Cooley Family Genealogy

Cooley
   The Cooley surname is Irish, and was first found in Ulster where they held a family seat from very ancient times. One of the earliest references to the name is spelled Cualnge, and appears in the 7th century when the great Celtic epic, Tain Bo Cualnge, or The Cattle-raid of Cooley (County Louth), was first written. A few hundred years later, in 1085, William the Norman conducted a census of 54, 813 landowners in Great Britain (as chronicled in Domesday Book), and among the lists is the name Culege (pronounced "Cooley" with the "g" being silent, as in Burleigh). After the introduction of "w" and "y" into the language, the name underwent many spelling variations, including: Cooley, Cooling, Cowley, Cully, Colly, McCooley, Coaley, Coolyng, Couley, Colley, McCowley, Cooleng, McCoolay, Coolay, Collay, Cullay, Cowleigh, Culleigh and many more. The coats of arms features an ermine shield a black chevron on which there are three gold leopards, faces jellopped. The Crest over the helmet displays another Leopard's face, jellopped.
   
Our ancestor BENJAMIN COOLEY (1617 - 1684) was the village weaver of Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. He came to America in 1640, probably by way of Holland, as no British vessels from the time list him as a passenger. He married a woman named SARAH (Savage, Tremaine or Colton). Benjamin died on August 17, 1684 in a part of Springfield that is now called Longmeadow. His wife died a week later, on August 23. They had three daughters and five sons:

CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN AND SARAH COOLEY:

  • BETHIA COOLEY, born on 16 Sep 1643, in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. She married HENRY CHAPIN, SR.
  • OBADIAH COOPER, born on 27 Jan 1646/7 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.
  • ELIAKIM COOPER, born on 08 Jan 1648/8 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.
  • DANIEL COOPER, born 02 May 1651 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.
  • SARAH COOPER, born 27 Feb1653/4 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. On 15 Jan 1679, she married BURT JONATHAN MORGAN. Family listed below.
  • BENJAMIN COOLEY II was born on 01 Sep 1656 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. He had no children (at least no males chronicled by any genealogists).
  • MARY COOLEY was born on 22 Jun 1659 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.
  • JOSEPH COOLEY was born on 06 Mar, 1661/2 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.
  •    Their daughter, SARAH COOLEY (27 Feb 1653 - 14 Feb 1743), grew up in Springfield and married BURT JONATHAN MORGAN (16 Nov 1646 - 10 April 1714) on the 5th of January, 1679. They had eight children, all born in Springfield, as well:

    CHILDREN OF BURT JONATHAN MORGAN AND SARAH COOLEY

  • SARAH MORGAN, born in 1675 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.
  • MARY MORGAN, born in 1679 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.
  • JONATHAN MORGAN, born 27 Nov 1682 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. Died young.
  • JONATHAN MORGAN, born 5 Dec 1686 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.
  • ELIZABETH MORGAN, born 27 Jul 1693 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.
  • REBECCA MORGAN, born 20 Oct 1695 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. Family listed below.
  • HANNAH MORGAN, born in 1696 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.
  • HANNAH MORGAN born in 1699 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.
  • JONATHAN MORGAN, born @ 1700 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.
  • GENEALOGY

    BENJAMIN COOLEY (1617 - 1684) married SARAH (Tremaine or Colton) and begat...

    SARAH COOLEY (1653 - 1743), who married BURT JONATHAN MORGAN (1646 - 1714) and begat...

    REBECCA MORGAN (1695 - 1775) married WILLIAM SANDERSON (b. 10 APR 1706) and begat...

    ROBERT SANDERSON (b. 13 Jul 1734), who married RHODA STEELE and begat...

    ELNATHAN SANDERSON (1776 - 1854) married BETSY WALTERS and begat...

    DAVID SANDERSON (1804 - 1884) who married POLLY BRIGGS (1811 - 1867) and begat...

    MELISSA SANDERSON (1839 - 1921) who married LABAN HAUSE (1831 - 1906) and begat...

    FRANK HAUSE (1867 - 1951) who married FLADELLA RAYMOND (1869 - 1961) and begat...

    CARLISLE HAUSE (1891 - 1972) who married MARJORIE MARCHANT (1892 - 1939) who begat...

    CARLETON MARCHANT HAUSE, SR. (1917 - 1983) who married JEANNE BRUNNER (1918 - 2000) and begat...

    CARLETON MARCHANT HAUSE, JR. (b. 1939) who married MARTHA WENK (b. 1940) and begat...

    JEFF (who married LORI ANN DOTSON), KATHY (who married HAL LARSEN), ERIC (who married MARY MOONSAMMY), and MICHELE HAUSE (who married JOHN SCOTT HOUSTON).


    Literature on the Morgan Family:

  • "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," by Mortimer E. Cooley. City of Publication: Rutland, Vt. Publisher: Tuttle. 1941. (Excerpts)
  • "My Cooley-Walters Ancestry from Fairchance, Pennsylvania, and Surrounding Areas" by Kathryn Mercedes Cooley Miller.