Eliakim I COOLEY
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 8 Feb 1649 - Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Christening:
Death: 1 Dec 1711 - Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts
Burial: 4 Dec 1711 - Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Massachusetts
Cause of Death:
AFN #:
Parents
Father: Benjamin COOLEY (1615-1684) 1
Mother: Mrs. Sarah COOLEY (Abt 1620-1684) 1
Notes
General:
1 _FA2
2 PLAC Baptized: First Church of Springfield, MA.
Sources:
1. Torrey, C.A. "New England Marriages before 1700" pp.180.
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Source: FTM Online, GenealogyLibrary.com
The Cooley Genealogy, page 386, 387 & 388
SECTION III
ELIAKIM COOLEY2
3 ELIAKIM COOLEY2 was the third child and second son of Benjamin and
Sarah (Cooley), No. 1, page 195. He was b. Jan. 8, 1648/9, Springfield,
Mass.; d. there Dec. 1, 1711, aged 63. He m. Mar. 12, 1678, Springfield,
Hannah Tibbals, da. Sergeant Thomas, b. Mar. 13, 1657, d. Dec. 16, 1711,
fifteen days after the death of her husband, Eliakim.
Sergeant Thomas Tibbals was b. about 1615 in England, and came to
America in 1635 on the "Truelove." He was one of the first settlers of
Milford, Conn. He served in the Pequot War, and in 1671 was granted 50
acres for his military services. His first wife was named Mary; she d. June,
1644, and he married a second wife, name unknown. He d. 1703, and his will
was proved June 1 of that year. By his first wife there were two children,
Mary and Samuel; by his second wife six children, John, Thomas, Mary (or
Mercy), Hannah, who m. Eliakim Cooley, Josiah and Sarah.
Eliakim Cooley first appears in the town records of Springfield, according to
Burt's History of Springfield, in 1662, when he sat "In yt seate in ye Gallery
wch faces agt ye minister" in the meeting house. He was then 13 or 14 years
old.
He received his first allotment of land in 1670, when he was 21 or 22 years
old. The following references to him are found in the town records given by
Burt:
Decembr 19th 1670. Theres grannted to Eliakim Cooley 6 acr of wett medd
& lowlands upon fresh water brooke below Pequitt path: lying in 2 or 3
pcells provided it be not already otherwise grannted & yt it be disposable by
this Towne.
ffebr 12 1671. And next to Samuell Bliss is granted to Obadiah Cooley &
Eliakim Cooley, Isaak & Ephraim Colton 5 acres apeece in yt wett Medd: if there be
soe much undisposed of:
they to agree among ym selves how to lye.
ffebruary ye 26th 1673. Eliakim Cooley hath grannted unto him Twenty acres
of low land & Swamp on the West side of the great river a little above his
father's house.
Febr: 3d 1679. Haywards also were chosen: for the Long medow, Eliakim
Cooley.
Feb: 1681. Here follows an account of Diverse charges made by the
Committee for mr Glovers house.... To Hen: Chapin & Eliakim Cooley at
raising, oo-45-od.
Febr: ye 7th, 1680/1. ffence viewers made choice off: For ye Long Meddow,
Eliakim Cooley nathaniel Bliss:
Febr: 7: 1681. Eliakim Cooley desires a small piece of medow about Two or
three Acres about half a mile below Jno Matthews his swamp upon
consideration of a grant taken fro him at Freshwater, for which hath paid
Rates 8 or 9 yeares, & now is disposed of the greatest part thereof. Granted
March 13, 1681/2.
Dec. 19, 1690, Eliakim took the oath of allegiance and was a Freeman.
March 17, 1692/3. Eliakim Cooley [and others] were chosen Selectmen.
[Eliakim served as selectman again in 1703, and in 1705.]
October 8th 1694. Eliakim Cooley desires the Town to grant him three or
four acres of Land on the top of the hil against his fathers house, joining to the
Land that was his fathers for conveniency of fencing. Granted Jan. 16,
1694/5.
March 10: 1695/6. Eliakim Cooley (and others) were chosen Tithing men.
[Eliakim served as tithing man again in 1697/8.]
January ye 29th 1702/3. We the Inhabitants of Long medow in Springfeild, do
make our Address to this Town of Springfeild, as followeth: ... Now for our
releife we do Suppose our best way is to move out of the general feild, &
build on the hil against Long medow ... Signed, Eliakim Cooley [with 12
others].
March 9th: 1702/3. Assessors for the making the Rates of the Town were
chosen viz: Eliakim Cooley [and two others]. [He was chosen again in
1709/10.]
March 13th: 1704/5. Eliakim Cooley Sen?? [with three others] chosen
Surveiors of the wayes &c.
Eliakim Cooley was one of the list of inhabitants of Springfield who took the
oath of allegiance in 1678, the year of his marriage. On Dec. 19, 1690, he
took the oath of allegiance and was a Freeman.
In 1711 a Frenchman by the name of John Mallefuild was traveling through
Springfield, and a severe snowstorm made it impossible for him to keep on.
He stopped at Eliakim Cooley's home. He was quite ill, and after ten days
died, Nov. 26, 1711. The following references to him are found in Burt's
History of Springfield:
Not much is known of his history beyond the brief reference to him in the
Town Records. It appears, however, from the records of the Probate Court at
Northampton, that he was a trader who came here from Boston with his
goods, and that he died at the home of Eliakim Cooley, after a sickness of ten
days...
Mallefuild, or Malleford, whatever his name was, made a statement as to his
desire concerning the disposition of his property. John Sherman, the
schoolmaster, testified: "Being at the house of Eliakim Cooley, Senr., tending
of John Mallefueld, Frenchman, who being sick on his death bed, he being in
his right mind, that his will & desire was that all his tenders and those that
looked after him should be well satisfied & all charges & debts paid & the
remainder he willed to the poor. He died November 26, 1711."
Within a month after Mallefuild's death, Eliakim Cooley, his wife, Hannah
(Tibbals) Cooley, and his sister, Bethia (Cooley) Chapin, all died. It seems
quite probable that Mallefuild's illness was a contagious one. Mallefuild died
Nov. 26, Eliakim Cooley died Dec. 1, Bethia (Cooley) Chapin died Dec. 9,
and Hannah (Tibbals) Cooley died Dec. 16, 1711.