Born 1736 MAR 17 Simsbury, Hartford, CT

Died 1825 Apr 17 Granville (GVRD)

Burial Headstone 1825 Apr Main Road Cemetery Granville, MA

Age 90yrs

COD

American Revolution serial #4995 marker 14 of 23 marble stone 24th row from North wall

CFA #289

Father Daniel Cooley III 1711-1782

Mother Frances McIntire 1717-1807

Married 1759 Nov 27

Sarah Mather

Born 1737 Nov 24 Windsor, CT

Died 1822 Dec 2 Granville, MA (GVRD)

Burial 1822 Dec Main Road Cemetery

Children with Sarah Mather

1. Sarah Cooley TILLOTSON

Born 1762 Jan 16

Died 1825 May 29

Married 1780 Apr 6

Abel Tillotson

Born 1754 Jan 18 Hebron CT

Died 1754 Jan 18

2. William Cooley

Born 1763 Dec 19

Died 1845

married

Loanna Barber

3. Triphosa Cooley THRALL

Born 1766 May 8

Died 1841

Married 1784 Apr

James Thrall

4. Dorothy Mather Cooley Tibbals GRAVES

Born 1768 Apr 22

Died 1842

First Married 1792 Oct 9

John Tibbals

Second Marriage

Enoch Graves

5. Abigail Cooley

Born 1769 May 3

Died 1770 Apr 3

age 11 mos.

Abigial Cooley 1770 - 1770 GVRD

died Camp Distemper

6. Timothy Mather Cooley

Born 1772 Mar 13

Died 1859

Married

Content Chapman

7. Alexander Cooley

Born 1775 May 2

Died 1777 Sep 15

1yr 5 mos,

died camp distemper GRVD

8. James

Born 1779 Dec 29

Vital records 1780 Dec 27

9. Abigail Cooley

Born 1775

Died 1776

died camp distemper GVRD

10.James Cooley

Born 1779

Died 1851

Married

Almira Parsons

1787-1855

11. Abby Cooley WRIGHT

Born 1781 Aug 7

Died 1819

Married 1804 Nov 14

Spencer Wright

1780-

MILITARY

Capain William Cooley, veteran of the American Revolution, Continental Line.

"William Cooley possessed a robust and vigorous constitution, an enterprising spirit, ans a mind of uncommon stability and perserverance. Gentle in his manner, frank and independent in his character, and for habits of industry and economy in the management of his affairs during his protracted life, no man was more remarkable. ... He built a shop near the house for the shoemaking business, and in process of time he erected shops for a tannery and prosecuted both branches in business in additon to the oversight of an extensive farm. His business was good and with every turn of his hand seemed to be attended with prosperity and wealth flowed in from every quarter. He was a favorite amoung his townsmen, and held the offices of Assessor, Selectman and Representative, and other places of trust, and though of limited education, discharged the various duties to the acceptance of his constituents.

In April, 1776, he was chosen Captain of the Militia Company which was then regared as one of the first offices in the gift of the town. This was in 'times that tried men's souls, being the commencement of the war with Great Britain. Capt. William Cooley went into two campaigns, one at Ticonderoga, the other at White Plains. Age 42 during one of severe winters he took cold which terminated in a permanent, chronic asthma which made him an invalid for life. Though in feeble health, his spirits were unbroken, and his courage unabated.

The last years of his life, being deprived of his sight, her retired from all active business. His was a truly happy and tranquel old age. His last sickness was short. His deathbed was not triumphant, but peaceful. On the 14th April 1825, he departed this life in his ninetieth year. He was a Deacon in the church twenty-seven years.

William and his wife Sarah Mather are buried in Main Road Cemetery with their two daughters named Abigail and their baby son Alexander.

Sketch of his life written by his son, Rev. Timothy Mather Cooley

CAPTAIN WILLIAM COOLEY (17 Mar 1736, Springfield - 14 Apr 1825, Granville) COOLEY, William, Captain. Mass. Militia; wounded at White Plains Oct. 28, 1776; died 1825. - from Hist. Reg. of Officers of the Continental Army COOLEY, William, Captain. 9th and 5th Co., Col. John Moseley's (3rd Hampshire Co.) Regt. (In May 1776 a return was made of a military company in Granville, belonging to the 5th Regt. of Mass. Militia, of which Moseley of Westfield was Colonel. This company was commanded by Capt. William Cooley, Edmund Barlow was first Lieutenant, Samuel Bancroft, Jr., second Lieutenant, Richard Dickinson, Josel Strong and Samuel Williams, Sergeants; Joel Bancroft, John Cooley, Thomas Gilbert and James Coe, Corporals. The company numbered 73 men with 73 guns, 2 bayonets, 4 swords, 680 flints, and 5 1/2 lbs of powder. The strength and flower of the town were under enlistment. (quoted from Vol. II, page 62, Hist. of Western Mass., by Josiah Holland). List of Officers of Mass. Militia. Ordered in Council Apr. 26, 1776, that commission be issued; reported commissioned same day. Captain of detachment from 3rd Hampshire Regt. commanded by Lt. Col. Timothy Richardson; marched Oct.21, 1776, by order Gen. Schuyler, to reinforce army at Ticonderoga; also Col. John Moseley's Regt., engaged Sept. 23, 1776, disch. Nov. 16, 1776; same regt., July 9-Oct. 12, 1777, when company marched towards Bennington on an alarm; roll sworn to at Granville. Mass. Soldiers and Sailors. COOLEY, William, Captain. A description of his Detachment for 2 mos. 3 days, return of, in which a number of his men were from Blandford. Blandford Soldiers and Sailors. - from Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of The Revolutionary War, Volume 2, page 382 (V) Captain William son of Daniel (3) and Frances (McKintree) Cooley, was born March 17, 1736; died April 14, 1825. He settled in Granville, Massachusetts where he organized a military company for service in the revolutionary war. His commission as captain, issued April 26, 1776, signed by Perez Morton, secretary, assigns him to the Fifth Company, Third Regiment, Hampshire county militia, John Moseley, colonel.

November 27, 1759, he married Sarah Mather,

born November 26, 1734,

died December 2, 1822,

daughter of Timothy Mather, of Windsor, Connecticut, and a descendant of Rev. Richard Mather (see forward).

The children of this union were:

I. Sarah, born 1762;

2 William, 1763;

3 Abigail, May 3,1765;

4 Triphena, May 8, 1767;

5 Dorothy, April 22, 1768;

6 Timothy Mather DD;

7 Alexander, May 2, l775;

8 James, December 2, 1779.

- from Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to The Families of the State of New York, Volume 4, edited by William Richard Cutter, William Frederick Adams, page 2182

SOURCES

DEATH

Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934

Name: Deacon William Cooley

Birth Date: abt 1736

Death Date: 1825

Death Place: Granville, Massachusetts

Age at Death: 89

William Cooley in the Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988

Name: William Cooley

Event Type: Death

Birth Date: abt 1735

Death Date: 14 Apr 1825

Death Place: Granville, Massachusetts

Death Age: 90

William Cooley in the North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000

Name: William Cooley

Gender: Male

Birth Date: 1736

Birth Place: Granville, Mass

Death Date: 1825

Death Place: Granville, Mass

Spouse: Sarah Mather

Child: Triphosia Cooley

William Cooley in the Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots

Name: William Cooley

Cemetery: Old Cem

Location: Granville Centre MA 47