Grace Mary Cooper [née Ray]

(1741-1810)

LBT ID: GrCoope1810	B/BAP: 1741-04-18 DIED: 1810-03-21
SOURCES: F. Arant Maginnes, Thomas Abthorpe Cooper: father of the American stage 1775-1849 (2004); William Godwin Letters (web); familysearch.org
The daughter of Daniel Ray; in 1771 she married the surgeon Thomas Cooper who died in India in 1787; her son, the actor Thomas Abthorpe Cooper, was raised by her relation William Godwin.
REFERENCES TO Grace Mary Cooper [née Ray]: Ann Hull Godwin to William Godwin, 6 February 1800 in William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Found 1: ¶ 2 William Godwin to Mary Jane Godwin, 5 June 1806 in William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Found 1: ¶ 10 C. Kegan Paul, William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876) Ch. II. 1785-1788 Found 2: ¶ 33 ¶ 51 Ch. II. 1800 Ch. VI. 1804-1806