Life
William Cooper was born in a log house in Smithfield (now Somerton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) just outside Philadelphia, the son of English Quaker parents, James Cooper (b. Byberry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1729–1795) and Hannah (Hibbs) Cooper. He appears to have worked as a wheelwright in and around Byberry. There is no record of his attending school.
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