Benjamin3 Cooley

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(Research):Massachusetts Political Organization
Hampshire county was created from Non-County Area 1 (towns of Springfield, Northampton, Hadley, and all territory within 30 miles) on 7 May 1662. It effectively covered the entire western part of the province. Non-County Area 1 was eliminated (Mass. Recs., vol. 4, pt. 2:52)
Hampden county was was set off from the northern half of Hampshire Co 1 Aug 1812.

Benjamin3 married Margaret Bliss on 30 Jan 1700/01 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. Margaret (daughter of Samuel Bliss and Sarah Stebbins) was born on 23 Nov 1683 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died est 1744 in Probably Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Benjamin4 Cooley was born 5 Nov 1701, probably in the long meddowe precinct of Springfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. He was twice married, first to Elisabeth Charles, second to Mary Needham.
In Mass Vital Records microfilmed by LDS Church there is an entry: #9-Greenwich p36 "Mary daughter of Benjn Cooley by Mary his wife was born Dec 24, 1768". This is highly unlikely since there was already a Mary Cooley b. 1750, d. 1769. While the first Mary died young in 1769 and sometimes families, who lost a child renamed a later child the same name, there is overlap here.

(Research):Massachusetts Political Organization Hampshire county was created 7 May 1662 from Non-County Area 1 (towns of Springfield, Northampton, Hadley, and all territory within 30 miles). It effectively covered the entire western part of the province. (Mass. Recs., vol. 4, pt. 2:52) Hampden county was was set off from the northern half of Hampshire Co 1 Aug 1812.

Benjamin4 married Elisabeth Charles on 1 Sep 1730 in Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. Elisabeth (daughter of John Charles and Elizabeth Swetman or Sweetman) was born on 15 Feb 1709/10 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died on 26 Oct 1743 in Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

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The name Keziah is a Biblical name taken from the Hebrew Bible. It is variously spelled Keziah, Kezia, Kesia, and Kesiah and is variously pronounced k'zye-ah, kee-zha, or k'zee-ah. From the Abarim Publications' Biblical Name Vault: Keziah was the second of three daughters of Job (Job 42:14), the others being Jemimah and Keren-happuch. In Hebrew, the name's meaning derives from the Cassia tree and the spicy sweet-smelling cinnamon powder obtained from that tree.
Worcester County formed in 1731 from Sussex, Middlesex, and Hampshire

Keziah married Philip Goss on 25 Nov 1723 in Brookfield, Worcester Co, Massachusetts. Philip was born about 1700 in Lancaster, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts; died before 17 Sep 1742 in Brookfield, Worcester Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Keziah married Timothy Brown on 18 Apr 1744 in Brookfield, Worcester Co, Massachusetts. Timothy was born about 1710 in Massachusetts; died about 1770 in New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Azariah Sr Cooley's association (marriage) with Rebekah Dicks is not documented but the birth of a child, Azeriah Jr, is found in MVR Brimfield Births. This leads to the conclusion Azariah and Rebekah were not married. Here is the exact line from Brimfield Births: Cooley
Azeriah, s. Rebekah Dicks, Mar. 7 1731. Note that a father is not mentioned so it is possible that a Cooley other than Azariah could have been a father. However, for lack of information, I have assigned Azariah Sr as the father of Azariah Jr. as did the Cooley Genealogy.

(Research):The name Azariah or the slightly expanded but essentially the same name Azariahu is among the most popular in the Bible. It means "Yahweh has helped" in Hebrew where it was the name of the Hebrew God represented in Hebrew by the tetragrammaton ("four letters") Yod Heh Vav Heh.

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

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

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The name Natnanael (as it was originally spelled) came from the Hebrew name Netan'el meaning "God has given" or "Gift of God". In the New Testament this is the name of an apostle also known as

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

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Zerui'ah Is a Biblical name. She was the mother of the three leading heroes of David's army: Abishai, Joab, and Asabel, "the sons of Zeruiah". - Dr William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible... Vol 4

Zeruiah married Joseph Jennings on 12 Apr 1727 in Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. Joseph was born on 27 Apr 1704 in Brookfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died about 1746 in Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Zeruiah married Joseph Frost about 1746 in Rowe, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. Joseph was born about 1694 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died about 1775 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From Annals of the Church in Brimfield by the Pastor of the Church by Jason Morse; Springfield, Samuel Bowles & Company Printers, 1856
"Voted to dismiss John Stebbins and wife, Sarah Nichols, and Margaret Cooley, and recommend them as suitable persons for the gathering of a church in Brimfield, September 15th, 1724" - Church records Longmeadow.

Margaret married Joseph Morgan on 25 Dec 1729 in Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. Joseph was born on 19 Aug 1705 in Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died on 28 Jan 1798 in Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ebenezer married Mary Barnes on 10 Jul 1736 in Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. Mary was born on 13 Dec 1718 in Brookfield, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts; died about 1789 in Probably Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Note that The Cooley Genealogy has a birth year of 1731 which, after 1752, it was.

(Research):"Ontario Sessional Papers, 1930, No.24A-39"
The report of the Acting Surveyor General bearing date the 21st of September, 1795, relative to the lands between Long Point and the Grand
River was laid before the Council.
Gideon Cooley, Sen. whose son Luther Cooley received a ticket of location from Andrew Pierce for lot No. 1 in the 12th con. on the head waters of Patter- son's Creek on Lake Erie, the said Luther having by the paper annexed to his petition given up his right thereto to the petitioner, who prays that the same may be granted to him. Ordered that 200 acres be granted and referred to
the Surveyor General for location.
Gideon Cooley, Jun.: Has a wife and five children and has never received any land. Prays for three hundred acres in the Long Point Settlement or in the Township of Townsend. Ordered that the petitioner shall have a grant of
two hundred acres.
Brantford Ontario is a city located on the Grand River in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It was incorporated as a city in 1877. This single-tier municipality is part of Brant County. Brantford is sometimes known by the nickname The Telephone City, after one of the city's most famous former residents, Alexander Graham Bell. The Native-American tribe the Attawandaron, or Neutral Nation, lived in the Grand River valley area before the 17th century; their main village and seat of the chief, Kandoucho, was identified by 19th-century historians as having been located on the Grand River where Brantford lies today. This town, like the rest of their settlements, was destroyed when the Iroquois declared war in 1650 and exterminated the Neutral nation. In 1784, Captain Joseph Brant and the Six Nations Indians left New York for Canada. As a reward for their loyalty to the British Crown, they were given a large land grant on the Grand River. The original Mohawk settlement was on the south edge of the present-day city at a location favourable for landing canoes. Brant's crossing of the river gave the original name to the area: Brant's ford. By 1847, European settlers began to settle further up the river at a ford in the Grand River and named the village Brantford. The native settlement was abandoned except for the Mohawk Chapel which remains Ontario's oldest Protestant church.

Gideon married Elizabeth Osborn in 9 Oct 1758 (Intention) in Greenwich, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. Elizabeth was born about 1743 in Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died about 1800 in Brantford, Brant Co, Ontario. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Taken verbatim from the Cooley Genealogy pp 468-470

ii Eunice Cooley
da. Benjamin, No. 269 above, b. Sept. 2, 1732, Brimfield, Mass.; d. about 1825-30, place unknown. On Apr. 13, 1752, her intention to wed was filed in Leicester, Mass., and on May 4, 1752, she was married to Benjamin Garfield of Leicester. He may have been the son of Benjamin and Bethia (How) Garfield, b. May 6, 1718, Marlboro, Mass., d. June 27, 1755. Eunice m. (2), prob. in 1756, Ephraim Pratt, res. Hardwick (now Dana) and Wendell, Mass., d. Wendell, Jan. 20, 1809, bur. near Shutesbury and Lock's Village, Mass., prob. s. Phineas and Martha (Puffer), b. Jan. 10, 1732, Sudbury, Mass. Eunice (Cooley) Garfield was his second wife; the name of his first wife is not known.
Benjamin Garfield and Eunice (Cooley) lived near Northfield, Mass., and had one or more children, of whom nothing is known. One report cites a son, captured with his mother by the Indians, who visited his mother in later years, but preferred to live like a savage, as he had been brought up as an Indian; another report says she had only a daughter, Eunice Garfield, concerning whose fate Mrs. Garfield was uncertain. It seems likely that the story concerning the son is "historical fiction" rather than fact; such stories were common regarding anyone with children captured by the Indians.
Married in 1752, captured in 1755, Eunice Cooley Garfield probably had a two-year-old child and an infant; the infant was probably slain by the Indians; generally, when a long march was intended, the mothers were not permitted to carry small infants with them.
In 1742 Orlando Bridgman had built a block-house on his farm, which stood within the then limits of Northfield, Mass. The fort was strongly built and well-picketed, and occupied by three families, those of Caleb How, Hilkiah Grout, and Benjamin Garfield.
On the morning of June 27, 1755, three years after the marriage of Benjamin Garfield and Eunice Cooley, these three men, with the two young sons of Caleb How, went to work in a meadow on the bank of the river a little above the fort. About sunset they started to return to the block-house. Mr. How and his sons were on horseback, and a little ahead of the others. Upon reaching the meadow hill north of the fort, they were fired upon from ambush. Caleb How was shot in the thigh and brought to the ground; he was then scalped by the Indians, and struck by a hatchet in the head and left for dead. His boys were taken alive. Grout and Garfield attempted to escape by crossing the river; Grout succeeded, but Benjamin Garfield was drowned.
As soon as it grew dark the Indians went to the fort, made the proper signal, which they had learned, and were admitted. They took the women and children prisoners, killing all infant children. The fort was then fired, and the captives started on their long trek to Canada.
There is nothing left of old Fort Bridgman. At the spot where the capture took place (now Vernon, Vt.) is a large boulder, commemorating the capture, taken from the old How farm, erected by the town of Vernon and marked with a tablet by the Brattleboro Chapter of D. A. R.; the monument seems to be largely to the memory of Caleb How, as no mention is made of the other two families involved.
The Indians took their captives to Canada. Eunice (Cooley) Garfield seems to have been a woman of considerable personal beauty, as well as of fortitude and presence of mind. She adapted herself to the situation by a forced cheerfulness and because of her evident courage gained favor with the Indians, and was thus treated fairly well on the long march. For many days she kept a sharp lookout for aid, expecting to be rescued by her husband, of whose death she learned only on her return. With the other two women she took turns standing all night, to be ready for quick flight, but no help came.
After many days and nights of travel, footsore and weary, the captives finally reached a French settlement in Canada. Here the Indians sold them as slaves. Eunice was sold to a French family, of which she quickly became a beloved and trusted member, and was soon entrusted with the purchase of all household goods and supplies. Longing for her freedom, she told her story to one of the tradesmen whose friendship she had gained. He was a kindly man and offered to put $10 with every dollar she could save, to be repaid after she got home, so that she could purchase her liberty; this she eventually did. She was sent to France, and from there to England and thence to Boston. She probably reached Massachusetts some time in 1756. In 1758, she was paid a sum of money by New Hampshire to cover her last year in Canada.
On her return to Massachusetts, Eunice learned of her husband's death. Shortly thereafter she became the second wife of Ephraim Pratt, and she lived for nearly half a century in Hardwick (now Dana), where she was widely known and beloved as "Aunt Pratt." People came from a long distance to see the old lady, and to hear the story of her Indian adventures. She lived to be well past 90. The place of her burial is unknown. Old graves in Dana were dug up in the process of building a reservoir for Boston; no record has been found of the old gravestones. Her second husband, Ephraim Pratt, is buried in the Pratt graveyard near Shutesbury and Lock's Village, with his son and grandson. At the time of her death Eunice may easily have been living with one of her numerable descendants, and have been buried in the lot of one of the other members of her family.

Eunice married Benjamin Garfield on 2 Sep 1752 in Leicester, Worcester Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay. Benjamin was born on 6 May 1718 in Marlborough, Province of Massachusetts Bay; died on 5 Jun 1755 in Vernon, Province of Massachusetts Bay. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eunice married Ephraim Pratt before 1757 in Hardwick, Worcester Co, Massachusetts. Ephraim was born about 1732 in Massachusetts; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Jeremiah Powers on 4 May 1755 in Greenwich, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. Jeremiah was born about 1732 in Greenwich, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died about 1801 in Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont; was buried about 1801 in Meeting House Cem, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Keziah married Seth Johnson about 1760 (Intention) in Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. Seth was born about Feb 1734/35 in Shrewsbury, Worcester Co, Massachusetts; died about Sep 1807 in Hardwick, Worcester Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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DAR Patriot; Captain Vermont From DAR Lineage Book vol. 30 pp. 343-44 Mrs. Katherine Beach Gray (#29959) b. Pontiac MI; grandaughter of Noah Beach and Eunice Cooley; Gr. Grandaughter of Benjamin Cooley and Ruth Beach. Benjamin Cooley (1747-1810) commanded a company of Vermont militia, 1778. He responded to various alarms under Col. Ebenezer Allen and Col. Gideon Warren. He was born in Greenwich MA and died in Pittsford VT.
Greenwich was originally part of an area known as Narragansett Township Number Four and was settled by land grantees in the 1730s who had served England in the Indian Wars against the Narragansetts. The area became known as "Quabbin Parish" or "Quabbin Plantation" when the Rev. Pelatiah Webster was ordained in 1749. The towne of Greenwich was incorporated per Chapter 37 of the Massachusetts laws on April 20, 1754. It was located along the East and Middle branches of the Swift River.
Greenwich and three other towns were disincorporated on April 28, 1938 as part of the creation of the Quabbin Reservoir. Upon disincorporation, portions of the town were annexed to the adjacent towns of Hardwick, New Salem, Petersham, and Ware. It is now largely below water, except for the hilltops of Curtis Hill, Mount Liz, and Mount Pomeroy which are now islands.
Extracts From the Rutland Weekly Herald 1800-1805 by Dawn D. Hance
Monday 20 Sep 1802Thunderstorm Tues last 7 a.m., one of the worst in town [Rutland]. At Pittsford, Col. Cooley's barn struck by lightning and burned.

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

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

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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".
From the History of Pittsford: "Pittsford July ye 4th 1774. [The proprietors] then voted that Reuben Cooley should be one of the committee...to lay out land." Then again "Pittsford June ye 3rd 1776 9th Voted that the lot laid out on the south side of Reuben Cooley's, be for a ministerial Lot".
From the Cooley Genealogy Reuben and Sarah's children all were born in Greenwich as follows: Sarah 29 Jun 1778, Reuben II b. 24 Mar 1780, and Lydia 22 Feb 1783.
From the History of Kalamazoo County Michigan: JAMES N. COOLEY was born in Le Roy, Genesee Co., N. Y., Sept. 10, 1817. His grandfather, Reuben Cooley, came from Massachusetts and settled in Le Roy in 1811.

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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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]

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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.
A cenotaph in Fairview Cemetery, Northumberland Co, Ontario, Canada states Naomi Ewing's death date.

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]

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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.
After Job Winslow Jr's untimely death in 1785 aged 31, Margaret was remarried to Peter Rice in Greenwich in 1786.

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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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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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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From the Cooley Genealogy "[Azariah Cooley II] died 28 Feb 1778 [at] Bloody Brook, Deerfield Mass where he settled on 1 July 1774". "Bloody Brook" is the namae of the site in Deerfiled where Native Americans ambushed and massacred English settlers in 1675.* Azariah signed the covenant made by the men of Brimfield "for absolute non0intercourse with Great Britain". He was a soldier in the French and Indian wars as well as the Revolution. *The Battle of Bloody Brook was fought on September 18, 1675 Old Style (September 28, 1675 New Style) between English colonial militia from the Massachusetts Bay Colony and a band of Indians led the Nipmuc Sachem Muttawmp, during King Philip's War. The Indians ambushed colonists escorting a train of wagons carrying the harvest from Deerfield to Hadley, and killed at least 40 militiamen and 17 teamsters out of a company that included 79 militia. - Wikipedia

Azariah married Eleanor Warriner on 19 Apr 1756 in Deerfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. Eleanor was born on 7 Aug 1739 in Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died on 7 Dec 1819 in Deerfield, Franklin Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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]

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

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

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

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

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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]

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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]

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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

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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]

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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]

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From Cooley Genealogy "moved to Chautauqua NY".
From a paragraph "Cooley, Benjamin" in a document having to do with men from Kalamazoo County Michigan who participated in the California Gold Rush: "Four Cooley brothers, Thomas, Arad, Anthony, and Benjamin, came to Kalamazoo County in May of 1831. Thomas and Arad bought land in Portage Township while Anthony settled at Bronson, later renamed Kalamazoo. Anthony had a son, Benjamin, who died in Schoolcraft, Michigan on 29 Sep 1889 ae 70-71. A news item in the Kalamazoo Gazette of 6 Sep 1850 reports that the Balches, a Cooley and others were living 50 miles from Sacramento City. There are no data indicating which of the above-named Benjamin Cooleys went to California in 1850". https://kalamazoomuseum.org/localhistory/goldrush/goldrush8.pdf

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From Cooley Genealogy "m. about 1811/12 Joshua Park".

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Went exclusively by nickname "Arad".
From a paragraph "Cooley, Benjamin" in a document having to do with men from Kalamazoo County Michigan who participated in the California Gold Rush: "Four Cooley brothers, Thomas, Arad, Anthony, and Benjamin, came to Kalamazoo County in May of 1831. https://kalamazoomuseum.org/localhistory/goldrush/goldrush8.pdf

Notes:

Elias Cooley Sr, an old pioneer, died at Augusta recently. He was brother of Antony Cooley of Kalamazoo deceased and of Caleb Cooley now living in Galesburg. He built the Cooley Flouring Mlls south of Kalamazoo and also the Pavilion Mills south of Galesburg. He was father of Rev E Cooley Jr now of Ionia. - Kalamazoo Daily Telegraph, May 3 1879, page 3

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From CG: "Anthony Cooley lived in Kalamazoo, Mich, on Edward Street, and later moved to Paw Paw. He was a farmer, and a painter of considerable reputation. Two of his paintings hang now in the Kalamazoo Public Library. He bore the title of Col Anthony Cooley, though his military service has not been established. He may have served in the New York State Militia or in the War of 1812. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Michigan and Huron Institute, founded in Kalamazoo in 1833, and was also a member of the Executive committee of the school".
From a paragraph in the Kalamazoo Museum local history: "Cooley, Benjamin" in a document having to do with men from Kalamazoo County Michigan who participated in the California Gold Rush: "Four Cooley brothers, Thomas, Arad, Anthony, and Benjamin, came to Kalamazoo County in May of 1831.
His name variously spelled Anthony or Antony. His uncle's given name was spelled Antoney. His name was preceded by "Col." but there is no military record.

Family/Spouse: Amanda Stanley. Amanda was born about 1799 in Goshen, Litchfield Co, Connecticut; died on 16 Sep 1860 in Paw Paw, Van Buren Co, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Caleb Cooley in the War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815
Soldier: Caleb Cooley
Widow: Celia M Cooley
Marriage Date: 13 Oct 1879
Date Enlisted: 29 Aug 1814
Date Discharged: 29 Sep 1814
Soldier's Death Date: 19 Nov 1880
Soldier's Death Place: Galesburg, Mich
Military Service Location: New York
Widow's Death Date: 1896
Pension Number - #1: SO 565
Pension Number - #2: SC 22125
Pension Number - #3: WO 41745
Pension Number - #4: WC 32542
Bounty Land Number - #1: 23767 40 50
Bounty Land Number - #2: 1158 120 55
Roll Number: 21
Archive Publication Number: M313
Caleb C Cooley in the U.S. General Land Office Records, 1776-2015
Name: Caleb C Cooley
Issue Date: 1 Oct 1835
Place: Lenawee, Michigan, USA
Land Office: Monroe
Meridian: Michigan-Toledo Strip
Township: 8-S
Range: 2-E
Section: 31
Accession Number: MI0440__.027
Document Number: 4034

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

Notes:

From Cooley Genealogy "Thomas Cooley m. Augusta Stratton and had at least one son, Edwin J. Cooley who had at least one son, Fred Cooley res. Kalamazoo Mich.
From a paragraph "Cooley, Benjamin" in a document having to do with men from Kalamazoo County Michigan who participated in the California Gold Rush: "Four Cooley brothers, Thomas, Arad, Anthony, and Benjamin, came to Kalamazoo County in May of 1831. https://kalamazoomuseum.org/localhistory/goldrush/goldrush8.pdf

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Cooley Genealogy states she was married to a man named Cobleigh.

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