1. | Mary Swinerton and died. Mary married Anthony Needham on 3 Jan 1694/95 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts. Anthony (son of Anthony Needham and Ann Potter) was born on 11 Apr 1663 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died about 1757 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Anthony Needham ![]() Notes: South Brimfield is now Wales Anthony married Mary (Molly) Moulton on 10 Jun 1722 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Robert Moulton and Hannah Graves) was born on 30 Sep 1702 in Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts; died about 1790 in South Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | ![]() ![]() Mary married Benjamin4 Cooley on 14 Feb 1744/45 in Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. Benjamin4 (son of Benjamin3 Cooley and Margaret Bliss) was born on 5 Nov 1701 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died on 1 Apr 1790 in Pittsford, Rutland Co, Republic of Vermont; was buried about Apr 1790 in Old Baptist Burying Ground, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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4. | Benjamin5 Cooley ![]() Notes: 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. 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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5. | Mary Cooley ![]() Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
6. | Reuben Cooley ![]() Notes: From Cooley Genealogy: "Lived in Pittsford Vt for a time; moved to Genessee Co, NY in 1811, and d. (prob Le Roy NY) in 1823". Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Reuben married Sarah Train before 1778 in Greenwich, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. Sarah was born about 1755 in Greenwich, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died on 8 Jun 1784 in Greenwich, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; was buried about 1784 in Grenwich Plains Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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7. | Azariah Cooley ![]() Notes: The Cooley Genealogy lists Azariah b .25 July 1755 (his birth also given as July 26, 1756, twin with Naomi) and Naomi b. 26 july 1756. Mortimer Cooley was uncertain they were twins. They were indeed twins. A Mass Vital Record states "Ezariah" Cooley and Naomi Cooley were twins b. 26 Jul 1755. Azariah married Mercy Belden on 6 Sep 1781 in Ashfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. Mercy was born on 29 Nov 1759 in Deerfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died on 14 Feb 1834 in Greenwich, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; was buried on 8 Nov 1937 in Reinterred Quabbin Park Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
8. | Naomi Cooley ![]() Notes: The Cooley Genealogy lists Azariah b.25 July 1755 (his birth also given as July 26, 1756, twin with Naomi) and Naomi b.26 july 1756. A Mass Vital Record states Ezariah and Naomi were twins b. 26 Jul 1755. Naomi married James Ewings on 27 Aug 1775 in Greenwich, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. James was born about 1749 in Edinburgh, Scotland; died on 4 Sep 1828 in Grafton, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada; was buried about 1828 in Fairview Cemetery, Northumberland Co, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
9. | Margaret Cooley ![]() Notes: Job and Margaret lived in Greenwich and their children were born there. One son, Thomas, came to Pittsford Vermont about 1802 but he left in 1818. Another son, Job Jr, came to Pittsford in 1809 and bought land from his stepfather, Peter Rice. Margaret married Job Winslow on 27 Jul 1780 in Greenwich, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. Job was born about 1754 in Hardwick, Worcester Co, Massachusetts; died about 1785 in Hardwick, Worcester Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Margaret married Peter Rice on 1 Apr 1786 (Intention) in Greenwich, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. Peter was born on 18 Jul 1748 in Probably Guilford , Massachusetts Bay Company; died on 24 Mar 1814 in Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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10. | Caleb Cooley ![]() Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Caleb Cooley, the youngest of the four brothers (who eventually lived in Pittsford) was at home with his father in Greenwich Mass when his brother, Capt. Benjamin5 Cooley of Pittsford, visited 1778. He urged his youngest brother to return to Pittsford with him. Their father, Benjamin4 Cooley Sr as a special inducement offered to give young Caleb one hundred acres of the wild lands in Pittsford town. Although Caleb spent considerable time in Pittsford, he did not make it his home until 1780, when he became a member of his brother Capt. Benjamin's family. He served under his brother from that time until the close of the Revolutionary War. On two such occasions, Caleb, a member of Capt. Benj. Cooley's Co., Col. Ebenezer Allen's Regt. of Militia was called out on an alarm commencing the 30th May 1780 and ending the 6th of June 1780 and, again, commencing the 12th day of October 1780 and ending the 18th of October 1780. 1/9/4. Vt. Rev. Rolls The DAR Patriot Index lists Caleb Cooley as having served during the American Revolution as a private from Vermont. In 1784, Caleb began the construction of a plank house on the small clearing he had made, and on May 6, 1784, he married Miss Elizabeth Sanford, and they immediately occupied the unfinished house. Caleb married Elizabeth Sanford on 6 May 1784. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Sanford and Lucy Kellogg) was born on 26 Apr 1762 in Hartford, Hartford Co, Connecticut; died on 31 Aug 1812 in Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont; was buried about Sep 1812 in Evergreen Cemetery, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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11. | Antoney Cooley ![]() Notes: His name at birth in Greenwich was spelled "Antoney". In most documents in Vermont it was spelled "Anthony". The name is spelled "Anthoney" on his gravestone in Bapitst Cem Pittsford. |
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