Born in Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Daughter of Samuel Bancroft
and Sarah (White) Bancroft
Sister of
Samuel Bancroft Junior, Lemuel Bancroft, Sarah (Bancroft) Parsons and Ruth (Bancroft) Strickland
Wife of
Clark Cooley Sr.
— married
22 Nov 1764 in Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Mother of
Elihu Cooley, Zadock Farnam Cooley, Clark Cooley II, Sebra (Cooley) Rose, Alvin Cooley, Hannah (Cooley) Graves, Abigail (Cooley) Tryon, Sarah (Cooley) Baldwin, Elihu Cooley, Hosea Cooley, Moses Cooley and Orpha (Cooley) Strickland
Died
at age 67
in Granville, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Sep 2011
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Biography
Sabra Bancroft born in 1745, dau of Samuel and Sarah (White) Bancroft, married Clark Cooley Sr.
Clark Cooley Sr. was probably the son of Daniel Cooley. (Daniel Cooley died 21 December 1782 in 71st year, ancestor of all the families of the name in East Granville.) Clark Cooley, Sr., died 18 February 1813 in 75th year; married 22 November 1764 ----Sabra Bancroft---- who died 21 February in her 67th year.
Their son, Clark Cooley Jr., born 7 June 1769, married 28 April 1790, Candace Holcomb. They moved from Granville, Massachusetts to Hartford Twp., Licking County, Ohio, in 1813. Their daughter Candace Cooley married Leonard Parr; Their daughter Sabra Cooley (Grandaughter of Clark Cooley Sr and Sabra Bancroft) married William Parr.
John Bancroft and his wife Jane sailed from London on ship "James" arriving in America 12 June 1632; settled at , Mass. Their son Thomas Bancroft* born in England in 1625; married (1) Margaret Wright; (2) Hannah Gardner. His son Nathaniel Bancroft, born 24 October 1683, married Ruth Haile; settled at Springfield, Mass. His son Samuel Bancroft, born 8 July 1711, died 1788; first settler at Granville, Mass.; married Sarah, daughter of John and Sarah White; had Sabra Bancroft, fifth child, born 17 January 1745, married 'Clark Cooley, Sr.
Sources
- Find A Grave: Memorial #71469669: accessed 16 August 2019), memorial page for Sabra Bancroft Cooley (27 Jan 1746–22 Feb 1813), citing Main Road Cemetery, Granville Center, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by M Cooley (contributor 47154454) .
- "DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD PARR ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS" pg 21 by Mariam Parr
- Cooley, Mortimer E. The Cooley Genealogy: the Descendants of Ensign Benjamin Cooley. (Rutland, VT., M. E. Cooley, 1941), p.533-5.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sabra by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sabra:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sabra by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sabra:
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~1.56%
Sheri Hutsell
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M103133 [compare]
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch M805123 [compare]
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~1.56%
Scott Sanderson :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Kate Thompson :
23andMe, GEDmatch M805123 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #298723
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Jim Hannebaum :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Susan Vernon-Martin :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A748279 [compare], Ancestry member Susanvmc
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~0.78%
Noreen (Faulknor) Pitman :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Patricia (Charles) Stockley :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member 1PatriciaStockley
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~0.39%
Debra (McGaffee) Welch :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A228752 [compare], Ancestry member dawelch5791
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A228752 [compare], FTDNA kit #B232438
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