Benjamin Cooley

1774 - 1858  (84 years)

• Name	Benjamin Cooley  [1]
  Birth	9 Jan 1774	Pittsford, Charlotte Co, New York   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Abt Dec 1858	Old Congregational Cemetery, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont   [3]
  Death	7 Dec 1858	Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I227	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2017

  
  

  Father	Benjamin5 Cooley,   b. 30 Apr 1747, Narragansett Township #4, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts d. 27 Feb 1810, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont (Age 62 years)
  Mother	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   [5]
  	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 [4]
  Family ID	F56	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family ID	F550	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Apr 2008

  
  

• Notes

  Benjamin IV went un-married Cooley Family Genealogy pp 491-2 Charlotte County, New York was created from the northwestern part of Albany County in 1772. New York's Charlotte County also claimed to include much of western Vermont on the east side of Lake Champlain, ceded by New York to Vermont in 1777. (from FamilySearch.com In a quitclaim of Noah Cooley to his brother Azariah Cooley dated Jan 1st 1824 which real estate (Albany County, Province of New York) was part of his mother Ruth Cooley's dower he also states "...where all my right that I may hereafter have in and unto this real estate in which may belong to my brother Benjamin Cooley(6)...released [and] quitclaimed..." [6]

  
  

• Sources

  [S289] Mortimer Elwyn Cooley, Cooley Genealogy main, (The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., Rutland, Vermont, 1941), #280 Cooley Genealogy pp 491-493 (Reliability: 3). [S289] Mortimer Elwyn Cooley, Cooley Genealogy main, (The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., Rutland, Vermont, 1941), p492 (Reliability: 3). [S477] Old Congregational Pittsford, Benjamin, Jr. d Dec. 7, 1858 Aged 61 yrs (Reliability: 3). [S300] Caverly, A.M. (Pittsford Historical Society, 1976), Pittsford Hist, (Tuttle & Co. Printers, Rutland, Vt, 1872). [S597] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vermont Vital Records, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2013.), Family History Library microfilm 27,473 (Reliability: 3). Benjamin5 Cooley and Ruth Beach marriage-referenced endnote.jpg Family History Library microfilm. [S596] Town of Pittsford, Pittsford Land Records, (Located in Pittsford Town Office, Rutland Co, Vermont).