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The Cooper family of co. Carlow had some connection to the Coopers in
Wexford. William Cooper of Ballintrane, co. Carlow left a Will in 1713
which refers to his cousin John Cooper to whom he left his share of a
townland in county Wexford which was currently occupied by John's
father.
ref. So likely William's father, Thomas Cooper of Newtown,
co. Carlow, and John's father in Wexford were brothers.
In 1714 William's brother, Edward Cooper, purchased the townlands of Ballickmoyler, Shragh and Cudagh in Queen's county from Richard Saunders of Saunders Court which was just on the northern edge of Wexford (town). By the 1740's my ancestor, John Bowles, was a tenant of Edward Cooper's at Ballickmoyler. There is a 1734 deed memorial involving a Thomas Bowles of Wexford and a John Bowles. Although this John Bowles was of Lechlade, Gloucester at the time there are slightly earlier deed memorials which refer to Thomas Bowles and John Bowles as both of Dublin. Bowles and Coopers are then frequently mentioned together in references in Wexford. After the United Irish Rebellion of 1798, many Protestants in Wexford claimed compensation for damage to their property. Claims for Taghmon parish included: Thomas Bowels Yeoman Camross £18.13.11 James Bowls Yeoman Kemress £29.8.6 (Kemress would be Camross) Samuel Cooper Yeoman Tagmore £68.4.3 (Tagmore would be Taghmore) William Cooper Yeoman Tottenhamgreen £15.13.7A Samuel Cooper is mentioned in this area, holding land at Sallyville, as early as 1755. ref. William and John Cooper of Tottenhamgreen were admitted as Freemen of Wexford Town in 1792. In 1797 a license was issued in the Diocese of Ferns for the marriage of Thomas Bowles of Camaross and Elizabeth Cooper. The Vestry Minute book for the Church of Ireland in Taghmon lists Samuel Cooper as a church warden in 1775, 1786 and 1805 and a James Bowles as church warden from 1807-09.
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