Polly Dike

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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

Polly married Samuel Cooley on 5 Oct 1797 in Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont. Samuel (son of Benjamin5 Cooley and Ruth Beach) was born on 14 Nov 1775 in Pittsford, Charlotte Co, New York; died about 1843-1846 in Bruce, Macomb Co, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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?

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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]

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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]

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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]

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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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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]

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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]

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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.

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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]

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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]

Sarah married Byron A. Sutherland on 1 Jan 1849 in Cambria Twp, Niagara Co, New York. Byron (son of Andrew Sutherland and Naomi Cooley) was born on 4 Feb 1824 in Cambria Twp, Niagara Co, New York; died on 11 Feb 1890 in Romeo, Macomb Co, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Cooley, Andrew Wood, the first Bishop of the Brighton Ward (Salt Lake Stake), Salt Lake county, Utah, was born May 24, 1837, at Bruce, McComb county, Michigan, the son of Benjamin Cooley and Clarissa Wood. In 1858 (June 1st) he married Dinah Briggs at St. Claire, Michigan. She never came to Utah and had no children. Bro. Cooley migrated to Utah in 1863, where he became a convert to "Mormonism" and was baptitzed in 1864, being the only one of his father's family who joined the Church and also the only one of his father's children who raised a family. In Utah he engaged in farming and stock raising, and in 1866 (Feb. 17th) he married Mary Asenath Huntington, who was born May 31, 1846, in Cambria, Niagara county, New York, and bore her husband seven children, namely, Clarissa M., Andrew W., Benetta B., George W., Harold Ghesa, Chester N., and May Asenath. When the Saints residing on the west side of the Jordan river, immediately west of Salt Lake City, were organized into the Brighton Ward of the Salt Lake Stake, Bro. Cooley was chosen and ordained a Bishop and set apart to preside over said Ward, the ordination taking place Feb. 24, 1867. He held that position until 1877. In 1868 (Feb. 22nd) Bishop Cooley, yielding obedience to the higher law of marriage, was united to Jane Jenkins, who was born June 25, 1844, and who bore her husband eight children, namely, William J., John B., Henry W., Alva L., Melissa J., Fanny Elizabeth, Samuel B., and Ethel C. On the same date (Feb. 22, 1868) Bro. Cooley married Rachel Caroline Coon (daughter of Abraham Coon of Ohio and Elizabeth Yarbrough of Tennessee) who was born March 22, 1848, at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and came to Utah with her parents in 1850. She bore her husband nine children, namely, Samuel B., Idabel, Maretta E., Isabel, Lucretia May, Oscar W., Andrew W. junior, Abraham C., and Francis Ann. In 1870 (February 14th) Bro. Cooley married Ann Hazen (daughter of Robert Hazen and Mary Ann Bainbridge of Newcastle, England) who was born Sept. 25, 1854, in England. Her children (eight in number) were Marcus R., John S., Ezra H., Mary A., Martha J., Inez, Arthur D., and Walter A. Bishop Cooley died Oct. 11, 1887, at his home in Brighton. His descendants in 1919 numbered more than 120 souls; they are all members of the Church and all abstainers from the use of intoxicants and tobacco. A number of them are occupying prominent Church and secular positions in the community. Thus Ezra H. Cooley acts as Stake superintendent of Sunday schools in the Hyrum Stake, Utah; Henry W. Cooley is superintendent of the West Jordan (Salt Lake county) Sunday school; Lucretia May is treasurer in the Liberty Stake Relief Society, and many others hold positions in different Wards. Abraham C. has filled a mission to Germany, Ezra H. to Australia and Henry W. to the Central States. Arthur Dyke Cooley is a practising physician at Brigham City, Utah; Abraham C. Cooley is agriculturist, in charge of demonstration of reclamation projects for the U. S. government in sixteen western States, and Lucretia May held the position of deputy county clerk in Salt Lake county for nine years. This large family has been remarkably united, each working for the benefit of the whole, with four of the best mothers that were ever given in marriage to any man. For so-called infraction of the Edmund's law* Bishop Cooley served two terms in the Utah penitentiary, during which he suffered severely from the illness which soon after his release caused his demise.
* The Edmunds Act, also known as the Edmunds Anti-Polygamy Act of 1882, is a United States federal statute, signed into law on March 23, 1882 by president Chester A. Arthur, declaring polygamy a felony in federal territories. The act is named for U.S. Senator George F. Edmunds of Vermont. The act called for heavy fines and imprisonment for those guilty of "unlawful cohabitation".

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

Elmer married Elizabeth B. Grimm on 8 Aug 1889 in Romeo, Macomb Co, Michigan. Elizabeth was born about 1863 in Michigan; died on 2 Nov 1906 in Lake, Missaukee, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]