two surviving children, who lived to maturity and married. Charles died in Middletown, NY on April 28, 1882. Charlotte returned to New Jersey where for many years she was secretary of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbytery of Hudson. She died in 1906.
As for Sarah's surviving children, daughter Mary Duyckinck Cooper (1862-1894) married Frank Markoe Cummins Jr. (1861-1912),and removed to Orange County, NY. She was mother of 2 known children.
Her son, Charles Bryant Cooper, became a physician and surgeon. He married Katherine Christie McGrew, daughter of Dr. J. S. McGrew, previously Hawaiian Star editor,on March 24, 1897 in Honolulu. He was a Member Territorial Board of Health 1900-05; and as President of the Board in 1904 inaugurated the plan for establishing a Federal Experiment Hospital in Hawaii for furthering the research work for a cure of leprosy. He served as the Surgeon General for the Provisional Government and Republic of Hawaii. Later he served in the US Army Medical Corps during the Spanish-American War and again during World War I. He was attending physician and consulting surgeon for Queen's Hospital 1894-1904. Dr. Cooper served on the Board of Health and was a strong advocate for research to discover treatments for Hansen's disease. In addition to his long associations with Elks (he was Hawaii's first Exalted Ruler), Cooper was active as a University of Hawaii regent, in medical associations and boards, social clubs, and Shriners. PER Cooper, holding membership number 1, was made an honorary life member in March 1925. He died on Armistice (Veteran's) Day, November 11, 1940.
She was the paternal grandchild of John Taylor Duyckinck and Mary (McMeyer) Meyer of New Brunswick; and gr-grandchild of James Duyckinck and Mary "Polly" Taylor or Raritan. She was a direct descendant of this family's patriarch, Evert Duyckinck I (ca. 1621-1703), of Dutch ancestry born in Borken, Westphalia, Germany, located on the border with Holland, who immigrated to New Amsterdam in about 1638. The family name was also found as Duycking or Dukychick. Everty Duyckinck I, and his son Gerrit, were well known painters and glaziers in New Amsterdam. The colored stain glass windows in the Dutch Reformed Churches of New York and Albany, representing the coats of arms of of the members of the consistories, were among their masterpieces. On her mother's side, she was the maternal grandchild of Revolutionary War hero Capt. Andrew McMeyers of Scotland who lost his life at the Battle of Germantown in 1777.
She was the niece of Mary Taylor Duyckinck Hutchings, buried here in Willow Grove.
On August 17, 1858, the 30 year old Sarah married 28-year old Presbyterian minister Rev. Charles White Cooper, son of Sylvanus Cooper & Mary Bryant of Washington County, PA, but then serving the Presbytery in New Brunswick.
The couple would become parents to 3 known children: Mary Duyckinck Cooper (b. 1862), Charles Bryant Cooper (b. 1864) and Haviland Hutchings Cooper (1868-1869).
Her husband, Charles W. Cooper, was educated at West Alexandria Academy, Pennsylvania, and started life as a teacher in West Virginia. In 1849-50 he studied law at Steubenville, Ohio under R. S. Moody, Esq. He lost interest in the law, and soon returned home to enter Washington & Jefferson College in Washington Co, PA. In September, 1851, he entered Princeton Theological Seminary as a student, and after a full course of study graduated there in May, 1854.
In a historical address by Prof. A. H. McCaughey of Erie, PA, of Washington & Jefferson College, Charles Cooper was pronounced "the best looking man in the class. Pure-minded, warm-hearted, strong and faithful in his friendships — with few faults except that unusual one of not thinking as highly of himself as he ought to think — he was one whom we all loved heartily." This same history states he is related not remotely to America's most famous novelist, J. Fenimore Cooper.
Ordained Oct 5 1854 and licensed to preach, his first charge was in Pontiac, MI (1854-1856). He then came briefly to New Brunswick, NJ where he met and married his wife. His next charge was the Huntingdon South Church in Babylon, Long Island (1857-1859). From 1874-1876 he was back in New Jersey serving as principal of the Bound Brook Institute. In 1870 he took charge of First Presbyterian Church of Marlborough on the Hudson River, where he remained until his death. It was his privilege while pastor at Marlborough to receive at one time 74 members into the church.
Sarah lost her youngest son, Haviland Hastings Cooper in 1866, who was named for her wealthy uncle, Israel Haviland Hutchings (also buried here).
On September 24, 1876, Sarah died in Bound Brook, NJ at age 48. She was buried near her infant son in Willow Grove.
Her husband of 18 years married again to Charlotte Elizabeth Hunt, daughter of Rev. Holloway Whitfield Hunt & Henrietta Mundy of Metuchen, NJ. They had 1 child who died in infancy, but she was stepmother to his and Sarah's two surviving children, who lived to maturity and married. Charles died in Middletown, NY on April 28, 1882. Charlotte returned to New Jersey where for many years she was secretary of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Presbytery of Hudson. She died in 1906.
As for Sarah's surviving children, daughter Mary Duyckinck Cooper (1862-1894) married Frank Markoe Cummins Jr. (1861-1912),and removed to Orange County, NY. She was mother of 2 known children.
Her son, Charles Bryant Cooper, became a physician and surgeon. He married Katherine Christie McGrew, daughter of Dr. J. S. McGrew, previously Hawaiian Star editor,on March 24, 1897 in Honolulu. He was a Member Territorial Board of Health 1900-05; and as President of the Board in 1904 inaugurated the plan for establishing a Federal Experiment Hospital in Hawaii for furthering the research work for a cure of leprosy. He served as the Surgeon General for the Provisional Government and Republic of Hawaii. Later he served in the US Army Medical Corps during the Spanish-American War and again during World War I. He was attending physician and consulting surgeon for Queen's Hospital 1894-1904. Dr. Cooper served on the Board of Health and was a strong advocate for research to discover treatments for Hansen's disease. In addition to his long associations with Elks (he was Hawaii's first Exalted Ruler), Cooper was active as a University of Hawaii regent, in medical associations and boards, social clubs, and Shriners. PER Cooper, holding membership number 1, was made an honorary life member in March 1925. He died on Armistice (Veteran's) Day, November 11, 1940.
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