Cooley Genealogy

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Tracing the lineage of John Collye to Paul Charles Cooley

John Collye

William Cooley


1. Benjamin Cooley
    Born 1617
    Died August 17, 1684 in Springfield Massachusetts
    Married Sarah who died August 23, 1684 in Springfield
        They had eight children, our lineage traces through their second child.
            Obadiah, born January 27, 1646

2. Obadiah Cooley
    Died September 3, 1690 in Springfield
    Married Rebecca Williams on November 9, 1670. Rebecca remarried John Warner on November 26, 1691 and died October 18, 1715 in Springfield.
    Inherited land from Benjamin which is in the vicinity of Carew and East Main Streets in the Skipmuck district of Chicopee Falls.
        They had seven children, our lineage traces through their seventh child.
            Jonathon, June 28, 1686

3. Jonathon Cooley
    Died August 2, 1752
    Married Joanna Colton December 19, 1713. Joanna died May 21, 1765
    Inherited Benjamin's lands from Obadiah.
        They had nine children, our lineage traces through their sixth child.
            Jabez, July 17, 1729

4. Jabez Cooley
    Died in Springfield in 1800
    Married Abigail Hancock October 19, 1752
        They had 14 children, our lineage traces through their first child.
            Asahel, April 5, 1753

5. Asahel Cooley
    Died in September 1828 in Cooleyville Ohio (Now Coolville)
    Married Esther Warriner August 11, 1778. She died February 14, 1834 at the "Brick House" that Asahel and she lived in.
    Asehel served in the Revolution and was called Captain Asahel Cooley. He and his sons cleared a large farm. He held many civic offices.
        They had seven children, our lineage traces through their fifth child.
            Caleb, October 31, 1786. Born in New Canaan, Conneticut

6. Caleb Cooley
    Died August 24, 1828 in Athens, Ohio
    Married Matilda Buckingham December 1, 1809. She died March 1, 1858 in Cooleyville.
    Caleb with his brother Simeon built and operated the mills at Cooleyville.
        They had ten children, our lineage traces through their third child.
            Milton, April 25, 1815

7. Milton Cooley
    Died June 12, 1865 in Cooleyville
    Married Martha Vinal September 10, 1839. She died in 1854
    Milton owned steamboats on the Ohio River.
        They had six children, our lineage traces through their oldest child
            Edwin, June 5, 1840

8. Edwin Cooley

    Died in February 16, 1931
    Married Lucy Williams, November 15, 1866. Lucy died in 1920
        They had ten children, our lineage traces through their youngest child.
            Harvey, January 23, 1886 in Minneapolis

9. Harvey Williams Cooley
    Died in summer of 1949
    Farmed in Weiser, then operated a garage in Blue River, Oregon. Died in San Fransico
    Married Blair Brunker, November 6, 1912. Born September 19, 1895. Blair died in 1974
        They had four children, our lineage traces through their oldest.
            Edwin, October 6, 1914 in Wieser Idaho

10. Edwin Charles Cooley
    Died in 1985 in Campbell River
    Engineer, then assistant manager at Elk Falls pulp and paper mill in Campbell River.
    Married Arlene Hills, October 2, 1938. Born October 31, 1918 in Reserve Oregon
        They had two children, my lineage traces through their youngest.
            Stephen, September 19, 1944 in Vancouver Washington

11. Stephen Charles Cooley

    Married Nancy Walrod, born June 17, 1942 in Kelowna B C
        They have two children:
            Paul, October 24, 1975
            Cathy, December 19, 1978

12. Paul Charles Cooley
    Born October 24, 1975
    Married Laura Tellevik, September 11, 2004.