Abner
Cooley
Born in Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Son of David Cooley
and Margaret (Hitchcock) Cooley
Brother of
David Cooley, Moses Cooley, Tabitha (Cooley) Colton, Abner Cooley and Submit (Cooley) Langdon
Husband of
Mariah Abigail (Chapin) Cooley
— married
23 Aug 1783 in Wilbraham, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Asher Cooley and Elias Cooley
Died
at age 78
in Forestville, Hanover, Chautauqua, New York, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Sep 2010
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Biography
Abner was born in 1752. He died in 1831 at the age of 78.
Parents: David Cooley 1712 - 1793 and Margaret (Hitchcock) Cooley 1712 - 1804.
Spouse: Maria Abigail (Chapin) Cooley 1760 - 1842. Findagrave #39056060
Abner was married to Maria Abigail Chapin, daughter of Abner and Abigail (Warren) Chapin, on 10/16/1783 at the Congregational Church in Somers, Connecticut.
Abner and Maria had 9 children: Lorenzo, Maria, Lucinda, Sophia, Asher, Aretas, Stoughton, Harmon & Elias. They had a set of twins 11/26/1747. The twins were named Abner & Tabitha. The twin Abner died 5/29/1750 and they used the name again.
Abner and his family moved to Chautauqua, New York between 1804-1806.
Holland Land Company lot 61 contains the farms which stretch from the Sheridan town line along King Road to Keach's corners. This lot was conveyed from the Holland Land Company to Abner Cooley in 1817 (Liber 2 Page 93)
Abner Cooley is listed in the Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots Volume I.
Sources
- Abner is buried at the Pioneer Cemetery in Forestville, Chautauqua County, New York, USA. His page lists and has links to his parents, siblings, spouse, 2 children. There is a picture of his headstone. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39056049/abner-cooley
- Abner Cooley: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCC4-51C Lists his parents, 8 siblings, spouse, 10 children, 35 sources/notes.
- John Alden of Ashfield, Mass., and Chautauqua County, New York]. His Alden ancestors and his descendants. Comp. by Frank Wesley Alden, Delaware, Ohio. Published 1909 for private circulation: https://archive.org/stream/johnaldenofashfi00alde#page/22/mode/2up/search/merrill
- U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Volume: 226, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011, Provo, UT, USA
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abner by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Abner:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abner by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Abner:
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Paul Hedberg 
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
L Parker :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A704799 [compare], Ancestry member archer95446
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B249015
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~0.78%
Julie Johnston :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A173079 [compare], Ancestry member squad57
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