The Family Cook/Cooke
History and Genealogy
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This family history is respectfully dedicated to the memory
of these our forebearers who endured much in establishing the
Cook Family in America. They have bequeathed to us a heritage
of which we are justly proud and which should be an
inspiration in the coming years to our descendants.
The Cook Coat of Arms
This is the most widely used of all Cook Coats of Arms and
has been in existence for many centuries. It is described in
Burkes General Armory, Burkes Landed Gentry, Burkes Peerage
and Baronetage and other reliable works of heraldry, in some
cases accompanied by illustrations. It has been used by many
American Branches of the Cook Family. A Coat of Arms is an
emblem or a device which is displayed by titled persons,
persons of royal blood, and their descendants. Coats of Arms
were originally used for purposes of identification and
recognition on the field of battle as well as in civil life.
There are records of Coats of Arms, in one crude form or
another, at different times of ancient history. Heraldry, as
we know it today did not become of importance until after the
invasion of England by William the Conqueror, A.D. 1066. It
became of general interest at about the time of the Crusades.
ARMS Or, a chevron gules between two lions passant,
reguardant, sable.
A golden shield bearing two black lions, walking
and looking back, separated by a red chevron.
CREST Out of a mural coronet argent, a demi-lion rampant
sable, gorged with a ducal coronet or.
A black half-lion, collared with a golden ducal
coronet, rising from a mural coronet of silver.
MOTTO Tutum monstrat iter
or Tutem monstrat iter
He showeth a safe road
or
He leads the way
The English Cooks
The Cook family has been prominent in the British Empire and
the United States, its members having played important roles
in war and in peace. Family pride is a commendable trait and
should be cultivated. All Cooks have just cause to be proud
of the family history and traditions.
The name of Cook was first used by those whose occupation
corresponded with the name. In such days as those, with the
number of personal retainers and the excess of hospitality
expected of the feudal chief, the culinary department was a
very significant part of the baronial establishment.
Our Cooks are relics of the old "le Cook", "le Coke" or
"Cokeman". The Anglo-Saxon form is "Cuc" or "Cucca". Coke is
one of the earliest forms and in the Doomsday Book there are
several tenants styled "Cocus" and one "quida Coquus Regis".
Among the earliest records of the Family Cook or Cooke in
England is that of Gilbert Cocus or Cook, of the time of
William the Conqueror. Families of the name were to be found
at early dates in counties of Norfolk, York, Cambridge,
Bedford, Northumberland, Worcester, Kent, Cornwall, Devon,
Essex, Sussex, Lancaster, Hants, Middlesex, Suffolk, Surrey,
Oxfordshire, Warwick, and London and were for the most part,
of the landed gentry and yeomanry of Great Britain.
It is not definitely known from which of the many
illustrious lines of the family in England the first
emigrants of the name to come to America were descended, but
all of the families bearing the name are said to be of
ancient origin and many of them were of common ancestry. It
is thought our people were from Kent or Yorkshire and were
descendants of Sir Henry Cooke, a son of Bryan Cook of
Yorkshire in the early seventeenth century.
The Cook Family is among the forty-nine "Best Families"
selected by the American Historical-Genealogical Society. And
our family is among the largest and oldest of the colonial
families still in existence in the United States today with a
heritage of which we are justly proud.
"History with it's flickering lamp stumbles along the trail
of the past, trying to reconstruct it's themes, to revive
it's echoes and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former
days." --Sir Winston Spencer Churchill
Biography
HENRY COOK There are four
generations in our family where our direct ancestor had the same name.
Our first American forefather was Henry Senior who was
at Salem Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1638, it is believed that he came from
England shortly before that date since there is no record of him prior to that
time. It has been recorded that Henry was born in
County Kent in England, but this is not definitely known. The name of
Henry's father has not been established it is known that there were several
distinct branches of the family Cook or Cooke in England in the 1600's all of
whom could trace the family lineage to the earliest ancestor, Gilbert Cocus or
Cook or Cooke who lived during the time of William the Conqueror in the eleventh
century The name Sir Henry and Sir George Cooke of Yorkshire appear in the
seventeenth century, they were sons of Bryan Cooke of that county, and is the
first appearance of the given name Henry. It is not definitely known from
which of the many illustrious lines of the family in England the first
immigrants of the name to come to America were descended, but all of the
families bearing the name are said to have been of common origin and of ancient
ancestry. It has also been stated that Henry was a descendant of the Cooks
of Hertfordshire.
Our Henry was a Puritan
in his religious beliefs, this probably being the reason for his early
immigration to New England, since there was a great deal of discrimination
practiced in England at the time against those of the faith. He was
obviously a successful farmer and active in the political atmosphere of the
colony. His name is mentioned on several occasions in the records of the
proceedings of the Common Council and the Salem Town Records. In these
records the following reference is made; "Henry Cook and Samuel Ebourne
appointed to be surveyors for the north neck and all fields about the Glass
House, and for about Though. Goidwaight field and VP to Michele Slaffin." at a
town meeting of the Selectmen 14 Jan 1659/60. And secondly, "At a
General Town meeting held 3 March 1661; Granted that the lands lying along the
highway against Though. Goidwaites andgiven to Hugh James and by him sold to
William Robinson and the
Widow Cooke (Judith) from the way to the brook as it
was divided by Mayor Hathorne and William Bartholmew, shall all belong to the
widow Cooke and William Robinson" Although the family
of Frederick Cooke, of the Mayflower had resided at Salem none bore the given
name Judith, this can only refer to our family. Judith was the daughter of
Henry Burdsall or Birdsall who arrived in America in 1632 from Yorkshire
County England. Henry Birdsall
was a member of the First Church at Salem in 1636 and
was registered a freeman May 2, 1638. Henry was a widower and he came to
Salem with Judith age 13 and a son, Nathan age 21. Judith of course being
the wife of our Henry Cook. Both Henry and Judith remained at Salem where
they died, sons Henry Jr. and Samuel removed to
Wallingford, Connecticut at an early date the other children all remained in
Massachusetts.
Henry Junior
emigrated to Wallingford in 1674, his brother Samuel having emigrated to the
same
Place in 1670, both were original proprietors of the
town and First settlers of the village as well as of the Commonwealth. Samuel
was one of the signers of the Fundamental Orders in 1670 which was one of the
first forms of a constitutional government in America. Henry was a farmer
like most of these rugged individuals and early settlers who were entirely self
sufficient for their own needs. He was active in politics and was
frequently elected to offices of trust and responsibility by the people of the
town. Of him it is recorded in the early Wallingford town records under
the date February 10, 1689 or 1690; "Hennery Cook, cast lotts
(with others) for the Falls Plaine." These were the undivided lands set aside
when the town was first settled to which Henry was entitled to share in under
his proprietory and first settler rights. The town of Wallingford at that time
included the present town of Meriden and the Falls Plaine was located at what is
now Meriden and South Meriden, where Henry subsequently emigrated and where he
lived the remaining years of his life.
HENRY
III AND THE COOKS OF NORTHBURY
-- by Frank W.
Cook
The earliest list of inhabitants of Northbury parish, Litchfield
County, Conri. is a roll of subscribers to the town
for winter privileges bearing the date of September
29th 1736. Among the 16 names on the roll are
the signatures of Henry Cook and his eldest son Johnathan.
Yet it is known that Henry was living at Northbury nearly
a decade before this date. The deeds reveal that
he was living there in 1727 and
further that he was probably there in 1725. Henry was the first settler of
the town, of the area now within the bounds of
Thomaston and Plymouth, Connecticut.
Henry was born at Wallingford
and was only seven years old when his father took the
family to live at Hanover, south of Wallingford in
1690. He married Experience Lyman, a daughter
of Richard Lyman in 1705 the same year his father died. His father left an
estate valued at 301.5.06 pounds.
Experience died in 1709 having given him a daughter,
Martha. He took as his second wife the following
year, Mary, daughter of John and Mary
Frost and widow of John
Wheaton and went to Branford
to live. Death again struck and
Mary died after presenting Henry with two children,
Jonathan and Pheobe. He married as his third wife Sarah, daughter of
Richard Turner or Towner, widow of
Samuel Frost, in 1719. We
know little of Sarah only that she gave Henry four children, Sarah, Ebenezer,
Henry and Thankful. The family resided at Wallingford
for a time and later at Waterbury. In 1725 Henry was
one of the seven men who went out from Branford and Waterbury
under the command of a sergreant for the protection of Litchfield upon the
threat of an Indian attack. Apparently Henry liked what he saw of
Northbury for he soon returned with his family to Twitch Grass meadow where he
lived the rest of his life.
The history of the region and the deed records reveal that Henry owned
and held title to many hundreds of acres much of which he bought and sold to
other settlers. He held title to a lead mine at one time which was an important
commodity in those times. In May of 1738 he was
one of the signers of a petition to the General Assembly requesting
that the Commonwealth grant parish privileges to Northbury. Henry Was also
one of the founders of the First Congregational Church in 1740, still active
today at Plymouth. The story
goes that on one occassion
he was taken aback by the high tax levied upon him by the church, thinking
that it was too high he refused to pay it and he changed his affiliation to the
Church of England. In 1737 his property was
entered on the
Waterbury Grand List at a
value of 66 pounds tax and stood 40th in
the town and 7th of the early inhabitants
of Northbury.
Henry's sons remained at Northbury. Henry Jr.
like his father was also involved in any number of real estate transactions both
with his father and in his own right. Like his father
he also engaged in farming among other pursuits and was closely associated with
his brothers Jonathan and Ebenezer. He bought his first farm in 1744, his
name appears on the tax rolls that year when he was assessed the sum of 50
pounds. The following year he married Hannah, daughter of Nathan and
Mary Benham also early settlers of Northbury. In 1762 he served in
the French and Indian Wars, in the 2nd Conn. Regiment,
the same unit his father served in and the same his sons Selah and
Lemuel would serve in during the Revolution. The family seems to
have resided at several locations after their arrival in 1725, within the
vicinity of Thomaston. The home that saw the arrival of the fifth
generation was located on the hill just above the village of Thomaston, it may
have been erected by Henry 3rd it isn't known with
certainty. Henry died a young man in 1771 and as is the case with his
father no marker has been found indicating the resting
place. Yet history records their names as first settlers of the region.
In 1795 the village of Plymouth was incorporated the name being
chosen in tribute to the 1st settler, it being supposed that the family
originated at Plymouth Mass. Had they known the
facts it might well be known as Salem today. In any event Lemuel was
residing there at that time and was one of the
incorporators and represented his grandfather and the family.
Above by - Frank W. Cook, 1978
Henry Cook III was born
at Wallingford and was about seven years old when his
father made the family home on the Falls Plain. He
remained in this area for many years until after the death of his first wife in
1709, at which time he removed to Branford where he was a widower a second time
and subsequently married a third time, all in the space of ten short years.
In 1725 Henry went to Waterbury and from there to Northbury, where he was the
first settler of the town. The first record of him there was in
1727/8 which was the deed to his farm. The earliest roll at Northbury is
the list of subscribers to the town for winter privileges, which bears the date
September 29, 1736, the first name being that of Henry Cook.
His autograph is the most distinctive of all of
the early inhabitants and denotes a strength and independence
of character. This list also shows sixteen other names among is that of
Jonathan Cook, who was Henry's eldest son. The Plymouth Congregational
Church was founded May,17, 1740, Henry and his family being founding members of
the church. The site of Henry's farm
has been stated in the History of Plymouth as ;
"Henry Cook built on the west bank of the river
on what is known as the West Branch, called Wooster Swamp, Cur Northwest
Inhabitants, Northbury and Plymouth Hollow and most recently incorporated as the
village of Plymouth." More correctly Henry's farm and
first homestead was located at what was them called ; Welton's
Meadow, and is closer to the village of Thomaston than to Plymouth, all of this
vicinity having been refered to as Northbury.
The History of
Waterbury written by Bronson
in 1858, refers to the location of the farm; "He had a farm on which he lived on
the west bank of the river (Naugatuck) not far from the Litchfield boundary."
Although not specifically stating so this places the location of the farm in
Welton's Meadow, where in fact it was located. In 1737
Henrys property was entered on the Waterbury Grand
List at 66 Pounds, which stood the fortieth in amount in the town, and the
seventh among the other early inhabitants and early settlers of Northbury.
In May 1738 he was a signer of a petition requesting
that the General Assembly of the Commonwealth grant parish privileges to
Northbury, which was subsequently complied with. The
exact date of Henrys' death has not been determined, it is known that it
occurred at Northbury where he lived the remainder of his life.
The last record of him is a deed transaction which he signed with Henry Jr in
1748. During the first years of settlement of the town Henry was very
active in the purchase and sale of real estate in the town which will be seen,
he was also engaged in the development of a lead mine which was found on his
property that he had obtained title to in addition to the several successful farms
he owned and operated over the course of his lifetime at Northbury.
Henry
Cook the fourth was born at Branford and of course he came to Northbury with his
father, where he lived thoughout his lifetime. It is not known what
disposition was made of his fathers' estate since he died intestate and no other
proceedings were had9
The holdings were evidently rather large consisting of at least 125 acres,
Henry apparently receiving the larger portion since he was the
only son who remained at Northbury. Henry
served in the French and Indian
War during the Campaign of 1762 in the Connecticut
Militia his unit being the 2nd Conn. Regiment, the same unit his sons Selah and
Lemuel were to serve in the Revolutionary War.
The records show that Henry died in the township of Waterbury, actually it was
in Northbury in the area where the farms of his father were
situated subsequently changed by the movement of the town and village boundary
lines. The four Henrys were certainly
courageous individuals and always gave a good account of themselves, they
lived the motto appearing on the family coat of arms 'They Lead the Way'.
More Henry Cook biography
HENRY
COOK is accredited as the
First Settler of Plymouth Connecticut.
He was born at Wallingford
and he 1ived at Branford and
it is said he removed to Litchfield
before 1727. It is
thougt that he
may have been
one of the seven
men
Of Branford
who were sent up
from the coast, under the
command Of a Sargeant, for the protection
of Litchfield in 1725, and
that the new town
was so attractive
to him that he decided to settle there with his
family. Possibly
Daniel Rose, from the same place was
also one of these
7 because
Henry Cook of Litchfield
and Rose Of
Branford bought land as
partners in the township of Waterbury less than two
years after the twenty one
men fros Branford,
Guilford, and Wallingford marched thru Waterbury
ari their way to the new town in the wildernness.
The earliest name applied to the
region now occupied by Plymouth and Thomaston
was, Up River, so named in 1688 because it layed in the up river
division of meadow lands. Twitch Grass
meadow was selected
at a later day as the name
for the same region,
to distinguish the
little hamlet from their distant neighbors
at Woster or Wooster Swamp.
Taken
collectively
the present towns of Oakville, Watertown and Plymouth
were in 1730 sometimes called Wooster and sometimes
Our
Northwest lnhabitants.
Thirty acres of the elevated
ground or plain
on which the Village of Thormaston
stands was the Up River
division.
Twitch Grass Meadow is the extensive meadow west
of the river just below the village. The natural
expanse of
meadow just above
Thomaston bridge has long
been known
Andrew's meadow. Just above is a ridge which divides
it from Welton's up river division.
It was in Welton's meadow
that the supposed first house in
Plymouth was built.
In Weltori's Meadow on Feb.
2, 1727-8 Henry Cook of Litchfield and Daniel Rose of
Branford boght of
Gershom and Abigail
Fulford, Thomas and Mary
Porter - heirs of Stephen
Welton - two thirds of
a Lot of land "Supposed to be ten acres more or fewer lying
towards the upper
bounds that was our grandfathers,
John Welton's deceased."
February 1, 1727-8, or the day before Henry ard Rose
had bought of Thomas and
Mary Porter, twenty acres to
be taken up in the undivded
lands, and the next day they had it laid out on the west side
of Welton's Meadow. January 14,
1728, nineteen and a half acres were
laid out to The same parties "at
a place called Welton's meadow,"
and the same day still another "triangle" piece of
thirteen acres, both pieces having been bought of Jonathan
Scott Junior.
On April 10, 1730, Henry Cook
had laid
out, "a little southwest of Twitch
Grass
Brook," a diamond shaped piece of land that contained
one hundred acres, this was
sold the same year, to
Jeremiah Hull.
Before January 10, 1731, Henry had built a house in
Welton's
Meadow, because he sold at
that date to one Beach of Cheshire, forty acres from
the south end of his farin on the west
side of the river, joining to the
river, and in 1733 he owned a house and lot of
seventy acres with the river running thru it, about
fourteen acres of which were east of the river. This farm,
with a house and other buildings, fruit trees, and fences
- all upon the west side
portion of it - he sold in 1733
to Ebenezer
Elwell of Branford. ln 1730
he gave one John
Standly L70
in bills of public
credit for his
L40 interest in the towship. Henry
laid out one hundred acres with Rose at the west
branch of the river in 1730; over a hundred
acres with Thomas Brooks at Poland (then in
Waterbury) in
1731; numerous
other purchases and lay outs filled the time until
1735 when
Mr. Southmayd conveyed
fifty-three acres to Henry.
After the sale to Elwell of his first house, he built
another house, at least he
sold land in 1737 described as "sixty nine acres with
a house
upon it,
with
buildings, fencing,
fruit trees, timber,
stones, watering and appurnances"
to John Humaston of
New Haven. This deed
his wife Sarah signed with him.
The land was by the
Litchfield
line - bounded
north "on land left for a highway
by Litchfield bounds." In 1739, he had a
house at Poland, with "a brook running
on tile east side of It." In 1748
Henry Cook and his son
Henry Cook Jun.
quit-claimed to Samuel and
Enoch Curtice (or Curtis) "lands at Poland,
originally called Lewis and Judd
lots, excepting one hundred
and twenty five acres. Upcn this land
which
he had reserved his house
stood.
The first settler of any town
holds a unique
position, this information will help to identify the
site of Henry's first and subsequent farms, which can now
only be positively located
through examination of the deeds held by the
present
owners
of these tracts of land first
developed by our forefather. Henry was certainly
a man of courage,
enterprise, and had a spirit that withstood
injustice.
while he was apparently
one of the foremost promoters
of the established church, he seems to have been so
incensed one year at having his
property four-folded, put on the
tax list at four times its real value - when perhaps
he could
not get to the
town spot with his tax list
-that the next year he
went over to the Church of
England.
Cooks in the
Revolutionary Army
Lemuel Cook Married Hannah Curtis
Timothy Coleman "
Elizabeth DeWitt
Jacob DeWitt "
Jenneke DePuy
Nathan Bixby "
Martha twitchell
Joseph twitchell "
Deborah Fairbanks
William Milliken "
Esther Tagart
Aaron Burr
" Martha Tobey
David Baldwin "
Lois Churchill
Abijah Foster "
Artemesia Blake
Dr. Obadiah Blake "
Zipporah Harris
Selah Cook
" Lucy ???
True Worthy Cook " Freelove
Dodge
The Statement below refers to Henry IV.
ESTATE OF HENRY COOK
FROM THE COURT OF PROBATE AT WOODBURY CONN.
At a
court of Probate held in
Woodbury July 7, 1772,
HANNAH COOK the widow of HENRY
COOK late of Waterbury, deceased, appeared and enformed
that said deceased died intestate and desired to take administration
of said estate; this court accepted thereof and did on
the date above grant letters of adinistration
unto her, sufficient bond being given.
GIDEN WALKER, Clerk
of Probate LS
ON the date and day above written the above
administrator appeared and reported said estate
insolvent, and in such case according to law
commissioners are to be appointed and
this court doth appoint Mr. Timothy Pond
and Mr. Cornelious Graves both of Waterbury,
commisioners to receive and
examine the claims and at the expiratian of six months
from the above date to make their report to this court
of their doings.
GIDEN WALKER, Clerk
of Probate LS
On the date above written the Court doth
appoint the widow HANNAH COOK guardian to three of her
children not capable by law for their support, Viz
TRUEWORTHY COOK, LEMUEL COOK
and HANNAH COOK, said HANNAH
COOK appeariring, declared her willingness to accept
of said care and trust reposed in her, bond sufficient being given.
GIDEN
WALKER, Clerk of Probate LS
At a Court of Probate held in Woodbury, September the fifth 1772
The administrator of the estate of Henry Cook late of Waterbury, deceased,
appeared and exhibited an inventory of said estate and
made oath to the truth thereof where upon it was accepted
to be recorded and is as followeth A true and
perfect inventory of the estate of Henry Cook late of
Waterbury, deceased, made this fourteenth day of August
1772 by us the subscribers, appraisers under oath.
....Inventory Omitted....
There is a dwelling house listed as
part of the estate but
no mention is made of real estate.
The family is known to have
been residing at Poland which was in the
township of
Waterbury. Although
Selah
was only 15 yrs when his
father died it must be
assumed he was able to care
for himself since he was not aentioned as living with
his mother.
Modified Register for Henry COOK
First Generation
1. Henry COOK was
born about 1615 in Yorkshire, England. He died on 25 Dec 1661 in Salem, Mass..
Henry was the first Cook in America. He was at Salem, Mass. in 1638 and most
likely
arrived in US a short time before that. He is believed to be a descendant of the
Cooks
of Kent or Hertsfordshire who migrated from Normandy in the 11th century. He
came
to New England as a Puritan. Sons, Samuel and Henry Jr. emigrated to Connecticut
while the rest remained in Mass. The family also lived at Plymouth Conn. for a
time.
The farm was passed to the widow after he died and it is unknown where it passed
from there. Henry was a Butcher .
Resources : Families of Ancient New Haven p27.
Note. I recieved the following eMail from another Cook tracker:_ "The only
information I found on
Henry Cook/Judith Birdsall, was from a Winch-Fitzmeyer
Gen. Database Chart...and they have
his parents as Edmund Cook and Elizabeth
Nichols,
Henry Cook/AnnaGoodere John Cook 1486.
What do you think? I can't seem to do
anymore
research on Henry if I am not sure who his
parents are. We do have the Cook info
at our
St. Lib. But like I said, they are on the other Cooke
Line, Frances of the
Mayflower.
Others wrote me and said we do not connect with them, but they
have no proof one
way
or the other. Any ideas?"
Henry married Judith BIRDSALL daughter of Henry BIRDSALL and Judith or Agness
KEMPE on 29 Jun 1639 in Salem, Mass. Judith was born on 2 Jun 1611 in Norwich,
England.. She died on 11 Sep 1689 in Salem, Mass..
Some records show the name as Birdsall, Birdsale or Birsale.
Henry and Judith had the following children:
2 M i. Isaac COOK was born on 3 Apr 1640 in Salem, Mass . He died about 1692.
Isaac married Elizabeth BUXTON on 3 May 1664 in Salem, Mass . Elizabeth was born
estimated 1641.
Isaac and Elizabeth (Buxton or Buxtone) had Ten Children.
+ 3 M ii. Samuel COOK was born on 30 Jul 1641. He died on 30 Jul 1641.
4 F iii. Judith COOK was born on 15 Sep 1643 in Salem, Mass .
Judith married John PUDNEY on 18 Nov 1662 in Salem, Mass . John was born
estimated 1642.
5 F iv. Rachel COOK was born on 25 Sep 1645 in Salem, Mass . She died on 10 Dec
1740 in Enfield, Conn..
Rachel married Elisha KIBBE on 10 Dec 1667 in Salem, Mass . Elisha was born in
1646.
6 M v. John COOK was born on 6 Jul 1647 in Salem, Mass . He died about 1716.
John married Mary BUXTON on 28 Dec 1672 in Salem, Mass . Mary was born estimated
1652.
7 M vi. Henry COOK was born about Sep 1648. He died before 30 Dec 1652.
Henry died very young.
8 F vii. Mary COOK was born on 15 Jul 1649 in Salem, Mass .
Mary married Robert MOULTON on 17 Jul 1672 in Salem, Mass . Robert was born
estimated 1648.
9 F viii. Martha COOK was born on 15 Sep 1649 in Salem, Mass .
+ 10 M ix. Henry COOK II was born on 30 Oct 1652. He died about 1705.
11 F x. Elizabeth COOK was born on 9 Sep 1654 in Salem, Mass . She died about
Sep 1654 in Salem, Mass .
Died as infant.
12 F xi. Hannah COOK was born on 9 Sep 1658 in Salem, Mass .
Hannah married Daniel CONNADY on 10 Sep 1681 in Salem, Mass . Daniel was born
estimated 1655.
Second Generation
3. Samuel COOK (Henry) was born on 30 Jul 1641 in Salem, Mass . He died on 30
Jul 1641 in Wallingford, Conn..
Samuel had 15 children. I am not sure by which wives. He removed to Wallingford,
CT. in 1673. Admitted a freeman 1669. His will (1703) mentions twelve children.
Samuel married (1) Hope PARKER daughter of Edward PARKER and Elizabeth WOOD
about 1667 in New Haven, Conn.. Hope was born on 26 Apr 1650 in Haven, Conn..
She died about 1691.
They had the following children:
13 M i. John COOK was born on 3 Dec 1669.
+ 14 M ii. Samuel COOK was born on 3 Mar 1667/1668. He died on 18 Sep 1725.
15 F iii. Mary COOK .
16 F iv. Judith COOK .
17 M v. Isaac COOK .
18 M vi. Joseph COOK .
19 F vii. Hope COOK .
20 M viii. Israel COOK .
21 F ix. Mabel COOK .
22 M x. Benjamin COOK .
23 M xi. Ephraim COOK .
24 F xii. Elizabeth COOK .
There was a dau. born 3 Mar 1671/72, name unknown.
Samuel married (2) Mary ROBERTS about 1691. Mary was born estimated 1665. She
died about 1695.
Samuel married (3) Mary MALLORY on 14 Jul 1695 in Wallingford, Conn.. Mary was
born estimated 1665.
Mary was known as the widow Roberts.
10. Henry COOK II (Henry) was born on 30 Oct 1652 in Salem, Mass.. He died about
1705.
Emigrated to Wallingford in 1674 becomming one of the first settlers of the
town. Was
elected to various offices of the town. In 1690 he removed to Hanover or South
Meriden
on a tract he received by drawing lots. He died on this tract of land. He was a
successful
farmer.
Henry married (1) Mary HALL daughter of John HALL and Jane WOOLEN on 30 Sep
1677/1678 in Wallingford, Conn. Mary was born about 1654. She died on 31 Oct
1718.
They had the following children:
25 F i. Mary COOK was born on 15 Jul 1678 in Conn.
Mary married (1) Jeremiah HOW on 7 Jul 1708 in Wallingford, Conn. Jeremiah was
born estimated 1678.
Mary married (2) Nathaniel REXFORD estimated 1710 in Conn. Nathaniel was born
estimated 1678.
26 F ii. Jane COOK was born about 1681 in Salem, Mass .
Jane married Jehiel or Joseph PRESTON on 7 Jul 1708 in Wallingford, Conn..
Jehiel was born estimated 1681.
+ 27 M iii. Henry COOK III was born about 1683. He died about 1750.
28 M iv. John COOK was born about 1685 in Salem, Mass . He died on 21 Jun 1761
in Wallingford, Conn..
John married Abigail JOHNSON on 12 Dec 1710 in Wallingford, Conn.. Abigail was
born about 1687. She died about 1768 in Wallingford, Conn..
29 F v. Hannah COOK was born about 1687 in Salem, Mass . She died on 21 Jan 1768
in Wallingford, Conn..
Hannah married Timothy BEACH on 26 Nov 1713 in Wallingford, Conn.. Timothy was
born about 1687.
30 M vi. Issac COOK was born about 1692 in Salem, Mass .
Was in Salem in 1640.
Issac married (1) Anna HILL .
Issac married (2) Elizabeth BUXTON estimated 1641 in Salem, Mass..
Isaac and Elizabeth had Ten Children.
31 F vii. Elizabeth COOK 1st was born about Apr 1694 in Wallingford, Conn.. She
died about 1694 in Wallingford, Conn..
Died as infant.
32 F viii. Elizabeth COOK was born about 1696 in Wallingford, Conn..
Elizabeth married unknown UNKNOWN on 28 Aug 1717 in Wallingford, Conn..
33 M ix. Jonathan COOK was born about 1698 in Wallingford, Conn..
34 M x. David COOK was born about 1701 in Wallingford, Conn.. He died on 21 May
1766 in Wallingford, Conn..
David married (1) Rebecca WILSON estimated 1721. Rebecca was born estimated
1701.
David married (2) Mary LAMSON estimated 1735. Mary was born estimated 1702.
+ 35 M xi. Jedediah COOK was born about 1703. He died about 1770.
Henry married (2) Anna HILL .
They had the following children:
36 M xii. Isaac COOK was born about 1692 in Salem, Mass..
Third Generation
14. Samuel COOK (Samuel, Henry) was born on 3 Mar 1667/1668 in New Haven, CT. He
died on 18 Sep 1725.
occ. farmer.
Samuel married (1) Hannah IVES daughter of William IVES on 3 Mar 1692. Hannah
was born in New Haven, CT. She died on 29 May 1714.
They had the following children:
37 F i. Hannah COOK was born on 8 May 1693.
38 M ii. Samuel COOK was born on 5 Mar 1695.
+ 39 M iii. Capt. Aaron COOK was born on 28 Dec 1696. He died on 14 Oct 1756.
40 F iv. Lydia COOK was born on 13 Jan 1699.
41 M v. Moses COOK was born on 4 Jan 1700.
42 F vi. Miriam COOK was born on 4 Nov 1703.
43 F vii. Thankful COOK was born on 24 Dec 1705.
44 F viii. Esther COOK was born on 8 Mar 1707.
45 F ix. Eunice COOK was born on 25 Feb 1709.
46 F x. Susanna COOK was born on 5 Sep 1711.
47 F xi. Hope COOK was born on 18 Sep 1713.
Samuel married (2) Elizabeth BEDELL . Elizabeth was born in Stratford.
They had the following children:
48 M xii. Moses COOK was born on 6 Nov 1716.
49 F xiii. Thankful COOK was born on 14 Nov 1718.
50 xiv. Asaph COOK was born on 23 Jun 1720.
51 F xv. Hannah COOK was born on 4 Nov 1721.
27. Henry COOK III (Henry, Henry) was born about 1683 in Salem, Mass.. He died
about 1750 in Northbury, (Plymouth) Conn..
Emigrated to Branford after the death of his first wife, who was a daughter of
Robert Lyman an early
settler of
Hartford, his second wife was a daughter of John and Mary (Payne) Frost and
widow of John Wheaton,
his third
wife was a daughter of Richard Turner and the widow of Samuel Frost. Henry
emigrated to Waterbury
and was
at Northbury in 1725, he was the first settler of the town, a founding member of
the First Congregational
Church of Northbury (now Thomaston and Plymouth). His farm was on the west bank
of the river above
the
village of Thomaston. He died at Northbury and his children were born at
Wallingford, Branford and
Waterbury.
Henry married (1) Sarah Turner FROST about 1719. Sarah was born in 1690.
Widow of Richard Turner/Towner.
Henry and Sarah had the following children:
52 F i. Sarah COOK was born on 5 May 1720 in Branford, Conn.. She died about
1737.
Sarah married Zerubabel JEROME about 1737. Zerubabel was born estimated 1718.
53 M ii. Ebenezer COOK was born on 5 Mar 1721.
Had 9 Children.
Ebenezer married Pheobe BLAKESLEE on 10 May 1744. Pheobe was born estimated
1721.
+ 54 M iii. Henry COOK IV was born on 17 Aug 1723. He died on 6 Sep 1771.
55 F iv. Thankful COOK was born on 20 Jun 1725 in Waterbury, Conn..
Thankful married Abel BATCHELOR estimated 1750. Abel was born estimated 1725.
Henry married (2) Experience LYMAN daughter of Robert LYMAN about 1705 in
Wallingford, Conn.. Experience was born estimated 1685. She died on 8 Oct 1709.
They had the following children:
56 F v. Martha COOK was born on 22 Aug 1706 in Wallingford, Conn..
Martha married Joseph CHITTENDEN on 18 Nov 1729. Joseph was born estimated 1706.
Henry married (3) Mary Frost WHEATON daughter of John FROST and Mary PAYNE on 14
Feb 1710 in Blanford, Conn.. Mary was born on 27 Jul 1679. She died on 31 May
1718.
Widow of John Wheaton. Her parents are John Frost and Mary Payne.
Henry and Mary had the following children:
57 M vi. Jonathan COOK was born on 7 Jan 1712 in Wallingford, Conn..
Jonathan married Ruth LUTTINGTON on 15 Jun 1735. Ruth was born estimated 1712.
Had 5 children.
58 F vii. Phebe COOK was born about 1714 in Wallingford, Conn..
Phebe married Zerubabel JEROME on 30 Aug 1738. Zerubabel was born estimated
1718.
35. Jedediah COOK (Henry, Henry) was born about 1703 in Wallingford, Conn.. He
died about 1770.
Jedediah married Sarah REXFORD daughter of Arthur REXFORD and Elizabeth STEVENS
on 10 Aug 1727 in Wallingford, Conn.. Sarah was born on 6 Sep 1705 in New Haven,
Conn..
They had the following children:
+ 59 M i. Charles COOK was born on 15 Apr 1733.
60 F ii. Mary COOK was born on 7 Oct 1728 in New Haven, Conn..
61 F iii. Sarah COOK was born on 14 Feb 1730 in New Haven, Conn..
62 M iv. Jedediah COOK was born before 11 Apr 1736. He was christened on 11 Apr
1736 in New Haven, Conn.. He died before 1743 in New Haven, Conn..
63 F v. Elizabeth COOK was born before 2 Apr 1738 in New Haven, Conn.. She was
christened on 2 Apr 1738 in New Haven, Conn.. She died about 1739 in New Haven,
Conn..
64 F vi. Elizabeth COOK was born before 17 Feb 1739 in New Haven, Conn.. She was
christened on 17 Feb 1739 in New Haven, Conn.. She died on 30 Apr 1816 in New
Haven, Conn.. She was buried in Grove St. Cemetery New Haven, Conn..
Elizabeth married Hezekiah PARMELEE II son of Hezekiah PARMELEE and Sarah HOPSON
on 6 Dec 1764 in New Haven, Conn.. Hezekiah was born on 20 Mar 1737 in Guilford,
Conn.. He died on 3 Dec 1794 in New Haven, Conn.. He was buried in Grove St.
Cemetery New Haven, Conn..
65 F vii. Martha COOK was born before 1 Nov 1741 in New Haven, Conn.. She was
christened on 1 Nov 1741 in New Haven, Conn..
66 M viii. Jedediah COOK was born before 25 Sep 1743 in New Haven, Conn.. He was
christened on 25 Sep 1743 in New Haven, Conn..
67 M ix. Eli COOK was born before 4 Jun 1749 in New Haven, Conn.. He was
christened on 4 Jun 1749 in New Haven, Conn.. He died about 1772.
68 M x. David COOK was born before 8 Feb 1746 in New Haven, Conn.. He was
christened on 8 Feb 1746 in New Haven, Conn.. He died on 21 Nov 1793.
David married Ann BRADLEY on 15 Nov 1768 in New Haven, Conn..
Fourth Generation
39. Capt. Aaron COOK (Samuel, Samuel, Henry) was born on 28 Dec 1696 in
Wallingford, New Haven Co., CT. He died on 14 Oct 1756 in Wallingford, New Haven
Co., CT.
an extensive land owner.
Aaron married (1) Sarah BENHAM daughter of James BENHAM on 14 Nov 1723.
They had the following children:
69 M i. Samuel COOK was born on 25 Sep 1725.
70 M ii. Stephan COOK was born on 28 Dec 1727.
71 M iii. Titus COOK was born on 25 Feb 1730.
+ 72 M iv. Abel COOK was born on 23 Feb 1732. He died on 10 Aug 1776.
Aaron married (2) Sarah HITCHCOCK . Sarah died on 11 Aug 1735.
They had the following children:
73 F v. Sarah COOK was born on 2 Jun 1735.
Aaron married (3) Ruth BURRAGE on 7 Feb 1736. Ruth was born in Stratford, CT.
She died on 2 Jul 1786.
They had the following children:
74 F vi. Lydia COOK was born in 1736.
75 F vii. Ruth COOK was born on 7 Sep 1738.
76 F viii. Esther COOK was born on 14 May 1740.
77 F ix. Elizabeth COOK was born on 16 Mar 1741/1742.
78 M x. Aaron COOK was born on 5 Jun 1744.
79 F xi. Miriam COOK was born on 30 Jun 1746.
80 F xii. Lucy COOK was born on 20 Sep 1748.
81 F xiii. Elizabeth COOK was born on 7 Jun 1751.
54. Henry COOK IV (Henry, Henry, Henry) was born on 17 Aug 1723 in Wallingford,
Conn.. He died on 6 Sep 1771.
Henry was at Northbury with his father in 1728 When he puchased his first tract
of land at Welton's
Meadow. He was a soldier in the French and Indian War during the campaign of
1762 serving as a
private. He was a very Successful farmer as his father had been. After Henry
died his wife Hannah
was given guardianship of their children and she did not remarry. He was a
Congregationalist.
Henry married Hannah BENHAM daughter of Nathan BENHAM and Mary RUDD on 27 Nov
1745 in Northbury, (Plymouth) Conn.. Hannah was born on 9 Jan 1723 in
Wallingford, Conn.. She died estimated 1795.
Hannah, a widow with guardianship of her children, did not remarry. She came to
upstate NY
with her sons Selah and True in 1788 at Clinton NY. Lemuel followed shortly
after she died
around 1800. A member of the Congregational Chuch.
Henry and Hannah had the following children:
82 F i. Thankful COOK was born on 12 Jun 1746 in Northbury (Plymouth), Conn..
Thankful married Elijah WEED on 16 Jan 1772. Elijah was born estimated 1745.
83 F ii. Mary COOK was born on 30 Mar 1748 in Northbury, (Plymouth) Conn. . She
died about 1761.
My records show another Mary Cook who was born in Northbury (Plymouth) Conn.
about 1762 abd married John Camp 21 Oct 1779. This does not jive with the birth
and
death info for the other Mary. I will have to look into this. I also show her
married to
a John Camp who was born on an estimated date of 1761.
84 F iii. Sarah COOK was born on 5 Mar 1749 in Northbury, (Plymouth) Conn. . She
died on 15 Jun 1759.
Died at age 10 in an epidemic.
85 F iv. Zuba COOK was born on 24 Dec 1751. She died on 17 Jun 1759.
Zuba died at age 7 in an epidemic.
Zuba married Unknown .
86 M v. Lemuel COOK was born on 7 Dec 1754 in Northbury, (Plymouth) Conn. . He
died on 24 Jun 1759.
Died in an epidemic.
87 M vi. Selah COOK was born on 19 Dec 1756 in Northbury, (Plymouth) Conn. .
Revolutionary War Veteran.
Selah married Lucy COOK estimated 1780. Lucy was born estimated 1757.
88 M vii. True Worthy COOK was born on 29 Sep 1758 in Northbury, (Plymouth)
Conn. .
He was a Veteran of the American Revolution.
On 19 OCT 1796 a reunion at the First Cong. Ch.
of Pompey, Onondaga CTY NY was attended by True
Worthy, Selah Lucy and FreeLove /Dodge/.
True married Freelove DODGE estimated 1780. Freelove was born estimated 1759.
+ 89 M viii. Lemuel COOK was born on 10 Sep 1759. He died on 20 May 1866.
90 F ix. Mary COOK was born about 1762 in Northbury (Plymouth) Conn..
Mary married John CAMP . John was born about 1761.
59. Charles COOK (Jedediah, Henry, Henry) was born on 15 Apr 1733 in New Haven,
Conn..
Charles married Ruth BUTLER on 25 Aug 1757 in New Haven, Conn.. Ruth was born
Middletown, Conn..
They had the following children:
+ 91 M i. Charles COOK .
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