9. | Sarah (wife of Ensign Benjamin Cooley) [?] was born about 1621 in Probably England; died on 23 Aug 1684 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. Notes:
Sarah's surname is unknown but that hasn't deterred many people from inserting a surname for her based on wild speculation or simply a mis-reading of the "Cooley Genealogy".
As to the latter, on page 41 the following is written:
"1. Benjamin (b. about 1617, in Springfield in 1642/3, with his wife Sarah (Savage)."
The "Savage" in parentheses after Sarah's name refers to author James Savage who wrote a comprehensive work called "Genealogical Dictionary of New England", 1862. Yet, hundreds of would-be "researchers" have casually looked at this entry in the Cooley Genealogy and assumed that Sarah's surname was "Savage" and have incorporated that name into their family databases. In 2006 I observed 222 databases in myfamily.com's recklessly ill-conceived One World Tree that had used the name Savage as Benjamin Cooley's wife's surname.
Other surnames for Sarah have been "Colton" (surname of Benjamin's business partner and lifelong friend and associate in Longmeadow, Quartermaster George Colton), "Collen" (a "Sarah Collen" joined the Dorchester church on 20 Nov 1640), and Tremaine (unknown origin but entertained then discarded by Mortimer Cooley in the Cooley Genealogy).
Children:
- Bethia Cooley was born on 16 Sep 1643 in Springfield, Non-County Area 1, Massachusetts Bay Colony; died on 9 Dec 1711 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts.
- Obadiah Cooley was born on 27 Jan 1645/46 in Springfield, Non-County Area 1, Massachusetts Bay Colony; died on 3 Sep 1690 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts.
- 4. Eliakim Cooley was born on 8 Jan 1647/48 in Springfield, Non-County Area 1, Massachusetts Bay Colony; died on 1 Dec 1711 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts.
- Daniel Cooley was born on 2 May 1651 in Springfield, Non-County Area 1, Massachusetts Bay Colony; died on 9 Feb 1726/27 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts.
- Sarah Cooley was born on 27 Feb 1653/54 in Springfield, Non-County Area 1, Massachusetts Bay Colony; and died.
- Benjamin Cooley was born on 1 Sep 1656 in Springfield, Non-County Area 1, Massachusetts Bay Colony; died on 29 Nov 1731 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts.
- Mary Cooley was born on 22 Jun 1659 in Springfield, Non-County Area 1, Massachusetts Bay Colony; and died.
- Joseph Cooley was born on 6 Mar 1660/61 in Springfield, Non-County Area 1, Massachusetts Bay Colony; and died.
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