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1 y/v-//? /-/'II 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 Dumbleton, widow (m. 1682) Jonathan Burt8, who was grandson 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 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 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

2 446 THE COOLEY GENEALOGY was 18. She was of the third generation in this country, her grandfather, Henry Wolcott1, having come to America in 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 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 Wolcott, 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-

3 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 Woolcott I of Tolland, Somersetshire, England, whose will was dated there Feb. 9, 1571, and proved Apr. 11, 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 Tolland, Dec. 6, 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 Connecticut 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 Windsor, 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.

4 448 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 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 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, iv Joanna, June 30,1668; m. Sept. 2,1690, John Colton of Longmeadow. v Lt. Henry, May 20, 1670; d. Nov., vi Christopher, July 4, 1672; d. Apr. 3, vii Mary, 1674; d viii William, Nov. 6, 1676; d. Jan. 6, ix (Governor, ) Roger, Jan. 4, 1679; d. May 17, (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.

5 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: At a General Town Meeting. Danll Cooley was chosen Constable & Sworn. [He was chosen again in ] July 26: 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 adjoining, to set up a Corn mil there & they promise to grind for the Sixteenth part of the Bushel. Att a Towne Meeting May 26th: 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 beginning 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

6 450 THE COOLEY GENEALOGY there to be had granted Agust i" 1699 being red in a former Towne meeting february At a Towne meeting march 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" 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, Novemr 26: 1713 at a Lawful Town meeting of the freeholders and other inhabitants of the Town of Springfeild. 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 Inhabitants 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 Inhabitants 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

7 DANIEL COOLEY* 451 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 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 Springfield 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 Dec 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

8 452 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 Benjamin 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 Feb. 1717/18. Daniel Cooley of Springfield sells, 20, to Thomas Terry [his brother-in-law], of Springfield, land in Springfield, 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 documents.] B-301; 23 May, Daniel Cooley of Springfield, planter, sells land for "love & affection" to son Benjamin Cooley of Springfield, 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, Daniel Cooley of Springfield, planter, buys, 110, of Benjamin his brother, a tenement Isee dictionary], several parcels of land in Enfield. This purchase included 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

9 DANIEL COOLEY2 D-626; 5 Sept., 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 Benjamin 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 C-424; 11 Aug 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 Recorded 17 May 1718 C-117; 11 Aug 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 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 C-535; 21 Dec Daniel Cooley sen., husbandman, sells for goodwill & affection to grandson, Reuben, son of my son Thomas,

10 454 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 D-631; 13 Aug 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 Longmeadow 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 D-637; 5 Aug 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 Dec 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, 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

11 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, deceased]. (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, cordwainer, 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 deceased, 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 , of which was owed. Vol. 4, p. 190, Probate Court Records, Hampshire Co., Mass. SCO 1. of WjsC0

12 456 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 , 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 likewise 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 received 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, ii Daniel II, Mar. 23, 1683/ iii Simon, Mar. 6, 1686/ iv John, Feb. 23, 1688/ v Thomas, June 23, * vi Elizabeth, July 23, See below. 268 vii William, Aug. 12, 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