Jonathan Cooley

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Bereavement deaths Jonathan (29 Sep 1872) and Samuel Jr (6 Nov 1872).
Samuel Cooley Jr (aged 56) was living in the household of Jonathan Cooley (aged 54) according to the US Census, 1860, Macomb County, Michigan. Then in the 1870 census the situation is reversed: Jonathan aged 64, his wife Martha, aged 62, and their son Samuel G. aged 16, are living in the household of Samuel Jr aged 66.
In the 1870 census and on his death record his name is spelled Johnathan.

(Medical):Jonathan was noted to have died from "Dropsy heart". Dropsy is an old term for the swelling of soft tissues due to the accumulation of excess water. The modern term is "edema" combined with the cause such as "edema due to congestive heart failure".

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Because of conflictng death information, I have downgraded Samuel's death years to abt 1843-1846,
From the Cooley Genealogy p. 547: "(Samuel Cooley)...removed to New York State where he lived for a time, and in 1832 removed to Michigan; m. 5 Oct 1797, Pittsford, Polly Dike". From the Macomb county history, p747 "...Samuel and Polly Dike Cooley. The former was bom November 14, 1775, in Pittsford, Vt and died in Bruce, Mich., February 2, 1843; the latter was born in Chittenden, Rutland Co., Vt, August 4, 1781, and died September 10, 1838, in Bruce". Also on p747 from the Macomb history: [Samuel Cooley Sr] came to Michigan in 1832. and first settled in Washington, Macomb County; left Washington in 1840 and settled in Bruce, on 167

(Research):Gravestone vs Macomb County History birth-death dates
Samuel Cooley Sr died 2 Feb 1846 aged 72y2m18d = bd 15 Nov 1773
Poly Dike died 10 Sep 1838 aged 57y1m 6d = bd 4 Aug 1781

Macomb County history in son William Cooley's writeup
Samuel b. 14 Nov 1775 d. 2 Feb 1843 = 67y2m19d
Polly b. 2 Aug 1781 d. 10 Sep 1838 = 57y1m8d
Cooley Genealogy Samuel s Benjamin III and Ruth Beach b. Nov 17, 1775
DAR Miss Lotta Irene Miller 112943 has Samuel Cooley (1775-1843) and Polly Dike (1781-1838)
The greatest discrepancy so far is the 1846 on the gravestone of Samuel.
The sources for most of the trees that have Samuel Cooley d 1843 and Polly Dike are all illigitimate such as (1) Ancestry Family Trees; (2) Family Data Collection - Births, (3) Family Data Collection - Individual Records; (4) Millennium File. They all list 1843 as the death year while the only ligitimate source, a gravestone engraving, has the death year as 1846.
Charlotte County, New York was created on 24 Mar 1772 from the northwestern part of Albany County, Province of New York, that, at the time, claimed much of the land east of Lake Champlain and west of the Green Mountains. It was ceded 15 Jan 1777 to the Republic of Vermont. Note that Rutland became a county in 1781.

Samuel married Polly Dike on 5 Oct 1797 in Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont. Polly (daughter of Jonathan Dike and Esther Barnard) was born on 4 Aug 1781 in Chittenden, Charlotte Co, New York; died on 10 Sep 1838 in Bruce, Macomb Co, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From Macomb History [William] is son of Samuel and Polly Dike Cooley. The former was bom November 14, 1775, in Pittsford, Vt and died in Bruce, Mich., February 2, 1843; the latter was born in Chittenden, Rutland Co., Vt, August 4, 1781, and died September 10, 1838, in Bruce.

Gravestone vs Macomb County History birth-death datesSamuel died 2 Feb 1846 aged 72y2m18d - Poly died 10 Sep 1838 aged 57y1m 6d
Macomb County history in William's writeupSamuel b. 14 Nov 1775 d. 2 Feb 1843 Polly d. b. 2 Aug 1781 d. 10 Sep 1838

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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.

Benjamin5 married Ruth Beach on 18 Feb 1773 in Pittsford, Charlotte Co, New York. Ruth (daughter of Gershom Beach and Mary Salter) was born about 1756 in Morristown, Morris Co, New Jersey; died on 5 Sep 1825 in Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont; was buried about Sep 1825 in Congregational Church Cemetery, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From the 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, Co. Beach, in Rutland Vt. She probably belonged to the Beach family of Milford and New Haven, Conn. who went with the New Haven Colony to New Jersey in 1666"
Vermont Vital Records microfilm verifies: (1) Ruth Beach's birth place as Morristown New Jersey, (2) Ruth's birth year, 1756 and (3) Ruth Beach was a resident of Rutland, Charlotte Co, New York at the time of her marriage. However, the exact date of her birth has not been sourced. Note that her husband Benjamin was town clerk at the time.
Morris County was created on March 15, 1739, from portions of Hunterdon County. The county was named for the Governor of the Province of New Jersey, Colonel Lewis Morris. In later years Sussex County (on June 8, 1753) and, after the revolution, Warren County (on November 20, 1824, from portions of Sussex County) were carved out of what had been the original area of Morris County under English rule. The county was the site of the winter camp of the Continental Army after the Battles of Trenton and Princeton during the winter of 1777, as well as another winter camp at Jockey Hollow during an extremely cold winter of 1779-80 which occurred during the Little Ice Age.

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Married:
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

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Cooley Genealogy p547: [#309 Samuel Cooley] m. Oct 5, 1797, Pittsford, Polly Dike, da. Jonathan and Esther (Barnard), who had settled in Pittsford in 1781, and who came there from Coventry, Conn. They lived in Pittsford for three years, then removed to Chittenden, Vt.

Jonathan married Esther BarnardProbably Vermont. Esther and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Cooley Genealogy p547: [#309 Samuel Cooley] m. Oct 5, 1797, Pittsford, Polly Dike, da. Jonathan and Esther (Barnard), who had settled in Pittsford in 1781, and who came there from Coventry, Conn. They lived in Pittsford for three years, then removed to Chittenden, Vt.

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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.

Benjamin4 married Mary Needham on 14 Feb 1744/45 in Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Anthony Needham and Mary (Molly) Moulton) was born on 21 Jun 1725 in Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died on 16 Jun 1799 in Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont; was buried about Jun 1799 in Old Baptist Burying Ground, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Gershom Beach III died 1812 in Salisbury, Addison Co, Vermont NOT Gershom Beach Jr b. 1729

Gershom married Mary Salter on 24 Apr 1751 in Wallingford, New Haven Co, Connecticut. Mary was born about 1733 in Cheshire, New Haven Co, Connecticut; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]