Father: Oliver Cooley, b. 1 Apr 1772 at Gill, Franklin, Massachusetts, son of Joseph & Jerusha (Bissell) Cooley. He is descended from Benjamin Cooley, the first Cooley in the Americas. Benjamin Cooley is the last common ancestor between Oliver and the Deerfield and Sunderland branches of the family. Not much is known about Oliver. George Sheldon lists him as a trader and inn-holder who arrived from Bernardston in 1806 and bought a tavern. He later kept a shop in front of the Salah Barnard tavern. He married Jemima Wells, and then Hannah (Field) Grimes. He and Jemima had 6 children, most born at Bernardston, they are Jemima Harriet (Cooley) Allen, Lucinda Eliza (Cooley) Dickinson, Charlotte (Cooley) Newell, Rodney Oliver Cooley, George Cooley, and Mary J Cooley (nm). The last census for Oliver is 1820 at Deerfield, but married Hannah 25 Apr 1823 at Whatley.
History in part taken from The Cooley Family Papers, received by the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association at Historic Fort Wayne, of Detroit, Michigan, and others, consist of original manuscripts of the 18th to the 20th century, written by or addressed to, members of 3 branches of the Cooley family; genealogy notes; and correspondence of George Sheldon.
Rodney O Cooley b. 24 Nov 1805 Bernardston, MA m. Susan A Fobes Windsor, MA d. Nov/Dec 1838 Mt. Clemens, Macomb, Michigan. He owned chattels, land, and tenements, and had minor children (John and Susan C Cooley) that were given to the custody of Green Freeman.
History in part taken from The Cooley Family Papers, received by the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association at Historic Fort Wayne, of Detroit, Michigan, and others, consist of original manuscripts of the 18th to the 20th century, written by or addressed to, members of 3 branches of the Cooley family; genealogy notes; and correspondence of George Sheldon.
Rodney O Cooley b. 24 Nov 1805 Bernardston, MA m. Susan A Fobes Windsor, MA d. Nov/Dec 1838 Mt. Clemens, Macomb, Michigan. He owned chattels, land, and tenements, and had minor children (John and Susan C Cooley) that were given to the custody of Green Freeman.
Father: Oliver Cooley, b. 1 Apr 1772 at Gill, Franklin, Massachusetts, son of Joseph & Jerusha (Bissell) Cooley. He is descended from Benjamin Cooley, the first Cooley in the Americas. Benjamin Cooley is the last common ancestor between Oliver and the Deerfield and Sunderland branches of the family. Not much is known about Oliver. George Sheldon lists him as a trader and inn-holder who arrived from Bernardston in 1806 and bought a tavern. He later kept a shop in front of the Salah Barnard tavern. He married Jemima Wells, and then Hannah (Field) Grimes. He and Jemima had 6 children, most born at Bernardston, they are Jemima Harriet (Cooley) Allen, Lucinda Eliza (Cooley) Dickinson, Charlotte (Cooley) Newell, Rodney Oliver Cooley, George Cooley, and Mary J Cooley (nm). The last census for Oliver is 1820 at Deerfield, but married Hannah 25 Apr 1823 at Whatley.
History in part taken from The Cooley Family Papers, received by the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association at Historic Fort Wayne, of Detroit, Michigan, and others, consist of original manuscripts of the 18th to the 20th century, written by or addressed to, members of 3 branches of the Cooley family; genealogy notes; and correspondence of George Sheldon.
Rodney O Cooley b. 24 Nov 1805 Bernardston, MA m. Susan A Fobes Windsor, MA d. Nov/Dec 1838 Mt. Clemens, Macomb, Michigan. He owned chattels, land, and tenements, and had minor children (John and Susan C Cooley) that were given to the custody of Green Freeman.
History in part taken from The Cooley Family Papers, received by the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association at Historic Fort Wayne, of Detroit, Michigan, and others, consist of original manuscripts of the 18th to the 20th century, written by or addressed to, members of 3 branches of the Cooley family; genealogy notes; and correspondence of George Sheldon.
Rodney O Cooley b. 24 Nov 1805 Bernardston, MA m. Susan A Fobes Windsor, MA d. Nov/Dec 1838 Mt. Clemens, Macomb, Michigan. He owned chattels, land, and tenements, and had minor children (John and Susan C Cooley) that were given to the custody of Green Freeman.
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