Daniel COOLEY
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 2 May 1651 - Longmeadow, Hampden, Massachusetts
Christening:
Death: 9 Feb 1727 - Sunderland, Franklin Co., Massachusetts
Burial: 11 Feb 1727 - Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Massachusetts
Cause of Death:
AFN #:
Events
1. Baptism in First Church Of Springfield, Massachusetts
Parents
Father: Benjamin COOLEY (1615-1684) 1
Mother: Mrs. Sarah COOLEY (Abt 1620-1684) 1
Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth WOLCOTT (19 Aug 1662 - 30 Jan 1707) 1
Marriage: 10 Dec 1680 - Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts 1
Notes
General:
Occupation: Husbandman/Farmer
Source: FTM GenealogyLibrary.com
The Cooley Genealogy , page, 445 & 446
Daniel Cooley2 was the fourth child and third son of the
immigrant Benjamin Cooley and his wife Sarah. He was
born in Springfield, and spent his entire life in that vicinity,
being one of those in Longmeadow to sign the petition of
1702/3 for permission to remove to higher ground
following the flooding of the Longmeadow lowlands along
the Connecticut River.
His occupation was that of a husbandman. He took an active
part, if less outstanding than his father's, in the public
affairs of Springfield, and was a man of considerable
means for his time, dealing in several sales of property as
listed in the pages to follow having to do with his deeds.
His estate was valued at 825-5-11 when it was settled in
1729, the year following his death. He served as a
selectman of Springfield in 1694/5.
The first reference/to him in the public records of
Springfield is in 1678, when he was 27 years old, and two
years before his first marriage. He is known to have taken
the Oath of Allegiance in that year.
In 1680, on December 8, Daniel Cooley married Elizabeth
Wolcott. He was 29 years old, and Elizabeth
was 18. She was of the third generation in this country, her
grandfather, Henry Wolcott1, having come to America in
1630. Her father was Simon Wolcott. Her mother was
Martha Pitkin, sister of Mr. William Pitkin, the progenitor
of the Pitkin family in America, and of Roger Pitkin of
London. She was born in England in 1638.