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Benjamin4 Cooley

Male 1701 - 1790  (88 years)

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  • Name Benjamin4 Cooley  [1] 
    Birth 5 Nov 1701  Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Burial Abt Apr 1790  Old Baptist Burying Ground, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Death 1 Apr 1790  Pittsford, Rutland Co, Republic of Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I53  Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2020 

    Father Benjamin3 Cooley,   b. 28 Oct 1681, Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1745, Greenwich, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Margaret Bliss,   b. 23 Nov 1683, Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Est 1744, Probably Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage 30 Jan 1700/01  Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Family ID F188  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elisabeth Charles,   b. 15 Feb 1709/10, Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Oct 1743, Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years) 
    Marriage 1 Sep 1730  Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9] 
    Children 
     1. Gideon Cooley,   b. 30 Jan 1730/31, Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1793, Brantford, Brant Co, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
     2. Eunice Cooley,   b. 2 Oct 1732, Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Dec 1829, Dana, Worcester Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 97 years)
     3. Elizabeth Cooley,   b. 7 Jan 1734/35, Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Aug 1823, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     4. Keziah Cooley,   b. 19 Mar 1738/39, Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Feb 1822, Hardwick, Worcester Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F187  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2017 

    Family 2 Mary Needham,   b. 21 Jun 1725, Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jun 1799, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 14 Feb 1744/45  Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11, 12, 13, 14] 
    Children 
     1. Benjamin5 Cooley,   b. 30 Apr 1747, Narragansett Township #4, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Feb 1810, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
     2. Mary Cooley,   b. 23 Aug 1750, Quabbin Parish, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Apr 1769, Greenwich, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 18 years)
     3. Reuben Cooley,   b. 25 Apr 1752, Quabbin Parish, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Apr 1835, Portage, Kalamazoo Co, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     4. Azariah Cooley,   b. 26 Jul 1755, Greenwich, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Apr 1813, Greenwich, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
     5. Naomi Cooley,   b. 26 Jul 1755, Greenwich, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 May 1841, Grafton, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     6. Margaret Cooley,   b. 13 Nov 1757, Greenwich, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Dec 1808, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
     7. Caleb Cooley,   b. 20 Feb 1762, Greenwich, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Feb 1813, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
     8. Antoney Cooley,   b. 20 Mar 1765, Greenwich, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Mar 1790, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Republic of Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years)
    Family ID F186  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Sep 2020 

  • Photos
    Gravestone_Benjamin4 Cooley_Old Baptist.jpg    		Gravestone_Benjamin4 Cooley_Old Baptist.jpg

  • Notes 
    • Benjamin4 Cooley was born 5 Nov 1701, probably in the long meddowe precinct of Springfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. He was twice married, first to Elisabeth Charles, second to Mary Needham.
      In Mass Vital Records microfilmed by LDS Church there is an entry: #9-Greenwich p36 "Mary daughter of Benjn Cooley by Mary his wife was born Dec 24, 1768". This is highly unlikely since there was already a Mary Cooley b. 1750, d. 1769. While the first Mary died young in 1769 and sometimes families, who lost a child renamed a later child the same name, there is overlap here.
    • (Research):Massachusetts Political Organization Hampshire county was created 7 May 1662 from Non-County Area 1 (towns of Springfield, Northampton, Hadley, and all territory within 30 miles). It effectively covered the entire western part of the province. (Mass. Recs., vol. 4, pt. 2:52) Hampden county was was set off from the northern half of Hampshire Co 1 Aug 1812. [15, 16]

  • Sources 
    1. [S289] Mortimer Elwyn Cooley, Cooley Genealogy main, (The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., Rutland, Vermont, 1941), pp 466-468 (Reliability: 4).

    2. [S289] Mortimer Elwyn Cooley, Cooley Genealogy main, (The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., Rutland, Vermont, 1941), pp 466-468 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S475] Godfrey Memorial Library, AGBI, Vol 34 p50 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S473] Old Baptist Pittsford, (This cemetery is also called the "North Burying Ground" and is now considered to be the oldest cemetery within the town of Pittsford. According to Caverly's "History of Pittsford" 1892 (2nd Ed) it was laid out in 1785 but the proprietors of the town had used it for burial purposes almost from the first instance of mortality in the township. ), "In Memory of Benjamin Cooley who died April 1, 1790 in the 89th year of his age" (Reliability: 4).
      Gravestone_Benjamin4 Cooley_Old Baptist.jpg      		 Gravestone_Benjamin4 Cooley_Old Baptist.jpg


    5. [S289] Mortimer Elwyn Cooley, Cooley Genealogy main, (The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., Rutland, Vermont, 1941), Probably Greenwich (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S289] Mortimer Elwyn Cooley, Cooley Genealogy main, (The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., Rutland, Vermont, 1941), p457-8 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S289] Mortimer Elwyn Cooley, Cooley Genealogy main, (The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., Rutland, Vermont, 1941), p467 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S458] Edmund West, comp, Family Data Coll, (Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, 2000).

    9. [S459] Bill Yates, Yates Marriage Records, (Yates Publishing, P.O. Box 67, Stevensville, MT, 59870), 1730 (Reliability: 3).

    10. [S650] New England Historic and Genealogical Society, NEHGR-1, (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) ), Needhams of Wales, Mass, and Stafford Conn (Reliability: 3).

    11. [S592] Holbrook, Jay Mack, MVR, (Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). ), Brimfield, Marriages, Book 1, p 22 (Reliability: 3).

    12. [S289] Mortimer Elwyn Cooley, Cooley Genealogy main, (The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., Rutland, Vermont, 1941), p467 14 Feb 1744/5 (Reliability: 3).

    13. [S458] Edmund West, comp, Family Data Coll, (Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, 2000), 19 Feb 1744 (Reliability: 3).

    14. [S459] Bill Yates, Yates Marriage Records, (Yates Publishing, P.O. Box 67, Stevensville, MT, 59870), 1744 (Reliability: 3).

    15. [S535] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield,_Massachusetts (Reliability: 3).

    16. [S534] Website, http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/MA_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#Individual_County_Chronologies (Reliability: 3).


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