Coley/Cooley Genealogy

(1) John COLEY (Or COOLEY)
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Birth:        ca 1586, Great Munden, Herfordshire, England
Death:       6 Feb 1674

Children:  Samuel (1620-1689)
                 Mary (-1678)
 

(2) Samuel COLEY (Or Cooley)
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Birth:           1620, England
Death:          3 Oct 1689, Milford, New Haven, CT

Spouse:       Ann PRODDEN (Or PRUDDEN)
Birth:          1617/1618, Kings Walden, England
Bapt:           8 Feb 1617/1618, Kings Walden, England
Death:         3 Oct 1659/1689, Milford, New Haven, CT
Father:        James PRUDDEN (-1648)
Mother:      Sibil MITCHELL
Marr:          14 Feb 1640, Milford, New Haven, CT

Children:  Peter (1641-1690)
                 Abilene (1643-1710)
                 Samuel (1645-)
                 Sarah (ca 1648-)
                 Mary (ca 1651-)
                 Hannah (1654-)
                 Thomas (1657-)

Notes:  Samuel came to Mass. Bay Colony in 1631. Settled in Milford, CT in 1639.
 

(3) Peter COLEY Sr.
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Birth:         1641
Bapt:          25 Apr 1641, Milford, Fairfield, CT
Death:        1690, Fairfield, Fairfield, CT

Spouse:     Sarah HIDE (Or HYDE)
Bapt:          25 Apr 1641, Milford, New Haven, CT
Father:       Humphrey HYDE (Or HIDE) (-1683)
Mother:      Ann HYDE (-1643)
Marr:          ?

Children:  Samuel (ca1664-)
                 Sarah (ca1668-)
                 Peter (1671-ca1722)
                 Ann (1673-)
                 Mary (1677-)
                 Elizabeth (1680-)
                 Hannah (ca1683-)
 

(4) Peter COLEY Jr.
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Birth:       12 Jun 1671, Weston , Fairfield, CT
Death:      ca 1722
 
Spouse:    Hannah COUCH
Father:      Simon COUCH Sr. (ca1633-1688)
Mother:     Mary ANDREWS (1650-)
Marr:         ca 1699

Children:  Hannah (ca 1700-)
                 Peter (ca 1702-1743)
                 Simon (ca 1703-)
                 Elizabeth (ca 1706-)
                 Andrew (ca 1708-)
                 Ebenezer (Died in Youth) (ca1710-)
                 Ebenezer (ca 1712-1735)
                 David (1715-1802)
                 Jonathan (ca 1717-)
 Mary (ca1721-)
 

(5) David COLEY
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Birth:       29 Jan 1715, Weston, Fairfield, CT
Bapt:        13 Mar 1715, Fairfield, Fairfield, CT
Death:       23 Jun 1802, Weston, Fairfield, CT

Spouse:    Mary HYDE  (Or HIDE)
Birth:        1720
Death:       1783
Father:      Dea. John HYDE (Or HYDE) 3rd (1692-1761)
Mother:     Rachel HOLMES (1699-1736)
Marr:        16 Dec 1740, Fairfield, CT

Children:  Capt. Ebenezer (1741-1811)
                 David (1743-<1820)
                 Rachel (1746-1831)
                 Mary (1755-)
                 Abigail (1758-1797)

Other spouses Ann MOREHOUSE
 

(6) Capt. Ebenezer COLEY
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Birth:        19 Oct 1741, Fairfield, Fairfield, CT
Bapt:         28 Mar 1742, Westport, Fairfield, CT
Death:       2 Nov 1811, Weston, Fairfield, CT

Spouse:     Abigail MOREHOUSE
Birth:         22 Mar 1744, Fairfield, Fairfield, CT
Bapt:         18 Sep 1748, Westport, Fairfield, CT
Death:        3 Feb 1797
Father:       Lieut. Samuel MOREHOUSE (1710-1776)
Mother:      Abigail FROST (ca1723-1800)
Marr:         11 Aug 1763, Weston, Fairfield, CT

Children:  Ebenezer (1768-1823)
                 Michael
                 Samuel
 

(7) Ebenezer COLEY Jr.
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Birth:       7 Jan 1768, Weston, Fairfield, CT
Death:      11 Nov 1823, Weston, Fairfield, CT

Spouse:    Rachel GOODSELL
Bapt:        Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, CT
Death:       9 Mar 1816
Father:      John GOODSELL II (1730-1779)
Mother:     Grace ? (1735-)
Marr:         2 Jul 1790, Weston, Fairfield, CT

Children:  Samuel Morehouse (1804-1853)
 

(8) Samuel Morehouse COLEY
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Birth:        19 Jan 1804
Death:       21 Jan 1853

Spouse:    Althea HURLBUTT
Birth:       18 Aug 1809, Westport, Fairfield, CT
Death:      12 Mar 1835
Father:     Taylor HURLBUTT (1770-1838)
Mother:    Betty BENNITT (Or BENNETT) (1774-1857)
Marr:        29 Nov 1830, Norwalk, Fairfirld, CT

Children:  James E. (1832-1915)
                Sarah (1834-)
 

(9) Rev. James E. COLEY 
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Birth:         11 Oct 1832, Westport, Fairfield, CT
Bapt:          4 Dec 1832, Westport, Fairfield, CT
Death:        31 Mar 1915, Westport, Fairfield Co., CT
Burial:       Willow Brook Cemetery, Westport, Fairfield, CT
Occ:           Minister Ordained Priest (Episcopal) May 10, 1859
Educ:         Grad. Trinity College - July 19,1855

Spouse:     Mary Gray HUNTINGTON
Birth:         22 Feb 1836
Death:        29 Oct 1891, Westport, Fairfield Co., CT
Burial:       31 Oct 1891, Willow Brook Cemetery, Westport, Fairfield, CT
Father:       Rev. Enoch HUNTINGTON 4th (1801-1876)
Mother:     Charlotte TAYLOR (1808-1896)
Marr:         29 May 1860, Pine Meadow, CT

Children:  Mary Pearsall (1862-1936)
                 Edward Huntington (bp. 1861-)
                 Francis Chase (bp. 1866-)

Notes:  He was ordained Deacon May 26, 1858 in Middletown, CT, and ordained Priest in the Episcopal Church May 10, 1859 in New London, CT.  He had charge of the following parishes: Rector at St. James, Westville; St. Peter's, Monroe; Grace Church, Hamden; and Priest in Charge of  St. Matthews, Wilton.
 

(10) Mary Pearsall COLEY 
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Birth:      30 Dec 1862, Westport, Fairfield, CT
Death:     28 Oct 1936, Westport, Fairfield, CT
Burial:     Willowbrook Cemetery, Westport, Fairfield, CT
Bapt:       26 Apr 1863, Monroe, CT

Spouse:   William Gray STAPLES 
Birth:       28 Dec 1859, Westport, Fairfield, CT
Death:      Westport, Fairfield, CT
Burial:      Willowbrook Cemetery, Westport, Fairfield, CT
Father:      William Cowper STAPLES (1832-1891)
Mother:     Anne SANKEY
Marr:         3 Jan 1883, Westport, Fairfield Co., CT

Children:  Horace Huntington (Died as Infant) (1883-)
                 Horace William (1884-1965)
                 Frank Huntington (Died as Infant) (1890-1890)
                 Mary Coley
                 Helen Huntington (1896-)


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