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Capt Abel Cooley

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Birth	:	12 Apr 1717
Death	:	26 May 1807
Burial	:	Park Street Cemetery, West Springfield, Hampden County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.1062460, -72.6195540
Inscription	:	Capt. Abel Cooley/Died/May 26,1807/Aged 92 yrs./Mercy Cooley/his wife/Died Nov 10,1783/Aged 65 yrs.
Description	:	Father Obadiah Cooley 1678 – 1764 Mother Dorcas Hale 1679 – 1769 Spouse Mercy Cooley 1718 – 1783 Children 1. Abel Cooley 1742 – 1746 2. John Cooley 1743 – 1766 3. Abel Cooley 1746 – 1778 4. Mercy Cooley 1749 – 1834 5. Walter Cooley ... Read More	Father Obadiah Cooley 1678 – 1764 Mother Dorcas Hale 1679 – 1769 Spouse Mercy Cooley 1718 – 1783 Children 1. Abel Cooley 1742 – 1746 2. John Cooley 1743 – 1766 3. Abel Cooley 1746 – 1778 4. Mercy Cooley 1749 – 1834 5. Walter Cooley 1754 – 1814 6. Elizabeth Cooley 1761 – (Source; The Cooley genealogy : the descendants of Ensign Benjamin Cooley, an early settler of Springfield and Longmeadow, Massachusetts, Part 2 pg 218- 219) ABEL COOLEY, (Obadiah II,Obadiah I', Benjamin), Father Obadiah II Mother Dorcas (Hale), born April 12, 1717, Longmeadow, Mass. died May 6, 1807, West Springfield, Mass. married (nt. Mar.1, 1741) spouse Mercy Coo1ey (John, Daniel 2, Benjamin) Father John Cooley Mother Mercy (Gunn) b. Dec. 7, 1718, Longmeadow, d. Nov. 10, 1783, West Springfield. Children 1. ABEL, born Feb. 12, 1742 died in inf 2. JOHN, bp. July 22, 1743/4 3. ABEL II, born Nov. 1, 1746 died June 13, 1778 at Valley Forge, Penn., prob. unm. Private responding to Lexington Alarm; Lieutenant Continental Army; is buried in a S.A.R. marked grave in the West Springfield cemetery. See below. 4. MERCY born Jan. 29, 1749 died July 17, 1834 m. Dec. 3, 1772, Horace White 5. WALTER I, born Aug. 9, 1754 6. ELIZABETH born May 4, 1761 Abel Cooley purchased six acres of land of Moses Miller in 1748 on the corner opposite his father's homestead in West Springfield. He was a captain in Shays' Rebellion.REVOLUTIONARY RECORD OF LIEUT. ABEL COOLEY (Copied from Massachusetts State Records) Private Capt. Enoch Chapin's ço. of Minute Men who marched in response to Lexington Alarm, Apr. 20, 1775. Service 8 days. Also, Capt. Enoch Chapin's Co. Col. Timothy Danielson's Reg't. Continental service. Muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775. Enlisted, April 28, 1775. Served 3 mos. 10 days. Also company returns dated Camp at Roxbury, Mass. Oct. 1775. Lieutenant in Col. Wm. Shepard's reg't. Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. I, 1777 to June 13, 1778. Reported died June 13, 1778. Also order for clothing dated Camp Valley Forge, May i, 1778. Also Capt. Caleb Keep's Co. Col. Shepard's Reg't. return of men in service on or before Aug. 1, 1777.

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Capt Abel Cooley's memorial is located at: Park Street Cemetery, West Springfield, Hampden County, USA.
When did Capt Abel Cooley death?
Capt Abel Cooley death on 26 May 1807 in
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Latitude: 42.1062460
Longitude: -72.6195540

Family Members:

Parent

Obadiah Cooley

(1678 - 1764)

Dorcas Heald Cooley

(1679 - 1769)

Spouse

Mercy Cooley Cooley

(1718 - 1783)

Siblings

Jacob Cooley

(1720 - 1807)

Children

LT Abel Cooley

(1746 - 1778)

Mercy Cooley White

(1749 - 1834)

Walter Cooley

(1752 - 1814)

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24. Holy Mother of the Rosary Cemetery
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