Abilenah Cooley
First wife of Japhet Chapin, whom she married in 1664, and probably the mother of Sarah (Chapin) Munn. Probably a daughter of Samuel Cooley of Milford, Connecticut, born in 1642, she probably lived for a time at Milford before settling at Springfield (Chicopee), Massachusetts, where she bore ten children between 1665 and 1688. She died at Springfield in 1710.
Life
- 1642Born1642
WikiTree has 12 Mar 1643 at Milford, Connecticut.
compiledprobable - 1664Married Japhet Chapin22 Jul 1664compiledprobable
- 1710Died
Family
- Father
- Samuel Cooley
"Samuel Cooley, of Milford, Conn." WikiTree has Samuel Coley (d. 1684, Milford) and Ann Prudden. Not researched further.
compiledprobable - Spouse
- Japhet Chapincompiledprobable
1 child
Pedigree
Notes
Mother of Sarah (Chapin) Munn. The Chapin Book gives her as “Abilenah Cooley, dau. Samuel Cooley, of Milford, Conn., b. 1642, d. Nov. 17, 1710, ae. 68, Springfield,” the first wife of Japhet Chapin, whom she married on 22 July 1664 (source). The couple probably lived for a time at Milford before settling at Springfield (Chicopee), where she bore ten children between 1665 and 1688. Japhet’s brother Henry married Bethia Cooley, daughter of Benjamin Cooley of Longmeadow.
Research: research/hatten/Browne_Chapin_Cumins.md.