1. | Sarah Stebbins was born on 6 Aug 1654 in Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony; died on 6 Nov 1721 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. Notes: Died as a resident in the long meddowe of Springfield. Sarah married Samuel Bliss on 2 Jan 1671/72 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. Samuel (son of Nathaniel Bliss and Katherine Chapin) was born on 7 Nov 1647 in Springfield, Non-County Area 1, Massachusetts Bay Colony; was christened on 7 Nov 1647 in Springfield, Non-County Area 1, Massachusetts Bay Colony; died on 19 Jun 1749 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Samuel Bliss (1.Sarah1) was born on 10 Aug 1677 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died on 31 Aug 1692 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. |
3. | Nathaniel Bliss (1.Sarah1) was born on 8 Sep 1679 in Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony; died on 12 Mar 1750/51 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. Nathaniel married Mary Morgan on 20 Jan 1703/04 in Province of Massachusetts Bay. Mary died on 22 Nov 1739 in Province of Massachusetts Bay. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
4. | Sarah Bliss (1.Sarah1) was born about Oct 1681 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; and died. Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | Margaret Bliss (1.Sarah1) was born on 23 Nov 1683 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died est 1744 in Probably Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. Margaret married Benjamin3 Cooley on 30 Jan 1700/01 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. Benjamin3 (son of Daniel Cooley and Elizabeth Wolcott) was born on 28 Oct 1681 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died about 1745 in Greenwich, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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6. | Thomas Bliss (1.Sarah1) was born on 22 Jan 1684/85 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died on 4 Sep 1767 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. |
7. | Hannah Bliss (1.Sarah1) was born about Aug 1687 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died on 15 Apr 1711 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
8. | John Bliss (1.Sarah1) was born on 4 Nov 1699 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died on 8 Oct 1784 in Massachusetts. |
9. | Samuel Bliss (1.Sarah1) was born on 25 Apr 1694 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died on 21 Dec 1724 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. |
10. | Ebenezer Bliss (1.Sarah1) was born on 4 Mar 1695/96 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died on 29 Aug 1784 in Massachusetts. Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
11. | Benjamin4 Cooley (5.Margaret2, 1.Sarah1) 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. Notes: 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. 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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12. | Keziah Cooley (5.Margaret2, 1.Sarah1) was born on 29 Oct 1702 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died before 17 Sep 1745 in Brookfield, Worcester Co, Massachusetts. Notes: 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. 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] |
13. | Azariah Cooley (5.Margaret2, 1.Sarah1) was born on 21 Aug 1704 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died about 1734 in Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. Notes: 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 Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
14. | Nathaniel Cooley (5.Margaret2, 1.Sarah1) was born on 24 Jun 1706 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; and died. Notes: 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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15. | Zeruiah Cooley (5.Margaret2, 1.Sarah1) was born on 29 Feb 1707/08 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; and died. Notes: 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] |
16. | Margaret Cooley (5.Margaret2, 1.Sarah1) was born on 30 Jan 1709/10 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died on 7 Jul 1754 in Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. Notes: From Annals of the Church in Brimfield by the Pastor of the Church by Jason Morse; Springfield, Samuel Bowles & Company Printers, 1856 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] |
17. | Son Cooley (5.Margaret2, 1.Sarah1) was born on 19 Aug 1715 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died on 31 Aug 1715 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. |
18. | Ebenezer Cooley (5.Margaret2, 1.Sarah1) was born on 5 Jul 1716 in Springfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died on 31 Oct 1753 in Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. 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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19. | Gideon Cooley (11.Benjamin43, 5.Margaret2, 1.Sarah1) was born on 30 Jan 1730/31 in Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died about 1793 in Brantford, Brant Co, Ontario. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Note that The Cooley Genealogy has a birth year of 1731 which, after 1752, it was. 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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20. | Eunice Cooley (11.Benjamin43, 5.Margaret2, 1.Sarah1) was born on 2 Oct 1732 in Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay; died on 30 Dec 1829 in Dana, Worcester Co, Massachusetts. Notes: Taken verbatim from the Cooley Genealogy pp 468-470 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] |
21. | Elizabeth Cooley (11.Benjamin43, 5.Margaret2, 1.Sarah1) was born on 7 Jan 1734/35 in Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died on 17 Aug 1823 in Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont; was buried about Aug 1823 in Meeting House Cem, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont. 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] |
22. | Keziah Cooley (11.Benjamin43, 5.Margaret2, 1.Sarah1) was born on 19 Mar 1738/39 in Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died on 15 Feb 1822 in Hardwick, Worcester Co, Massachusetts. 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] |
23. | Benjamin5 Cooley (11.Benjamin43, 5.Margaret2, 1.Sarah1) 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. 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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24. | Mary Cooley (11.Benjamin43, 5.Margaret2, 1.Sarah1) was born on 23 Aug 1750 in Quabbin Parish, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died on 4 Apr 1769 in Greenwich, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
25. | Reuben Cooley (11.Benjamin43, 5.Margaret2, 1.Sarah1) was born on 25 Apr 1752 in Quabbin Parish, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died on 13 Apr 1835 in Portage, Kalamazoo Co, Michigan; was buried about 1835 in Genesee Praire Cem, Oshtemo, Kalamazoo Co, Michigan. 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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26. | Azariah Cooley (11.Benjamin43, 5.Margaret2, 1.Sarah1) was born on 26 Jul 1755 in Greenwich, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died on 20 Apr 1813 in Greenwich, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; was buried on 8 Nov 1937 in Reinterred Quabbin Park Cemetery. 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] |
27. | Naomi Cooley (11.Benjamin43, 5.Margaret2, 1.Sarah1) was born on 26 Jul 1755 in Greenwich, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died on 4 May 1841 in Grafton, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada; was buried about 1841 in Fairview Cemetery, Northumberland Co, Ontario, Canada. 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] |
28. | Margaret Cooley (11.Benjamin43, 5.Margaret2, 1.Sarah1) was born on 13 Nov 1757 in Greenwich, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died on 29 Dec 1808 in Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont. 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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29. | Caleb Cooley (11.Benjamin43, 5.Margaret2, 1.Sarah1) was born on 20 Feb 1762 in Greenwich, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died on 13 Feb 1813 in Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont; was buried about Feb 1813 in Evergreen Cemetery, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Vermont. 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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30. | Antoney Cooley (11.Benjamin43, 5.Margaret2, 1.Sarah1) was born on 20 Mar 1765 in Greenwich, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died on 5 Mar 1790 in Pittsford, Rutland Co, Republic of Vermont; was buried about 1790 in Baptist Cem, Pittsford, Rutland Co, Republic of Vermont. 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. |
31. | Azariah Cooley (13.Azariah3, 5.Margaret2, 1.Sarah1) was born on 7 Mar 1730/31 in Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; died on 28 Feb 1778 in Deerfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts. Notes: 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] |
32. | Adonijah Cooley (14.Nathaniel3, 5.Margaret2, 1.Sarah1) was born on 2 Sep 1741 in Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; and died. |
33. | Barns Cooley (18.Ebenezer3, 5.Margaret2, 1.Sarah1) was born on 8 Aug 1748 in Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; and died. |
34. | Benjamin Cooley (18.Ebenezer3, 5.Margaret2, 1.Sarah1) was born on 3 Apr 1742 in Brimfield, Hampshire Co, Massachusetts; and died. |
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