C18 Ancestry (Member of DNA surname group CF02).

C18 descends from Daniel Cooley born about 1781 in New York or Connecticut

For additional information see pages 861-862, "The Cooley Genealogy: The Descendants of Ensign Benjamin Cooley" by Mortimer Elwyn Cooley. The Cooley Family Association of America founded by Mortimer E. Cooley is devoted to the descendants of Ensign Benjamin Cooley.