Sarah Hibbs

1692 - 1769  (77 years)

• Name	Sarah Hibbs
  Birth	1692	Byberry Township, Philadelphia Co, PA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	02 Dec 1769	Upper Makefield Township, Bucks Co, PA   [1]
  Findagrave.com	15 Nov 2018
  	See Notes
  Burial	Wrightstown, Bucks Co, PA   [1]
  	Wrightstown Friends Meeting Cemetery
  Person ID	I272	Butler Family Tree
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	William Hibbs, Jr,   b. 23 Jan 1665, Gloucestershire Co, England d. Between 28 Sep 1708 and 05 Mar 1709, Byberry Township, Philadelphia Co, PA (Age 43 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Hannah Howell,   b. 11 Nov 1662, Byberry Township, Philadelphia Co, PA d. Between 13 Jun and 30 Aug 1737, Byberry Township, Philadelphia Co, PA
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	02 Feb 1686	Philadelphia Co, PA   [2]
  	Abington Monthly Meeting
  Notes	- married at the Home of John Hart, Cheltenham, Philadelphia (now Montgomery) Co, PA
  Family ID	F114	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jonathan Cooper-xx,   b. 11 Jan 1676, Leyburn, Richmondshire District, North Yorkshire, England d. 12 Feb 1769, Upper Makefield Township, Bucks Co, PA (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	31 Mar 1714	Abington Co, PA   [3]
  Notes	Children: dau Hannah Cooper 4/10/1715 - 7/17/1716 (d. young) son Jeremiah Cooper 2/30/1716 - 2/1748 - 6/1741 married Rebekah Wildman - gave birth to a baby one month later - disowned by Middletown Monthly Meeting 7/6/1741 - ** See mother Sarah's notes ** dau Hannah Cooper 3/29/1719 (or 5/29/1719) - 5/20/1792 - 10/21/1737 (or 1739) married John Balderston, III son Jonathan Cooper 9/1/1721 dau Phebe Cooper 1/29/1723 son William Jacob Cooper 1730 - 1779 - ** See birth record journal ** -- for first 5 children
  Family ID	F1415	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1692 - Byberry Township, Philadelphia Co, PA Marriage - 31 Mar 1714 - Abington Co, PA Death - 02 Dec 1769 - Upper Makefield Township, Bucks Co, PA Burial - - Wrightstown, Bucks Co, PA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  - ** See marriage notes for list of children ** - name sometimes spelled Cowper/Couper ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- found at https://sites.rootsweb.com/~paxson/balderston/Hibbs.html Sarah2 Hibbs, the daughter of William and Hannah (Howell) Hibbs, was born in 1692, and died 2 December 1769. Sarah and Jonathan Cooper were married ca. 1714, presumably in the Byberry meeting house. Jonathan and Sarah lived in Upper Makefield township.[34] They attended Wrightstown Preparative Meeting which in 1724 was shifted from Middletown Monthly Meeting to Buckingham. In 1734 it became a monthly meeting in its own right.[35] Children of Jonathan and Sarah (Hibbs) Cooper:[36] Hannah3 Cooper, b. 10 Apr; 1715; d.y. Jeremiah Cooper, b. 30 Feb. 1716; m. Rebekah WILDMAN under the care of Middletown MM, June 1741. She gave birth to a baby a month later, the child not being her husband's. She obstinantly denied it but the meeting testified against her (disowned her) 6 July 1741.[37] He is not in the Bucks Co. tax records. Hannah Cooper, b. 29 May 1719; m. 1739 John BALDERSTON; Jonathan Cooper, b. 1 Sept. 1721; he appears in the tax duplicate in Upper Makefield in 1753 assessed on £10.2.6; in 1754 once for £10.1.3, and once for £10.2.6; in 1762 on £5.0.10; in 1763 on£10.2.6.[38] Phebe Cooper, b. 29 Jan. 1723; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- found at findagrave.com on 11/15/2018 Sarah Hibbs Cooper Birth: 1692 Byberry, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA Death: 2 Dec 1769 (aged 76–77) Upper Makefield Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA Burial: Wrightstown Friends Meeting Cemetery, Wrightstown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA Memorial #: 96934804 Bio: Daughter of William Hibbs and Nancy Howell. ?? Nancy - not Hannah? Sarah married Jonathan Cooper on Mar 17,1713 in Byberry,Penn. Family Members Parents William Hibbs 1665-1711 Spouse Jonathan Cooper 1676-1769 Siblings Joseph Hibbs 1688-1762 Jonathon Hibbs 1689-Unknown Jacob Hibbs 1699-1734 William Hibbs 1700-1789 Children Hannah Cooper Balderston 1719-1792 William Jacob Cooper 1730-1779 Created by: Vicky Dawn Waller Flow (47394980) Added: 12 Sep 2012 URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96934804 Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 November 2018), memorial page for Sarah Hibbs Cooper (1692–2 Dec 1769), Find A Grave Memorial no. 96934804, citing Wrightstown Friends Meeting Cemetery, Wrightstown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Vicky Dawn Waller Flow (contributor 47394980) . -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
  

• Sources

  [S25] Findagrave.com. [S43] Military documents. [S46] See Documents.