Benjamin5 Cooley

1747 - 1810  (62 years)

• Name	Benjamin5 Cooley
  Birth	30 Apr 1747	Narragansett Township #4, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Feb 1810	Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont   [2, 3]
  Burial	Abt Mar 1810	Congregational Church Cemetery, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont   [4]
  Person ID	I225	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	Benjamin4 Cooley,   b. 5 Nov 1701, Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts d. 1 Apr 1790, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Republic of Vermont (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Mary Needham,   b. 21 Jun 1725, Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts d. 16 Jun 1799, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	14 Feb 1744/45	Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts   [5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Family ID	F186	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ruth Beach,   b. Abt 1756, Morristown, Morris Co, New Jersey d. 5 Sep 1825, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont (Age ~ 69 years)
  Marriage	18 Feb 1773	Pittsford, Charlotte Co, New York   [11]
  	Cooley Genealogy: [Benjamin Cooley] m. Feb. 1773, Ruth Beach, b Jan 11, 1756, Morristown, N.J., d. Sept 1, 1825; when married, she was visiting her brother, Col. Beach, in Rutland Vt. Vermont Vital Records: Place of residence [when married], Rutland [10]
  Children	1. Benjamin Cooley,   b. 9 Jan 1774, Pittsford, Charlotte Co, New York d. 7 Dec 1858, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont (Age 84 years)   2. Samuel Cooley,   b. 14 Nov 1775, Pittsford, Charlotte Co, New York d. Abt 1843-1846, Bruce, Macomb Co, Michigan (Age 70 years)   3. Ruth Cooley,   b. 31 Dec 1777, Greenwich, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown   4. Azariah Cooley,   b. 7 Apr 1780, Pittsford, Republic of Vermont d. 5 Sep 1852, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont (Age 72 years)   5. Noah Cooley,   b. 2 Jul 1782, Pittsford, Republic of Vermont d. Aft 1850 (Age 68 years)   6. Mary Cooley,   b. 29 Jan 1786, Pittsford, Republic of Vermont d. Yes, date unknown   7. Naomi Cooley,   b. 6 Oct 1788, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Republic of Vermont d. 15 Dec 1870, Romeo, Macomb Co, Michigan (Age 82 years)   8. Eunice Cooley,   b. 16 Apr 1791, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont d. Abt 1879, Bridgeport, Saginaw Co, Michigan (Age 87 years)   9. Susannah Cooley,   b. 2 Apr 1793, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont d. 19 Apr 1793, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont (Age 0 years)   10. Dorothy Cooley,   b. 17 May 1794, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont d. 19 Oct 1866, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F56	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2019

  
  

• Notes

  DAR Patriot; Captain Vermont From DAR Lineage Book vol. 30 pp. 343-44 Mrs. Katherine Beach Gray (#29959) b. Pontiac MI; grandaughter of Noah Beach and Eunice Cooley; Gr. Grandaughter of Benjamin Cooley and Ruth Beach. Benjamin Cooley (1747-1810) commanded a company of Vermont militia, 1778. He responded to various alarms under Col. Ebenezer Allen and Col. Gideon Warren. He was born in Greenwich MA and died in Pittsford VT. Greenwich was originally part of an area known as Narragansett Township Number Four and was settled by land grantees in the 1730s who had served England in the Indian Wars against the Narragansetts. The area became known as "Quabbin Parish" or "Quabbin Plantation" when the Rev. Pelatiah Webster was ordained in 1749. The towne of Greenwich was incorporated per Chapter 37 of the Massachusetts laws on April 20, 1754. It was located along the East and Middle branches of the Swift River. Greenwich and three other towns were disincorporated on April 28, 1938 as part of the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir. Upon disincorporation, portions of the town were annexed to the adjacent towns of Hardwick, New Salem, Petersham, and Ware. It is now largely below water, except for the hilltops of Curtis Hill, Mount Liz, and Mount Pomeroy which are now islands. Extracts From the Rutland Weekly Herald 1800-1805 by Dawn D. Hance Monday 20 Sep 1802Thunderstorm Tues last 7 a.m., one of the worst in town [Rutland]. At Pittsford, Col. Cooley's barn struck by lightning and burned.

  
  

• Sources

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