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Mary <I>Needham</I> Cooley

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Mary Needham Cooley

Birth
Wales, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
16 Jun 1799 (aged 73)
Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont, USA
Burial
Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont, USA Add to Map
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Mother of 10 children
Mary wife of Benjamin Cooley died June 16,1799 in the 74th year of her age

"Molly" may have been a name family used, this is not confirmed in documentation.
Mother of 10 children
Mary wife of Benjamin Cooley died June 16,1799 in the 74th year of her age

"Molly" may have been a name family used, this is not confirmed in documentation.

Inscription

Mary relics [sic] of
Benjamin Cooley
died June 16th 1799
in the 74th year
of her
age.

Virtue lives beyond the grave.

My transent seans [sic] are ove[r]
heaven is my native air,
I bid my friendes [sic] a short adue [sic]
Impatient to be their [sic].

[The engraver was not a good speller or grammarian]

On the day Mary died she was 73 years old, and
Ætatis suæ (i.e., Æ, "Aged," in the XX year of her Age) 74.



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  • Maintained by: onwitheshow
  • Originally Created by: Donna O
  • Added: Aug 1, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40145602/mary-cooley: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Needham Cooley (21 Jun 1725–16 Jun 1799), Find a Grave Memorial ID 40145602, citing Baptist Cemetery, Pittsford, Rutland County, Vermont, USA; Maintained by onwitheshow (contributor 47595446).