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BULKLEY
The family of BUCKLOGH, BULCLOG or BULKLEY, is descended from Lord Bulklogh of Bulk- logh, and derive their name from a chain of mountains in Ireland. They date as far back as the reign of King John of England in the 12, century .* The family coat of arms, found in the house of Rev. Gershom Bulkley D.D. of Weathersfield, Conn., who was a son of the Rev. Peter Bulkley of Concord, Mass., is thus described : Argent a chevron between three bulls heads cabossed- sable. The motto under it is, " Nec temere nec timide ; " neither rashly nor timidly." This shield with that of Chetwood (the second wife of the Rev. Peter Bulkley) " impaling Chetwode quarterly, argent & gules, four crosses pattie counterchanged, is quite handsoine."}
THE REV. PETER BULKLEY, s. of the Rev. Edward Bulkley, D.D., of the parish of Odell, Berfordshire, England, was born Jan 31, 1583, & m. I. Jane daughter of Sir Thomas Allen, & by her had twelve children. His second wife was Grace, d. of Sir Richard Chetwode, by whom he had several other children. He came to Massachusetts in 1635, & soon after was regularly installed teacher of the first church of Concord, Mass. (with the Rev. John Jones as pastor), where he died March 9, 1659, aged 76.
Three of the sons of Rev. Peter Bulkley, viz : Thomas, Daniel & Peter settled at Fairfield, & from them descended the Bulkleys of the town and county of Fairfield.
DANIEL s. of the Rev. Peter Bulkley, probably a bachelor was granted a home-lot by the town, next n. w. of his brother Thomas', in the Newton Square ; & died soon after he came to F., leaving his estate to his brother Thomas.
THOMAS I. son of the Rev. Peter Bulkley m. Sarah d. of the Rev. John Jones. He, with his wife and family, were of the company who moved from Concord to F. in 1644, where soon after he was granted a home-lot in the Newton Square s. w. of his brother Daniel's He died in 1658, leaving wife Sarah, who afterwards m. Anthony Wilson of F. Mrs. Wilson in her will dat. 15, Feb. 1680/81 mentions d. Sarah, wife of Eleazer Browne of New Haven ; Rebecca wife of Joseph Whelpley of Fairfield ; d. Hannah, & sons John & Joseph Bulkley. To her sons, she left her home-lot, (" or two home-lots as it sometimes was,") being about 4 acres on Concord St, opposite the Meeting-house Green, " viz: John the s. e. side, the whole depth of the lot, a rod in breadth more than Joseph's. Joseph to have the other part, & ye dwelling house & barn, & either of them to have such part of ye orchard as falls within their dividend; & to her sons she willed all other lands belonging to her. To John she willed a silver beaker, a silver spoon, a chair which was her father's, & books. To her son Joseph a silver spoon, an iron back, a carved chest & three books ; to her d. Hannah £20, & £20. more in a codicil of the same date. To her d. Sarah Brown, she gave Graham's Works 3 vols. Walker's God's Providence, & a view of False Christian- ity. To d. Rebecca Whelpley Goodwin's Child of Light, & Mason's Care of Cares. To d. Han- nah, Skudder's Daily Walk ; Bane's Help to True Happiness ; England's Elizabeth, & a silver porringer & small spoon. To sister Elizabeth Hill, Elbone's Complaint of a Sinner Answered. To s. Rev. Peter Bulkley, "The Covenant," Preston's Saint's Portion, Baine's Counter Bane. She divided her household furniture equally among her three daughters, leaving her son John her sole executor.
JOHN I. s. of Thomas Bulkley I. m. Sarah d. of Joseph Whelpley. Their children were Sarah ; Esther who m. John Hill ; Hannah m. cousin Peter Buckley ; Elizabeth bapt. 26 Aug. 1694, & m. Nathaniel Whitehead of Elizabethtown N. J. ; Olive bapt. 31 Aug. 1696, & m. James Beers. John Buckley I. died about 1707.
JOSEPH I., s. of Thomas Buckley I. m. first Elizabeth d. of John Knowles of F. & second, Martha d. of James Beers, & had Thomas, Daniel, John ; Joseph b. 9 May 1682 ; Peter b. 21. May 1684 ; Sarah bapt. 23 Sept. 1694 & m. Joshua Jennings 2. ; Gershom 13 Sept. 1696 ; & John 22. March 17012. Joseph Buckley I. died intestate about I720.
* Shattuck's Hist. Concord p. 157. + Elements of Heraldry, by William A. Whitmore pp. 57, 58.
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JOSEPH 2., s. of Joseph Buckley I. m. Esther d. of Joseph Hill. Their children were Joseph bapt. 9. March 171112; Esther 20. Dec. 1713 ; Nathan 19. Jan 171718, (who was the Town Recorder, & who occupied his father's homestead at the time F. was burned in 1779) ; Joseph 22. Nov. 1719 ; Samuel 6. March 17256 ; Sarah 23. Feb. 17289 ; Ebenezer 5. Dec 1731.
DANIEL s. of Joseph Buckley I. m. - d. of - -. Their children were Daniel b. 15 June 1718 ; Jabez 28. Feb 171922 ; Martha 2. July 1721 ; Nehimiah 15 Nov. 1724; Jabez 16 March I729.
DR. PETER, the youngest s. of the Rev. Peter Buckley did not settle at F. until some time after his brothers. He probably m. Margaret Foxcroft of Boston, as in a record in A. of T. D. he sold to the heirs of Francis Foxcroft all interest he and his wife had in said Foxcroft's house in Boston, for 90£. Francis Foxcroft is said to have been a s. of Daniel Foxcroft, mayor of Leeds, in Co. York, & his second wife was Eliza d. of Gov. Danford. Dr. Peter Buckley was an apothecary as well as a physician in F. He left but a small estate. His will is dated 25. March 1691, in which he calls himself "in the 49. year of his age," mentions s. Peter (b. 1683) then seven, & a quarter years old, who upon arriving at a suitable age, he willed should be bound to James Bennet jr. until of age, to be taught "the art of weaving both linen & woolen, to ye best of his capac- ity." He mentions d's Grace, Margaret & Hannah Sherman. His brother Rev. Dr. Gershom Buckley of Weathersfield, mentions two other children of Dr. Peter Buckley's viz : Gershom & Dorothy.
GERSHOM s. of Dr. Peter Buckley I. of F. m. - d. of - -. Their children were Eunice bapt. 4. Jan. 17012 ; Rachel 23, March 17061; Gershom 27 March 1709; Grace 27. May 1711 ; Hezekiah 29. Nov 1713 ; Peter 5. Feb. 171516 ; Jonathan IS. May 1718 ; Grace 12. Feb. 172021; Talcott 23. Aug. 1724.
PETER 2. s. of Dr. Peter Buckley I. of F. m. Hannah d. of John Buckley I. Their children were David & Peter jr bapt. 9 March 171112 ; Sarah 1.4. Dec 1712 : Sarah 29. Nov 1713 ; Peter 9. Oct 1715 ; Andrew 6. Oct. 1717 ; Gershom 13. Aug. 1721 ; Jabez 4. Oct 1723 ; Olive - July 1725 : Hannah 16. Oct 1726 ; Moses 9. July 1727 ; Abigail 13. April 1729 ; James 3. Aug 1729 ; Mary 17. Oct 1731 ; Jonathan 24. Sept. 1732. T. P. Rec.
BURR
BURRE or BURR-JEHUE BURRE probably came in the fleet with Gov. Winthrop to New Eng- land. On the 19. Oct. 1630 he applied to the Gen. Court of Mass. for the rights of a freeman, & was admitted 18. May 1631. In 1633 he was one of a committee to over-see building a bridge over Muddy & Stony river, between Boston & Roxbury. His name & that of a wife is mentioned in 1635, as among the church members of Roxbury, Mass. He was one of the pioneers of Spring- field or Agawam, who with Wm. Pynchon, Wm. Smith & six other young men " of good spirits & sound bodies," founded that town in 1636. On the 9, of Feb. 1637, he was appointed by the Gen. Court of Conn. to collect taxes at Agawam, (which at that time was under the jurisdiction of Connecticut), to assist in defraying the expenses of the Pequot war. Savage says he removed to Fairfield in 1640, & represented the town in 1641. He was granted a home-lot from the town s. w. of the Meeting-house Green & the pond, afterwards called Edward's Pond, the rear of which adjoined the home-lot of the Rev. John Jones. He was a deputy to the Gen. Court in September of 1645, & also in 1646. It is difficult to state when he died ; some writers say about 1650, while others place his death at a later date. The probability is, that he is the same Mr. Jehue Burre who appealed a jury verdict given in Stratford in 1651, to the Gen. Court at Hartford the same year ; was a grand juror in 1660, a commissioner of the United Colonies in 1664; & died before 1670. He left four sons Jehu, John, Daniel & Nathaniel, & probably other children. No men- tion is made who his wife was, or of her death.
In a record of Sergt. Nehemiah Olmstead's lands, who died before 1671, is mentioned the
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fact, that said Olmstead " before he died, did purchase land of his brother-in-law Jehue Burre .* It is possible that Jehue Burre Sr. may have married an older sister of said Olmstead ; but the probability is that Olmstead, who, at the time of his father's death in 1640, was a minor ; & came to Fairfield in or before 1650, married Elizabeth daughter of the above Jehue Burre Sr. John Cable Sr. who died in 1682, in his will mentions his kinsman Jehu & John Burr, who were no doubt cousins. The wife of Jehue Burre Sr. therefore may have been a sister of John Cable.
JEHU BURR 2nd probably born in England, Ist m. Mary d. of Andrew Ward, by whom he had several children ; & 2d m. Esther widow of Joseph Boosy of Westchester, by whom he had other children. He became one of the most influential men in the town & colony ; was a Capt. in Philip's war, a commissioner of the United Colonies, & held offices of the highest trust & power. He died in 1692. He lived in the family homestead, having in 1671 pur. his brother John's inter- est in the house & home lot of their father. In 1673, he pur. the next lot west of this. In his will dated 7, Jan. 1689, he mentions wife Esther, for whom he amply provides, gives to s. Daniel II acres at the rocks & a long lot pur. of Rev. John Jones ; to ss. Peter & Samuel his land & housing, Peter to pay Samuel 50€ in provision pay when of age ; divides all commonage equally between ss. Daniel, Peter & Samuel ; mentions d. Esther having rec. her portion, other ds. Eliza- beth, Sarah, Joanna & Abigail minors to rec. their portion at 18 years of age, & to his grand- daughter, only child of his deceased d. Mary 20%. as her mother's dower, to be held in trust by her father Capt. Samuel Wakeman, until she became of age.
PETER BURR s. of Jehu 2. graduated at Harvard College in 1690, taught school a few years, & became a noted Judge of the Supreme Court. He is called in the parish records the " Wor- shipful Mr. Peter Burr." He m. - in Boston & a 2d wife in F. the widow of Jonathan Sturges & d. in 1724 or 5. His children were Thaddeus bapt. 8, Sept. 1700 ; Abigail 25, Oct, 1702 ; Gershom 6, May 1705 ; Sarah 14. Dec 1707, & Eunice 2. July 1710. His wid. m. the Hon. Jonathan Laws, of Milford, Conn.
JOHN BURR S. of Jehue I. probably born in England, was made a freeman of Conn. Oct 1664, & became a prominent man, & died in 1694. He lived on the s. w. side of the street opposite Henry Rowland's house + on the Frost Square. His will is dated 19. March 1694, in which he mentions w. Sarah (d. of his father-in-law Fitch, but gives no clue to said Fitche's christian name, or residence.) whom he left " a suitable & honorable maintenance " & " the use of his silver bowl," during her life, or while she remained his widow. To his son John Burr he left his house & barn, formerly Stricklands & Pinckney's, & 3 & & acres "next adjoining, near the Old field gate "; 10 acres in the home-meadow ; swamp & reeds at the beach ; Paul's neck div .; front of Mill-hill div .; lot near Applegate's ; 12 acres on Sascoe-hill ; } long-lot after David had received 80 acres on the front of said long-lot, he allowing a suitable highway of 2 rods through said land ; & } his Per- petual Common. To s. Samuel Burr, the farm in the woods granted him by the General Court, & 40 £. for his education, to be taken out of the whole estate for a college course of four years. To s. Jonathan, a minor, land in the new field ; meadow in Sascoe-neck ; the middle div. of land on Mill-hill ; } of his long-lot & { of his Perpetual Common. To David, a minor, home-lot pur. of John Cable ; the swamp & rear div. of land at Mill-hill ; land in Sascoe-field ; the remainder of his long-lot ; 2nd div. at Compo, & 4 of all commons. To his ds. Mary & Deborah minors, 100 £. at the age of 18 or marriage. Mentions d. Sarah having received her portion. The date of his children's births were, John b. 2. May 1673, (Sarah 25. July 1675), David -, Joseph b. 21. June 1677. Samuel 2. April 1679. Jonathan - Ebenezer 7. Feb. 1681. Mary 19. Aug. 1683, + Deborah. Sarah m. 29. June 1692 Rev. Charles Chauncey of Fairfield Village. Samuel grad- uated at Harvard College in 1697, & was master of the Grammar School in Charlestown, Mass., about twelve years. He died 7. Aug 1719, & his tomb-stone is in the old Fairfield Burial Hill Cemetery.
* A. Town Deeds p. 243.
t At the present date, 1888, occupied by Wallace Bulkley.
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NATHANIEL BURR s. of Jehue I. was made a freeman in 1664, & first m. Sarah d. of Andrew Ward, by whom he had Sarah & Nathaniel. He pur. 12. Feb. 1659, the home-lot house &c., on the Ludlow Square of Richard Lyon, bounded n. e. by his brother Daniel Burr, who on the 15. March 16689 pur. Andrew Ward's house & home-lot, bounded n. e. by Major Nathan Gold s homestead. This place on the Ludlow Square remained in the Burr family until after the Revo- lution. His second wife was Ann d. of Dr. James Laborie. He died 22. Feb. 1712. His will is dated 22. Nov. 17II, in which he mentions wife Ann ; ss. John & Daniel, ds. Abigail wife of John Wheeler m. 22. March 1693 ; Esther w. of John Sloss a merchant ; Ann w. of Gideon Allen m. 20. Jan. 1696 ; Rebecca w. of Capt. Samuel Sherwood m. 30. Nov. 1704 ; d. Mary w. of Dr. James Laborie ; & the four grandchildren of his dec. s. Nathaniel. His son Col. John Burr settled in Pequannock & owned a farm on the turnpike n. w. of the New York, Hartford & New Haven R.R., inclosing the grand, old oak tree, which is said to have been the council canopy of the English & Indians in the sale of Indian lands. Alas ! this tree fell in a severe storm in 1884, all its boughs having died long before ; but each spring until it fell, it put forth around its trunk twigs & green leaves.
The children of John & Esther Sloss were Anne bapt. 6. June 1703 ; Sarah 14. March 17078; Ellen I. Oct. 1710; Deborah 22. March 171212. Mrs. Esther Sloss renewed covenant at F. 6. June 1703.
DANIEL S. OF JEHUE I. a merchant in Fairfield, was made a freeman in 1668, & soon after m. Abigail d. of Henry Glover of New Haven, by whom he had Daniel b. 30 July 1670, Abigail 4. March 16712, Ellen 26. Oct 1680, (Town Records) & probably others. Both he & his wife were living in 1692 when on the 16. Sept. he made over to the trustees of his father-in-law's estate, certain lands in Fairfield for the use of 30 {. in silver money, left in trust to his wife Abigail by her father. She must have died soon after. His 2. wife was Eleanor d. of - by whom he probably had Seth & Samuel b. 19 Aug. 1694, & called in Fairfield Parish Records, sons of Mr. Daniel Burr sr. His wife Eleanor presented an inventory of his estate 1695, showing that he had died about that time.
DANIEL S. OF JEHU BURR 2. lived at Greenfield, Aspetuck River, & was called Daniel Burr of Upper Meadow. He was given by his father 19. Dec 1687, twelve acres of land at the Upper Meadow, with a house & barn thereon, on the east side of the Mill-river. His first wife was Hannah d of John Banks I. by whom he had s. Daniel, mentioned in his grandfather John Banks' will, dat. 12. Jan 16845 ; & d. Hannah. His second wife was' Mary Sherwood, by whom he had s. Jehu & d. Mary (Greenfield Parish Records). His third wife was Elizabeth d. of -, by whom he had Elizabeth bapt. 20. Sept. 1696 ; Stephen 3. Oct. 1697 ; Peter 23. July 1699 ; Jane 27. April 1701 ; Esther 31. Jan 17023; Nathaniel I. June 1707 ; David I. Jan 170910 ; Moses 28. March 1714, & Aaron 4. March 171516. (Fairfield Parish Records.) In his will dated I. Jan 171922 he mentions w. Elizabeth, his oldest s. Jehu, ss. Stephen, Peter, David, Moses & Aaron. The three latter were minors, & his ds. Hannah, & Mary w. of - Wheeler ; Elizabeth w. of - Hull ; Jane & Esther. In the inventory of his estate dated 14. July 1727, Jane is called the wife of --- Sherwood. His estate was large, his eldest son receiving over 1,000 {. & each of his other children 545 £. MOSES BURR graduated at Yale College in 1734.
REV. AARON BURR S. of Daniel of Upper Meadow b. at Greenfield 4. Jan 1716, & bapt. in F. C. 4, March following ; graduated at Yale College 1735 ; & entered into full Communion with the G. H. C. C. Aug 3, the same year. He studied for the ministry, was a man of distinguished ability, & was first settled in Newark N. J.,. where he taught a flourishing school, until called to be the President of Princeton College. He d. Sept. 24. 1757. aged 42. Upon settling at Newark he sold the homestead at Upper Meadow to two cousins, each named Joseph Bradley 3. April 1738, one of whom was the great grand father of Justice Joseph P. Bradley of the U. S. Supreme Court. He m. Esther d. of Rev. . Jonathan Edwards of New Haven, by whom he had two children
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Sarah & Aaron. Sarah m. the Honorable Tappan Reeves of Litchfield, & had but one child named Aaron Burr Reeves, who d. "says Hinman, at Troy N. Y., & left no issue now living." The son Col. Aaron Burr became the distinguished politician, & a leading spirit in the political changes of the country in 1800, at which time he was chosen the third Vice President of the United States. He m. Mrs. Provost, the wid. of a British officer 2 July 1782. and had one only child, named Theodosia b. in 1783 a beautiful and accomplished daughter who married the Hon. Joseph Alston of S. C. On her way from the South to visit her father in 1812 she was drowned at sea, & by many believed to have been murdered by pirates, a fate her father was never willing to credit.
CABELL
JOHN CABELL I. was in Mass. in 1631, & was one of the petitioners to the Gen. Ct. in 1635 for liberty to remove to the Connecticut River. Hinman says he was in Springfield in 1636 (See Sprague), & probably accompanied, or soon followed the Burrs to F. In 1652 he assisted in capturing a Dutch vessel off the coast of F., & was awarded 5£ by the Gen. Ct. of Conn. He was a seaman, & perhaps a sea captain. He was made a freeman in 1669. In his will of 4 April 1682 he mentions his grand-son John Cabell ; grandson John Knowles ; w. Ann who was his second wife, & widow of Roger Betts of Bradford, Ct. He appointed his kinsman Jehue & John Burr over-seers of his estate .- F. Prob. Rec.
Hinman thinks his s. John Cable, was of Hartford where he died 8. Dec. 1708. aged 58 years; & where he found that "he was born in the City of Stugand or Stuttgart, in high Germany on the Rhine." He was in F. for a time, where he was made a freeman Io. Oct. 1669. . There is a tradition in the Burr family, that Jehue Burr was of German descent ; & the above statement may give some clue to their birth-place, which has as yet never been discovered. Savage's says he died at F. in 1673, & could not have been the John of Hartford. May they not have been brothers as in the case of the two Samuel Hubbells & Thomas Wheeler ? His d. Sarah Cable m. Robert Churchill of F., & his widow m. Thomas Sherwood.
JOHN CABLE 2. wife Abigail & children George, Jonathan, John, Andrew, Daniel, Isaac, Mary wife of - Patchin, & Abigail.
JOHN CABLE 3. m. Anne Laborie, d. of Dr. James Laborie 2. of Stratford. His children were probably bapt. in the Episcopal Church, but part of their children are recorded in the G. H. Par. Rec .; bapt. as adults, & were Elizabeth bapt. 23. Nov. 1746 ; & Anna 19. Dec. 1750.
DANIEL CABLE, probably s. of John 3. m. - d. of Their children were Hezekiah bapt. - 1744 ; Daniel 13. July 1746 ; & Sarah 23. April 1749. G. H. Par. Rec. Some of the Cables lived at Green's Farms.
THE COLEY FAMILY
THE name of Samuel Coole appears in the list of those who took the oath of a freeman in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, on the 18. of May 1631. [See Mass. Col. Rec. Vol. 1. p. 366]. The name is sometimes spelled Cooley, Coley, & Coly.
The name of Samuel Coley is found among the first settlers of Milford, where he was made a freeman Nov. 20, 1639. He joined the church in 1640. He married Ann, d. of James Pruden of Milford. Their children were, Peter, bapt. 1641, Abilene, 1643, Samuel 1646, Sarah 1648, Mary 1651, Hannah 1654 & Thomas 1657. Samuel Coley died Oct 3, 1684. His will dated 1678, & that of his widow dated 1689, mentions the same seven children. Abilene married Japhet Chapin ; Sarah m. a Baldwin ; Mary m. I. Peter Simson, & 2. John Stream. Hannah m. Joseph Garnsey ; Thomas m. Martha d. of John Stream (Savage). Samuel m. Mary Carles Oct 21. 1669. The name is spelled in the Milford records Coley & Coly. Coley has 3 coats of Arms ; Coley or Collay I ; Cooley I ; Collay or Colley I ; Colle 1 ; Colle or Coulee I ; Collie, Colley or Cooling I ; Cooley I. [Hinman's Cat'l.]
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Peter Coley I. s. of the above Samuel I. was bapt. at Milford in 1641 & settled at F., where he was made a freeman Oct 31. 1664. His name also appears in the list of freemen from F. in 1669. He m. Sarah d. of Humphrey Hide, by whom he had Samuel, Sarah, Peter & Mary, (See will of Humphrey Hide), to whom sd. Humphrey left " one half of his home-lot in the rear next the rocks." In the settlement of the estate of Simon Couch I. of Bankside, who died in 1689, Peter Coley acknow- ledges the receipt of fifty pounds, being the legacy left to his " now wife, Hannah " (meaning his present wife) the daughter of Simon Couch sr. who was a minor when her father died. [Fairfield Town Records Book 2. p. 80.] By his second wife, he had Elizabeth & Hannah, & perhaps others. He died at Fairfield in 1690. In the inventory of his estate, Savage calls Sarah 22 years of age ; Ann 16 ; Mary 13; Elizabeth 8, Hannah 6 & Peter, whose years are not told. The order in which Humphrey Hide mentions them in his will, is probably the correct one.
It is not singular that the name of Samuel does not appear in his father's will, as it frequently happened in those days, that the oldest son received his portion when he came of age. Peter, the second son, who is mentioned in his grandfather Humphrey Hide's will before his sister Mary, must have been about fifteen years of age when sd Humphrey Hide died.
The name of Peter Coley first appears on the town records Aug 6. 1662, at which date at a town meeting it was voted : " that a strip of land, adjoining Humphrey Hide's land, should be granted to Peter Coley to build a shop upon, to be 14 ft. one way & 18 ft. the other way." On the 15. of Dec. 1665 it was voted : " that Peter Coley be chosen to seal ye waits & measures of the town ; also to be sworn packer of meats for the town." This was a high office of trust in those days, & equal to the position of a bank president. The seal of the town & his signature being required upon each weight & measure, & upon all barrels of packed meat & pork, before they passed into the general market, as the legal tender of the town of F. On the 15. of March 1668 Peter Coley was granted "a rod of land in front of Humphrey Hide's home-lot, to build a shop on." In 1669 he was granted one home-lot of three acres more or less. He was one of the land dividend holders of the town, & owned one of the long-lots.
Samuel Coley, 2 s. of the above Peter Coley I. & Sarah Hide, was born at Fairfield about the year 1665 or 1666. He m. Esther - -. Their children were bapt. at F. as follows : Daniel bapt. 2. Sept. 1695 ; Jeremiah & Abigail 2. Jan 1695/6 ; Esther 15. Aug. 1703. His second wife was Mary - who was bapt. 28. Nov. 1703. Their children were Samuel & Mary bapt. 5. Dec. 1703 ; John - 17 March, 1705/6 & Annie I. Aug. 1709. F. P. R.
Peter 2. s. of Peter Coley I. was b. 12. June 1671 ; Ann 13. Jan. 1673 ; Mercey 23 April, 1677 ; Elizabeth I. Dec. 1680. F. T. Rec.
PETER COLEY 3. s. of Peter 2. m. Hannah Couch of Bankside. Their children were : Han- nah bapt. 4. Aug. 1700 ; Peter 30. Aug. 1702 ; Simon 30. Jan. 1704 ; Elizabeth 24. March 1706 ; Andrew 25. July 1708 ; Ebenezer 8. Oct. 1710; who introduces his father's name in the church Rec. as Sergt. Peter Coley ; Ebenezer 4. March 1712 ; David 13. March 1715 ; Jonathan 30. Jan. 1717 ; Mary 18. Jan. 172I. F. Par. Rec.
The name of William Cooley appears in the Mass. Col. Rec. as early as March 1634. The same name is found in New London in 1664, at which time he applies for admission to that town (Hinman.) He was at Southold L. I. 1663. with Robt. Bartlet & George Tongue, trading off their "ineons & wampum for Rum." (Caulkin.) Again the name of William Cooley appears in the F. Church Rec., where he renewed Covenant June 2. 1695.
COUCH
" One of the most fertile roots of nomenclature was the simple road-side cross. The latter old English form, is still found lingering in our crutched or crouched Friars. Langland describes a pilgrim as having many a crouche on his cloake : i. e. many a mark of the cross embroidered thereon. A dweller by these way-side crucifixes, would easily get the soubriquet therefrom, &
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