William Cooley (1698 - 1775)

Born 12 Aug 1698 in Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Clark) Cooley — married 11 Apr 1727 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

Died 10 Mar 1775 at age 76 in Bolton, Tolland, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

William was born in 1698 to Daniel Cooley and Elizabeth Walcott.^[1] He married Elisabeth Clark on 11 April 1727 in Springfield, Massachusetts.^[2] They had at least three children:^[3]

1. William, Feb. 28, 1729/30, born in Springfield (Longmeadow). He was admitted to the Bolton Church at the time of his mother’s admission, 1759.
2. Elizabeth, Mar. 23, 1734, born in Enfield. She had a son, Dr. Samuel Cooley.
3. Charity, Sept. 18, 1736, born in Enfield; d. May ii, 1811, ae. 75; m. (i) Apr. 5, 1770, Enfield, Thomas Brown; m. (2) - Warren; res. Bolton, and died there.^[3]

William (Sr.) passed away on March 10, 1775 and is buried in the Quarryville Cemetery.^[4] His tombstone bears this inscription:

This monument is sa-

cred to the memory of

Mr William Cooley who

departed this life

March the 10th 1775.

In the 77th year of his age.

Great God, I own thy sentence

And nature must decay

I yield my body to the dust

To dwell with fellow clay

Tho' greedy Worms devour my skin

And gnaw my wasting Flesh

When God shall build my Bones again.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPJX-ZQ7 : 9 February 2018), Willyam Cooly, 12 Aug 1698; citing , Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, Springfield City Hall; FHL microfilm 185,414.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Town Records, ca. 1638-1961," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHGC-Q31 : 4 November 2017), William Cooley and Elizabeth Clark, 11 Apr 1727; citing Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, Town clerks and local churches; FHL microfilm 2,046,82
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Cooley, Mortimer Elwyn, Lyman Edgar Cooley, Earnest Linwood Cooley, eds. and Vivien Bullock Keatley, compiler. The Cooley Genealogy: The Descendants of Ensign Benjamin Cooley, An Early Settler of Springfield and Longmeadow, Massachusetts; and Other Members of the Family in America. Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle, 1941. Archive.org. Accessed 1 Dec 2020. https://archive.org/details/cooleygenealogyd00cool/page/466/mode/2up
4. ↑ "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7ZM-62H : 16 September 2020), William Cooley, 1775.
5. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21680096/william-cooley : accessed 02 November 2018), memorial page for William Cooley (12 Aug 1698–10 Mar 1775), Find A Grave Memorial no. 21680096, citing Quarryville Cemetery, Bolton, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Kevin Avery (contributor 47024642) .