It is too bad that Cooper and Curry could not hang on long enough to enjoy the short-lived prosperity caused by the War of 1812. But perhaps that surge in economic activity helped them to recover from their losses in Hunterdon County. I do not know how their creditors recovered, since the sales of the mill property brought in so little ($7 and $50). I gather that Cooper and Curry were not expected to make up the difference, having lost everything in the lawsuit.<\/p>\n
It is clear to me that Mahlon Cooper left Hunterdon shortly after the sheriff\u2019s sale of the mill lot. But perhaps some of his children remained. I know nothing of his family except that according to a deed of 1805 his wife was named Jane. They might have had a son named John, for there was a John Cooper who married Mary Nailor (Naylor) at the house of John Rodman on August 22, 1818. Both the Naylors and Rodmans were inhabitants of the Raven Rock neighborhood. In fact, Robert Naylor bought part of Moses Quinby\u2019s 75 acres in 1804 which bordered the mill lot.1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n But there is also the likelihood of a Pennsylvania connection. On Jan.\u00a0 16, 1821, Esther Cooper of Horsham Twp., Montgomery County, married George Lukens of the same place, son of Nathan Lukens. The Lukens family had a connection with the Quinby family; Isaiah Quinby\u2019s daughter Sarah abandoned her Quaker connection to marry Seneca Lukens on Oct. 6, 1777 in Rev. Wm. Frazer\u2019s Anglican church. Lukens died on Dec. 9, 1828 in Horsham Twp. (Seneca Lukens must have been related to Nathan and George Lukens, but I cannot say how.)<\/p>\n Mahlon Cooper may have had a granddaughter named Rachel F. Cooper. In 1845, a woman by that name, living in Saxtonville, married Samuel H. Bray, also of Saxtonville. My usual sources for people living in the early 19th century have not been helpful in this case. But again there is a tenuous connection; Samuel Bray\u2019s sister Sarah married John Johnson, son of Martin Johnson who bordered the Raven Rock mill lot until his death in 1828.<\/p>\n