Notes for: Ann (Anne) Bodine
In Ira K. Morris's Memorial History of Staten Island, NY (v. 1), he says John married Catherine Britton, the sister of Nathaniel Britton. The following also comes from that book. It is talking about John and Catherine. It is more than a little confusing, but here it is word for word: Their sons were John (usually recognized in local history as "Squire John"), Jacob (the father of William H. J. and Edmund Bodine), the late Captain John, James, Jacob, Albert, and Vincent. There were three daughters, who removed from the Island. James was the father of the late Abraham Bodine, of Mariners' Harbor, and of several sons and daughters now dead.
Note from Dave: I have no idea why this appears to say that John and Catherine had two sons named John and two sons named Jacob. The article makes no mention, it seems, of their sons Nathaniel, Abraham, and Edmund. There could be mistakes in my data here or mistakes in the article.
The Britton genealogy says she married Jabez B. Cooley on Nov. 2, 1845 and died on July 7, 1852. They had no children.
From Ronny Bodine:
From Records of the Protestant Dutch Church, Port Richmond:
Married 2 Nov 1845. Jabez B. Cooley of Elizabeth Port, N.J. AND Ann Bodine of Staten Island by J. Brownlee, Pastor.
Jabez and Ann Cooley lived 1850 in Elizabeth Township, Essex County, New Jersey. Ann was much older than her husband and understated her age, 40, against that of her husband, 30. Jabez Cooley was employed as some sort of iron worker. Ann Cooley was buried in the Port Richmond Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery. The couple had no children. In 1860, now remarried to Amelia, Jabez Cooley, age 45, was living in Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey engaged as a land agent. In 1870, as Jubes B. Cooley, age 55, he now worked as a lumber dealer in Elizabeth.
Obituary, The Brooklyn (N.Y.) Daily Eagle of Thursday, 23 Sept 1875.
Elizabeth, N.J., September 23. Ex-Assemblyman Jabez B. Cooley, of this city, died last night, aged 61 years. he was one of the largest lumber dealers in the State and has held various county offices. He was noted for his benefactions to the poor.