Proceedings at the centennial celebration of the incorporation of the town of Longmeadow, October 17th, 1883, Part 39

Author: Longmeadow (Mass.); Storrs, Richard Salter, b. 1830; Harding, J. W. (John Wheeler); Colton, Jabez, 1747-1819
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: [Longmeadow] Pub. by the secretary of the Centennial Committee, under authority of the town
Number of Pages: 480


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married to Rebecca Elmer ; date of their publishment, Dec. 3, 1715. They had one child-Reuben, born Feb. 13, 1717. Thomas, the father, died Nov. 13, 1719. Rebecca, the widow, was married to Edward Kibbe, son of Edward Kibbe, of Somers, Oct. 4, 1722. Reu- ben, the son, settled in Somers ; had a family.


3d Generation. WILLIAM COOLEY, son of Daniel and Elisabeth [page 98], was married to Elisabeth Clark April 11, 1727. Their children-William, born Feb. 28, 1730. Elisabeth, born March 23, 1734. William Cooley first lived in Longmeadow, where his first child was born. He removed to Enfield, where his second child was born. He afterwards removed to Bolton, and died in that town and left no male issue. He had two daughters ; one of them had a son, known by the title of Dr. Cooley.


3d Generation. JOSEPH COOLEY, son of Lieut. Joseph Cooley and Mary, was married May 28, 1713, to Mary Dorchester, daughter of James and Sarah Dorchester. He was born Jan. 31, 1687. Their children-George, born Aug. 11, 1714, died Sept. 14, 1714. Mary, born Nov. 9, 1715. George, born Oct. 17, 1717. Asahel, born Oct. 24, 1719. Joseph, born Dec. 2, 1721. Sarah, born Jan. 1, 1724, died Aug. 9, 1794. Job, born June 2, 1726, died Nov. 22, 1728. James, born July 26, 1728. Deborah and Abigail, born Nov. 29. 1730. Abigail died Oct. 6, 1787. Eunice, born April 28, 1736. George and James had families in Somers. Asahel settled in Wallingford, Conn. Joseph Cooley removed from Longmeadow to Somers about the year 1731. All his children, except Eunice, are recorded in Springfield. Sarah was married to Abner Bliss, of Longmeadow, June 28, 1749. Abigail married Ebenezer Bliss. son of Ebenezer and Joanna, Aug. 27, 1760. Joseph, the father, died Oct. 19, 1741. Mary, his widow, married Nathaniel Bliss, son of Samuel and Sarah, of Longmeadow. Date of their publishment, Oct. 30, 1742. She was born Sept. 30, 1694, and died April 2, 1773, in her 79th year.


4th Generation. AARON COOLEY, son of Joseph and Margaret [page 99], was married July 15, 1756, to Ruth Mears. Their chil- dren-Ruth, born July 18, 1757. Margaret, born Feb. 3, 1759. Jerusha, born April 11, 1761. Lucinda, born Sept. 7, 1763, died Sept. 24, 1763. Lucinda, born Oct. 27, 1765. Tirza, born July 21, 1767. Aaron, born June 18, 1770. Lois, born June 8, 1774, died Aug. 11, 1777. Lewis, born Oct. 18, 1776. Ruth was married to Oliver King of Wilbraham, Jan. 27, 1777. Margaret was married to William Han- cock, of Enfield, May 26, 1785. Jerusha had a son named Samuel Church, and was married to Oliver Burt, son of David, Sept. 1, 1786. Lucinda was married to Oliver Collins, of Springfield, Aug. 17, 1794. Tirza was married to Peter Terry, of Enfield, Oct. 26, 1791. Aaron Cooley, the father, died Dec. 19, 1793. Ruth, the mother, married again, May, 1797, to Daniel Fowler, of Westfield. Aaron and Lewis removed to the State of New York.


4th Generation. CALEB COOLEY, son of Joseph and Margaret, was married to Ann Clark Feb. 7, 1745. She died. Caleb Cooley was


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married again Jan. 2, 1752, to Mary Burt, the daughter of Capt. John and Mary Burt, of Springfield. Their children-Ann, born Oct. 22, 1752, died Aug. 23, 1831. Caleb, born Aug. 6, 1754, died Feb. 1I, 1785. Seth, born June 14, 1757, died Nov. 2, 1763. John, born Oct. 31, 1761, died Oct. 3, 1827. born Jan. 27, 1765, lived at Salem, N. Y. Clarinda, born July 1, 1771, died May 2, 1841. Ann was married to Oliver Field Nov 4, 1773. Caleb married Phelps, of Hadleigh. Clarinda was married to Oliver Blanchard (who was born March 23, 1769) March 23, 1794. Caleb, the father, died May 16, 1793. Oliver Blanchard died Oct. 31, 1808, and his widow, Clarinda, was married Sept. 24, 1809, to Dr. Oliver Bliss, son of Aaron and Miriam Bliss. John [see page 104].


4th Generation. ROGER COOLEY, son of Jonathan and Joanna [page 100], was married Aug. 4, 1748, to Mary Stebbins. Their chil- dren-Mary, born May 16, 1749, died Aug. 18, 1758. Jonathan, born Jan. 25, 1750. Joanna, born April 20, 1753. Persis, born Nov. 10, 1755, died Aug. 5, 1758. Hulda, born March 24, 1758. Roger, born Sept. 3, 1760. Alexander, born Jan. 4, 1763. Festus, born Oct. 4, 1765. Mary, born Aug. 30, 1767. Persis, born June 8, 1769. Roger Cooley, with his fainily, removed to that part of West Springfield called Paugatuck.


4th Generation. GEORGE COLTON COOLEY, son of Jonathan and Joanna Cooley, was married to Mabel Hancock, daughter of John and Anna Hancock, Jan. 12, 1749. Their children-Mabel, born May 16, 1749, died Oct. 27, 1781. Abner, born Aug. 20, 1751, died Jan. 21, 1752. Abner, born Jan. 22, 1753, died March 7, 1776. Dinah and Lucy, born March 22, 1755. Lucy died Nov. 7, 1756. George, born Oct. 15, 1756. Dinah, born Aug. 26, 1759, died July 20, 1760.


Submit, born - - 8, 1761, died May 9, 1761. Lucy, born June 9, 1762. Jonathan, born June 10, 1764, drowned in the river Feb. 10, 1798. Noah, born June 27, 1766. Eunice, born Dec. 15, 1769. Ezekiel, born Nov. 28, 1772. Mabel was married Feb. 13, 1772, to John Burt, of Springfield. Lucy was married to Nathaniel Chapman, July 24, 1780. George was married to Penelope Rumrill, June 24, 1779. Jonathan married - Stebbins, daughter of Ebenezer Steb- bins, of Springfield, and died without issue, being drowned in Connec- ticut River. George, the father, died by the smallpox, which he had by inoculation, June 6, 1778. Mabel, the mother, was married again, Nov. 29, 1797, to Capt. Joseph Ferry, of Springfield, and died Dec. 28, 1806. Eunice was married to Hanan Colton, son of Gideon and Joanna Colton, June, 1788.


4th Generation. JABEZ COOLEY, son of Jonathan and Joanna [page 95], was married to Abigail Hancock Oct. 19, 1752. Their children -Asahel, born April 5, 1753. Reuben, born Sept. 24, 1754. Uriel, born Aug. 25, 1756. Dinah, born Aug. 29, 1758. Bathshua, born March 11, 1761. Abigail, born Nov. 4, 1762. Reuben, born Jan. 6, 1765. Bathsheba, born Jan. 23, 1767. Heman, born Nov. 1, 1768. Beulah, born April 3, 1772. Asenath, born June 21, 1773. Jabez,


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born March Io, 1775. Jabez Cooley, the father, settled in that part of Springfield called Skipmuck, where his children were born.


4th Generation. STEPHEN COOLEY, son of Jonathan and Joanna, was married to Mary Field ; date of their publishment Sept. 26. 1753. Their children-Stephen, born Feb. 14, 1754, died Aug. 18, 1754. Stephen, born March 27, 1755, died June 9, 1830, age 75. Abigail, born April 19, 1757, died April 9, 1826, age 67. Joanna, born July 20, 1759. Luther, born March 16, 1761. Gideon, born Jan. 31, 1763, died Nov. 21, 1838, age 76. Calvin, born Feb. 16, 1765, died Feb. 19, 1846. Jthamar, born died Feb. 15, 1767. Jthamar, born Aug. 10, 1768. Mary, born July 18, 1776, died June 24, 1814. Hanan, born July 18, 1773. Mary, the mother, died April 3. 1782. Eunice Jennings died March 5, 1823. Stephen, the father. married again April 26, 1785, to the widow Eunice Jennings, of Ludlow. He died Jan. 7, 1787, age 55. Abigail was married to Noah Bliss Feb. 11, 1784. Joanna was married to Er Taylor April 13, 1784. Mary was married to Moses Taylor. (The sons, see 106 and 107.)


4th Generation. ELIAKIM COOLEY, son of Eliakim and Griswold [page 102 ], was married Nov. 7, 1734, to Mary Ashley. He settled in West Springfield. Their children-Elakim. Gideon, born March 15, 1739. Justin, born Jan. 25, 1741, died Dec. 12, 1760. Martha, born May 12, 1743. Solomon, born June 22, 1745, died Sept. 2, 1746. Keziah, born May 5, 1750. Solomon, born Jan. 24, 1753. Charles, born Sept. 15, 1755. Thankful, born Feb. 17, 1760.


4th Generation. JOSIAH COOLEY, son of Eliakim and Griswold, was married to Experience Hale, daughter of Thomas and Experience Hale, Jan. 3, 1739. Their children-Experience, born June 8, 1739. died June 18. 1771. Hannah, born Oct. 1. 1742, died Sept. 23. 1820. Eleanor, born July 10, 1745, died Oct. 21, 1777. Sabinah, born Feb. 26, 1747, died Dec. 12, 1823. Josiah, born Nov. 30, 1749, died Feb. 13. 1824, age 74. Rebecca, born July 31. 1752, died Jan. 21, 1775. Simeon, born May 18, 1755, died Nov. 12, 1757. Experience was married to Ebenezer Spencer, of Somers. March 27, 1766. Hannah was married to Jonathan Burt Aug. 20, 1761. Eleanor was married to Ebenezer Rumrill Dec. 1. 1767. Sabina was married to Samuel Keep June 4, 1767. Josiah, the father, died Sept. 7, 1778, in his 62d year. Experience, the mother, died Oct. 31, 1798, age 84. (The family of Josiah, see page 198.)


4th Generation. HEZEKIAH COOLEY. son of Eliakim and Griswold, was married to Charity Clark, of Lebanon, Conn. : date of their publish- ment Jan. 11, 1752. Their children-Charity, born June 15, 1753. died Aug. 26, 1763. Clark, born Sept. 6, 1754, died Nov. 2. 1757. Rubie, born Aug. 19. Charity, born Oct. 6. 1759. died Feb. 3. 1775. Esther, born Dec. 19. 1760, died April 9, 1777. Flavia, born Jan. 26, 1763. Hezekiah, born March 11, 1765. Clark, born Oct. 1, 1769. Rubie was married to Robert Pease, of Somers, March 6, 1776. Flavia was married to Joseph W. Cooley April, 1787. Clark was mar-


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ried to Lovina Billings July 6, 1791. Hezekiah, the father, died March 27, 1796, age 76. Charity, the mother, drowned herself in a well Sept. 23, 1808.


4th Generation. CAPT. LUKE COOLEY, son of Eliakim and Gris- wold Cooley [page 103], was married Jan. 8, 1739, to Elisabeth Colton, daughter of Thomas and Joanna Colton. They settled in Somers, and died in that town. Their children-Solomon, born - -, died


Oct. 3, 1741. Lois, born Eunice, born Nov. 6, 1742. Jo- Elisabeth, - - -. Lovice, -


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Dinah, Capt. Luke Cooley,


the father, died Jan. 1, 1777. Elisabeth, the mother, died Aug. 8,


1777. Lois was married to Nathaniel Sikes, of Monson. Eunice was married to John Billings. Joanna was married to Levi Brace. Lovice was married to John Russell. Lucy was married to Stephen Jones. Dinah was married to Aaron Howard.


4th Generation. ISRAEL COOLEY, son of Samuel and Mary Cooley, was married April 9, 1735, to Deborah Leonard. Their children- Joel, born July 11, 1735. Deborah, born Aug. 19, 1738, died Sept. 4, 1746. Jonah, born Nov. 5, 1741. Israel, the father, died Dec. 22, 1775. Deborah, the mother, died Jan. 3, 1781. The families of Jonah and Joel may be seen hereafter [ page 108].


4th Generation. SAMUEL COOLEY, son of Samuel and Mary Cooley, was married to Patience Macranny ; date of their publishment June 19, 1741. Their children-Samuel, born Aug. 28, 1742. Isaac, born May 30, 1745. Samuel, the father, died April 10, 1746. Patience, the mother, was married again to Thomas Killom, of West Springfield, Aug. 24, 1749. (Samuel's family, see page 109.) Isaac was married to Eunice Bedortha July 2, 1767. They settled in West Springfield.


4th Generation. ELI COOLEY, son of John and Mercy Cooley [page 104], was married Oct. 20, 1757, to Mary Phips, of Cambridge, Mass. Their children-Thomas and Elenor, born June 28, 1758. Mercy, born Nov. 13, 1760. Elenor, born May 20, 1762, died Dec. 20, 1844. John, born Feb. 18, 1764, died Jan. 29, 1835. Thomas, born July 15, 1767. Mary, the mother, died Aug. 14, 1767. Eli Cooley, the father, was married again May 12, 1774, to Rebecca Bliss, daughter of Eben- ezer and Joanna Bliss. She died without issue Oct. 3, 1787. Eli Cooley was married again, 1796, to Polly Cross, of Ellington. He died Jan. 29, 1806, aged in his 80th year. Mercy was married to Richard Woolworth May 24, 1780. Elenor was married to Dennis Crane. He being absent some years, she was married to George Colton March 9, 1796. ('The family of John, see page 109.)


5th Generation. JOHN COOLEY, son of Caleb and Mary, was mar- ried to Sabrea Hitchcock, the daughter of Stephen Hitchcock, of Springfield, March 2, 1797. He died Oct. 3, 1827, aged 66. She died Dec. 19, 1841, aged 71. Their children-John, born Dec. 9, 1800. Clarinda, born Jan. 1. 1805, married Joseph Evarts Jan. 1, 1829. Oliver Blanchard, born Oct. 4, 1808. Mary Burt, born Oct. 10, 1814. A nameless child born Oct. 6, 1810. Sabrea, the mother, died Dec. 19, 1841, aged 71. [Vacant to page 106.]


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5th Generation. STEPHEN COOLEY, son of Stephen and Mary Cooley, was married to Mercy Stebbins, daughter of Ezra and Mar- garet Stebbins, Jan. 28, 1788. Their children-Stephen, born March 7, 1789, died June 28, 1826, at Rossville, Ohio. Judah, born April 9, 1792. Noadiah, born Oct. 5, 1795, went away about 1836. Norman. born Jan. 3, 1800, lived in Philadelphia. Mercy, the mother, died Nov. 4, 1807. Stephen Cooley died June 9, 1830, aged 75. Stephen Cooley was married to Margaret Stebbins, widow of Ezra Stebbins. She died Oct. 15, 1831, aged 67.


5th Generation. GIDEON COOLEY, son of Stephen and Mary Cooley, was married to Dinah Sikes, the daughter of James and Mary Sikes, She was born Nov. 13, 1765. They were married Nov. 29, 1798. He died Nov. 21, 1838, aged 76. She died Jan. 1, 1851, aged 86. Electa. born Sept. 9, 1799, married Joseph Hixon. Quartus, born Sept. 9, 1801, married Abigail Bliss. Gideon, born Sept. 27, 1804. Mary Ely, born Sept. 7, 1806.


5th Generation. CALVIN COOLEY, son of Stephen and Mary Cooley, was married June 17, 1790, to Eunice Warriner, of West Springfield. He died Feb. 19, 1846, age 81. She died Oct. 30, 1842, age 77. James, born April 7, 1791. Eunice, born March 21, 1794. Loice, born Feb. 18, 1798. Calvin, born July 14, 1799, died March 13, 1867, age 67. Mary, born Nov. 11, 1804, died Sept. 4, 1808. Lewis, born Jan. 28, 1806, died Sept. 4, 1808. Alfred, born Sept. 1, 1807. Lewis, born Dec. 23, 1810, and died Jan. 25, 1811. Dinah Warriner, sister of Calvin Cooley's wife, died June 26, 1833, aged 72. Eunice married Diamond Colton. Loice married Wm. White.


5th Generation. HANAN COOLEY, son of Stephen and Mary Cooley [ page 107], was married Dec. 19, 1799, to Sarah Booth, daughter of Henry and Dorothy Booth, of Enfield. She was born Dec. 5, 1780. Their children-Henry Booth, born Dec. 5, 1801. Lucina, born Dec. 18, 1803. Ethan, born March 2, 1806. Emeline, born Feb. 12. 1808.


6th Generation. ALFORD COOLEY, son of Calvin and Eunice Cooley. was married Nov. 14, 1833, to Caroline Bliss Saxton, daughter of Noah and Martha Bliss Saxton, of Wilbraham. Their children-Caroline Louisa, born April 21, 1835. Martha Bliss, born Sept. 2, 1836. James Calvin, born Nov. 5, 1838. Noah Saxton, born Feb. 9, 1842. Mary Ella, born April 1, 1847.


5th Generation. JOSIAH COOLEY, son of Josiah and Experience Cooley [page 108], was married March 13, 1777, to Abiel Bliss, daugh- ter of Col. John Bliss and Abiel, his wife, of Wilbraham. He died Feb. 13, 1824, aged 74. She died July 8, 1830, aged 72. Their chil- dren-Rebecca, born Jan. 7, 1778, died at Granville. John Bliss, born April 17, 1781, died Sept. 7, 1786. Sylva, born March 14. 1785, died at Pittsfield. Lydia, born Aug. 2, 1787, died July 31, 1823, age 36. Lucy, born Dec. 12, 1789. John Bliss, born Nov. 3, 1793. died Nov. 4, 1858, at Wilbraham. Eliza, born June 2, 1799. died Oct. 3, 1851, at Brookfield. Harriet, born Dec. 19. 1802. Rebecca was married


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June 22, 1800, to Hezekiah Robinson, of Granville. Sylva was mar- ried, Jan. 22, 1806, to Ambros Collins. Lucy married Luther Colton Dec. 17, 1809. Harriet married G. Olcott Bliss May 21, 1828. Eliza married Aaron Kimball, of Brookfield, April, 1829.


5th Generation. JOEL COOLEY, son of Israel and Deborah Cooley, was married to Sarah Olcott, date of their publishment July 4, 1755. Their children-Levi, born Feb. 12, 1756. Lucy, born Jan. 8, 1759. Levi, born Nov. 1761. Deborah, born June 21, 1764. Gad, born Jan. 25, 1767. Walter, born Sally, born - Joel Cooley, with his family, removed to Charlestown, State of New Hampshire.


5th Generation. JONAH COOLEY, son of Israel and Deborah, was married to Experience Hale, daughter of Thomas and Abigail Hale. They had one child-Experience, born Nov. 9, 1780. Experience, the mother, died May 8, 1782. Jonah Cooley married again to Abi- gail Keep, daughter of Mathew and Abigail Keep, published Feb. 8, 1783. Their children-Nabby, born Dec. 18, 1783. Jonah, born March 31, 1785. Leonard, born Oct. 10, 1786. Ethan, born Sept. 16, 1788. Deborah, born Oct. 1790. Israel, born Dec. 1792. Jonah Cooley, with his family, removed to Vershire, State of Vermont.


5th Generation. SAMUEL COOLEY, son of Samuel and Patience Cooley [ page 109], was married to Experience Tubbs, of Middletown, published Nov. 2, 1765. Their children-Samuel, born July 12, 1766. Theodocia, born March 28, 1768, died May 21, 1807. Simeon, born May 31, 1770. William, born Nov. 19, 1775. Theodocia married Samuel Coomes, son of Samuel, July 20, 1792. Samuel, the father, died in the American War with Great Britain, Sept. 4. 1777, at Albany. Experience, the mother died Sept. 26, 1778. (The family of Simeon see below on this page.) Lydia and Stillborn, Dec. 30. Lydia bap- tized Jan. 3, 1773, died March 20, 1776.


5th Generation. JOHN COOLEY, son of Eli and Mary Cooley, was married Jan. 9. 1788, to Martha Lancton, daughter of John and Sarah Lancton, of West Springfield. Their children-Hervy, born June 26, 1792. Mercy, born Jan. 16, 1794, died May 23, 1812. Polly, born July 1, 1796. Betsey, born Aug. 31, 1798. Walter, born Feb. I, 1804, died June 13, 1811. Jerusha, born Oct. 8, 1809. Martha, the mother, died March 9, 1813, age 45. John Cooley died Jan. 29, 1835, age 71 years.


6th Generation. SIMEON COOLEY, of Longmeadow, son of Samuel and Experience Cooley, was married, 1805, to Sirviah, who had been the wife of Luther Lyman, and was the daughter of Samuel Williams Corkins, of Stafford, and Elisabeth, his wife. She died July 21, 1862, aged 82. Their children-Samuel, born Jan. 26, 1806. Theodocia, born Dec. 2, 1807. William, born Jan. 22, 1810. Simeon, born Oct. 8, 1815, died Jan. 15, 1816. A child born March 19, 1820, no name given it, died March 31, 1820. Emily, born Oct. 20, 1816. Harriet, born June 22, 1822. [Vacant to page III.]


6th Generation. JOSEPH WHITING COOLEY, son of Joseph Cooley and Jerusha, his wife, of Somers, the grandson of George Cooley, and


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great-grandson of Joseph and Mary Cooley [page 98], who removed from Longmeadow to Somers. He was married April, 1787, to Flavia Cooley, the daughter of Hezekiah and Charity Cooley. He was born Sept. 12, 1767. Their children-Jerusha, born Dec. 3, 1787. Jerusha, born March 24, 1790. Whiting, born May 20, 1792. Flavia, born June 5, 1794, died Jan. 18, 1820. Cyrus and Venus, born Aug. II. 1796. Venus died June 11, 1829. Joseph Cooley, the father, died May 31, 1841, aged 74. Flavia, the mother, died Feb. 16, 1844, aged 82. [Vacant to page 116.]


SAMUEL COOMES, son of Richard and Hepsibah Coomes, was born Jan. 26, 1730, was married May 18, 1761, to Miriam Hale, daughter of Noah and Miriam Hale. Their children-Samuel, born Aug. 30, 1761, died June 9, 1816. Silence, born Jan. 22, 1765, died Jan. 27 of the same year, 1765. Walter, born April 23, 1766, died Dec. 25, 1842, aged 77. Silence, born April 17, 1768. died Nov. 7, 1845, age 77. Noah, born Aug. 3, 1770, died May 13, 1805. Achsa, born March 10, 1773, died Oct. 3, 1807. Moses Newel, born July 16, 1775, died July 10, 1777. Moses Newel, born Dec. 9, 1777, died May 28, 1840, age 62. Miriam, born Nov. 6, 1782, died April 25. 1796. Samuel, the father, died Dec. 17, 1795, in his 66th year. The mother died April 25. 1796. in her 56th year.


SAMUEL COOMES, son of Samuel and Miriam Coomes, was married July 20, 1792, to Theodocia Cooley, daughter of Samuel and Experi- ence Cooley. Their children-Maria, born Nov. 20, 1793, died Aug. 26, 1794. Maria, born July 8, 1796. Experience Cooley, born June 24, 1801. Theodocia, the mother, died May 21, 1807. June 10, 1807, the father wished his second Maria to have an addition of Theodocia Cooley to her name, to bear the name of her mother. Samuel Cooley died June 9, 1816.


WALTER COOMES, son of Samuel and Miriam Coomes, was married Jan. 6, 1790, to Flavia Colton, daughter of Festus and Eunice Colton. Their children-Sally, born Oct. 6, 1790, died Nov. 15, 1794. Mir- iam, born Feb. 1, 1793. Sally, born Feb. 18, 1796. Walter, born


Jan. 2, 1798, died June 5, 1843, aged 45. Flavia, their mother, died Aug. 16, 1799. Walter, the father, was married again Dec. 4, 1799, to Abigail Skinner of East Windsor. Their children-Chauncy Bliss, born Jan. 1, 1801. Flavia Colton, born April 25, 1803. Samuel Skin- ner, born Jan. 12, 1805, died Dec. 16, 1866. Achsa, born Aug. 16, 1807. Lucinda, born May 12, 1809. Aurelia B., born Dec. 2, 1815, died Nov. 1, 1835. The father died Dec. 25, 1842.


NOAH COOMES, son of Samuel and Miriam Coomes [page 117], was married Jan. 13, 1799, to Mary Colton, daughter of Henry and Mary Colton. Their children-Samuel Hale, born Oct. 25, 1799. Henry Burt, born Dec. 4, 1800. William, born Oct. 29, 1803. Walter, born Oct. 19, 1804. Mary, born Jan. 12, 1806. Noah Coomes, the father, with his wife, removed to a place called Aurelius, in the county of Cayuga, State of New York, where all his children were born, except the youngest, and where he died May 13, 1805.


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JOHN COOMES, son of John and Midwell Coomes, of Enfield, and grandson of Richard and Hepsibah Coomes, was born Dec. 22, 1762, was married Feb. 23, 1784, to Joanna Colton, daughter of Thomas and Deborah Colton. Their children-Horrace, born April 5, 1784. Dolly, born Aug. 9, 1786. Fannie, born Feb. 17, 1789. John, born April 10, 1792, died Sept. 23, 1820, age 28. James, born June 26, 1794, died April 4, 1867, age 73. Alexander, born June 18, 1796. Dinah, born April 21, 1799. Bela, born March 14, 1802. Elias, born April 26, 1806. Lucy D., born April 18, 1811. Fannie was married May 18, 1809, to Carlos Nichols, of West Springfield.


HORATIO COOMES, of Longmeadow, son of John and Joanna Coomes [page 118], was married Aug. 20, 1807, to Ansa B. Amadon of Wil- braham. Their children-Horatio, born Oct. 31, 1807. Edmund, born Oct. 12, 1809. Hannah Coomes, born Jan. 19, 1812, died Oct. 6, 1814. Alanzo Coomes, born May 28, 1814. Hannah, born Aug. 1, 1816, died Sept. 19, 1839. Nathaniel, born April 1, 1819. Delia, born May 1, 1821. John Dickenson Dudley, born Aug. 24, 1823. Elisabeth, born Dec. 1825, died March 10, 1832. Charlott and George, born Aug. 5, 1828. Adeline, born Oct. 28, 1830.


ISAAC CORKINS, of Longmeadow, son of Samuel Williams Corkins and Elisabeth, his wife, of Stafford, was married Oct. 18, 1801, to Abigail Hale, daughter of Thomas and Ann Hale. Their children- Lovice, born Sept. 10, 1803, married James Colton. Abigail, born Nov. 22, 1806. Isaac, born Oct. 30, 1809. Reuben, born Feb. 21, 1813. Henry Sexton, born Feb. 13, 1816. Emeline Calkins, born Sept. 10, 1818. Eliza Ann Calkins, born Jan. 15. 1821. William, born Sept. 9, 1824.


AARON CRANE, of Longmeadow, son of Hezekiah and Rachel Crane, of East Windsor, was born May 8. 1756; was married June 16. 1778, to Mary Barber, daughter of Thomas and Jane Barber. She was born Aug. 14, 1754. Their children-Polly, born May 16, 1779. Aaron, born March 24, 1781. Timothy, born Jan. 28, 1783. Ziba, born March 16, 1785. Eli, born Aug. 3, 1787. Jane, born Dec. 24, 1789. Lucina, born Aug. 19, 1792. Elihu, born Nov. 17, 1794. Hezekiah, born Feb. 1. 1797. Almira. born July 18, 1799, died Sept. 6, 1808. Aaron, the father, died July 3, 1826, age 70.


EDWARD CRANDOL, son of Peter and , of Enfield [ page 1 19], was married April 7, 1757, to Dorcas Bement, daughter of Jonathan and -, of Enfield. Their children-Edward, baptised May 15, 1757, died July 2, 1757. Lucy, born May 21, 1758, died April 12, 1759. Levi, born Feb. 1, 1760. Lucy, born April 10, 1762, died Jan. 22, 1831, age 69. Stillborn child, May 4, 1765. Simeon, born May 20, 1766. Mary, born Nov. 20, 1768. Sarah, born March 5. 1771. Asenah, born Aug. 17, 1773. Dorcas, the mother, died Dec. 29. 1779. Edward, the father, married again to Sarah Brown, of Coventry; he removed to that town; they had one child named Ethan, born Aug. 1786. Edward, the father, died May, 1788.


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Jan. 27, 1791, to Aphia Lad, of Franklin, Connecticut. He died Nov. 22, 1840. She died Feb. 1, 1835. Their children-Oliva, born Nov. 27, 1791, died Feb. 10, 1838, age 46. Edward, born July 4, 1794, drowned June 26, 1821. Simeon and Levi, born Sept. 23, 1796. Simeon died May 14, 1798. Levi died April 27, 1788. Levi, born June 3, 1799. Sally, May 30, 1801.


ELIHU DWIGHT, son of Capt. Samuel Dwight [page 120], was born March 22, 1730, and was married to Eunice Horton, daughter of John and Mary Horton, of Springfield. Their children-Oliver, born April 14, 1769. died Aug. 17, 1825. John, born July 12, 1767, died May 23, 1812. Eunice, born April 15, 1761. Mary, born Jan. 31. 1763. Lucy, born Sept. 10, 1764. Eunice, the mother, died May 16, 1801. Polly was married to Benjamin Powel, July 9, 1788. Elihu Dwight, the father, died Dec. 19, 1810, aged 80 years.


OLIVER DWIGHT, son of Elihu and Eunice, was married July 2, 1797, to Mehittable Keep. daughter of Mathew and Mehittable Keep. Their children-Mehittable, born Jan. 5, 1798. Oliver, born Aug. 28, 1799. Daniel, born April 22, 1802. John, born Sept. 10, 1803. Eunice, born April 6, 1807, died Sept. 29, 1813. Henry, born Feb. 27. 1810. Norman Dwight, born Jan. 30, 1815. Oliver, the father. died Aug. 17. 1825. [Vacant to page 122.]




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