That last part is indeed interesting! Check out what Wikipedia said about
poet Abraham Cowley (born in London in 1618) and see his photo at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Cowley . He died 28 July 1667.
Regarding a previous email, I was disappointed the Big-Y test doesn't yield
as much info as I thought. Maybe we should just get men who live in the UK
with a last name of Cooley (or variants like Cowley) to do a 37 marker
Y-DNA test. (A 37 marker Y-DNA STR test is always enough to tell if a man
is related to our Cooleys.)
Don
On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 12:35 PM, Michael Cooley <michael_at_newsummer.com>
wrote:
> The last bit is interesting.
>
> --quote--
> Hi Michael, interesting story! My family doesn't originate from the
> Derbyshire county. My parents were both Irish immigrants, who settled in
> the city of Derby during WW2. As far as I'm aware, there are two main
> Cowley families in Derby, and both of the lines originate from Southern
> Ireland. I don't know of any Cooley's to hand, but as a rather intriguing
> historic note the famous 17th century poet Abraham Cowley was pronounced
> Cooley, so the genealogy plot thickens!
> --endquote--
>
> -Michael
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