1. | Simon Cooley was born on 6 Mar 1686/87 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts (son of Daniel Cooley and Elizabeth Wolcott); and died. |
2. | Daniel Cooley was born on 2 May 1651 in Springfield, Non-County Area 1, Massachusetts Bay Colony (son of Benjamin1 Cooley and Sarah (wife of Ensign Benjamin Cooley) [?]); died on 9 Feb 1726/27 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. Notes: Daniel is buried in the Springfield Cemetery in Springfield Massachusetts. The original burial grounds were at the river front behind the Old First Church. In 1849, to make way for the railroad, 2024 bodies were moved to the cemetery on the hill. They were placed in a mass grave. The main entrance to the cemtery is on Maple St but the graves are at the Pine Street entrance. Most of this information is found in the Cooley genealogy book by Mortimer E. Cooley published in 1941. Daniel married Elizabeth Wolcott on 8 Dec 1680 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Simon Wolcott and Martha Pitkin) was born on 19 Aug 1662 in Windsor, Connecticut Colony; died on 3 Jan 1706/07 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; was buried about 1707 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Elizabeth Wolcott was born on 19 Aug 1662 in Windsor, Connecticut Colony (daughter of Simon Wolcott and Martha Pitkin); died on 3 Jan 1706/07 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; was buried about 1707 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Elizabeth is buried in the Springfield Cemetery in Springfield Massachusetts. The original burial grounds was at the riverfront behind the Old First Church. To make way for a railroad, 2024 bodies were moved to the cemetery on the hill in 1849 and placed in a mass grave. The main entrance to the cemtery is on Maple St but the graves are at the Pine Street entrance. Most of this information is found in the Cooley Genealogy by Mortimer E. Cooley published in 1941.
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4. | Benjamin1 Cooley was born about 1615 in Tring, Hertfordshire, England; was christened on 25 Feb 1615/16 in Tring Parish, St Albans Archdeaconry, Hertfordshire, England (son of William Coley and Joan Arnott); died on 17 Aug 1684 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. Notes: According to research completed in 2000 by Eleanor L. Cooley Rue, circumstantial evidence links the Benjamin Cooley christened in Tring, Hertfordshire, England (chr 1615) to the Benjamin Cooley of Springfield through the posited marriage of Richard Sikes and Phebe Cooley (chr 1609), Benjamin's sister. The only evidence found by Cooley-Rue was in Benjamin Cooley's will which used the phrase "cousen Sikes". She concluded that "cousen" meant brother-in-law which it did not. Cousen was primarily used to refer to neices and nephews. A major problem with Cooley-Rue's logic is that Richard and Phebe Sikes's church activities, and his becoming a freeman are well documented* while there is no record of Benjamin and Sarah Cooley's church activities prior to 1643 (to become an accepted member of Massachusetts Bay Colony church membership was mandatory). Assuming unaccompanied women seldom made the voyage from England to New England and further assuming Phebe Cooley and Benjamin Cooley traveled together, it appears to me that information about Benjamin and Sarah must be uncovered before a link can be made between Phebe Sykes and Benjamin Cooley. *Richard Sykes joins Dorchester church 4 Nov 1639; he becomes a freeman 13 May 1640 in Cambridge; Richard marries Phebe Sykes 13 May 1640 also the date she joined the Dorchester church. Their first child Rebecca born 6 Dec 1640 in Roxbury (Pynchon's hometown). Benjamin1 married Sarah (wife of Ensign Benjamin Cooley) [?] about 1642 in Probably in the New World. Sarah was born about 1621 in Probably England; died on 23 Aug 1684 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | 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".
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6. | Simon Wolcott was born on 11 Sep 1624 in Tolland, Somersetshire, England (son of Henry Wolcott and Elizabeth Saunders); died on 27 Sep 1687 in Windsor, Hartford Co, Connecticut Colony. Notes: From Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts page 395: Wolcott, Captain Simon (1625-1687, Simsbury, Conn. Captain of the Simsbury Train Band, 1673. Deputy to the General Assembly 1673. Trooper from Windsor under Major March, 1657. Simon married Martha Pitkin on 17 Oct 1661 in Windsor, Connecticut Colony. Martha (daughter of William Pitkin and Elizabeth [wife of William Pitkin Jr]) was born about 1638 in Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire, England; was christened on 12 Dec 1642 in Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire, England; died on 13 Oct 1719 in Windsor, Hartford Co, Connecticut Colony. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
7. | Martha Pitkin was born about 1638 in Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire, England; was christened on 12 Dec 1642 in Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire, England (daughter of William Pitkin and Elizabeth [wife of William Pitkin Jr]); died on 13 Oct 1719 in Windsor, Hartford Co, Connecticut Colony. Notes: (Research):Berkhamsted is a historic market town close to the western boundary of Hertfordshire, England. People have been living in the Berkhamsted area for over 5,000 years. There is evidence of flint working in the Neolithic period and metal working in the late Iron Age and Roman periods. The high street is on a pre-Roman route known by its Saxon name Akeman Street. The earliest written reference to Berkhamsted is in 970 AD. Berkhamsted was recorded as a "burbium" (an ancient borough) in the Domesday Book in 1086. The oldest known extant jettied timber-framed building in Great Britain, built 1277-1297, survives as a shop on the town's high street.
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8. | William Coley was born in Hertfordshire, England; died about Mar 1640/41; was buried on 9 Mar 1640/41. Notes: CooleyThis surname was variously spelt Cooley, Coley, Colley, Coalye, and Coolye. William married Joan Arnott on 25 Feb 1607/08 in Tring Parish, Hertfordshire, England. Joan was buried on 9 Aug 1630 in Tring Parish, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
9. | Joan Arnott was buried on 9 Aug 1630 in Tring Parish, Hertfordshire, England. Notes: ArnottVariations of this name in 16th century England included: Arnyatt or Arnyott, Arniott, and Arnett - Debrett Ancestry Research, 2009
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12. | Henry Wolcott was born about 1578 in Tolland, Somersetshire, England; was christened on 6 Dec 1578 in Lydeard St Lawrence, Somersetshire, England (son of John Wolcott and Living); died on 30 May 1655 in Windsor, Connecticut Colony. Notes: Henry Wolcott, an English gentleman from the Parish of Lyiard, St. Lawrence, and his wife Elizabeth Saunders, with their sons Henry, Christopher and George, emigrated to New England on the ship Mary and John. The ship left Plymouth England and arrived in Massachusetts on May 31, 1630. Henry was described as "a resolute Puritan, a stout-hearted and God-fearing man". He may have been influenced by Simon Venn of Lydiard St. Lawrence, who Henry later appointed as overseer of his property he inheirited at Tolland. Simon was a brother of John Venn of London, one of the partners in the Massachusets Bay Company in 1628 and 1629. Henry married Elizabeth Saunders about Jan 1605/06 in Lydeard St Lawrence, Somersetshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Living and Living) was christened on 20 Dec 1584 in Lydeard St Lawrence, Somersetshire, England; died on 7 Jul 1655 in Windsor, Connecticut Colony. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
13. | Elizabeth Saunders was christened on 20 Dec 1584 in Lydeard St Lawrence, Somersetshire, England (daughter of Living and Living); died on 7 Jul 1655 in Windsor, Connecticut Colony. Notes: [Henry's] widow survived him about five weeks; she died July 7 [1655], and her will, dated July 5, is attested by her mark. The explanation of this, which we find in one of our old manuscripts, is unquestionably authentic: "Their wills were made just before their deaths, and Mrs. Wolcott, not being well enough to write her name, only made her mark." Notes: Married:
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14. | William Pitkin was born on 11 Jan 1607/08 in Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire, England; was christened on 11 Dec 1608 in Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire, England (son of William Pitkin and Jane Mason); died on 24 Jul 1643 in Farringdon Without, City of London, England; was buried about 1643 in St. Dunstan-in-the-West Churchyard. Notes: William Pitkin Jr was educated at Berkhamsted School and Pembroke College Oxford. Received MA from Oxford 17 Oct 1631. Sixth Headmaster of Berkhamsted Grammar School for Boys (est 1541) on 8 Aug 1636, a position which he held for seven years. William and his brother George went to Mr. Sturmey's house in Chancery Lane in London in the summer of 1643 where they became ill possibly with the plague. They died there (six months before their father) George two months after William. Both were buried from Mr. Sturmy's in Chancery Lane. William married Elizabeth [wife of William Pitkin Jr] on 10 May 1637 in Thaxted, Essex, England. Elizabeth was born about 1612 in Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire, England; died on 28 Dec 1641 in Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
15. | Elizabeth [wife of William Pitkin Jr] was born about 1612 in Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire, England; died on 28 Dec 1641 in Berkhampsted, Hertfordshire, England. Notes: Married:
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