Yep, that's right.
I have 16 children for Jemima Cooley and Thomas K White:
James L b13 Oct 1818
Caroline Matilda b 13 Apr 1820
Rebecca Jane b 30 Dec 1821
Thomas Jefferson b 26 Dec 1823
Markus b12 Nov 1825
Amy b 26 Sep 1827
William W b 30 Apr 1829
Elizabeth b 24 Dec 1830
Mary Frances b 15 Apr 1832 (my 3rd GG mother) md Elijah M Reed
Margaret A b17 Dec 1833
Theodocia L b 9 Aug 1835
Elizabeth B b 17 Apr 1837
Amanda M b 14 Feb 1839
John Henry b 20 Sep 1840
Benjamin Harrison b 23 Sep 1842
Franklin Pierce b 17 Aug 1844
The above is from a photocopy of a page from the White family bible..
Bonnie
On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 6:30 PM, Michael Cooley <michael_at_newsummer.com>
wrote:
> Yes, I have Jemima as a sister of Docia and have her married to Thomas.
> She's the only Jemima I have on the website. James's family is laid out
> pretty much as you say. But I have Docia married a second time to John
> Roberts. Is that right?
>
> http://ancestraldata.com/ahnentafel/256/lineages/johncooley-desc.html
>
>
> I suspect that the name Tempy (Joseph's daughter) was short for Temperance.
>
> -Michael
>
> On Thu, May 7, 2015 12:34, Bonnie & Craig Lillywhite wrote:
> > Your orator Pleasant Wilson of the County of Howard and State of Missouri
> > administrator of all ad singular the goods and chattels rights and
> > credits of James Cooley deceased Humbly Complaining therewith unto your
> > Honor that
> > some time on or about the first day of October in the year Eighteen
> > hundred and twenty one in the county of Howard the aforesaid James Cooley
> > died intestate leaving a widow by the name of Elizabeth Cooley and the
> > following heirs and legal Representatives to wit - Thomas White and his
> > wife Jemima White said Jemima is the daughter and heir of said deceased,
> > William
> > Cunningham and his wife Docia which said Docia is the daughter and Heir
> of
> > said Deceased and the following sons and heirs all minors.
> >
> > I think you have my Jemima Cooley White confused with Jemima Roberts
> > Sparks. Jemima Cooley White (wife of Thomas Kirkland White) was b 9 Sep
> > 1800 in NC (I have a photocopy of the bible record of Thomas K and Jemima
> > Cooley White that I can mail you if you like).
> > I think that it is apparent from the administration of James Cooley
> > (1772-1821)that he had daus named Jemima, who md Thomas K White and Docia
> > who md William Cunningham. They didn't help by using the same given names
> > over and over. James (1772-1821) and Elizabeth Cooley had the following
> > children:
> > Elnora who md William Green
> > James M who md Jane White
> > Demarcus (Mark who md Rebecca
> > Jemima who md Thomas K White
> > Theodocia who md 1)William Cunningham 2)John Roberts
> > Isaac N who md 1)Elizabeth Monroe and 2)Nancy Massey
> > Timothy Goode (Tink) who md Lucinda Ann Mullinex
> > John H who md Eliza Locke
> > Cornelius who md Dorothy White
> > Benjamin Rush who md 1)Elizabeth Ann Cooley and 2)Elizabeth ?
> > Matthias M who md Martha Whitney
> > and possibly a son, William
> >
> > Most of my research was done in the 1960's to 1985 when there were no
> > computers so I have many, many paper files. I've tried to put everything
> on
> > my computer but may have missed something. I don't know if you ever use
> > the LDS Family Search. It is free to all -- members and non members. It
> is
> > the only place where I have posted my family records. However, there are
> > errors because it's left up to the individuals to be accurate, etc. I
> wish
> > you the best in all you do. It will be interesting to see if you can be
> > successful with the Big Y! Bonnie
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 12:30 PM, Michael Cooley <michael_at_newsummer.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Hi Bonnie,
> >>
> >>
> >> Interesting. I was asking about the daughter of Joseph Cooley, whose
> >> name is Tempy. I'm wondering whether both women married men named
> >> William
> >> Cunningham.
> >>
> >>
> >> I do have a copy of James's letter of admin. A portion is in his notes
> >> at
> >>
> >> http://ancestraldata.com/Notes/index.cgi?1167835945+/ahnentafel/256/lin
> >> eages/johncooley-desc.html
> >>
> >> I didn't have Docia's children. Thanks! I'll update the page with the
> >> entries.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Michael
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, May 7, 2015 10:43, Bonnie & Craig Lillywhite wrote:
> >>
> >>> I have information on "Tempey" Cooley who md William Cunningham 4 Feb
> >>> 1819
> >>> in Howard County, Mo. I had received letters from a Sarah Ann Roberts
> >>> which were written in 1937 that explained who Tempey is. She is
> >>> actually Theodocia Cooley, aka Docia, Dosh, etc. I have NO idea why
> >>> she is listed as Tempey on her marriage to William Cunningham. He died
> >>> before 1829 and they had one dau, Mary Ann, b abt 1821 in Howard
> >>> County, MO. Dosh, etc
> >>>
> >> then
> >>> md John Roberts on 4 Oct 1829 in Howard County, MO. They had the
> >> following
> >>> children:
> >>> Mary Ann Roberts b 11 Aug 1830 in MO and died 17 Oct 1899, Yolo
> >>> County,
> >>> CA.
> >>> She md John Maxwell on 11 Sep 1846 in Platte County, MO
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Rebecca Roberts b 10 Dec 1832 MO, d 21 Jan 1908 in Garfield Co,
> >>> Colorado.
> >>> She md Joel J Crook 28 Aug 1851 in Platte County, MO
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Jemima Roberts b 20 Dec 1833 in Howard County, MO and died 27 Dec
> >>> 1874 in
> >>> Leavenworth County, KS, md John Sparks on16 Sep 1852 in Mercer County,
> >>> MO.
> >>> (she was named for my 3rd great grandmother, Jemima Cooley, who was a
> >>> sister to Theodocia, etc. (Their father was James Cooley, 1772-1821).
> >>>
> >>> Ralph Roberts b 1 Feb 1837, MO, d 6 Mar 1899 in Woodland, Yolo, CA
> >>> and md Mary E Finch on 6 May 1855 in Buchanan County, MO
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> James T Roberts b 30 Aug 1839 MO, d 26 Feb 1885 in Sherman County,
> >>> NE, md
> >>> Susanna Bales/Bayles on 1 Mar 1859 in Ray County, MO
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Matilda Roberts b 16 May 1842 in Buchanan County, MO and d 1 May 1908
> >>> in Buchanan County, MO. She md Thomas Jefferson Meers on 21 Apr 1858
> >>> in Buchanan County, MO.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Tempey, Theodocia, Docia, etc is buried in Bethel Cemetery, Buchanan,
> >>> MO.
> >>> Her gravestone lists her as Dosh A Roberts.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I have James Cooley (1772 - 1821) as the father of my Jemima and
> >>> Theodbcia
> >>> and 9 or 10 other children.
> >>>
> >>> I don't know if you have the following regarding the administration
> >>> of James Cooley but here it is:
> >>> Estate of James Cooley
> >>> Feb 1824 , Search under "Cunningham"
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> To the Honorable David Todd Judge of the Circuit Court for the first
> >>> Judicial Circuit in the State of Missouri setting as a court of
> >>> chancery at the town of Fayette in the County of Howard and circuit
> >>> aforesaid.
> >>>
> >>> Your orator Pleasant Wilson of the County of Howard and State of
> >>> Missouri administrator of all and singular the goods and chattels
> >>> rights and credits of James Cooley deceased Humbly complaining sheweth
> >>> unto your Honor that sometime on or about the first day of October in
> >>> the year Eighteen hundred and twenty one in the County of Howard
> >>> aforesaid, the aforesaid James Cooley died intestate leaving a widow
> >>> by the name of Elizabeth Cooley and the following heirs and legal
> >>> representatives (towit?)
> >>> Thomas White and his wife Jemima which said Jemima is daughter and
> >>> heir
> >> of
> >>> said Deceased; William Cunningham and his wife Docia which said Docia
> >>> is the daughter and heir of said Deceased and the following sons and
> >>> heirs all minors (towit?) Demarquis D Cooley, Isaac N Cooley, James M
> >>> Cooley,
> >>> Timothy
> >>> G Cooley, John H Cooley, Cornelius Cooley, Benjamin R Cooley, Matthias
> >>> M
> >>> Cooley, and William Cooley who are all prayed to be made parties to
> >>> this Bill of Complaint. Your petition further represents unto your
> >>> Honor that
> >>> one the ninth day of January in the year Eighteen hundred and twenty
> >>> two he obtained letters of administration on the Estate of said
> >>> deceased from the clerk of the County Court for the County of Howard
> >>> aforesaid which are in full force and virtue in law, not set aside or
> >>> revoked and which
> >> to
> >>> the Court are here shewn and made a part of this Bill the date
> >>> whereof is the same day and year aforesaid. Your orator further
> >>> represents that the personal estate of said deceased was appraised to
> >>> the sum of $625.43 3/4 cents out of which said personal property the
> >>> widow of said deceased received its appraised value the sum of $150
> >>> which left a balance of said personal property at its appraised value
> >>> of the sum of $475.43 3/4 cents. Your petitioner further represents
> >>> that the above personal
> >> property
> >>> at its appraised value was sold at public sale to the highest bidder
> >>> as will appear said sale bill for the sum of $30.30.00 cent. Your
> >>> orator further shews unto your Honor that the following demands in
> >>> amount have been allowed by the County Court for the County of Howard
> >>> in favour of creditors against your orator as administrator of the
> >>> Estate of said
> >>> deceased.
> >>>
> >>> List of creditors follows, including William Cunningham the sum of
> >>> $13.50;
> >>> Total sum of $1047.41 owed to creditors. There follows several pages
> >>> of "complaint" as to a Robert Brown who "went bail" for James Cooley
> >>> over
> >> a
> >>> quarter section of land a few miles southwest of Fayette. The
> >>> possibility appears to be that the settlement of the estate went on
> >>> for some time. The affidavit of Brown may be found in these papers
> >>> and
> >> states
> >>> that James Cooley intended to go to North Carolina shortly before his
> >>> death. Information was produced for RRH by Lois Stanley, genalogist
> >>> in
> >> St.
> >>
> >>> Louis
> >>> in 1982.
> >>>
> >>> crthunt added this on 19 Apr 2011
> >>>
> >>> Source: Joint Collection, University of Missouri, Western Historical
> >>> Manuscript, Columbia State Historical Society of Missouri Manuscripts;
> >>> From
> >>> the Abiel Leonard Collection (one of earliest lawyers in area)
> >> Transcribed
> >>
> >>> from copy of original manuscript.
> >>>
> >>> You will note that Thomas K White, husband of Jemima Cooley (my 4th
> >>> GG
> >>> parents) is often mentioned on Cooley legal documents and seemed to be
> >>> a "go to guy" for many legal matters.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Bonnie Lillywhite
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 3:26 PM, Michael Cooley
> >>> <michael_at_newsummer.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> 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=Co ol
> >>>>> 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
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> <a href="http://newsummer.com/distlist">distlist 0.9b</a>
> >>>>> See http://johncooley.net/list for list information.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> <a href="http://newsummer.com/distlist">distlist 0.9b</a>
> >>>>> See http://johncooley.net/list for list information.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Administrator, the Akins DNA Project
> >>>> Administrator, the Ashenhurst DNA Project
> >>>> Administrator, the Bishop DNA Project
> >>>> Administrator, the Eldridge DNA Project
> >>>> Administrator, the Fisk DNA Project
> >>>> Administrator, the alt-McDowell DNA Project
> >>>> Co-Administrator, the Cooley DNA Project
> >>>> Co-Administrator, the McDougall DNA Project
> >>>> Co-Administrator, the Pickens DNA Project
> >>>> Co-Administrator, the Strother DNA Project
> >>>> Instructor, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)
> >>>> B.A. Humboldt State University, History
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
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> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
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> >> Administrator, the Ashenhurst DNA Project
> >> Administrator, the Bishop DNA Project
> >> Administrator, the Eldridge DNA Project
> >> Administrator, the Fisk DNA Project
> >> Administrator, the alt-McDowell DNA Project
> >> Co-Administrator, the Cooley DNA Project
> >> Co-Administrator, the McDougall DNA Project
> >> Co-Administrator, the Pickens DNA Project
> >> Co-Administrator, the Strother DNA Project
> >> Instructor, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)
> >> B.A. Humboldt State University, History
> >>
> >>
> >> --
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> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
> --
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> Co-Administrator, the McDougall DNA Project
> Co-Administrator, the Pickens DNA Project
> Co-Administrator, the Strother DNA Project
> Instructor, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)
> B.A. Humboldt State University, History
>
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