Noah Cooley^[1]

1782 - Aft 1850  (68 years)

• Name	Noah Cooley  [2]
  Birth	2 Jul 1782	Pittsford, Republic of Vermont   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  _TODO	Open
  	Lets expand our view to include Cambria - after all, Andrew Sutherland and wife Naomi Cooley were there, buried there. Then review Holland Purchase locality - forget the 13 miles - it suffices to say they lived close to the Falls
  Death	Aft 1850  [5, 6]
  Person ID	I77	Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2022

  
  

  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   [8]
  	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 [7]
  Family ID	F56	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane Sutherland,   b. 24 Aug 1787, Nine Partners, Dutchess Co, New York d. Bef 1850 (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	24 Jan 1804	Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont   [7]
  	Noted that Jane was age 16 when married (Noah was 21)
  Children	1. Andrew Sutherland Cooley,   b. 11 Jul 1804, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont d. 28 Oct 1890, Garnavillo Twp, Clayton Co, Iowa (Age 86 years)   2. Samuel Thurman Cooley,   b. 30 Mar 1806, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont d. 4 Jan 1892, Jonesville, Hillsdale Co, Michigan (Age 85 years)   3. Caleb Carroll Cooley,   b. 25 Mar 1808, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont d. 25 Jun 1878, Hudson, Lenawee County, Michigan (Age 70 years)   4. Jane Eliza Cooley,   b. 11 Oct 1811, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont d. 10 Oct 1871, Seneca, Lenawee Co, Michigan (Age 59 years)   5. Milton Potter Cooley,   b. 6 Apr 1818, Niagara County, New York d. 21 Aug 1894, Burr Oak, Saint Joseph Co, Michigan (Age 76 years)   6. Noah Beach Cooley,   b. 14 Nov 1819, Cambria Twp, Niagara Co, New York d. 7 Sep 1820, Cambria Twp, Niagara Co, New York (Age 0 years)   7. Mary Isabel Cooley,   b. 21 Feb 1823, Lockport Township, Niagara Co, New York d. Abt 1851, Farmington Twp, Oakland Co, Michigan (Age 27 years)   8. Benjamin F Cooley,   b. Abt 1825, New York d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F19	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2007

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Mortimer Cooley error These are the notes Mortimer Cooley himself took for the children of Noah Cooley and Jane Sutherland. He copied the Noah-Jane child list in the appendix of "History of Pittsford" The child list is in error.
  		Erroneous list of children This page in "The History of Pittsford" is the source of the erroneous list of Noah Cooley's and Jane Sutherland's children found in "The Cooley Genealogy" by Mortimer Cooley
  		Cooley Genealogy Error (1) This is the error in "The Cooley Genealogy"
  		Cooley Genealogy Error (1) This is the error in "The Cooley Genealogy"

  
  

• Notes

  Grandma Carrie Louella Miller-Cooley's anecdote: "They" lived 13 miles from Niagara Falls but never saw them. (This would be Robert Reed's grandfather's family, Noah Cooley and Jane Sutherland who lived on Holland Land Purchase property in Niagara County New York about 13 miles direct line distance east from the Falls). Another anecdote (Dale Cooley): They could sometimes see a rainbow caused by water spray from the Falls. Noah Cooley, son of Col Benjamin, married Jane daughter of Peter Sutherland, January 24, 1804, and located on the west side of Otter Creek, upon land now owned by Ransom Burdett. The house he occupied, built by him, stood on the east side of the old road leading from the residence of Tilly Walker to that of Peter Rice--now R. Burdett's. The cellar of the house can still be seen in the pasture about thirty rods west of the railroad. Mr. Cooley resided there a few years, and then removed to 'Western Country' where he died, Jan 11, 1856. Mrs. Cooley died July 4, 1854. [These death dates are apocryphal. They come from p320 in Caverly's The History of Pittsford but cannot be verified because the original letter to Caverly has been lost]. Fourth Child discrepancy A large discrepancy cropped up in 2010 concerning Noah and Jane's children. Sally Merryman produced a document written by Jennie Lincoln a cousin of James Watson Cooley. The reason I latched onto that document so quickly was the way it was written including the time of day the children were born. Noah's father, Col. Benjamin Cooley as Town Clerk of Pittsford entered the births of his children into the official records of Pittsford use this same method and language. For instance, "Andrew Sutherland Cooley was born July 11th 1804 Wednesday about one o'clock in the morning". The discrepancy concerns the fourth child. Caverly in the History of Pittsford names a James G Cooley born about 1810* whereas the document written by Jennie Lincoln** has no James G. but Jane Eliza Cooley-Coomer as the fourth child, b. 11 Oct 1811, d. 10 Oct 1871. The latter is well documented and a centaph has been built by Coomer descendants in the Oak Grove Cemetery, Morenci, Seneca Twp, Lenawee Co, Michigan. Consequently, I felt "James G" was an error for many years until I visited Pittsford Vermont in 2016. I went through many land records in the Town Office and found several references to a James G Cooley in the year range 1840-1860. Those references showed James G. involved in land transactions with Lydia Huntley, wife of Azariah Cooley, elder brother of Noah Cooley. This knowledge and the fact that Lydia aged 76 is found in the household of James Cooley in Leicester, Addison County, Vermont in the 1860 US Census leads to the conclusion that James G Cooley was the son of Azariah Cooley and Lydia Huntley. * Here is the list of Noah and Jane's children from the History of Pittsford page 697: COOLEY, NOAH s of Col. Benjamin, m 1802, Jane Sutherland, b August 24, 1787. Children-- 1, Andrew s. b 1804; 2, Samuel b 1806; 3, Caleb C. b 1808; 4, James G. b 1810; 5, Milton b 1815; 6, Mary b 1823, d 1851; 7, Benjamlin F. b 1825. The father d January 11, 1852; the mother d July 4, 1854. **Here is Jennie Lincoln's list of Noah and Jane's children (courtesy of Sally Merryman): Benjamin and Ruth's son Noah, B 2 Jul 1782 Pittsford, VT, d. 11 Jan 1852 New York State or MI, M. 24 Jan 1804 Jane Sutherland B. 24 Aug 1787 prob Greenwich, CT, D. 4 Jul 1854. Their children were:1. Andrew Sutherland B. 11 Jul 1804 d. 30 Oct 1890. I believe their children were: Peter, Clara married Fred Cook, Eliza, Thomas, Lewis, Robert, and Hersey. This is where Dan Cooley's (danbcooley) family comes in. 2. Samuel Thurman, B. 30 Mar 1806 Pittsford, VT, d. 4 Jan 1892 Jonesville, MI, M. 3 Feb 1831, Oakland Co., MI Harriet Electa Woodruff. Their children were: A. Byron, b. 1837 M. Sarah Collins. The only other thing I have besides the names of their children that I posted on your was on his son George. I have two pictures only. One was of Byron, George and his wife (name unknown)and their twin daughters (names unknown). The other picture is of the twin daughters only. B. Rebecca, b. 3 Mar 1839 married George Coffin. Their children were Fred and Jean. C. William, b. 1841 married Melissa Hyde. He was in Co. D", 11th Mich. Vol. Cav. Their children: 1) Byron 2) Ralph d. 6 Feb 1961 3) Celia married Norton (first name unknown). Their children: a. Ruth b. Grace married Charles Machin. Their child: Norene, Born 1906 Died 1922 D. Woodruff, b. 1843? d. 1848? E. James Watson, b. 12 Mar 1843 Pittsford, MI, D. 20 Jul 1924 Grand Rapids, MI, M. 30 Jun 1870 Pittsford, MI Armilla Howell. Their child: 1) Justin Winthrop, b. 5 Nov 1877 Ottawa Lake, MI, M. 3 Oct 1899 Pittsford, MI, Hazel Gwendolyn Sturdevant. Their children: a) Clifford Winthrop, bB. 2 Sep 1900 d. 27 Apr 1901 b) Madeline Evelyn, b. 11 Jun 1902 d. 15 Apr 1969 c) Thurman Woodruff, b. 30 Aug 1904 d. 5 Oct 1936 d) Marjorie, b. 17 Oct 1907 d. 25 Apr 1989 e) Katherine Armilla, b. 28 May 1909 d. 18 May 1988 f) James Louis, b. 22 Feb 1912 d. 21 May 1960. He played high school football with the late President Gerald R Ford. g) Richard Harold, b. 2 Oct 1916 d. 14 Nov 1992 h) Audrey Janet, b. 21 Aug 1919. She is my mother-in-law. 3. Caleb Carroll, b. 25 Mar 18084. Jane Eliza, b. 11 Oct 1811, M. Arnold Coomber (brother to Ben Coomber) 5. Milton Potter, b. 6 Apr 1818 6. Noah Beach, b. 14 Nov 1819 D. 7 Sep 18207. Mary Isabel, b. 21 Feb 1823, M. Ben Coomber (brother to Arnold Coomber) 8. Frank Noah Cooley's death date discrepancy From pp46-47 of John William Sutherland and Allied Families by Millie A. Owings "Noah Cooley was born 2 July 1782...and died 11 Jan 1852 in Lockport, New York This presents a fairly large discrepancy between the History of Pittsford year of 1856 (which the Cooley Genealogy uses) and the John William Sutherland Genealogy (1852); the day and month agree but there is a four-year difference. Also, Owings states a death place of Lockport NY whereas the Cooley Genealogy ducks the death place by saying "Western Country". Although there is a death date discrepancy, the larger problem is that neither Noah Cooley's nor Jane Sutherland's death dates and places have any documentation whatever. Whether Lockport New York or Michigan or 1852 or 1856, it makes little difference since their death information remains an undocumented mystery. [9]

  
  

• Sources

  [S355] United States Government, Census - main, (Censuses conducted 1790-1930), 1810 US VT Rutland Pittsford (Reliability: 3). [S300] Caverly, A.M. (Pittsford Historical Society, 1976), Pittsford Hist, (Tuttle & Co. Printers, Rutland, Vt, 1872), p 320 (Reliability: 3). [S822] Vermont vital records, Vermont births, ("Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8LT-368 : 16 December 2019) ), Noah Cooley 2 Jul 1782; f. Benjamin Cooley; m. Ruth Beach (Reliability: 3). [S289] Mortimer Elwyn Cooley, Cooley Genealogy main, (The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., Rutland, Vermont, 1941), p492 & pp547-8 (Reliability: 3). [S289] Mortimer Elwyn Cooley, Cooley Genealogy main, (The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., Rutland, Vermont, 1941), pp547-8. Said to have died "11 Jan 1852 in 'Western Country' but this has never been verified and is probably wrong. (Reliability: 3). [S777] Daniel Berton Cooley, Estimated, Determined from his prescence in Vermont in the US Census of 1850. (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. [S300] Caverly, A.M. (Pittsford Historical Society, 1976), Pittsford Hist, (Tuttle & Co. Printers, Rutland, Vt, 1872), p320 (Reliability: 3).