I certainly agree with that. :)
-Michael
> Hey, I live in Vegas; everyday's a crap shoot ;-)
>
> I was just throwing it out there, realizing that family or it's
> descendants may never
> have stepped outside London. But unless someone has already come up empty
> here, it might not hurt to dig a little deeper. Leave no stone unturned!
>
> At least it will give us something to do while we wait for test results!
>
> Cheers,
> Jim
>
>
>
> On 12/28/2012 12:38 AM, Michael Cooley wrote:
>> Hi Jim,
>>
>> Personally, I think this is too little to go on at this point. The DNA
>> has
>> shown that there were a lot of unrelated Cooleys who came out of the
>> British Isles in the 18th century to America, which means that any
>> Cooley
>> we find in the British Isles could belong to any of these groups. It may
>> be much of a crap shoot at this point.
>>
>> So far, as far as I now, only Benjamin Cooley has been placed to a
>> specific place in England. A contender for his father has been ID'd
>> through DNA--a William Cooley of Tring--but we really don't know how
>> he's
>> related. He could be an uncle, and elder cousin, or even a
>> remotely-related cousin. We need more testers in England in hopes that
>> the
>> various lines here will begin to match up with localities there. For
>> example, a Cooley from Australia ordered a test today for an ancestor
>> who
>> lived in Leeds. It will be interesting to see if he matches any of the
>> American testers. If so, then that clan will have Leeds as a possible
>> origin point. But, I'd say, we've a long way before we get very far down
>> that road. But we're making progress!
>>
>> -Michael
>>
>>> Er, maybe it wasn't the digitized church records. So far I can only
>>> find this on a surname site.
>>>
>>> On 12/27/2012 5:02 PM, The Cooleys wrote:
>>>> Speaking of premature, let me enter into the record:
>>>>
>>>> Abraham, son of Anthony and Ann Cooley, July 4th 1695, Christchurch,
>>>> Greyfriars, Newgate, England
>>>>
>>>> Can't recall if this is a birth or christening date. I wrote it on
>>>> the back of an envelope; forgot to write the
>>>> source but I'm sure it was the digitized church record book I found
>>>> on-line a while back.
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone seen this "family" before? Speculation: Could be Abraham's
>>>> father (or grandfather?)
>>>>
>>>> Jim
>>>>
>>>> On 12/27/2012 1:17 PM, Michael Cooley wrote:
>>>>> BTW, unless the testers step forward, I'm obliged to keep their
>>>>> identities
>>>>> private, especially since I'm one of the admins for the DNA project.
>>>>> But
>>>>> I've gone ahead--a bit prematurely--and indicated their lines of
>>>>> descent:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://ancestraldata.com/ahnentafel/256/lineages/abraham-desc.html
>>>>> http://ancestraldata.com/ahnentafel/256/lineages/reubenr-desc.html
>>>>>
>>>>> These are always terribly exciting to me. As an admin to the project
>>>>> and
>>>>> 2nd VP of the CFAA, I'm hoping the project will be able to ID the
>>>>> genetic
>>>>> fingerprints of the major Cooley families who arrived in the country
>>>>> by
>>>>> 1800.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Michael
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have his address! There's nearly enough in the general fund to
>>>>>> cover it.
>>>>>> A couple of donations of $20 will put us over.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for any help on this!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Michael
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes, I'm hoping to hear back from him again before the 31st.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I first proposed an Abraham descendant test about a year or so ago.
>>>>>>> Several of us agreed we'd contribute to it. If anyone would like to
>>>>>>> do
>>>>>>> so,
>>>>>>> you can go to this website:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.familytreedna.com/group-general-fund-contribution.aspx
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's a little funky in that you have to be careful to select the
>>>>>>> correct
>>>>>>> group--which is "Cooley," btw :) In the Notes field put something
>>>>>>> like
>>>>>>> "for Abraham tester." If we go a little over what's needed, it will
>>>>>>> just
>>>>>>> be applied to the next test.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'll let everyone know when it's been ordered.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For those of you who may be new to the list or otherwise missed the
>>>>>>> discussion, Abraham is believed to have gone to New York from
>>>>>>> England by
>>>>>>> c1780 and married Sarah Reed, believed to have been a woman of
>>>>>>> French
>>>>>>> descent. He moved to Surry County NC in the '80s near our John
>>>>>>> Cooley,
>>>>>>> hence the speculation the two men may have been related. The test
>>>>>>> should
>>>>>>> clinch it one way or another.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -Michael
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Brilliant! Let me know if you need a few clams for the test.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You probably already know but for those who don't, FTDNA has some
>>>>>>>> special pricing on tests and upgrades
>>>>>>>> until December 31st.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Jim
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 12/26/2012 7:23 PM, Michael Cooley wrote:
>>>>>>>>> I'm waiting for his snail mail address. Hopefully, I'll be able
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> order
>>>>>>>>> right away.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The test kit is off to the Reuben Ransom Cooley descendant.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> We should have some interesting news in a couple of months.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> -Michael
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
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>>>>>>>>> See http://ancestraldata.com/listarchive/johncooleylist/ for list
>>>>>>>>> information.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
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>>>>>>>> information.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Second VP, the Cooley Family Association of America
>>>>>>> President, the Genealogy Club of Humboldt State University
>>>>>>> Administrator, the Eldridge Family DNA Project
>>>>>>> Administrator, the Ashenhurst Family DNA Project (in the works)
>>>>>>> Administrator, the alt-McDowell DNA Project
>>>>>>> Co-Administrator, the Cooley Family DNA Project
>>>>>>> Instructor "Genealogy and Family History," the Osher Lifelong
>>>>>>> Learning
>>>>>>> Institute (OLLI)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Second VP, the Cooley Family Association of America
>>>>>> President, the Genealogy Club of Humboldt State University
>>>>>> Administrator, the Eldridge Family DNA Project
>>>>>> Administrator, the Ashenhurst Family DNA Project (in the works)
>>>>>> Administrator, the alt-McDowell DNA Project
>>>>>> Co-Administrator, the Cooley Family DNA Project
>>>>>> Instructor "Genealogy and Family History," the Osher Lifelong
>>>>>> Learning
>>>>>> Institute (OLLI)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
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>>>>>> See http://ancestraldata.com/listarchive/johncooleylist/ for list
>>>>>> information.
>>>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> <a href="http://newsummer.com/distlist">distlist 0.9</a>
>>>> See http://ancestraldata.com/listarchive/johncooleylist/ for list
>>>> information.
>>>>
>>> --
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>>> See http://ancestraldata.com/listarchive/johncooleylist/ for list
>>> information.
>>>
>>
>
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> information.
>
--
Second VP, the Cooley Family Association of America
President, the Genealogy Club of Humboldt State University
Administrator, the Eldridge Family DNA Project
Administrator, the Ashenhurst Family DNA Project (in the works)
Administrator, the alt-McDowell DNA Project
Co-Administrator, the Cooley Family DNA Project
Instructor "Genealogy and Family History," the Osher Lifelong Learning
Institute (OLLI)
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