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Benjamin Lewis Cooley

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States
Death: 1858 (53-54)
(probably New York)
Immediate Family:

Son of Benjamin Shattuck Cooley and Elizabeth Cooley
Husband of Audre Mary Cooley
Father of Betsey Shattuck Andrews; Lucy A. Finley and Benjamin Spencer Cooley
Brother of Frederick Cooley; Unnamed Boy Cooley; Betsey Shattuck Cooley; James Cooley and Frederick Cooley
Half brother of Moses Hastings Cooley; Eli Parker Cooley; Lucy Cooley and Fanny Cooley

Occupation: Farmer
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About Benjamin Lewis Cooley

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1 COOLEY, BENJAMIN, son of Barnas and Hannah (Shattuck) Cooley, b at Dfld 10 Aug., 1773, d 30 June, 1836, at Brown Hill, O., whither he had rem abt 1835, m.(1) 13 Oct , 1799, Elizabeth, dau of Noadiah Lewis, b 1771, d. 18 Sept., 1812 , ae 41 yrs ; m ( 2 ) Rachel , dau of Moses Hastings of Amh, b 20 Nov. , 1777, d . 1864, ae 87 yrs. His parents died when he was small and he was brought up by Benjamin Scott , Jr. An ingenious mechanic, a civil engineer and highly respected, made the survey and map of the town in 1830 , by order of the state law .

Nine ch :

Frederick , b12 Nov. , 1800 , d 30 Dec., 1800 ;

Benjamin Lewis and Betsey Shattuck, (twins) b. 19 Feb. 1804. Benjamin m Aurelia Carr, d 1858; Betsey d 28 Feb 1827

James. b 5 Jan., 1807, d 12 Jan., 1807

Frederick, b 18 April, 1808, d unm 30 July, 1881

Moses Hastings, b 19 March, 1814;

Eli Parker, b 31 July, 1815,

Lucy, b May, 1817, m Seth G. Morse

Fannie, b 29 Aug., 1820, d 26 March, 1822

Bibliographic information:

  • Title History of the Town of Whately, Mass: Including a Narrative of Leading Events from the First Planting of Hatfield, 1661-1899
  • Author James Monroe Crafts
  • Edition reprint
  • Publisher Higginson Book Company, 1899
  • Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison
  • Digitized Jul 8, 2011
  • Length 628 pages
  • https://books.google.com/books?id=P2glAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&...

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Benjamin Lewis Cooley's Timeline

1804
February 19, 1804
Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States
1829
October 12, 1829
Whately, Franklin County, MA, United States
1832
May 30, 1832
(or NY?), MA, United States
1834
July 4, 1834
Whately, Franklin County, MA, United States
1858
1858
Age 53
(probably New York)