Sarah Cooper

1666 - 1727  (61 years)

• Name	Sarah Cooper
  Birth	17 Mar 1666	Springfield, Hampden Co, MA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	03 Jun 1727	Elizabeth, Union Co, NJ   [1]
  Findagrave.com	26 Mar 2021
  	See Notes
  Marriage Record	- married John Woodruff
  Burial	Elizabeth, Union Co, NJ   [1]
  	First Presbyterian Churchyard
  Person ID	I2720	Butler Family Tree
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Timothy Cooper,   b. 26 Apr 1644   d. 1679, MA (Age 34 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Munson,   b. Bef 1649
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	19 Oct 1664
  Family ID	F681	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Woodruff,   b. 1665   d. 1722 (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	25 Oct 1683	Jamaica, Long Island, NY
  Notes	Children: son Timothy Woodruff 1683 - 11/15/1766 - ** See his findagrave.com page ** - married Mary Baker - dau of Nathaniel Baker 1655 - 1738 and Catherine Schelling 1656 - 1708 son Elias Woodruff 1684 son John Woodruff 1687 - 1751 son David Woodruff 2/27/1688 - 7/2/1749 son Thomas Woodruff 1689 - 3/25/1752 - ** See his findagrave.com page **
  Family ID	F1098	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 17 Mar 1666 - Springfield, Hampden Co, MA Marriage - 25 Oct 1683 - Jamaica, Long Island, NY Death - 03 Jun 1727 - Elizabeth, Union Co, NJ Burial - - Elizabeth, Union Co, NJ  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Notes

  - ** See marriage notes for list of children ** -----------------------------------------****copied from John Woodruff 1637-1691****---------------------------------------------------------------- son John Woodruff 1665 - 1722 - on 10/25/1683 in Jamaica, Long Island, NY married Sarah Cooper 3/17/1666 MA - 6/3/1727 NJ ******** - dau of Timothy Cooper 1644 - 1679 and Elizabeth Munson - ** See her findagrave.com page later ** son Timothy Woodruff 1683 - 11/15/1766 - ** See his findagrave.com page ** - married Mary Baker - dau of Nathaniel Baker 1655 - 1738 and Catherine Schelling 1656 - 1708 son Elias Woodruff 1684 son John Woodruff 1687 - 1751 son David Woodruff 2/27/1688 - 7/2/1749 son Thomas Woodruff 1689 - 3/25/1752 - ** See his findagrave.com page ** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Found at findagrave.com on 3/26/2021 Sarah Cooper Woodruff Birth: 17 Mar 1666 Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA Death: 3 Jun 1727 (aged 61) Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, USA Burial: First Presbyterian Churchyard, Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, USA Memorial #: 6079238 Bio: Born Sarah Cooper in Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1666--the same year that diarist Samuel Pepys wrote of the Great Fire of London--Mrs. Woodruff died in her 62nd year in Elizabethtown (present day Elizabeth) New Jersey. She was the wife of John Woodruff. Her brown sandstone stele was carved by a craftsman known as "The Old Elizabethtown Soul Carver I". Active during the 1720's-30's, his work is distinguished by highly detailed mortality imagery and the use of skull-with-crossbones soul effigies. Mrs. Woodruff's gravestone typically speaks to the Puritanical emphasis on the brevity and fragility of life on earth, but the combination of the cross bones effigy together with an hourglass flanked by doves is a rarely seen arrangement of symbols. Birds have universally been used to represent spirituality since ancient times, and in colonial America, a bird in vines symbolized the soul partaking of celestial food, with the dove a Christian icon of constancy and devotion. For more information, click on uppermost photo (taken in 1991 by Nikita Barlow, originally uploaded anonymously in January 2002, refreshed in October 2014). Inscription: "Her Lyeth ye Body of Ms Sarah Woodruff, Wife if John Woodruff Who departed this Life the 3, of June 1727 in the 62d Year of her Age" Gravesite Details Sources: maiden name: Findagrave member Mary Olive; birthdate & place: Findagrave member Glen Hockenjos Family Members Parents Timothy Cooper 1644-1679 Siblings Mary Cooper Ward 1667-1736 John Cooper 1668-1736 Children Thomas Woodruf Unknown-1752 Timothy Woodruff 1683-1766 Created by: Nikita Barlow (46508077) Added: 9 Jan 2002 URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6079238/sarah-woodruff Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 March 2021), memorial page for Sarah Cooper Woodruff (17 Mar 1666–3 Jun 1727), Find a Grave Memorial no. 6079238, citing First Presbyterian Churchyard, Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey, USA ; Maintained by Nikita Barlow (contributor 46508077) . -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
  

• Sources

  [S25] Findagrave.com.