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The Cooper or Couper name occurs in many guises in nearly every English-speaking
county of Scotland and it is also common throughout England and elsewhere
for it's origin is largely derived from the occupation of barrel
maker. In Scotland it may equally be of local origin in that some
originated in or near the town of Cupar in Fife, or from the ancient
settlement around the Abbey of Coupar in Angus (Coupar Angus, Perthshire),
for in both associations the name is common in early records. Its
first appearance seems to be in a Charter dated 1245, and an early
widespread distribution is evidenced by a John Cupar holding lands
in Aberdeen in 1281, while a Symon Coupare in Berwickshire rendered
homage to Edward I of England in 1296. Finla Couper in Belnakeill
in Atholl was fined for sheltering outlawed MacGregors in 1613, such
occurence being worthy of record in the Register of the Privy Council
of Scotland. A family of Coupers held the lands of Gogar near Edinburgh
in the 17th century, and of this House, John Couper was created a
Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1638, two years before being killed in
an explosion which destroyed Douglas Castle during the 'Bishops'
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