Elizabeth (Clark) Cooley (1701 - 1772)

Born 16 May 1701 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of William Cooley — married 11 Apr 1727 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts

Died 12 Feb 1772 at age 70 in Bolton, Tolland, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Elizabeth was born May 16 1701. She was the daughter of John Clark and Mary Crowe "of Simsbury and Windsor [Massachusetts Bay Colony]. ^[1] She married William Cooley in 1727. ^{[2] [3]} They had at least three children: ^[4]

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.^[4]

Elisabeth died on February 12, 1772 in Bolton, Tolland, Connecticut Colony, three years before her husband.^[1][5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 01 December 2020), memorial page for Elisabeth Clark Cooley (16 May 1701–12 Feb 1772), Find a Grave Memorial no. 30641751, citing Quarryville Cemetery, Bolton, Tolland County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by David Simpson (contributor 46841829) .
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. ↑ "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
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} 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
5. ↑ "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7ZM-Z49 : 16 September 2020), Elisabeth Cooley, 1772.

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