This is much better than what I have. Thanks, Mary!
BTW, everyone, the Big Y donor has thrown in another $100 for a total of
$250! I'll send another email later trying to explain what the Big Y can
help.
-Michael
On Fri, April 24, 2015 14:15, Mary Lou Cooley wrote:
> Hello All,
>
>
> I have been helping someone on her Beaird line for several months so
> haven't done much on the Cooley lines. I do have info on Tempey Cooley.
>
> Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002
> Name: Tempey Cooley
> Marriage Date: 4 Feb 1819
> Marriage County: Howard
> Spouse Name: William Cuningham
> Married by Tyre Harris, J.P.
>
>
> I haven't found any other information on Tempey.
>
>
> Mary C.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Cooley
> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 4:53 PM
> To: John Cooley Mailing List
> Subject: Closer to Big Y
>
>
> Some of you may remember that Don and I have been salivating over the Big
> Y, the testing of about 10 million locations on the Y chromosome, for
> some time. The current price is $575. We've had a donation $150 to the
> cause and we expect there may be another $100-off sale from FTDNA this
> summer, which would provide a savings of another $100. Don would test and
> has offered to pick up the difference which, if everything comes together,
> would be $325--a good chunk of money. Any additional donation, even in
> the amount of $15 or $20, will help to further offset the cost. If anyone
> wishes to donate, go to
> https://www.familytreedna.com/group-general-fund-contribution.aspx?g=Cool
> ey
>
> Be sure to specify what it's for, for example "Big Y for Don Cooley."
>
>
> We know that Phil Hackett is a close match to us. He has Big-Y tested.
> Since he's not a descendant of John Cooley's, our common ancestor goes
> back before 300 years ago. Phil belongs to subclade YP609. Considering that
> our Y-STRs are so similar, we are probably also YP609. But the real
> potential here is that Phil as 18 "personal SNPs." These are SNPs that
> belong, up to this date, only to Phil. Don will certainly match some of
> them, one of which will be designated as a new SNP downstream of YP609.
> The fewer the SNPS in common, the older the common ancestor. The more the
> SNPs in common, the younger the common ancestor. In other words, we
> should get a fairly good idea as to how long ago the Cooley / Hackett
> split occurred.
>
> Clear as mud?
>
>
> We've been very quiet for a long time. Getting a fix on John Cooley's
> origins isn't the only mystery. We still have to figure out the PA Cooley
> connection, find the descendants of John's daughters, figure out if the
> John Cooley / Sarah Ann Treadwell line belongs to us. There's still the
> problem of finding out what happened to James's son, James M Cooley, and
> just how Perrin C Cooley fits in--and we know that he does. We still need
> to settle the controversy of James Cooley m Jane White. (I maintain that
> he belongs to Joseph rather than being the son of James.)* We also need
> to find out what happened to Perrin's son William. I think he might have
> been the William of Yreka, California. But what happened to his family?
>
> Of course, we accomplished a great deal: the family of William Matthews
> Cooley, sorting out the family of Perrin, finding that Edmund was probably
> their brother, learning that Abraham was not ours--and a lot more I'm
> not now thinking of. We've done a great job--but our job will never be
> done. :)
>
>
> * We know from her bio that Elizabeth Cooley White had five siblings--all
> from her father first marriage. The six of them appear to have been:
>
> Mary Cooley (1791-) m Jesse Mitchell
> John Cooley (1793-1844) m Elizabeth White
> Elizabeth Cooley (c1794-1882) m William C White
> James Cooley (1796-c1829) m Jane White
> Hannah Cooley (1798-1834) m William Wilson
> Tempy Cooley (1800-)
>
>
> Do we have any indication whether Tempy married?
>
>
> -Michael
>
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