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Samuel "The Immigrant" Coley, of Milford, CT

Was in Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1631. Was a freeplanter in Milford, CT in 1639. He was given Lot #4. He married Ann Pruden (Prudden) in 1640. She was the daughter of James Prudden, brother of the Reverend Peter Prudden.

Their children:

1. Peter, baptized April 25, 1641
2. Abilene, baptized March 12, 1643. Died Nov 17, 1711 in Springfield, MA. Wife of Japhet Chapin of Springfield.
3. Samuel, baptized Feb 16, 1645 and married Mary Curtis, probably daughter of Thomas.
4. Sarah, baptized Sept 24, 1648. Died 1689. Married Joseph Baldwin, son of Joseph and Hannah (Whitlock).
5. Mary, baptized Nov 23, 1651. Died 1705. Married 1) Peter Simpson, 2) John Stream, 3) Joseph Lockwood.
6. Hannah, baptized Oct 15, 1651. Married Joseph Guernsey on April 10, 1673
7. Thomas, baptized April 20, 1657.

Source

Early Families of Milford, Connecticut by Susan Emma Woodruff Abbott page 219.

From England to Massachusetts Bay Colony 1631, one of 44 original planters at Milford, Conn., 1639, married in 1640 the daughter of James Pruden. No record of his marriage has been discovered, but land records show she was the daughter of James, and the wording of Coley's will shows that her name was Anne. Coley died between 22 Mar. 1677/78, date of will, and 26 Sep. 1684, when an inventory of his estate was taken. Anne died 3 Oct. 1689. Their daughter, Abilene, b. 12 Mar. 1642/3, married 22 July 1664 Japhet Chapin of Springfield, Mass., and died 17 Nov. 1710. (NEB genealogy)

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Note:

Springfield, Massachusetts was first settled in 1635 by William Pynchon, one of the patentees of the Massachusetts Bay Company and a group of me from Roxbury. Samuel Chapin, Henry Burt and John Pychon were Commissioners who heard all civil and criminal cases.

From the accounts at the store a glimpse can be seen into the lives of the Chapin, Burt, Cooley and Munn ancestors who lived at this outpost of civilization.

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Residence:

Note: He was of the Bay Colony in 1631, and a free planter in Milford in 1639. In 1646 he was given lot #4 in Milford which consisted of 2 acres 1 rod and 20 poles which would be on the West River Street near present Maple Street. Inventory of his estate was made 22 March 1677/8. Inventory of her estate taken 11 Nov 1689.

Sources:

Abbrev: Warp and Woof

Title: Warp and Woof

Author: Mary Platt Iseminger

Publication: Printed by The Anundson Publishing Company, 108 Washington Street, Decorah, Iowa 52101

Copyright 2000 Mary Platt Iseminger

Library of Congress Control Number 00 134624

Date: 20 Apr 2003

Page: pg. 297-8

Quality: 3

Date: 8 Jan 2006

Abbrev: Warp and Woof

Title: Warp and Woof

Author: Mary Platt Iseminger

Publication: Printed by The Anundson Publishing Company, 108 Washington Street, Decorah, Iowa 52101

Copyright 2000 Mary Platt Iseminger

Library of Congress Control Number 00 134624

Date: 20 Apr 2003

Page: pg. 298

Date: 8 Jan 2006

Event: Will Dated 22 MAR 1677/78 4

Event: Freeman 19 OCT 1630 5

Immigration: 1630 3

Residence: 1639 Milford, New Haven, Connecticut 3

Event: Admitted to church 25 OCT 1640 Milford, New Haven, Connecticut 4

Event: Inventory Estate 26 SEP 1684 4

Reference Number: 10664

Note:

Relationship:

1. There is no known relationship between Samuel Cooley and Benjamin Cooley. Both of their daughters married Chapin brothers.

Misc:

1. Samuel was first recorded in America in 1630. He was one of the original 44 settlers of Milford, Connecticut and was there by 1639.

Sources:

Title: Cooley Genealogy: The Descendants of Ensign Benjamin Cooley, The

Author: Mortimer E. Cooley

Publication: Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle, 1941, 1278 pgs

Repository:

Media: Book

Page: page 40

Text: Does not give a relationship, if any, between Samuel & Benjamin

Title: Based on marriage date

Repository:

Media: Unknown

Title: Buckingham colonial ancestors

Author: George Tracy Buckingham

Publication: Chicago, Ill.: Published for private distribution by G.T. Buckingham, 1920, 166 pgs

Repository:

Media: Book

Page: page 107

Title: Family history : recording the ancestors of Russell Snow Hitchcock, A

Author: Russell Snow Hitchcock

Publication: Bath, Me.: unknown, 1947, 238 pgs

Repository:

Media: Book

Page: page 35

Title: New England Historical and Genealogical Society Register

Publication: Published quarterly by the NEHGS

Repository:

Media: Book

Page: vol 3 page 90

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Samuel was of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1631, and in 1639 a freeplanter in Milford. In 1646 he was given lot #4 which consisted of 2 acres 1 rod and 20 poles. That was somewhere on West River Street near Maple Street (1975). His will was made 22 Mar 1677/8, named wife Anne; son Peter Coley; dau. Sarah Baldwin; son Samuel Coley; daughters Abilene Chapin, Mary Simpson, and Hannah Garsey; and son Thomas Coley. Inventory taken 26 Sep 1684. [1, 2]

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