[ACTION: Thus far I have not found the Sunderland-Cooley Sunderland MA connection. NOW SEE below. Found the connection.]
Lineage
Peter Sutherland
son of Arthur Sutherland Jr.
son of Arthur Sutherland Sr.
son of Rev. Andrew Sutherland
son of Col. Andrew Sutherland (1776-1836) and Naomi "Annie" Cooley (1788-1870) (d Procter Cemetery Michigan aka Branch Cemetery Society Cemetery Romeo, Macomb County)
son of Peter Sutherland and Carol Bush
son of John William Sutherland (1735-1817)
Naomi Cooley's father was Col. Benjamin Cooley III
Col. Benjamin Cooley III (1747- 1810) (d Meeting House - Congregational Burial Ground)
was son of Benjamin Cooley II (1701-1790) (d Pittsford, VT)
who was son of Benjamin Cooley I (1681-1745) (d Greenwich, MA)
son of Daniel Cooley (1650-1727) (d Springfield Cemetery, Springfield)
son of Benjamin Cooley (1615 - 1684) (Colonist) (d Longmeadow)
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Naomi and Andrew Sutherland are buried at Procter Cemetery, Ray, MI 48096
It's a 5-6 hour drive from Brockport, NY through Niagara Falls on 403/402/401.
Their tombstone is pictured here thanks to the kind work of Walter Sands (2011).
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Benjamin Cooley II (1701-1790) is buried in the Baptist Cemetery in Pittsford, Vermont.
Research Sources:
See this History of the Town of Pittsford (1872) The Cooleys have many dozens of references in this book which is available in a variety of formats. It talks about the burial grounds among many other topics. See Index at the back of this 700 plus page book.
Here's a list of cemeteries in Vermont. Look for the town of Pittsford. While there are links for each cemetery to a Google Map, the cemetery is NOT marked on the map, so we'll just have to locate it when we visit.
From Family Search Wiki:
Town Records-Pittsford
Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images) at thiite.
The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Pittsford Town Clerks Office. These include Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1745-1995.
Pittsford VT Town Clerk
426 Plains Road
Pittsford, VT 05763
Phone: (802) 483-6500
Website: Pittsford Vermont. Town Clerk
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Lieut. Abner Cooley and his wife Jerusha Graves Cooley are buried in the Riverside cemetery on the Connecticut River in Sunderland where Anora lived her senior year at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The cemetery is primarily a Graves family cemetery.
What is their Sutherland connection?
Abner Cooley is a grandson of Anora's 9th generation direct ancestor's husband Daniel Cooley.
Naomi's ancestors include Daniel Cooley. [Action: Reconfirm this.]
426 Plains Road
Pittsford, VT 05763
Phone: (802) 483-6500
Website: Pittsford Vermont. Town Clerk
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Lieut. Abner Cooley and his wife Jerusha Graves Cooley are buried in the Riverside cemetery on the Connecticut River in Sunderland where Anora lived her senior year at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The cemetery is primarily a Graves family cemetery.
What is their Sutherland connection?
Abner Cooley is a grandson of Anora's 9th generation direct ancestor's husband Daniel Cooley.
Naomi's ancestors include Daniel Cooley. [Action: Reconfirm this.]
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