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Section IV

DANIEL COOLEY2

4 Daniel Cooley2, s. Benjamin and Sarah Cooley,

No. 1, page 195, b. May 2, 1651, Springfield, Mass.;d.

there Feb. 9, 1727; m. (1) Dec. 8, 1680, Springfield,

Elizabeth Wolcott, da. Simon and Martha (Pitkin), b.

Aug. 19, 1662, d. Jan. 31, 1706/7, Springfield. (For her

ancestry, see below.)

Daniel Cooley m. (2) June 17, 1709, Springfield,

Lydia (Dumbleton) Burt, da. John and Mercy Dumble-

ton, widow (m. 1682) Jonathan Burt8, who was grand-

son of Henry Burt1. She was b. Apr. 16, 1661, d. Jan.

31* !739, Springfield.

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 Long-

meadow 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 con-

siderable 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 Eliz-

abeth Wolcott. He was 29 years old, and Elizabeth

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446

THE COOLEY GENEALOGY

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 Pit-

kin, the progenitor of the Pitkin family in America, and

of Roger Pitkin of London. She was born in England in

1638.

Martha Pitkin

She followed her brother William to America in 1661,

to return with him to England, 'not once supposing he

intended to remain in the wilderness,' as she expressed

it. Her first greeting on meeting her brother, whom

she found feeding his swine, was, 'I left a brother in

England serving his king, and find another in America

serving his swine.'

Martha Pitkin was a lady endowed with more than

ordinary talent, improved by an excellent education.

The reception she met with in the colony was most

flattering; her comely form and accomplished manner

making the colonists anxious to retain her in their

country. In the words of the Rev. Thomas Robbins,

for many years the pastor of the church she attended,

'this girl put the colony in commotion. If possible she

must be detained. The stock was too valuable to be

parted with. It became a matter of general consultation

what young man was good enough for Miss Pitkin.'

Tradition says that so many young men wished to marry

the accomplished beauty, that they cast lots for her

hand, but fails to say what part Miss Pitkin was to take

in the affair. The facts are, that the sons of Henry Wol-

cott, one of the first settlers of East Windsor, were well

pleased with Miss Pitkin, and to avoid all question of

strife or jealousy, it is believed it was decided by lot

among themselves which one should sue for her hand.

The lot fell to Simon Wolcott, the youngest son; at all

events, he pressed his suit, and was successful. Her

brother favored the match, and she became the wife

of Simon Wolcott, and subsequently the mother of

Governor Roger Wolcott, grandmother of Governor

Oliver Wolcott, and great-grandmother of the second

Governor Oliver Wolcott, and of Governor Roger Gris-

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DANIEL COOLEY* 447

wold. Governor Ellsworth was also a lineal descendant,

and her granddaughter married Governor Matthew

Griswold.

It was stated in the funeral sermon of Governor Roger

Wolcott, her ninth child, that 'he never went to school,

but was educated by his mother in her own dwelling'f.

The Wolcott Line

The English ancestry of the Wolcotts goes back to 'John Wool-

cott I of Tolland, Somersetshire, England, whose will was dated

there Feb. 9, 1571, and proved Apr. 11, 1572. In his will are

mentioned the children John, Alice and Mary, his wife Agnes, and

brothers Henry and Roger Woolcot.

The will of John Wolcot II of Tolland, dated Nov. 10, 1623,

mentions several children, among them his two eldest sons,

Christopher Wolcott and Henry Woollcott. His wife's name was

Joan.

Henry Wolcott, the surviving son of John and Joan Wolcott,

was baptised at the parish Lidiard St. Lawrence, adjoining Tol-

land, Dec. 6, 1578. Several statements about when he came to

America exist: one, that he came to Dorchester, Mass., in 1628;

another, that he came on the ship "Mary and John" in the first

company, Mar. 20, 1630, landing at Nantasket, Mass. At any

rate he was one of the original settlers of Dorchester, and held

many positions of trust. In 1636/7 he moved to Windsor, Conn.,

being one of five gentlemen who undertook the settlement of

that town. He was elected to the house of magistrates of Con-

necticut in 1643, and served for the rest of his life. He died Mary

30, 1655, and left an enviable record as the progenitor of one of

the most deservedly prominent families of this country.

Henry Wolcott m. in England, Jan. 19,1606, Elizabeth Saunders,

da. Thomas. She is buried with her husband in the rear of the

First Congregational Church in Windsor. The gravestone erected

to their memory by their son-in-law, Matthew Griswold of Wind-

sor, who m. their daughter Anna Wolcott, is still standing.

The seven children of Henry and Elizabeth (Saunders) were

aJl born in England. John apparently remained there, and died

in England; Anna married Matthew Griswold of Windsor; Mary

married Job Drake of Windsor; the other children were Henry,

George, Christopher and Simon.

fPi/Jtin Family of America, by A. P. Pitkin (1887), page 79.

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448

THE COOLEY GENEALOGY

Simon Wolcott2, the youngest son, was born Sept. 11, 1624/5,

in England. His parents removed to America when he was about

five years old; after getting settled in this country, they sent for

the children. The exact date of their arrival is not known. Simon

Wolcott was a freeman in 1654. After leaving Windsor, he lived

in Simsbury, Conn., where in 1673 he was captain of a trainband,

and in 1674 a selectman. He received a grant of 200 acres from

the General Court in 1680, and was one of the few men in the

Colony honored with the title of "Mister."

Simon Wolcott m. (1) Mar. 19, 1657, Joanna Cook, b. Aug. 5,

1638, d. Apr. 27, 1657, about six weeks after her marriage, when

she was only eighteen years old; he was (2) the successful suitor

for the hand of Martha Pitkin, after she arrived in Windsor in

1661, and on Oct. 17, 1661, they were married. After the death of

Simon Wolcott, Martha m. Daniel Clark, Esq. She died Oct. 13,

1719, aged 80.

9 Children of Simon and Martha (Pitkin1) Wolcott3:

i Elizabeth, Aug. 19, 1662; m. Daniel Cooley of

Longmeadow.

ii Martha, May 17, 1664; d. Sept. 7, 1687; m. Jan.

6, 1686, Thomas Allyn of Windsor.

iii Simon II, June 24, 1666; d. Oct. 30, 1732.

iv Joanna, June 30,1668; m. Sept. 2,1690, John Colton

of Longmeadow.

v Lt. Henry, May 20, 1670; d. Nov. —, 1746.

vi Christopher, July 4, 1672; d. Apr. 3, 1693.

vii Mary, 1674; d. 1676.

viii William, Nov. 6, 1676; d. Jan. 6, 1749.

ix (Governor, 1750-54) Roger, Jan. 4, 1679; d. May

17, 1767.

(For additional information concerning the Wolcott family,

see The Wolcott Memorial.)

Following his marriage in 1680 to Elizabeth Wolcott,

Daniel Cooley next appears in the public records in

1687/8. The following references to Daniel Cooley are

found in the town records as given by Burt in his

History of Springfield.

may:28: 1679: Att a meeting of the proprietors of

the long medow, togather wth the Select men..

1. At this meeting it was voted & concluded that

each particular mans fence, or portion of fence on the

brooke below the sd medow should ly at one playne.

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DANIEL COOLEY*

4. It was voted & agreed that in this new model of

fence yr that they should lay out or begin to Lay out

mens particular porton at & fro: the lower end of the

brooke. onely wth respect to Ephraim Colton & Danll

Cooley, because they have engaged to do the water

fence at the lower end of the medow, fro: the top of the

bank into the River, for. .the security of the feild for

ever, the proprietors did re-engage to them that this

fence this water fence should be acounted to ym as thirty

rod of fence on the brooke y* is fifteen rod apeice. As

also that if they prove to have any more portion of

fence on the brooke, the Proprietors promise that it

shal ly next to the water fence there.

May 21:88. At the Town Meeting. Daniel Cooley

also motioning at the sd Meeting (Feb. 7, 1687) to have

the grant of about five acres to be to him & his Brother

Benjamin Cooley agt their Land on the North side of

Pacowseeke, the Town doth grant sd Danll & Benjamin

Cooley according to that Motion.

May 9th: 1692. At a General Town Meeting. Danll

Cooley was chosen Constable & Sworn. [He was chosen

again in 1699-1700.]

July 26: 1695. At a Town Meeting. Jonathan Burt

Senr Henry Chapin, Danll Cooley Abel Wright Senr

Samll Bliss Junior & Nathanll Bliss do move that the

Town would grant to them the Stream at the foot

bridge going to Long Medow & the Comon Land ad-

joining, to set up a Corn mil there & they promise to

grind for the Sixteenth part of the Bushel.

Att a Towne Meeting May 26th: 1696. .. Daniel

Cooley [with others]... chosen a Committee to draw

up the Townes objections & reasons why the Inhabitants

on the west side of the River should not have there

petition granted them, for the settling of a minister on

that side, which said reasons are to bee sent to Boston

to bee laid before the generall Assembly or Court begin-

ning 27th Instant:

At the generall Towne meeting march the 8th 1697/8.

.. Daniell Cooly John Burt Junyr fence veiwers for Long

meadow..

At a Town meeting January 29, 1699/1700. Danyell

Cooley is by the grant of the plantation posessed of 4

or 5 acres of medow to him his heirs and Asignes for

ever at wachcog Brook neare endfeild Bounds if it be

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THE COOLEY GENEALOGY

there to be had granted Agust i" 1699 being red in a former

Towne meeting february 3-98.

At a Towne meeting march 11 1700 Danyell Cooley

by grant of plantation is posessed of 10 acres of land to

him his heirs and asignes for ever it being propounded

at a former Towne meeting December 10th 1699/1700

which land by the easterly of his hows.

Att a meeting of the Inhabitants of this Towne Nov:

21" 1701. Benjamin Cooley junr & Daniel Cooley his

Brother desires the Towne to grant them Ten Acres

of Land apiece on the hill Easterly of there house.

March 13th: 1704/5. At the Town meeting Dannll

Cooley & Sam Keep [and others] were chosen fence

veiwers & were also appointed the Haywards for the

feilds in yr respective precincts.

March 12th Anno Dom: 1705/6, At a Generall Town

meeting.. Daniel Cooley Senr.... [with others] chosen

Tithing men.

At a General Town Meeting: march 12: 1706/7. Danll

Cooley hath eight or ten acres of Land granted him

joining to his Land at Pacowseek on the South side of

it for conveniency of fencing; haveing moved for this

grant at the Meeting Dec. 25, 1705.

Novemr 26: 1713 at a Lawful Town meeting of the

freeholders and other inhabitants of the Town of Spring-

feild. It was voted to Raise fourty pound in Town pay

for mr John Sherman for his keeping the school there

was also Granted Three pound & Ten shillins for Danell

Coolys Daughter Keeping school. [This was Elizabeth,

who taught in Chicopee.]

November 2: 1716 Att a Town Meeting of the In-

habitants of Springfeild. Voted to give Danil Cooley

for his Bull this yeare Twenty shilings.

The settlers along the lowlands of the long meadow

took up the matter of removing to higher ground

on Jan. 29, 1702/3, when "an Address of the Inhabi-

tants of Longmeadow in Springfeild to the Towne"

was made, in which it was asked that they be allowed

"to move out of the general feild, & build on the hil

against Long meddow." The petition was signed by

thirteen men, four of whom were sons of Benjamin

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DANIEL COOLEY*

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Cooley1: Eliakim, Daniel, Benjamin Jr., and Joseph;

Obadiah Cooley, the fifth son, was dead.

When Elizabeth (Wolcott) Cooley died, Jan. 31,

1706/7, Springfield, William Cooley3, her youngest

child, was only eight years old. Daniel Cooley married

again, in 1709, the widow of Jonathan Burt, Lydia by

name, daughter of John and Mercy Dumbleton.

Daniel lived until 1727, dying Feb. 9 of that year,

aged 76. Lydia died in 1739.

Deeds of Daniel Cooley

from

Deeds in Hampden County Registry

(Letters "C", "D", etc., indicate the volumes; figures,

the numbers of the pages.)

Daniel and Obadiah Cooley [Obadiah's name is given

first] buy of Samuel Ely and his wife Mary of Spring-

field land in Springfield:

1) 4 A. meadow 10 rods wide, 67 rods from Great River

E., bounded on North by wid. Bliss, S. by land

once belonging to Jonathan Taylor.

2) 4 A. on back side of Longmeadow bounded N. on

land Alexander Edward's; S. by George Colton.

3) 9 A. of meadow 67 rods long; George Colton on N.,

the brook on the S.

4) Part of allotment of 6 acres which lies on rear of

aforesaid 9 acres [Cf. item 3 above] containing 3V2

A., E. and N. on Benjamin Parsons; S. on brook.

5) 9 A. once George Colton's; 22 rods broad; 69 rods

long; bounded on N. and S. by John Keep.

Nicholas Rust Samuel Ely

Isaac Gleason Mary (her mark) Ely

22 Apr. 1678

17 Dec. 1679

C-385; 24 Mar. 1698/9.

Daniel Cooley of Springfield, cooper, sells £3 5s to

Thomas Terry his brother-in-law, of Springfield,

weaver, 6V2 A. in Chickuppi bordering on Henry Chapin.

AB-33.

Daniel Cooley

Elizabeth (her mark) Cooley

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452

THE COOLEY GENEALOGY

B-261; 20 Feb. 1706/7.

Daniel Cooley of Springfield sells to Henry Wright of

Springfield 3 A. in Springfield, on the N. side of the

Chickuppi river 25 A.; i.e., 1/2 of what my father Ben-

jamin Cooley bought of Japhet Chapin;

50 A. of the 100 which my father bought of Josias

(Josiah) Chapin, once of Springfield; 1/2 of 4 A. which

my father Benjamin Cooley bought of Josias Chapin.

Daniel Cooley, Jr. Daniel Cooley

John Holyoke.

C-385; 31 Dec. 1707. 25 Feb. 1717/18.

Daniel Cooley of Springfield sells, £20, to Thomas

Terry [his brother-in-law], of Springfield, land in Spring-

field, S. side of Chicopee riv., 24 A.

Daniel Cooley Margaret (her Daniel Cooley (His mark)

mark) Cranny [Macranny?] [believed error in trans-

John Holyoke cription; he apparently

signed all other docu-

ments.]

B-301; 23 May, 1710.

Daniel Cooley of Springfield, planter, sells land for

"love & affection" to son Benjamin Cooley of Spring-

field, planter, in Springfield, (1) parcel of lower lot in

Longmeadow, 10 A., N. on Joseph and Jonathan Cooley,

S. on his own land, E. on Jonathan Cooley, W. on Great

river; (2) 6 A. on Pecousic brook, N. on Sikes, E. on his

own land, N. & S. on the commons; (3) etc.

Jonathan Ely

Nathaniel Bliss Daniel Cooley

John Holyoke

B-289; 23 May, 1710.

Daniel Cooley of Springfield, planter, buys, £110,

of Benjamin his brother, a tenement Isee dictionary],

several parcels of land in Enfield. This purchase in-

cluded a house, barn and home lot in Enfield, 18 A., also

five other pieces of land.

Jonathan Ely Benjamin Cooley

lathaniel Bliss Margaret (her mark) Cooley

John Holyoke

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DANIEL COOLEY2

D-626; 5 Sept., 1711.

Daniel Cooley of Springfield, cooper, with consent

of Lydia his wife sells to Thomas Taylor of Suffield,

wheelwright, 1/5 of 50 A. granted to his father Ben-

jamin Cooley deceased for his committeship for the

town of Suffield, etc.

Thomas Shelden Daniel Cooley

Samuel Keep Lydia (her mark) Cooley

Joseph Cooley

Acknowledged and recorded, 3 Oct. 1726

C-424; 11 Aug. 1713.

Daniel Cooley of Springfield sells to Simon Cooley,

his son, land in Springfield toward the lower end of

Longmeadow field... N. on John Cooley.

Joseph Parsons Daniel Cooley

Eliakim Cooley

Joseph Cooley 3d

Acknowledged 13 Aug. 1713

Recorded 17 May 1718

C-117; 11 Aug. 1713.

Daniel Cooley of Springfield sells John Cooley land

in Longmeadow E. of Great River, N. on Benjamin

Cooley, Jr., E. on Jonathan Ely & Nathaniel Bliss, Sen.,

S. on Simon Cooley, W. on the river.

Joseph Parsons Daniel Cooley

Eliakim Cooley

Joseph Cooley 3d

Recorded 30 Dec. 1715.

C-117; 22 March 1714/5.

Daniel Cooley of Springfield sells, 10 paid to son

Simon by son John, to John, land in Longmeadow in

Springfield, precinct of Longmeadow, above Cooley's

brook; N. of Joseph Cooley's house; 25 A., 50 rods.

Pelatiah Glover, sen. Daniel Cooley

Hannah Glover

John Glover

Recorded 30 Dec. 1715.

C-535; 21 Dec. 1719.

Daniel Cooley sen., husbandman, sells for goodwill

& affection to grandson, Reuben, son of my son Thomas,

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454 THE COOLEY GENEALOGY

lately deceased, of Springfield, if he comes to age, plow

land and part mowing land; 4^ A. in the precinct of

Longmeadow.

Stephen Williams Daniel Cooley, sen

Joseph Cooley, sen.

Benjamin Cooley, 2nd

Ack. and recorded, 28 Dec. 1719

D-631; 13 Aug. 1721.

Daniel Cooley of Springfield sells to William Cooley

Earcels of land in Springfield including orchard, pasture,

omeland on the hill. [This refers to the hill (now Long-

meadow St.) to which the Longmeadow settlers removed

after 1703.]

Benjamin (his mark) Cooley

[he apparently signed other documents]

Samuel Cooley Daniel Cooley

Henry Stiles

Ack. and rec. 12 Oct. 1726

D-637; 5 Aug. 1723.

Daniel Cooley of Springfield sells for £38 10s to

William Cooley of Springfield, land in Longmeadow.

Daniel Cooley, jr. Daniel Cooley

John Cooley

John Steel

16 Dec. 1726

21 Dec. 1726

Abstract of the Will of Daniel Cooley I

(From the original in the files of the probate court,

Hampshire Co., Mass., in Northampton)

Date of Will: June 6, 1726.

Occupation: Husbandman.

Provisions: All debts to be paid by administrator.

Bequests:

(1) To sons, Benjamin and Simon, "my upper

lot or grants in the outward Commons on

the E side of the Great River."

(2) to Son Daniel "all and the whole of my right

in the outward commons on the west side of

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DANIEL COOLEY2

455

said Great River in said town: and one-third

part of the fruit of my orchard for the space

of five years."

(3) to son John, "half of swamp pasture, one half

of orchard, one-half of land on Pecowsick

brook, one half of meadow on 'Watchogg'

brook, and all remainder of my home lot

which was 15 acre grants which I have not

before disposed of; all my rights of land in

Gilbert plain; one half of uppermost lot

upon the hill; 1/2 of my lot or grant in the

Outward commons on the east side; 1/2 of

the middle lot in the Outward Commons."

(4) To son William, the other half of the lots just

mentioned; son William to pay his brother

John £15 in convenient time.

(5) to son Simon, £10.

(6) to grandson Reuben, 10s [son of Thomas, de-

ceased].

(7) to daughter Elizabeth, with what she already

has, £80 to be paid out of the moveables.

Administrators: sons John and William.

Signed: Daniel Cooley, Sr.

Witnesses: Ebenr Terry

Josiah Miller

The mark of Margaret Huggins

On the 19th day of May and on the 6th day of June,

1727, letters of administration on the estate of Daniel

Cooley, of Springfield, deceased, were granted to John,

William, and Daniel Cooley, all of Springfield. They

gave bonds. Bond of £727 given by John Cooley, cord-

wainer, and William Cooley, husbandman, both of

Springfield.

Vol. 4, p. 172, Probate Court Records,

Hampshire Co., Mass.

In the inventory of the estate of Daniel Cooley de-

ceased, it is mentioned that a gift of land at "pecowseek"

had been made to Benjamin, Jr. Likewise also to Simon,

William, John.

The inventory was dated May 17, 1727, the estate

amounting to £828-5-11, of which £64-16-3 was owed.

Vol. 4, p. 190, Probate Court Records,

Hampshire Co., Mass.

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456 THE COOLEY GENEALOGY

Omission or Daniel Cooley II in Land Distributions

SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE (from Original; Box

38, Document 25, Hampshire Co. Probate Court)

A settlement of the Estate of Daniel Cooley, late of

Springfield, Sr., deceased.

WHEREAS the sum total of all the inventory of the

estate amounts to the sum of £825-5-11, including

what is given to each child by deed of gift, and there

being six sons, viz., Benjamin, Daniel, Simon, John,

Thomas, (heirs of) William, and one daughter Elizabeth

Field, and whereas sons of said deceased Daniel Cooley

did by deed of gift give considerable lands to all his sons

save Daniel Jr., and to him he gave nothing, and like-

wise by deed he, said deceased, did give all his moveable

goods unto his said sons, John and William, they paying a

legacy of eighty pounds to their sister Elizabeth Field,

and all debts the deceased owed, and there being but

four pieces of land not disposed of; viz., Gilbert's plain,

4 pounds; Little Watchoage, 4 pounds, in the outward

commons on the west side of the River, 7 pounds; being

in the whole £22, and whereas, all the children have

received by advancement of the intestate in his life time

more than their each one's rateable part out of the said

Daniel Cooley, saving Daniel Cooley Jr. who has re-

ceived nothing, I therefore order and decree that the

said Daniel Cooley shall have all the four pieces of land

amounting to twenty two pounds and that being all

that is left of the estate besides what is given away by

deed of gift as aforesaid, etc. etc.

Apr. 25, 1728-Sam" Partridge,

Judge of Probate, Co. Hampshire.

7 Children8, of Daniel2 and Elizabeth (Wolcott) No. 4, b.

Springfield:

263 i Benjamin, Oct. 8, 1681.

264 ii Daniel II, Mar. 23, 1683/4.

265 iii Simon, Mar. 6, 1686/7.

266 iv John, Feb. 23, 1688/9.

267 v Thomas, June 23, 1693.

* vi Elizabeth, July 23, 1696. See below.

268 vii William, Aug. 12, 1698.

vi Elizabeth Cooley8

da. Daniel, No. 4 above, b. July 23, 1696; d. Apr. 8, 1781, Bolton,

Conn. She was a school teacher for at least one year, teaching

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