Cooley, Eliakim: Our Generations Ancestors

1649 - 1711 (62 years)

Generation: 1

Cooley, Eliakim was born on 8 Jan 1648/1649 in Springfield,Hampden,MA (son of Cooley, Benjamin and Sarah); died on 1 Dec 1711 in Springfield,Hampden,MA.

Notes:

BIRTH: Springfield Vital Records, 1:7 (FHL #185414).
MAR: Ibid, 1:16.
DEATH: Ibid, 1:99. Also see the will of Eliakim Cooley of Springfield, 30 Nov 1711, proved 2 Jan 1711/12, Hampshire Co. Probate, 3:258 (FHL #879184).

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BEPS: IGI

Eliakim married Tibbals, Hannah on 12 Mar 1678/1679 in Springfield,Hampden,MA. Hannah (daughter of Tibbals, Thomas) was born on 13 Mar 1656/1657 in Milford,New Haven,CT; was christened about Jul 1657 in Stratford,Fairfield,CT; died on 16 Dec 1711 in Springfield,Hampden,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Cooley, Hannah was born on 24 Dec 1679 in Springfield,Hampden,MA; died on 29 Jul 1725 in Windsor,Hartford,CT.
Cooley, Eliakim was born on 19 Mar 1680/1681 in Springfield,Hampden,MA; died on 25 Feb 1758 in Springfield,Hampden,MA.
Cooley, Samuel was born on 30 Nov 1683 in Springfield,Hampden,MA; died on 6 Mar 1755 in Longmeadow,Hampden,MA.
Cooley, Mercy was born on 26 Apr 1689 in Springfield,Hampden,MA.
Cooley, (unknown) was born on 19 Jul 1694 in Springfield,Hampden,MA; died on 9 Aug 1694 in Springfield,Hampden,MA.

Generation: 2

Cooley, Benjamin was born about 1616 in England; died on 17 Aug 1684 in Springfield,Hampden,MA.

Notes:

BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations. He may be the Benjamin, son of William Coley, chr at Tring, Herts, 25 Feb 1615. See Robert L. Ward, "English Clues: Tyng, Coley, Cooley and Seabrook," TAG, 50(1974):93-95 (FHL #973 D25aga).
MAR: No mar rec found. Sarah, "widow of Ensign Benjamin Cooley," died 23 Aug 1684 (Springfield Vital Records, 1:51 [FHL #185414]).
DEATH: Ibid, 1:51. Also see the incomplete will of Benjamin Cooley, n.d., recorded 30 Sep 1684, inv 8 Sep 1684, settlement presented 30 Sep 1684, Hampshire Co. Probate, 1:238-39, 2:23 (FHL #879184).
OCC: Ensign in militia.

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BES: IGI

Benjamin married Sarah. Sarah was born about 1620 in England; died on 23 Aug 1684 in Springfield,Hampden,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah was born about 1620 in England; died on 23 Aug 1684 in Springfield,Hampden,MA.

Notes:

BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR: No mar rec found. Sarah, "widow of Ensign Benjamin Cooley," died 23 Aug 1684. See death rec, below.
DEATH: Springfield vital recs, 1:184 (FHL #185414).

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BES: IGI

Children:

Cooley, Bethiah was born on 16 Sep 1643 in Springfield,Hampden,MA; died on 9 Dec 1711 in Springfield,Hampden,MA.
Cooley, Obadiah was born on 27 Jan 1646/1647 in Springfield,Hampden,MA; died on 3 Sep 1690 in Springfield,Hampden,MA.
1. Cooley, Eliakim was born on 8 Jan 1648/1649 in Springfield,Hampden,MA; died on 1 Dec 1711 in Springfield,Hampden,MA.
Cooley, Daniel was born on 2 May 1651 in Springfield,Hampden,MA; died on 9 Feb 1727 in Springfield,Hampden,MA.
Cooley, Sarah was born on 27 Feb 1653/1654 in Springfield,Hampden,MA.
Cooley, Benjamin was born on 1 Sep 1656 in Springfield,Hampden,MA; died on 29 Nov 1731 in Springfield,Hampden,MA.
Cooley, Mary was born on 22 Jun 1659 in Springfield,Hampden,MA; died on 6 Dec 1720 in Springfield,Hampden,MA.
Cooley, Joseph was born on 6 Mar 1661/1662 in Springfield,Hampden,MA; died on 20 May 1740 in Somers,Tolland,CT.