DESCENDANT LINE:
John COOPER (~1618 - 1691) & Anna SPARHAWK (1623 - 1717)
Deacon Samuel COOPER (1653 - 1718) & Hannah HASTINGS (1666 - 1732)
Sarah COOPER (1687 - 1753) & Captain Ephraim FROST (1682 - 1769)
Ephriam FROST III (1715 - 1799) & Mary CUTTER (1715 - 1805)
Amos FROST (1762 - 1850) & Lydia BEMIS (1767 - 1855)
Susan FROST (1801 - 1866) & Thomas TEEL (1799 - 1873)
Abner Gardner TEELE Sr. (1837 - <1870) & Ellen SMITH (~1847 - )
Gardner Abner TEELE Jr.* (1868 - ) & Emma A (1868 - <1920)
Louis Gardner TEELE Sr. (1889 - 1982) & Grace BOULTON (1890 - 1943)
Louis Gardner TEELE Jr. (1913 - 2004) & Margaret Catherine SLINE (1943 - )


Samuel Cooper, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, January 3, 1653, inherited the parental family homestead, which he ocupied until his death in 1717. He was selectman from 1702 until 1716, and was chosen as deacon of the Congregational church on March 22, 1705.

On December 4, 1683, he married Hannah Hastings, who was born in Cambridge, January 9, 1656, a daughter of Deacon Walter and Sarah (Means) Hastings, and their children all born in Cambridge, were as follows: Hannah, Lydia, Sarah, Samuel, Mary, Elizabeth, Walter, John and Jonathan.

Source - Genealogical and Family History of the STATE OF VERMONT, Vol. II, 1903

Inscription:
Here lyes Buried
the Body of Deacon
SAMUEL COOPER;
Aged 64 Years; Who
Decd. Janry 8th 1717/8

Burial:
Old Burying Ground
Cambridge
Middlesex County
Massachusetts, USA

HIS HOUSE IN CAMBRIDGE:
AT 21 Linnaean Street
Cambridge, Mass. 02138
Cooper-Frost-Austin House is clearly documented as the oldest dwelling still standing in the city of Cambridge. The house was owned by one family for more than 250 years.

Built by Samuel Cooper in 1681, the house is one of the earliest examples of an integral lean-to "half house" consisting of a "low room," "little room," "kitchin," "Chamber," "kitchin Chamber," "Garret," and "Cellar." Other original features include a pilaster chimney and a façade gable.

Shortly after Samuel Cooper's death in 1718, his son Walter extended the house to the west, thus completing the main block of the house and presenting the current symmetrical façade. Succeeding generations undertook various alterations to both the interior and exterior. Despite the changes made, the early frame and much original material survives intact.