Birth5 Feb 1775
Deathca Sep 1838, Burton on Trest district, Derbys
General2nd but only surv. dau.
Spouses
1Rev Edward Cooper [48, Licence for E Cooper and CI Powys of 11th March 1793], [27, Of mid 19th century, Cooper article, pp 1377-8], [49, Leigh Tree, table 335, in vol 2, p. 43]
Notes for Caroline Isabella Powys
In her diaries, Caroline Powys wrote on 5th Feb 1802: This ye 5 of Feb: our Dear Carolines Birth day born 1775.
1775 Whitchurch Baptism Register:
"1775 Mar 29 POWIS Caroline Isabella d. of Philip Lybbe Esqre & Caroline"
She married the Rev. Edward Cooper, first cousin to Jane Austen (who is never mentioned in the Diaries). They had 8 children, two of the sons marrying Powys cousins.
The Rev. was Rector of Sonning, Berks, and a Fellow of All Souls.
Notes for Edward & Caroline Isabella (Family)
Om the licence to marry, of 11th March 1793:
“Edward Cooper of the parish of Sunning, Bucks, batchelor, 21 and up ... intendeth to marry Caroline Isabella Powys of the parish of Fawley, Bucks, a minor of 18 yrs up and with the consent of Philip Lybbe Powys [her] father. ... to solemnise same in the parish church of Fawley aforesaid...”
Signed by EC and PLP.
______________________________________________________
In her diaries on 13 March 1802, Caroline Powys wrote: Edward & Caroline Coopers Wedding day, married 1793.
The Oxford Journal states that the marriage was at Fawley and was by Rev Thomas Powys jnr.