Family:Thomas Cooper and Sarah Burnap (1)

Thomas Cooper b. Est 1650 d. 6 Jan 1711/12 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island	Parents: Robert Burnap and Agnes Miller Sarah Burnap b. 6 Nov 1653 Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States d. Bef 26 Sep 1698

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▼Facts and Events

Marriage^[1]^[2]	12 Jun 1674	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Divorce^[2]	2 Sep 1684

▼Children

		Birth	Death
1.	Elizabeth Cooper	Est 1675 (1 Nov 167-) Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

▼References

↑ Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records to the End of the year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1916-1925)
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Cooper:Thomas, and wid. Sara Sothwick, June 12, 1674. CT. R.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Burnett, Edgar Albert, and Henry Wyckoff Belknap. The Burnett genealogy: supplementing the Burnap--Burnett genealogy (1925) by Henry Wickoff Belknap. (Washington [District of Columbia]: L.C. Photoduplication Service, 1989)
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As "Sarah Sothwick, widow," she married, secondly, at Salem on 12 June 1674 Thomas Cooper. This unfortunate marriage ended in a divorce granted on 2 September 1684 after Cooper deserted her for an adulterous relationship with Abigail Sibley, he claiming that his marriage with Sarah was invalid because they were "not married according to the Law of England. [citing Records of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, #2236]