Hi Jan, I have some biographical and genealogical info on the early settlers of Springfield at: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ma/county/hampden/gene/bios_index.html Both Cooley's and Dorchester are among those listed, just click on the name. Kathy Leigh ALHN State Host NH; State Co-host MA County host-Hampden, MA; Hillsborough, NH Topics-Revolutionary War, Colonial America, The Constitution ----Original Message Follows---- From: jnrose@webtv.net (Jan J.) Reply-To: COOLEY-L@rootsweb.com To: COOLEY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Cooley] Joseph MA>CT + Mary DORCHESTER 1713 Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2003 14:16:33 -0400 (EDT) Seeking birth and death dates of Mary DORCHESTER possibly born in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA, who married on 28 May 1713 Joseph COOLEY II, and possibly died in Somers, Tolland Co., CT. Her father was James DORCHESTER and I do not have any further information on him. Joseph COOLEY II, son of Lt. Joseph and Mary [GRISWOLD] COOLEY, was born 31 Jan. 1686-7 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA, and died 19 Oct. 1741 in Somers, Tolland Co., CT, at age 54 years. Joseph and Mary had 10 children: Eunice COOLEY, Mary COOLEY, Lt. George COOLEY (my ancestor) m. Susannah PEASE 31 March 1740, and died 5 Dec. 1786; Ashel COOLEY, Joseph III COOLEY, Sarah COOLEY, Job COOLEY, James COOLEY, Deborah COOLEY, and Abigail COOLEY born in Longmeadow, Hampden Co., MA. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP, Jan Jordan in VT ==== COOLEY Mailing List ==== _______ COOLEY Resource Center at RootsWeb _______ To search the list archives, transcription projects, links, queries and more, visit the COOLEY Resource Center at http://resources.rootsweb.com/~clusters/surnames/c/o/COOLEY/ ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus