The Shemwell Family

Mary Pierce

Name
Mary Pierce
Given names
Mary
Surname
Pierce
Married name
Mary Phillaw
Birth of a daughter
#1
Jinnett Phillaw
before 1778
Marriage of a childEdmund Blount Cooper Sr.Jinnett PhillawView this family
July 27, 1799
Birth of a grandson
#1
Whitmel H Cooper
1800

Birth of a granddaughter
#2
Sarah Alston Cooper
February 15, 1802
Birth of a grandson
#3
Bennett Cooper
1805

Birth of a granddaughter
#4
Mary “Polly” Cooper
1809

Birth of a granddaughter
#5
Jane Elenor Cooper
1809

Birth of a grandson
#6
Edmund Blount Cooper Jr
about 1812
Birth of a grandson
#7
Jesse Christmas Cooper
December 25, 1813
Birth of a grandson
#8
John William Cooper
1818
Death of a grandsonBennett Cooper
1830

Death of a granddaughterSarah Alston Cooper
June 9, 1837
Burial of a granddaughterSarah Alston Cooper
1837
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Tharpe Family Cemetery
Death of a daughterJinnett Phillaw
before 1839
Death of a granddaughterJane Elenor Cooper
1843

Death of a grandsonWhitmel H Cooper
1845

Death of a granddaughterMary “Polly” Cooper
1845

Deathunknown

Note: 14 February 1809
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Death
14 February 1809 In her will, witnessed by her daughter Jinnett Phillaw Cooper, Mary Pierce states that she has "deposited in the hands of Blunt Cooper of County and state aforesaid ~ Four Hundred and twenty dollars whic I woulod have put on interest until Whitmel Cooper my grandson arrives to the age of twenty one years. Then for the whole of the monel to be equally divided between my four grandchildren, that is to say, Whitmel, Sally (Sarah Alston), Bennet & Polly (Mary) Cooper." This seems to establish that as of 14 February 1809 Blount and Jinnett had these four children. I also conjecture that her will mentions them in the order of their ages. This same order Whitmel to Mary is followed in Blount's listing in his 1845 will. This Bennet is found by name no where else. Comparing census records I surmise that he died sometime between 1830 - 1840. His younger brother, Jesse C. Cooper and his wife named a child born in January 1854, "Bennet," perhaps in his deceased brother's memory. At the North C WillCooper51 WillCooper51 originally shared this on 17 Aug 2012