A correction and some additions...
Northumberland County is, of course *east* of center of the state.
I meant to add that Gideon Cooley is a known descendant of Benjamin Cooley
of Massachusetts.
I accidentally cleared something up about "Mary Cooley" listed on the 1820
census of Washington County, OH:
There's a marriage there in 1812 between William H Coley and Mary Vincent.
Considering the similarity of names with "our" William H, I thought I'd
look closer. The only Cooley listed on the 1820 census for the county is
for Mary Cooley and her family, living next to Ama Vincent. Then I saw
that the first "o" was blacked out, making her Coley. A quick google
reveals that her's is a known family. Her husband, William H Coley, was
born 1788, apparently in Washington County, to William H Coley (1758-1843)
and Sybil Harrison. William Sr was born in England.
It seems this family had mostly girls for generations. I'm not sure that
it's worth pursuing, but this is what I find for Y descendants:
William H Coley (1858-1843) m Sybil Harrison
..William H Coley (1788-) m Mary Vincent
....George Vincent Coley (1819-1896) m Laura Emmeline Sherman
......Amos E Coley (1853-1939) m Mary E Beckett
........Caryl E Coley (1880-1964) m Dena Coley
..........George Vincent Coley (1906-) m Wilma Glover
..........Amos Walter Coley (1908-) m Virginia E Glenn
........Amos Coley (1883-)
......George William Coley (1862-) m Viola Beckett
........Robert S Coley (1889-) m Hallie Burgess
..........Robert Coley (1911-)
..........possibly other sons
So, if we really needed it, we might be able to mine for some Y-DNA. But
it seems that William H Coley and William H Cooley were careful to
distinguish between the families. It's a keeper for notes, though.
-Michael
> I previously wrote that if William Henry Cooley (m Sophia Havens) and
> James Cooley of Jack County TX were indeed brothers (their descendants'
> Y-DNA matches one another and ours) *and* that they were enumerated on the
> 1810 census for Pennsylvania (as opposed to being missed), they could have
> belonged to one of three families:
>
> Jacob Cooley of Luzerne County
> Amos Cooley of Lycoming County
> A Cooley of Northumberland
>
> I've just noticed that Amos was too young to have been the father of
> William. He's out.
>
> Another researcher is descended from a James Cooley (c1802) of PA, m Mary
> Sanford. James and his presumed brother, Jacob, went to Canada then to
> Michigan. A descendant of James's matches the Benjamin Clan's Y
> chromosome. Jacob of Luzerne County appears to have died by 1820. The
> researcher believes that he may have been the son of Gideon who died in
> Ontario in 1793. After spending a couple of hours looking at the data, I
> think he may be onto something.
>
> So, assuming that the 1810 census entries for the Cooleys are complete and
> accurate (and they probably are not!), and having sorted out a number of
> the families through DNA, and assuming that the speculation about Jacob is
> accurate, that leaves "A Cooley" of Northumberland County PA, which is
> located just west of the center of the state.
>
> "A." Cooley's household had only two young males, 0-9 and 10-15, which
> fits exactly to James and William H. There's one woman of sufficient age
> to have been A's wife, and four females who might have been daughters.
>
> I've never had success looking for Cooleys in Northumberland County, but
> it seems to be as good a place as any to search for Wm H's and James's
> elusive parents.
>
> -Michael
>
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Received on Mon Mar 03 2014 - 00:54:08 CST