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Ruben Cooley

Also Known As: "Reuben Cooley"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Greenwich,Hampshire,Massachusetts
Death: 1823 (70-71)
moved to Genesee Co, New York in 1811
Immediate Family:

Son of Benjamin Cooley, Jr. and Mary Cooley
Husband of Elizabeth Needham and Sarah Cooley
Father of Thomas Cooley; Benjamin Cooley; Suzanna Cooley; Arad Cooley; Elias Cooley and 6 others
Brother of Col. Benjamin Cooley; Azariah Cooley, I, "twin"; Naomi Ewing, "twin"; Margaret Rice; Capt. Caleb Cooley and 3 others
Half brother of Gideon Cooley; Eunice Gaffield; Elizabeth Wilcot "Betty" Cooley and Keziah Cooley

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About Ruben Cooley

Reuben Cooley
BIRTH 6 May 1752, Greenwich, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
DEATH 12 Apr 1835 (aged 82), Portage, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA
BURIAL Genessee Prairie Cemetery, Oshtemo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA, MEMORIAL ID 66546124

Ruben married
(1) Sarah in 1777
Children:
Sarah [Cooley] Cobleigh 1778
Reuben Cooley 1780
Lydia Cooley 1783

married (2) Elizabeth Needham in 1785
Children:
Benjamin Cooley 1786
Susanna [Cooley] Park 1788
Arad Cooley 1790
Elias Cooley 1791
Col. Anthony Cooley 1793
Caleb Cooley 1796
Thomas Cooley 1799
Elizabeth Cooley 1806

Parents
Benjamin Cooley 1701–1790
Mary Needham Cooley 1725–1799

Spouses
Sarah Cooley m.1777
Elizabeth (Needham) Cooley m.1785

Siblings
Benjamin Cooley 1747–1810
Mary Cooley 1750–1769
Azariah Cooley 1755–1813
Naomi Cooley Ewing 1756–1841
Margaret Cooley Rice 1757–1808
Caleb Cooley 1762–1813
Ester Cooley 1764 – unknown
Anthony Cooley 1765–1790

Half Siblings
Gideon Cooley 1731–1800
Eunice Cooley Garfield Pratt 1732–1829
Elizabeth Cooley Powers 1734–1823
Keziah Cooley Johnson 1739–1822

Children
Arad Cooley 1790–1851
Elias J. Cooley 1791–1879
Caleb Cooley 1796–1880

References
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66546124/reuben-cooley

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Ruben Cooley's Timeline

1752
April 25, 1752
Greenwich,Hampshire,Massachusetts
1778
June 29, 1778
Greenwich, Massachusetts
1780
March 24, 1780
Greenwich, Massachusetts
1783
February 22, 1783
Greenwich, Massachusetts
1786
August 16, 1786
;of Chautauqua, New York
1788
March 12, 1788
1790
November 9, 1790
1791
September 11, 1791
lived in New York, then moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan