BTW, I keep mistyping Lippincott as "Lippicott."
> Hello Everyone,
>
> In my estimation, we've accomplished a lot since the list reactivated
> about 2-1/2 years ago. The big questions, of course, remain: Where was
> John Cooley born? Who were his parents? Who did he marry?
>
> We've got some clues. There's the undocumented mention in "James Stuart
> and Mary Matthews of Wilcox County, Alabama" that William Matthews
> Cooley's mother was Sarah Matthews, probable daughter of James Matthews
> who, indeed, was living near the family in Stokes County. I fear, however,
> that someone along the way saw the name William Matthews Cooley in the
> Surry County NC records and came to conclusions that aren't necessarily
> true. Nevertheless, we have something to work with.
>
> The genetic match with William Henry Cooley (1797-1877) and James Cooley
> (1808-c1872), both born in Pennsylvania, is tantalizing as a possible
> collateral line, which could one day lead to John's origins.
>
> And there's still work to do in determining more of John's descendants.
> Who, for example, was Perrin C Cooley's father? The Jack Cooley / Gloria
> Tanner autosomal match appears to strengthen the idea that he was of the
> Perrin Cooley Sr family. (The match has also given me much-needed
> confidence in the viability of autosomal testing.)
>
> The mystery of John Cooley (1797-1880+) and Annis Hardin is still
> unresolved. That John was born in Adair County, KY suggests that he was of
> the Daniel Cooley line, but a John Cooley has already been attributed to
> Daniel. I've contacted three or four of his Y descendants but none have
> responded.
>
> And that brings me to the matter of Y-DNA for Daniel. We have yet to have
> a sample from his descendants.
>
> And we still need a Reuben Cooley sample.
>
> There's also the matter of John Cooley (1827-1900+) and Sarah Ann
> Treadwell. John was born in Missouri in 1827. His movements mirrored that
> of William Washington Cooley causing some of us to believe he was another
> son of Isaac N Cooley (James, John). But Isaac's will has been found. It
> doesn't include mention of a John Cooley among his children. Again, DNA
> from a descendant would be helpful. (I've been looking for one!) I'm
> tracking his line at
> http://ancestraldata.com/ahnentafel/256/lineages/johncooley-desc.html by
> having listing him as a grayed-out (possible) brother of Perrin C Cooley.
>
> Have I missed anything?
>
> Of course, we've continued to have great success. Thanks to Gloria
> Tanner's discovery of the newspaper notice for James Cooley's (1797-1858)
> estate, we now know that the mysterious John Cooley (m2 Martha Bearden)
> was a son of Perrin Sr.
>
> Jonathan Lycurgus Cooley (1842-1926) appears to be sorted out thanks in
> part to the various newspaper accounts of his sister, Nancy Alice Cooley
> Crockett (1873-1937).
>
> We had the delightful surprise in discovering that a descendant of Edmond
> Cooley (1773-1851), who married Charlotte Speace, is of the exact Y-DNA
> signature of the Stokes County Cooleys. This was totally unexpected. I
> think we can be confident that it was not coincidence that Edmond and John
> Cooley's son-in-law, Luke Burnett, appear on the same Spartanburg, SC
> deed. But we may never know whether he was the Rice Cooley who shows on
> the 1800 Stokes County census. (That would explained Rice's disappearance
> from the record.)
>
> Speaking of Luke Burnett, we've traced his family to his death in Georgia
> in 1859. It remains to be seen whether we will one day find a matrilineal
> descendant of his wife, Hannah Cooley, and, therefore, the mitochondrial
> DNA for her mother "Mrs John Cooley."
>
> Of course, the revival of the list was founded with the discovery of
> William Matthews Cooley's DNA and the sorting out of the major portion of
> his family.
>
> One more thing. Many of you know that my Y-DNA test in 2006 re-energized
> my interest in genealogy and that I've been in hot pursuit of disproving
> the "Dutch Cooley" theory since then. Being co-admin of the Cooley DNA
> Project has given me some influence in getting tests done to sort out the
> various early American Cooley lineages. In the process we've discovered
> that at least five different Y-DNA lineages are represented in Hamil's
> single "Dutch lineage" -- all of them mentioned in her manuscript:
>
> Stokes Cooleys: 13-24-15-11-11-13-12-12-10-13-11-30
> "Joseph T Cooley": 13-23-15-11-10-15-12-12-12-13-13-29
> "Francis Cooley": 13-25-15-10-11-14-12-12-10-13-11-29
> Cooley-Firmin: 13-24-13-10-11-14-12-12-12-13-13-29
> The Dutch Coles: 13-26-10-12-14-12-12-13-13-13-31
>
> Furthermore, a descendant of the New Jersey Cooley-Lippicott line (also
> mentioned in Hamil) is now testing. And I'm looking for an eligible tester
> for John Cooley (1731-1801) of Portsmouth, Ohio, whose son Peter Cooley
> (married Nancy Perry) is mentioned in Hamil. In the end, I wouldn't be
> surprised that we find a dozen or more separate lineages in her
> manuscript. As Elizabeth Cooley of the Cooley Family Association of
> America (whose husband was of the Cooley-Lippicott lineage) said in a 1977
> letter to Dennis Young: "That book of Lura Coolley Hamil has caused us
> plenty of headaches with folks accepting her data as 'gospel proof.' ...It
> should be labeled with a huge 'Skull and cross bones.' Mrs. Hamil went
> about grabbing up anything she felt might go together, has mixed up many
> different Cooley families, etc."
>
> Several of the list members have contributed heavily to our successes. I
> dare not try to list everyone here for fear I'll leave someone out. But a
> perusal of the list archives at http://johncooley.net/list/ quickly
> reveals the fabulous contributors.
>
> Enjoy the holidays folks and have a very Cooley New Year!
>
> -Michael
>
>
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