Gershom Beach

Notes:

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]

Notes:

The following is the real story of the supposed 64-mile trek of Gershom Beach Jr to rally volunteers for the assault on Ft Ticonderoga in May of 1775. It was really Gershom Beach's son Samuel and even then the 60 odd miles covered by foot in 24 hours is a gross exaggeration.
From "Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association...The Ticonderoga Expedition Of 1775" pp 300-320:
Major Samuel Beach of Whiting, Vt., was bom in New Jersey, his parents removing to Virginia and finally to Vermont prior to the Revolution.
He was at Castleton with Allen and was sent to rally the Green Mountain Boys. He started on this mission at day-break, going from Castleton to Rutland, to Pittsford, Brandon, Leicester, Salisbury, Middlebury, Cornwall, Whiting, and Shoreham, a distance of 64 miles.
Smith in his history says this was accomplished "between the rising and the setting of the Sun". Others say that the time occupied was 24 hours. Perhaps the expresssion "between the rising and the setting of the sun" might be considered a figurative one. Smith says, "The following day at early dawn he entered the fort by the side of Allen".
His descendants still treasure the silk stockings worn by him on this march and the staff which he carried, and they likewise preserved a silk vest presented him by Washington, which has the general's profile woven in the silk in over 30 different places.
He served throughout the revolution as a recruiting officer and in later years received a pension.
Two daughters survive him. The monument marking his grave at Whiting village bears this inscription: "Major Samuel Beach, died April 10th, 1829, aged 77 years. An officer in the war of the Revolution and one of the few who under Allen surprised and took Ticonderoga. - Smith's History of Addison County, page 728. Statement E. N. Bissell, East Shoreham, Vt.
From "Rutland Historical Society, Quarterly", Volume 39 No. 4 2009, Faces of the Past: A Calendar, Samuel Beach, 1752-1829:
Though born in New Jersey, Samuel Beach had come to Rutland with his family by 1770. During the Revolution he distinguished himself by participating in a number of pivotal battles and events. His pension records state that he was with Ethan Allen at the capture of Fort Ticonderoga in May 1775, was with Montgomery at Quebec, fought in the Battle of Bennington, and was present at Burgoyne's surrender.
Like his father, Gershom, Samuel was a blacksmith by trade. Surveying was another of his talents and he was appointed Rutland County's first surveyor in 1781. He had a farm on the north side of Main Street near Tenney Brook. He sold it in 1784 and moved with his extensive family to Whiting where in 1820 he had a farm of 37 acres.

Notes:

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.

Ruth married Benjamin5 Cooley on 18 Feb 1773 in Pittsford, Charlotte Co, New York. Benjamin5 (son of Benjamin4 Cooley and Mary Needham) was born on 30 Apr 1747 in Narragansett Township #4, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died on 27 Feb 1810 in Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont; was buried about Mar 1810 in Congregational Church Cemetery, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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\endash 80 which occurred during the Little Ice Age.

Aaron married Rachel Welch about 1783 in Whiting, Addison Co, New Hampshire Grants. Rachel was born on 4 Aug 1769 in Coventry, Kent Co, Rhode Island; died on 13 Mar 1849 in Cambria Twp, Niagara Co, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

There are serious discrepancies at Ancestry.com concrning Phillip Beach and wife. There is disagreement as to the birth year of Phillip. One site says Phillip is a half-brother to Ruth Beach. No AWT family tree mentions Louisa wife of Phillip Beach. There are several trees that say his wife was Lois Cushnman but NONE have proper sourcing (the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 is NOT a proper source*) .
*Ancestry: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.
Note: Most of this trash was obtained from the LDS Ancestral File and IGI where the LDS would accept any submission by members, no sources required. Now they've disingenuously tried to legitimize these old files by giving them high-sounding names such as this one and calling it a "database on-line".
The gravestone photographs were taken by DBC at Molyneaux Cemetery on Ridge Road, Cambria, Niagara County, New York on 3 Aug 2010

Family/Spouse: Louisa Cushman. Louisa (daughter of Isaac Cushman) was born on 14 Sep 1773 in Rutland, Charlotte Co, Province of New York; died on 28 Mar 1842 in Cambria Twp, Niagara Co, New York; was buried about Mar 1842 in Molyneaux Cemetery, Cambria, Niagara Co, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Benjamin IV went un-married Cooley Family Genealogy pp 491-2
Charlotte County, New York was created from the northwestern part of Albany County in 1772. New York's Charlotte County also claimed to include much of western Vermont on the east side of Lake Champlain, ceded by New York to Vermont in 1777. (from FamilySearch.com
In a quitclaim of Noah Cooley to his brother Azariah Cooley dated Jan 1st 1824 which real estate (Albany County, Province of New York) was part of his mother Ruth Cooley's dower he also states "...where all my right that I may hereafter have in and unto this real estate in which may belong to my brother Benjamin Cooley(6)...released [and] quitclaimed..."

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

Notes:

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]

Notes:

Cooley Genealogy p492: Moved to Ferrisburg, Vt.

Ruth married Jeramiah Needham about 1791 in Probably Pittsford, Vermont. Jeramiah and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Azariah married Lydia Huntley on 14 Aug 1803 in Salisbury, Addison Co, Vermont. Lydia and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _TODO: Open

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.

_TODO:
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

Noah married Jane Sutherland on 24 Jan 1804 in Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont. Jane (daughter of Peter Sutherland and Carol Bush) was born on 24 Aug 1787 in Nine Partners, Dutchess Co, New York; died before 1850. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Cooley Genealogy p492: m. Col. Wait Wright of Rutland

Mary married Col. Wait WrightProbably Pittsford, Vermont. Col. was born in Probably Pittsford, Republic of Vermont; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• AFN: 1DGR-CC
• Name: Annie

Notes:

Letter to Niagara County Historian from Anna Sutherland, Metamora, Mich. Oct 29, 1964: "This Mrs Andrew Sutherland [Naomi Cooley] was my great grandmother. My father was Lewis Cass Sutherland, son of Dr. Benjamin C. Sutherland. I remember my father telling that his father visited at Lockport NY and brought his mother back with him but do not know how long she lived with them.* Now, his father [Benj C Sutherland] died in 1867 so I do not know if she continued to live with them or eve if she did live them all the time previous to his death. She might have lived part time with her son Byron as I remember my father [Lewis Cass Sutherland] telling about this Uncle Byron somewhere near them. Now as to the cemetery, I think it would be the Armada (Macomb County) cemetery but I do not know anyother name. My father's [Lewis Cass Sutherland] old home, about 10 miles from Romeo. This was in Ray Townmship of Macomb County; he was bogn on January 25, 1859. My father lived untio March 24, 1946".
*According to the US Census, Naomi was living with her son Benjamin Cooley Sutherland in 1850.
Note to clarify: Naomi was buried in Procter Cemetery Michigan, not Proctor Cemetery, Vermont.

Naomi married Andrew Sutherland on 6 Jan 1807 in Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont. Andrew (son of Peter Sutherland and Carol Bush) was born on 3 Sep 1776 in Sutherland Falls, Charlotte Co, New York; died on 27 Feb 1836 in Cambria, Niagara Co, New York; was buried in Glenwood Cem, Lockport, Niagara Co, New York.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

4 Mar 1791, Vermont became the 14th state of the United States of America

Eunice married Noah BeachProbably Vermont. Noah was born on 17 Oct 1788 in Whiting, Addison Co, Vermont; died on 23 May 1866 in Bridgeport, Saginaw Co, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dorothy married Isaac MillerProbably Pittsford, Vermont. Isaac was born in Sudbury, Rutland Co, Vermont; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hubbardton is a town in Rutland County, Vermont, United States. The town was named for Thomas Hubbard, a landholder. The population was 752 at the 2000 census. The town was the site of the Battle of Hubbardton where British forces attacked Americans during the Saratoga Campaign of 1777.

Battle of Hubbardtown One of the most successful rear guard actions in American history, the Battle of Hubbardton was the only Revolutionary War battle fought entirely in Vermont. During the early morning hours of July 7, 1777, British General John Burgoyne's army met the resistance and bravery of Americans for the first time in the Battle of Hubbardton. A massive British invasion from Canada chased the Continental Army from Mount Independence south to Hubbardton. The British strategy was to continue to New York and divide New England from the rest of the colonies. The advancing British were seasoned Regulars. The Green Mountain Boys stayed behind to slow down the Redcoats so that the main force could retreat. On a grassy hill, the scrappy New Englanders made their stand. While the British held the field and technically won the battle, their losses were so heavy that they gave up chasing the Americans to tend to their casualties. The Battle of Hubbardton marked the beginning of the end for Burgoyne and his great plan. On August 16 he suffered a stunning blow at the Battle of Bennington. Soon after Burgoyne wrote about the people of Vermont as "the most active and most rebellious race on the continent" and that they were hanging "like a gathering storm" on his left. On October 17, 1777, after the battles of Saratoga, he surrendered with his entire Army.

Cooley married Nancy Durant in 1831 in Probably Vermont. Nancy was born about 1807 in Massachusetts; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

There is a strange situation with respect to the documentation of Irene's birth in Pittsford. An index card transcription shows her birth date, 27 Aug 1798, as recorded by Benjamin5 Cooley, Town Clerk. Some modern records show Irene to be a twin sister of Asenath yet no index card was prepared for Asenath. How could Asenath be Irene's twin yet there is no record showing that?

Notes:

Asenath Cooley, aged 53, and her husband George Augustus Neal, aged 57, joined the Henry W. Miller Company of about 229 individuals and 63 wagons as it began its journey from the outfitting post at Kanesville, Iowa (present day Council Bluffs) bound for Utah Territory. Members of the company arrived in the Salt Lake Valley 10 September - 2 October 1852.
Asenath's death record in Utah shows her birthdate as 27 Aug 1798, same as Irene Cooley yet there is no record of her birth in Pittsford but there is for Irene, her supposed twin sister.

(Research):Salt Lake City was founded in 1847 by Mormon Church followers led by Brigham Young. Salt Lake County was officially organized on January 31st 1850.
Utah became a state of the United States Jan 4th 1896.

Asenath married George Augustus Neal on 30 Jan 1820 in Cambria Twp, Niagara Co, New York. George was born on 3 Oct 1794 in Wakefield, Rockingham Co, New Hampshire; died on 15 Oct 1874 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co, Utah. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The "II" is appended to this Noah Cooley of Macomb County Michigan, son of Samuel Cooley (1775) and Polly Dike (1775), to distinguish him from Noah Cooley (1782), brother of Samuel, born in Pittsford, Republic of Vermont. Hundreds of databases on Ancestry.com confuse this Noah-1801 Cooley with Noah-1782 Cooley, uncle of Noah-1801. Noah 1782 came to Lenawee County Michigan in the 1840s.
Noah Cooley was a Supervisor of Washingtion Township, Macomb County, 1851-53.

Noah married Anna Anderson est 1823-1824. Anna (daughter of Living and Living) was born on 14 Nov 1804 in New York; died on 16 Nov 1880 in Washington, Macomb Co, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Bereavement deaths Samuel Jr (6 Nov 1872) and Jonathan (29 Sep 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.
Samuel Cooley Jr had three wives as follows with the approximate years of marriage, the first two ending with the deaths Mary and Margaret, and the last with Samuel's death in 1872.
Mary Anderson 1827 to 1847-48
Margaret Teller Oct 1848 - Abt 1850
Maretta Wood Nov 1850 to Nov 1872

(Medical):See attached sources.

Samuel married Mary "Polly" Anderson about 1827 in Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont. Mary was born about 1807; died about 1848. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Margaret Ann Teller on 11 Oct 1848 in Macomb County, Michigan. Margaret was born about 1804; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Maretta Wood on 12 Nov 1850 in Macomb County, Michigan. Maretta was born about 1808; died about 1888; was buried in McCafferty Cem, Bruce Twp, Macomb Co, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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]

Notes:

WILLIAM COOLEY was bom June 26, 1808, in Pittsford, Rutland Co.. Vt; 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. Samuel Cooley Sr left Vermont in 1816, and engaged in farming in Cambria, Niagara Co., N. Y., and in 1832 settled in Bruce, Mich. Mr. Cooley, of this sketch, was employed as a carder and cloth-dresser in Niagara County, N. Y. In 1832, he came to Michigan and purchased 120 acres of land in Bruce, returning to New York in the fall of that year, intending to remain. He was persuaded to come back with his father, to whom he sold his land and bought eighty acres more, on which he has since pursued the vocation of a farmer. He has been the owner of several farms and a considerable amount of timber land. He was married, January 1, 1835, to Lucretia Hindz, of Cambria, N. Y., a native of Vermont. She was born February 22, 1812. They have one child, James H., born October 18, 1835, and died September 5, 1837. Mrs, Cooley died June 23, 1836, in Bruce. Mr Cooley was married Jan 29 1840 to Henrietta L, daughter of Charles and Diadamis Scranton Crippen of Washington, Macomb County. She was bom March 1, 1821, in Covington, Genesee Co, N.Y. They have one child, Charles D., born January 13, 1842, in Bruce. Mrs Cooley belongs to the Free Baptist Church of Bruce. Mr. Cooley is a member of the orders of Masonry and Odd Fellows. In politics, he is a Democrat. His farm includes 160 acres of land, well improved with a substantial frame house and accessory buildings.

William was a Justice of the Peace in 1836.

William married Lucretia Hindz on 1 Jan 1835 in Bruce, Macomb Co, Michigan. Lucretia was born on 22 Feb 1812 in Vermont; died on 23 Jun 1836 in Bruce, Macomb Co, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Henrietta L. Crippin on 29 Jan 1840 in Bruce, Macomb Co, Michigan. Henrietta was born on 1 Mar 1821 in Covington, Genesee Co, New York; died est 1890. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Benjamin Cooley, of Bruce, died on the 7th of January, 1881. He was born in Vermont August 7, 1811; moved to Michigan in 1832; cleared up a large farm, and died on the farm on which he located nearly half a century ago. - Macomb History

An Old Resident Gone First paragraph same as that from the Macomb History quoted above. Mr. Cooley was one of the foremost and best of farmers for many years, but of late has been in poor health. He was 69 years of age and leaves a wife and two sons to mourn his loss. The younger son Andrew [Wood] is a full-fledged Mormon, having been connected with them for about seventeen years. This son had just returned for his first visit to the paternal roof, telling his dream or vision the he came home and his father died and he saw him duly buried and then returned. The elder son Samuel B. Cooley remains on the old farm and is one of the thrifty farmers of this section. - Obituary from clipping, newspaper and date unknown.
Benjamin Cooley was issued land patent M101_461 on 9 Oct 1835 from the US Detroit Land Office. The document number was 8438. The land description was the SE

Benjamin married Clarissa Wood on 26 Feb 1832 in Cambria Twp, Niagara Co, New York. Clarissa was born on 16 Mar 1814 in Oneida Co, New York; died on 23 Feb 1867 in Romeo, Macomb Co, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

As of March 2021 there are 89 trees on Ancestry.com that say Mary's husband was John D. McRoberts without any sources for the marriage. All that is known is there was a Mary McRoberts obtained from US censuses. Therefore, I have only one source for the name Mary Cooley 9th child Samuel Cooley and Polly Dike; there is no other information, even a brith year.

Notes:

CHESTER COOLEY was born June 19, 1817, in Cambria, Niagara Co, New York. He is the son of Samuel and Polly (Dyke) Cooley. At the age of eighteen, in the fall of 1835, he settled with his parents in the town of Bruce. Hs was married, August 24, 1838, to Jane, daughter of Jacob Kisoe, of Ontario County, NY. They have seven children - Noah, Polly, Anna, Chester Dike, Sarah Jane, Eunice Beach and Manley Benjamin. By request of his father, it was arranged that the patrimonial estate should revert to him, consequently it was his home, and he cared for his father and mother through their declining years. In 1868, he left his homestead and bought his residence on Main street, north, where he has since resided. He still owns 200 acres \emdash the old farm in Bruce, a part inherited from his father and the rest purchased from the several heirs; also owns two farms in Ray, including 227 acres; also cedar and pine lands and village property in Romeo. He was an inherent Democrat, to which party he adhered until the rise of the Free-Soil party, and afterward became a Republican.

Chester was a Justice of the Peace in 1868.

Chester married Jane Keizer on 23 Aug 1838 in Macomb County, Michigan. Jane was born about Dec 1816 in New York; died on 11 Mar 1889 in Bruce, Macomb Co, Michigan; was buried about Mar 1889 in McCafferty Cem, Bruce Twp, Macomb Co, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the State of Michigan Tax Assessment lists, On July 22nd 1863, Dyke Cooley assessed $9.00 tax for income amounting to $300 @ 3%.

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

Dike married Priscilla Smith about 1856 in Lapeer County, Michigan. Priscilla was born on 16 Aug 1832 in New York; died on 22 Aug 1906 in Dryden, Lapeer Co, Michigan; was buried on 23 Aug 1906 in South Dryden Pioneer Cem, Lapeer Co, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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COOLEY, AZARIAH s of Col. Benjamin, m Lydia Huntley. Children-- 1, Reuben; 2, Benjamin d January 2, 1833, aged 29; 3, Lewis d October 2, 1831, aged 23.
At no time and on no document do we find a given name of Gideon Reuben. This is a severl-generations-later family anecdote never backed up bo solid evidence.

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

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COOLEY, AZARIAH s of Col. Benjamin, m Lydia Huntley. Children-- 1, Reuben; 2, Benjamin* d January 2, 1833, aged 29; 3, Lewis d October 2, 1831, aged 23. *Benjamin m and had-- 1, Lewis, now a minister in the West; 2, James, resides in Leicester; 3, Stafford, d in 1867. Caverly p697

Family/Spouse: Martha Stafford. Martha was born on 5 Jul 1804 in Windsor, Republic of Vermont; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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COOLEY, AZARIAH s of Col. Benjamin, m Lydia Huntley. Children-- 1, Reuben; 2, Benjamin* d January 2, 1833, aged 29; 3, Lewis d October 2, 1831, aged 23.

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Andrew S Cooley, Samuel T Cooley, and probably Caleb C Cooley were signers of an 1833 petition to the U.S. Government to re-route the Detroit-Grand River plank road to a more northerly bearing of higher elevation (roughly, present highway 24). It never happened and the former plank road is now US Interstate 96. - Carter, Clarence Edwin, "The Territorial Papers of the United States: Vol. XII, The Territory of Michigan 1829-1837"
Died at the home of Fred Cook, Garnavillo, on Tuesday, October 28, 1890, Andrew S. Cooley, at the advanced age of [86] years, 3 months and 17 days. Thus another of the pioneers of Clayton county has been called from the scene of his labors, to mingle with the silent majority beyond the tomb. Their labors here are ended, but their memories will be cherished. The best monument that can be erected to them, is this beautiful county, inhabited by the happiest people on earth. With its organization, A.S. Cooley was intimately connected. He was one of the earliest inhabitants and for nearly 60 years, his home was on its soil. Few of us are destined to witness the changes of life that he has witnessed during his long career. This sacred soil which he helped to wrest from the savages has become the home of thousands. He has witnessed the gradual advancement from the rude slow pioneer life, with its manifold trials and dangers, to the rush and rant of our modern civilization, and with the realization of a well spent life, he finds eternal rest among the scenes of his labors. Andrew Sutherland Cooley was born in the Pittsford, Rutland county, Vermont July 11, 1804. When eight years old his parents removed to Niagara county, New York, where he was raised on a farm. March 10, 1825, he married Miss Salome Warren, of Cambria, N.Y., a descendant of Jos. Warren of Revolutionary fame. In 1830 they emigrated west, and located in Franklin, Oakland county, Mich., where they resided until 1834. But that spirit of the typical New Englander, which compels him to seek new scenes, drove him further west. He left his wife and five children in Michigan and sought a new home in Iowa. He landed at Dubuque where he found employment with Dr. McCraney, on a farm. In the spring of 1835 he returned to Michigan by team, intending to bring his family to Dubuque. In the meantime his wife and family, not hearing from him had returned to New York, as they supposed him to have been killed by Indians. He at once started on this tedious journey, found his family and brought them to Dubuque, where they arrived November 20th, 1835. After remaining in Dubuque two years they came in company with Dr. Andros to Clayton county. There was at that time not a town, church or school house in this county. They broke up some prairie and raised a small crop about one mile south of Garnavillo, what is now called the old Beckman farm. In the fall of 1837 they located on the banks of the Turkey river in Millville township. They remained here until 1839 when they again returned to the prairie near Garnavillo and in 1840 took up and improved some government land three miles south of the town. There they made their home until 1872, when the old homestead was sold and another farm purchased in Mendon township near McGregor, which was their home until 1883, since which time they have resided with their daughter, Mrs. Fred Cook.
Of the 17 children born to them 11 survive. His remains were buried at the old cemetery on Thursday. Rev. R. W. Wilcox of Clayton officiated.

(Research):David Coomer-AS Cooley land description comparison, Oakland County, Michigan

David Coomer 3 Dec 1830 W

Andrew married Salome Warren on 10 Mar 1825 in Lockport Township, Niagara Co, New York. Salome was born about Aug 1809 in Massachusetts; died on 2 Nov 1895 in Elkader, Clayton Co, Iowa; was buried about Nov 1895 in Old Garnavillo Cemetery, Clayton Co, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Source is Cooley Family Genealogy, however I have added the "T" middle initial from Michigan census data (1830). Later note: From Memo of Age I have changed initial 'T' to the full middle name Thurman.
The following is from the "Samuel T Cooley Memorial Report", Michigan Historical Commission, v21, p125 and Michigan Pioneer Collection: Samuel Thurman Cooley was born at Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont March 30, 1806 The Noah Cooley family including Samuel Thurman Cooley removed to the State of New York shortly after the conclusion of the War of 1812; about 1815. Samuel along with two brothers, Andrew and Caleb came to Oakland County, Territory of Michigan in 1830. Samuel [settled near his brother Andrew in Franklin Township], then removed to Pittsford, Hillsdale County Michigan in 1835, where he resided until July 14, 1890, at which date he removed to Jonesville, Hillsdale County, Michigan, where he resided with his son William Cooley until his death which occured Jan. 4, 1892. Jonesville is about 17 miles northwest of Pittsford. Samuel was married in 1830 to Miss Electa Woodrull of the state of New York who died April 5 1843 at Pittsford Michigan. He was again united in marriage with Mrs. Lydia Carter in 1844, who died Nov 19 1887. Three sons and one daughter survive him by his first marriage, one son by this marriage dying in infancy. Byron Cooley born Jan 28 1834, Woodrull Cooley, born 1836, died in infancy; Rebecca O. Cooley born March 30 1839; William Cooley born April 10 1841, James W. Cooley born March 12 1843. He leaves no children by his second marriage. He was a consistent Christian and a member of the M.E. church his whole life.
From BLM records #MI NO S/N Document No. 5242, Accession MIO110_273: Land Office Detroit issued a patent to Samuel T Cooley, State of Michigan, 69.12 acres on 7/10/1832 as follows: E

(Research):Samuel T Cooley appears in the 1850 and 1854 Michigan censuses, Hillsdale County. Along with his immediate family members there appear Eliza J. Carter, Age 16, born in New York (abt 1834) and Franklin Cooley, Age 25, born in New York (abt 1825). It is probable that Franklin was a brother of Samuel T, son of Noah and Jane. The name Franklin is more likely that the name "Benjamin" which appears in the error prone appendix of Caverly's History of Pittsford.

1850 - Hillsdale County MI
Dwelling 143 Family 143
Samuel T. Cooley 43 M Farmer $100 b in VT
Lydia 36 F b in NYByron 17 M Farmer b in MI approx birth year: 1832/3 Rebecca 11 F b in MI approx birth year: 1838/9 William 9 M b in MI approx birth year: 1840/1 Watson 7 M b in MI approx birth year: 1842/3 Eliza F Cooley 16 F b in NY approx birth year: 1833/4 Franklin Cooley 25 M Farmer b in NY approx birth year: 1824/5

1860 - Hillsdale County MI
Dwelling 459 Family 248 --- yes I know...how?Samuel T. Cooley 56 M Farmer $1200 real estate value b in VT 512 personal property value Lydia 45 F b in NY approx birth year: 1814/5 Rebecca 21 F b in MI approx birth year: 1838/9 William 19 M Day Labor b in MI approx birth year: 1840/1 J Watson 17 M as ao b in MI approx birth year: 1842/3

1870 - Hillsdale County MI
Dwelling 132 Family 137Cooley, Samuel 64 M W Farmer $2000 $1000 Vermont approx birth year: 1805/6 Lydia 55 F W Keeping house New York approx birth year: 1814/5 James 27 M W Works on RR Michigan approx birth year: 1852/3 Arvilla 25 F W Keeping house Michigan approx birth year: 1854/5
probable wife of James Watson

880 - Hillsdale County MI
Dwelling 133 Family 136Cooley, Samuel T W M Married Farmer VT VT VT approx birth year ???? Lydia W F 65 Wife Married Keeping house NY ???? RI approx birth year 1804/5

The Cooley papers summarize:
1810(est) - [Noah Cooley] family moved to New York State (After the War of 1812 is more lilkely) 1829-30 - Samuel T [and brother Andrew S] left Lockport NY for Pontiac/Southfield MI - came to Detroit and settled in Pontiac
1831 - [Samuel T] wed to Electa Woodruff in Pontiac MI1833 - 1835 [The Samuel T Cooley family] left Southfield, MI and moved to Pittsford/Jonesville, MI. Five children grew up in a "log cabin in the woods". 1843 - Electa died when James Watson was only three weeks old.
1844 - [Samuel T] married Lydia Carter1892 - [Samuel T Cooley] died in home of son, William, in Jonesville MI

Samuel married Electa F. Woodruff on 3 Feb 1831 in Oakland County, Michigan. Electa was born about Jul 1806 in New York; died on 5 Apr 1843 in Pittsford, Hillsdale Co, Michigan; was buried about Apr 1843 in Goodrich Cemetery, Hillsdale Co, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Lydia Carter about 1844 in Hillsdale County, Michigan. Lydia was born on 10 Sep 1814 in New York; died on 19 Nov 1887 in Pittsford, Hillsdale Co, Michigan; was buried about Nov 1887 in Goodrich Cemetery, Hillsdale Co, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Land transaction between Caleb C Cooley and his brother Milton P Cooley. On 25 Nov 1839 Caleb C Cooley of Seneca Township sold to Milton P Cooley of Seneca Township for $600 the SE

Caleb married Phebe Aldrich about 1840 in Lenawee County, Michigan. Phebe (daughter of Living and Living) was born on 19 Jun 1819 in Vermont; died on 13 Jun 1906 in Jonesville, Hillsdale Co, Michigan; was buried on 15 Jun 1906 in Maple Grove Cemetery, Hudson, Lenawee Co, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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I have made my first major departure from the Cooley Genealogy. It lists the children of Noah Cooley and Jane Sutherland the fourth of which was listed as "1810 James G." This name cannot be verified in any census or documentation. However, Jane Eliza married a Coomer, is listed as the daughter of Noah Cooly (sic) and Jane Cooly (sic) in "Michigan Deaths 1867-1897". She died in Seneca, Lanawee, Michigan on 10 Oct 1871 near her brothers Caleb Carroll and Samuel Thurman

Jane married Arnold Hix Coomer about 1834 in Newfane Twp, Niagara Co, New York. Arnold (son of David Coomer and Betsey Cole) was born on 19 Feb 1810 in Pompey, Onondaga Co, New York; died on 21 Oct 1883 in Morenci, Lenawee Co, Michign; was buried about 1883 in Oak Grove Cemetery, Morenci, Seneca Twp, Lenawee Co, Michign. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Land transaction in Lenawee County, Michigan between Caleb C Cooley and his brother Milton P Cooley. On 25 Nov 1839 Caleb C Cooley of Seneca Township sold to Milton P Cooley of Seneca Township for $600 the SE

Family/Spouse: Mary J Grover. Mary (daughter of Francis Grover and Betsey Avery) was born est 1811 in Vermont; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Milton married Charlotte Rolfe Hass on 9 Nov 1890 in Sturgis, Saint Joseph Co, Michigan. Charlotte (daughter of Living and Living) was born on 16 Aug 1823 in Elba, Genesee Co, New York; died on 22 Mar 1898 in Mottville, Saint Joseph Co, Michigan; was buried on 23 Mar 1898 in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Bristol, Elkhart Co, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Farmington Hills is the second largest city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan and a northwestern suburb of Detroit.
The first white settler in what became Farmington Township was a Quaker from Farmington, New York, named Arthur Power. He purchased land in 1823, left, then returned in 1824 with a group of family and associates to clear the land. The settlement became known as Quakertown.
A post office was established Quakertown in January 1826 with the name of Farmington. Shortly, the township of Farmington was organized in 1827. In 1839 a post office named East Farmington was established but it only lasted for three years. In 1847, a post office named North Farmington was established a mile south of the township line as Wolcott's Corners. After the death of postmaster Chauncey D. Walcott in 1865, the office moved to the township line in the northeast quarter of section 4 (near the intersection of 14 Mile Road and Farmington Road).
The settlement incorporated as the village of Farmington in the winter of 1866-67. A fire on October 9, 1872, destroyed many buildings in the center of the village. Farmington incorporated as a city in 1926. Farmington Hills initially was part of the city of Farmington but it incorporated as a seoarate city in 1973.

Mary married Benjamin Goff Coomer on 21 Feb 1847 in Pittsford, Hillsdale Co, Michigan. Benjamin (son of David Coomer and Betsey Cole) was born on 27 Feb 1822 in Middlesex, Ontario Co, New York; died about 1896 in Farmington Twp, Oakland Co, Michigan; was buried about 1896 in North Farmington Cemetery, Oakland Co, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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This last child of Noah and Jane is a mystery. His given name could be Franklin or it could be Benjamin or both. In the History of Pittsford, Appendix p697 author Caverly lists a Benjamin F. Cooley b. 1825. In the Hillsdale County Michigan US 1850 census there is a "Franklin", age 25, living with Samuel T Cooley. In the Burr Oak, St Joseph County, Michigan US census of 1860 a Benjamin F Cooley was living with the N.M. Ellis household (Milton P Cooley was also a resident of Burr Oak).

(Research):1850 - Hillsdale County MI
Dwelling 143 Family 143
Samuel T. Cooley 43 M Farmer $100 b in VT
Lydia 36 F b in NYByron 17 M Farmer b in MI approx birth year: 1832/3 Rebecca 11 F b in MI approx birth year: 1838/9 William 9 M b in MI approx birth year: 1840/1 Watson 7 M b in MI approx birth year: 1842/3 Eliza F Cooley 16 F b in NY approx birth year: 1833/4 Franklin Cooley 25 M Farmer b in NY approx birth year: 1824/5

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• AFN: 21BQ-GMJ

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From the Sutherland book, Third Generation, "Andrew and Naomi had two infants die in Vermont before they left for New York state. Cooley was born in February 1808 and died 4 Aug 1809. Andrew Cooley was born 4 Jun 1812 and died 2 Apr 1813.

Gravestone inscription, Meeting House Cem, Pittsford
Sleep lovely babe
from sorrow free
'Ere long thy friends
Must sleep with thee

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• AFN: 1QP9-XBT

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From the Cooley Genealogy "Benjamin Cooley Sutherland was a physician". From the same source Benjamin was married to an unamed wife, the issue of which was at least one son, Charles, "who res Washingtion DC". Also noted "had other children".
Benjamin C Cooley's residence in 1830 was Cambria, Niagara Co, New York.

From the Owings book: Benjamin Cooley[4] (Andrew[3] Peter[2] John william[1]) was born 18 June 1810 in Pittsford, Vermont and died Thursday 31 January 1867 in Ray township, Macomb county, Michigan. In his brother (Andrew Sutherland Jr) describes him as being not too tall, but built rather compactly, and was a faithful and affectionate brother. He had a deep concern for all his brothers and sisters. He was scholarly, learning easily. He was very apt at learning languages, and was a beautiful singer. He first attended the Academy at Lewiston, then the Seminary at Lima, New York. He studied medicine with Dr. Drill of Lewiston, and took lectures at Herkimer county, then practiced awhile in Niagara county. To get practice in surgery he went among the Navy Islanders during the Navy Island war*, but he escaped capture and cane back to Niagara Falls. Afterwards he went to Macomb county, Michigan had settled in the town of Ray near Romeo. Here he practiced medicine and raised a family.
*Navy Island is a small island in the Niagara River in the province of Ontario, managed by Parks Canada as a National Historic Site of Canada. It is located about 4.5 km upstream from Horseshoe Falls, and has an area of roughly 1.2 km2. It was designated a national historic site in 1921. Navy Island was settled by the Lamoka people in approximately 2000 BC and Meadowood culture peoples in 1000 BC. During the French colonization of New France, Navy Island was known as

Benjamin married Phebe Marble on 17 Sep 1840 in Macomb County, Michigan. Phebe was born on 11 Oct 1822; died on 21 May 1856 in Romeo, Macomb Co, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Mandana Marble on 18 Dec 1856 in Macomb County, Michigan. Mandana was born on 11 Oct 1826; died on 18 Dec 1908 in Macomb County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• AFN: 21BQ-GNQ

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From the Sutherland book, Third Generation, "Andrew and Naomi had two infants die in Vermont before they left for New York state. Cooley was born in February 1808 and died 4 Aug 1809. Andrew Cooley was born 4 Jun 1812 and died 2 Apr 1813.

Gravestone inscription, Meeting House Cem, Pittsford:
Sleep lovely babe
Now free from pain
Ours is the loss
But yours is the gain.

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• AFN: 21BQ-GPX

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Carroll[4] (Andrew[3] Peter[2] John william[1]) was the first of the children of Andrew and Naomi to be born in New York state. He was born 1 March 1814, a ruddy healthy boy until about the age of 14 or 15 when according to his brother Andrew Jr he caught a severe cold while helping his father and Benjamin get out some timber at New Fane [Newfane]. From that time on he suffered from asthma. In spite of this he was a fine singer. He went to Canada and taught school for awhile when still quite young, and then when a vacancy occured on the religious circuit, he took the place and continued for several years. He preached at Lockport for almost a year, at the close of which he married Elizabeth Johnson of Canada, and joined the Genesee Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was stationed at Black Rock and Tonowanda, then at Knowlesville where he preached nearly all of one day. He was a very popular preacher and was remembered very affectionately by his associates and beloved by all who knew him. He was taken sick and died of bronchial pneumonia at the age of 29, Jan 1843. His widow later married William Wirt near Knowlesville and later settled in Albion. Carroll and Elizabeth had two children; one, a daughter, Mrs. Alice Sutherland Bangs, lived in California.

(Research):From the Cooley Genealogy, Carroll married Elizabeth Johnson and had a daughter, Alice, who m. Mr Bangs of California. Carrol Sutherland was a minister.

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

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• AFN: 21BQ-GQ5

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Naomi Cooley's father, Col. Benjamin Cooley, died in Pittsford, Vermont 27 Feb 1810. Fletcher and Naomi returned to Pittsford early in 1816 to settle her father's estate and it was while they were there that Fletcher was born. Thus, the apparent anomaly of having Fletcher's younger brother, Carroll, and the rest of his elder siblings born in Cambria, New York while he was born in Vermont.
In the Cooley Genealogy p493-4 "m. Mary, dau George Brink of Lyons NY. He was a Methodist minister at Geneva, Lyons, and elsewhere in NY; later became an Episcopalian clergyman".
Death Notice; the New York Times, Wednesday, September 7, 1888, Page 3 SUTHERLAND.--Fletcher Sutherland, the father of the Seven Sutherland Sisters, died at his country home near Lockport, New York, yesterday of paralysis. He was 73 years of age. He was a prominent Methodist minister at one time, but left the pulpit as soon as his daughters took to the stage.
Fletcher4 [Andrew3, Peter2, John William1] was the fifth child of Andrew and Naomi and was born 1 March 1816 in Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont where his parents were settling the estate of Naomi's father, Col. Benjamin Cooley, returning to Niagara county, NY in the fall of 1816. Fletcher died 6 September 1888 in Niagara county. Andrew Jr says of his brother, "Fletcher had more executive ability than any of us. He had also selfish tendencies that estranged him. He was not careful of the rights of the family, and as a result of those selfish tendencies was left to himself by other members of the family." Fletcher attended school at Warren's Corners which was near their farm and eventually was sent to the Genesee Wesleyan school at Lima, New York where he studied for the ministry. It was while he was serving as minister at Lyons, New York in 1844 that he met amd married Mary Brink. She was the daughter of George Brink who was considered a well-to-do farmer. Mary had been taking advanced courses in music at Lima Seminary when they met. Fletcher served as minister of Methodist churches at Genesee and Caledonia as well as at Lyons. According to a faded news paper clipping he delivered a very learned "Eulogy on Music" to an enthusiastic audience at Caledonia. Their first child was Sarah Naomi who was born at Lyons in 1844. Fletcher had joined the Masons at a time when the Methodists were very much opposed to Masonry, and Fletcher was asked to resign and leave the church at Lyons. He and Mary went back to Cambria and lived in the old log cabin his father had built so many years before. Between the years 1839 and 1847 Andrew's widow, Naomi, and her other children had all sold their shares of Andrew Sr's farm to Fletcher. It was here in this old cabin that at least three of Fletcher's children were born. According to the Cooley genealogy Sarah Naomi was born in 1844; Mary Fletcher b. 1846 and d. 1850; Victoria b. 1848 d. 1902; Isabella Cooley b. 1850; Charles Carroll b.1854; Naomi b. 1856 d. 1893; Dora b. 1858; Mary b.1860. It was not until 1867 that Fletcher built a modest frame house for his family. All of the daughters were musical as was their brother Charles who attended the Boston Conservatory of Music while Naomi II was sent to Europe to train her voice. These sisters played the piano and sang, giving concerts locally and in New York City, and in other places around the country. At one time they were signed by Barnum and Bailey Circus and while they were performing, Fletcher realized the greater attraction than their voices was their wealth of hair. All seven sisters had hair to the floor. Fletcher saw his opportunity and concocted a harmless "hair restorer" made mostly of water and some herbs which he marketed with the girls' help, [the girls were exploited by their father] realized $90,000 the first year of its sale. It became so desirable a product that they opened offices in Chicago, Philadelphia, Toronto, and Havanah, Cuba. Success went to their heads, and they spent lavishly. When women bobbed their hair after World War I, the bottom dropped out of their business, and the remaining sisters died in poverty. Charles had died in 1887 and Fletcher on 6 September 1888. The mother, Mary Brink, and had died in 1867 so she never experienced their prosperity nor the decline.
The Niagara County History Center published a new biography by local writer, Brandon Stickney, entitled The Amazing Seven Sutherland Sisters-A Biography of America's First Celebrity Models on January 1, 2012 (available from amazon.com for $25). This American success story is quickly followed by equally strange tales of mystery and living to excess. All of the twists and turns along the way are the interesting subject of Stickney's biographical narrative of this incredible Cambria family.
Another book published in January 1, 1991 was The Seven Sutherland Sisters by Clarence Lewis (available from amazon.com for $16.27). These rags-to-riches-to-rags mavens were the talk-of-the- town at the turn of the 20th century. In fact, their trademark hair tonic was known far and wide making the seven sisters millionaires at a time the rest of the country was struggling to earn a meager living. They began performing in New York City in the late 1870s at the birth of Broadway, long before the street became one of the world's most well-known entertainment districts. The long-haired sisters started singing in churches and went on to perform at new theaters, playhouses and museums. They drew large crowds and plenty of attention from the press. The Sutherland's Broadway days led them to tour with P.T. Barnum and other famous and influential circus men. This early notoriety certainly went a long way in bringing great public recognition to their hair tonic business, too.

Fletcher married Mary Brink about 1844 in Lyons, Wayne Co, New York. Mary was born about 1825 in Lyons, Wayne Co, New York; died on 24 Sep 1867 in Lockport Township, Niagara Co, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• AFN: 21BQ-GRC

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Andrew Sutherland Jr (Andrew3 Peter2 John William1) was born 22 July 1818 in Cambria, Niagara County, New York and died 27 Feb 1891 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York. On 7 Aug 1848 he was married to Mary A. McLean in Dundee, Yates County, New York. She was born 16 Mar 1828, the daughter of William and Elizabeth (DeGroot) McLean of Starkey, NY. Mary died in November 1899 in Rochester. They had 7 children. In the 1850 US Census for Yates County NY is William McLean, born New York state, and his wife, Elizabeth, born in New Jersey. William is a farmer worth $17,650. Living with them are: Cornelius F. Mclean age 20; Cyrus F. McLean age 15: Margaret Dye age 31; William McLean Dye age 13; Elizabeth McLean Dye age 10; Nargaret K. Dye age 5; Nary M. Dye age 3; and Eliza F. Dye age 1. Altho it has not been proved, we feel this Margaret Dye is a widow with her children, living with her parents and brothers. Andrew Jr is the one to whom we are indebted for writing a Journal telling of his early life and pioneer times in western New York. He described himself looking as much like his father as any of his siblings, only taller than the 5'8" of his father. He wrote the journal presumably toward the end of his life, possibly after his retirement in 1886. The copy of the journal we have ends in the middle of a sentence indicating that he was either too ill to go on, or that over the years further pages may have been lost. The following is copied from the memorial book of the Genesee Conference in 1891: The Rev. Andrew Sutherland was born in Cambria, Niagara County New York 22 July 1818. He died in Rochester, Monroe County, New York on 27 Feb 1891. He was converted under the ministry of the Rev. Wm. D. Buck, at the age of 19, and became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. As a probationer into the Genesee Conference he was received as a Lyons New York in 1846 and into full membership in 1848 at Rochester. The Conference was divided at the session of 1848 and Brother Sutherland became a member of the East Genesee division. He continued to labor...within the territory of the old Genesee Conference...His effective relation was [continuous] until 1886 when, on account of growing infirmities, and especially of gradual failure of sight, made it impossible for him to the study or read. He accepted a superannuated [too old] relation but his residence during the period of his superannuation was still in Rochester where he enjoyed the companionship not only of old friends, but especially of most of the members his own beloved family. He leaves three sons, Willian Andrew and Arthur Eugene, honored and successful members of the legal profession in Rochester, and the Rev. Ward Taylor, pastor of a Congregational church in Meadville, Pa. Two daughters also mourn his loss, Miss Leela M., a teacher in the Deaf-Mute Institution of Rochester, and Miss Anna G. who has always resided with her parents. Physically, Mr. Sutherland was of delicate, apparently frail, oganization; and when he joined the Conference his early demise was expected by his friends, but by a life of severely temperate and correct habits, supported by open-air exercise, such as was demanded of the earlier itinerant, he developed expected powers of endurance, doing much faithful and not little heroic service. He yielded up his life at last in good old age, more on account of exhausted vital resources than of acute disease. His end was cheered by the constant and loving ministries of his own family, for which he expressed great gratitude to God. His end was peace, like the quiet, unclouded setting of the summer Sun. His life work had been so completely done that nothing was left to do in the dying hour.

Andrew married Mary McLean on 7 Aug 1848 in Dundee, Yates Co, New York. Mary (daughter of Living and Living) was born on 16 Mar 1828 in Starkey, Yates Co, New York; died about Nov 1899 in Rochester, Monroe Co, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In the Ann Arbor City Directory of 1897 we have Naomi D Seeley (wid Thomas) res 89 Washington E.

Naomi married Thomas Seelye on 20 Jul 1848 in Macomb County, Michigan. Thomas was born about 1821 in Westmoreland, Oneida Co, New York; died on 3 Jan 1895 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Co, Michigan; was buried about Jan 1895 in Forest Hill Cemetery, Washtenaw Co, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BYRON SUTHERLAND, son of Andrew and Naomi (Cooley) Sutherland, was born in Cambria, Niagara Co. N.Y., February 4, 1824; his parents were natives of Rutland County, Vt, who removed to Western New York and died in 1836. His father, Andrew Sutherland, was a soldier of the War of 1812, promoted to the Colonelcy of a regiment, and was discharged with honor. His mother, Naomi Cooley (sister of Samuel Cooley b. 1775 and Noah Cooley b. 1782) died at Romeo in 1871. The subject of this sketch removed to Macomb in the year 1849, and located land on Section 10, in Richmond Township, which is the portion of his present farm. He was married, January 1, 1849, to Sarah A., only child of Noah-II Cooley, of Washington Township. She was born in Niagara County N.Y. September 30, 1824. The fruits of this marriage have been Sarah, born November 26, 1849, married H Woodward and lives in Flint; Andrew B., born September 9, 1851, married Lou DeLand and lives. in Memphis Village; Emma A, born January 13, 1854, living with a brother at Romeo; Noah C., born August 13, 1856, married Stella Skillman and lives near Romeo; Anna N., born July 9, 1858, lives at home; William D., born November 19, 1860, lives at home; Elmer B., born June 22, 1862, lives at home; Irving C. and Earnest A. (twins), born March 25, 1865, also at home. Mr. Sutherland has been an officer of the township and is the owner of a well-situated and fertile farm of 250 acres. The father of Mr. Sutherland was born at Rutland, Vt., November 26, 1804; moved to Romeo in 1831 and cleared the homestead farm, where he died April 10, 1877. Her mother was born in Allegany County, N. Y., November 14, 1807, and died at Romeo November 16, 1880; her ancestors took part in the Revolution.

Byron married Sarah Anne Cooley on 1 Jan 1849 in Cambria Twp, Niagara Co, New York. Sarah (daughter of Noah Cooley and Anna Anderson) was born on 30 Sep 1824 in Cambria Twp, Niagara Co, New York; died on 19 Feb 1895 in Memphis, Macomb Co, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• AFN: 21BQ-GV0

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According to the Cooley Genealogy, Addison was unmarried.
A US General Land Office record says Addison Sutherland was issued a deed on 1 Nov 1853 in Macomb County, for the NW

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• AFN: 21BQ-GW6

Notes:

According to an obituary in the Detroit News Susan died 20 Feb 1903 aged 73; she lived at 263 Grand River Avenue in Detroit and her occupation was General Manager. A Michigan death record has a death date of 19 Feb 1903.

Susan married Isaac Crawford on 20 Jan 1857 in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan. Isaac was born on 28 Aug 1829 in Michigan; died on 4 Dec 1905 in Byron, Shiawassee Co, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married [?] Wife of Samuel Elmore Beach] Thompson on 11 Oct 1849 in Michigan. [?] was born on 15 Jan 1827 in Lisle, Broome Co, New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]