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Susanna Burch Watson^1,2

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Susanna Burch Watson was born on 8 May 1760 in St. Mary's Co., Maryland.³
• Note: Her mother may not be Mary Greene. See Notes on James Watson....
• Marriage: She married Robert Cooke II, son of John Cooke and Elizabeth Burch, on 7 January 1778 in All Saint's Episcopal Church, St. Mary's County, Maryland.¹
• Name-Marr: As of 7 January 1778,her married name was Susanna Burch Cooke.
• Death: Susanna Burch Watson died on 12 May 1823 in Green Bottom, White Co., Tennessee, at age 63.⁴
• Burial: She was buried in Green Bottom Plantation, White Co., Tennessee.
• Note: She Inscription on her gravestone - Susannah Cooke Departed this life in May the 12th A.D. 1823, Age 63 years & 24 days.
  A Loving Wife
  A Tender Mother
  A Patern of Piety
  A Friend to the poor
  Her ways were ways of pleasantness
  And all her paths were Peace.

• Last Edited: 22 October 2022

Citations

1. [S297] Margaret K. Fresco, Marriages and Deaths - St. Mary's Co. Maryland 1634-1900 (publ. 1982), p. 67.
2. [S786] Find-a-Grave, online www.findagrave.com, Memorial #66835927. Hereinafter cited as Find-a-Grave.
3. [S256] LDS records on line (unknown publisher.)
4. [S87] Kathryn Parrett, Document #3 - Handwritten by Kathryn Lindsey Parrett (unpublished.)

John Cooke¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: John Cooke was born on 13 March 1725/26 in Chaptico, St. Mary's Co., Maryland.²
• Birth: He was born on 28 March 1725/26.
• Marriage: He married Elizabeth Burch, daughter of John Burch and Ann, in 1750 in Chaptico, St. Mary's Co., Maryland.¹
• Death: John Cooke died circa 1775 in Fauquier Co., Virginia, at age ~49.¹

• Last Edited: 18 October 2022

Citations

1. [S102] J. L. Sawyer, E-mail #3 from J. L. Sawyer (Robert Cooke II Ancestors) (unpublished.)
2. [S263] Robert Cooke (to Dr. Robert Fielding Cooke), Letter from Robert Cooke (b. 1752) (unknown publisher.)

Elizabeth Burch¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Elizabeth Burch was born in 1730 in Bowling Plains, Charles Co., Maryland.²
• Marriage: She married John Cooke, son of Robert Cooke and Sarah Fielding, in 1750 in Chaptico, St. Mary's Co., Maryland.²
• Name-Marr: As of 1750,her married name was Elizabeth Cooke.

• Last Edited: 6 November 2022

Citations

1. [S263] Robert Cooke (to Dr. Robert Fielding Cooke), Letter from Robert Cooke (b. 1752) (unknown publisher.)
2. [S102] J. L. Sawyer, E-mail #3 from J. L. Sawyer (Robert Cooke II Ancestors) (unpublished.)

Robert Cooke¹

Biography

• Birth: Robert Cooke was born in 1700 in Scotland.
• Note: His parents might have been John Cooke b. 1675 Duddingston, Scotland, (son of Johne Cooke and Katherin Kyle), and Elizabeth Ross. in 1701.²
• Immigratn: He immigrated in 1720 from Scotland to Chaptico, St. Mary's Co. Maryland.³
• Residence: He lived in Maryland with a Mr. Boyd.
• Marriage: He married Sarah Fielding circa 1725 in Chaptico, St. Mary's Co., Maryland.⁴
• Occupation: He was a saddle maker and shoe maker.
• Death: He died in 1730 in Chaptico, St. Mary's Co., Maryland, at age ~30.⁴

• Last Edited: 13 November 2022

Citations

1. [S263] Robert Cooke (to Dr. Robert Fielding Cooke), Letter from Robert Cooke (b. 1752) (unknown publisher.)
2. [S591] FindMyPast.com, Scotland Births and Baptisms 1564-1950 (Transcription), URL of this page: http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=r_686003222, FindMyPast.com, www.findmypast.com. Hereinafter cited as Scotland Births.
3. [S602] Donald Whyte, A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to the USA (Magna Carta Book Company, Baltimore, 1972, accessed at ancestry.com under U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists), Name: Robert Cooke
   Arrival year: 1720
   Arrival Place: Maryland
   Primary Immigrant: Cooke, Robert
   Source Publication Code: 9760
   Annotation: Covers era prior to 1855. Compiled from correspondence and monument inscriptions, 17th and, mainly, 18th century. Prepared for the Scottish Genealogical Society. 6,470 emigrants.
   Source Bibliography: WHYTE, DONALD. A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to the USA. Vol. 1. Baltimore: Magna Carta Book Co., 1972. 504p. 2nd pr., 1981.
   Household Members:
   Name Relation
   Robert Cooke.
4. [S102] J. L. Sawyer, E-mail #3 from J. L. Sawyer (Robert Cooke II Ancestors) (unpublished.)

Sarah Fielding¹

Biography

• Birth: Sarah Fielding was born in 1705 in Devonshire, England.
• Emigration: She emigrated from Devonshire, England.
• Residence: She lived with a Mr. Boyd in Maryland.
• Marriage: She married Robert Cooke circa 1725 in Chaptico, St. Mary's Co., Maryland.²
• Name-Marr: As of circa 1725,her married name was Sarah Cooke.

• Last Edited: 13 November 2022

Citations

1. [S263] Robert Cooke (to Dr. Robert Fielding Cooke), Letter from Robert Cooke (b. 1752) (unknown publisher.)
2. [S102] J. L. Sawyer, E-mail #3 from J. L. Sawyer (Robert Cooke II Ancestors) (unpublished.)

Attalina Layne Cooke¹

Parents

Dowell, Attaline Cooke

Biography

• Birth: Attalina Layne Cooke was born on 5 January 1814 in Edgefield District, South Carolina, or in Tennessee.^1,2
• Name-Var: Attalina Layne Cooke was also known as Addie Cooke.
• Marriage: She married Reuben Hickman Dowell.
• Name-Marr: Her married name was Attalina Layne Dowell.
• Note: In the 1850 census, her children are listed as Parazetta 18, Watson 16, Dorinda 14, Mariah 12, Sophia 10, Henry 7, Sarah 5, John 2, Zachra 10 mo. This does not match the list of names I have.
• Death: She died on 1 January 1883 in Putnam County, Tennessee, at age 68.^3,4
• Burial: She was buried in Cooke Cemetery, Putnam County, Tennessee.⁴

• Last Edited: 21 December 2022

Citations

1. [S85] Mrs. B. K. Mitchell, Document #1 Handwritten by Mrs. B. K. Mitchell, Co. Clerk (unpublished.)
2. [S234] National Archives, Jackson Co. Tennessee Census Records - 1850 (ancestry.com.)
3. [S100] J. L. Sawyer, E-mail #1 from J. L. Sawyer (R. F. Cooke>Anita Hill) (unpublished.)
4. [S368] Patton, Maurine Ensor, Putnam Co. Cemeteries (Published Cookeville, Tennessee, 1995), p. 111.

Minerva Payne Cooke^1,2

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Minerva Payne Cooke was born on 4 January 1816 in Tennessee.^1,3
• Birth: She was born on 11 January 1816.^4,5
• Marriage: She married Byrd C. Kinslow.⁶
• Name-Marr: Her married name was Minerva Payne Kinslow.
• Residence: She and Byrd C. Kinslow lived in 1840 in District 12, Jackson County, Tennessee.⁷
• Marriage: She married J.A. Bockman in 1869.⁸
• Name-Marr: As of 1869,her married name was Minerva Payne Bockman.
• Death: She died on 9 January 1883 at age 66, or 9 Jan 1886 (from Find-a-Grave).^9,5
• Burial: She was buried in Cooke Cemetery, Putnam County, Tennessee.⁴

• Last Edited: 21 December 2022

Citations

1. [S85] Mrs. B. K. Mitchell, Document #1 Handwritten by Mrs. B. K. Mitchell, Co. Clerk (unpublished.)
2. [S395] Hopson, Mary, Siftings from Putnam Co. Tennessee (unidentified publisher), p. 19.
3. [S3] National Archives, Arkansas Federal Census 1830 - Index (Washington D.C.: unknown publisher), Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: District 12, Jackson, Tennessee; Roll: M432_885; Page: 275A; Image: 238. Hereinafter cited as Arkansas Census Index1830.
4. [S368] Patton, Maurine Ensor, Putnam Co. Cemeteries (Published Cookeville, Tennessee, 1995), p. 110.
5. [S786] Find-a-Grave, online www.findagrave.com, Putnam County, Tennessee. Hereinafter cited as Find-a-Grave.
6. [S234] National Archives, Jackson Co. Tennessee Census Records - 1850 (ancestry.com), Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: District 12, Jackson, Tennessee; Roll: M432_885; Page: 275A; Image: 238.
7. [S813] National Archives, Jackson Co. Tennessee Census Records - 1840 (ancestry.com), Year: 1840; Census Place: District 12, Jackson, Tennessee; Roll: 524; Page: 298; Family History Library Film: 0024545.
8. [S371] National Archives, Putnam Co. Tennessee Census Records - 1870 (Family History Library), Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: District 7, Putnam, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1554; Page: 151B; Image: 309; Family History Library Film: 553053.
9. [S100] J. L. Sawyer, E-mail #1 from J. L. Sawyer (R. F. Cooke>Anita Hill) (unpublished.)

Watson McSwain Cooke¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Watson McSwain Cooke was born on 23 September 1817 in Tennessee.¹
• Marriage: He married Mariah A. Shores on 2 October 1841 in Fluvanna Co., Virginia.
• Residence: He lived in Nashville, Tennessee. He was a leading businessman there.²
• Note: From the Nashville Gazette, May 19, 1867:
  Watson M. Cooke of Cooke, Little & Company, Nashville, is in receipt of a letter from Miss Maria L. Lindsey of Stockton California (formerly of Putnam Co. Tennessee) containing two drafts amounting to $854 to be distributed among the suffering poor of the South.
  
  Miss Lindsey is entitled to and will receive the blessings of many poor widows and orphan childrn for her kind and timely remembrance of them whilst far from her own native state.
  
  He is the uncle of Maria Lindsey.³
• Death: He died in 1877 in Nashville, Tennessee, at age ~60.⁴
• Burial: He was buried on 24 August 1877 in Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee.⁵

• Last Edited: 21 December 2022

Citations

1. [S85] Mrs. B. K. Mitchell, Document #1 Handwritten by Mrs. B. K. Mitchell, Co. Clerk (unpublished.)
2. [S321] unknown author, Newspaper Article from Monterey or Cookeville Newspaper, March 26, 1953 (unknown publisher.)
3. [S515] unknown author, Nashville Gazette (unknown publisher), May 19, 1867, as printed in Ansearchin' News, Spring 1999, p. 12.
4. [S100] J. L. Sawyer, E-mail #1 from J. L. Sawyer (R. F. Cooke>Anita Hill) (unpublished.)
5. [S50] Nancy Kathryn Lindsey Parrett, Cemetery Lots - List from Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee (unpublished.)

Louisa Cooke¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Louisa Cooke was born on 28 September 1819.¹
• Marriage: She married John Perkins.²
• Name-Marr: Her married name was Louisa Perkins.²
• Note: She There is a J.N. Perkins (age 19) living with Louisa and Samuel Miller in 1860 - could this be Jesse?³
• Note: She There are Calvin Perkins age 15 and Winfield Perkins age 12 living with Louisa and Samuel Miller in 1860 - perhaps Winfield and Wickliffe are the same boy, but who is Calvin?³
• Note: She The Allen Taylor Company departed from Council Bluffs, Nebraska on this date. They traveled for 97 days. Her brother Calvin led a wagon train to Oregon a couple of years earlier. on 5 July 1849.
• Note: She may have been living in Missouri with her husband when her brother Calvin moved there. In the 1870 census in California, there are several young men in the household, born in Missouri, probably sons.^4,5
• Marriage: She married Samuel Miller on 21 May 1855 in San Joaquin County, California.^6,7
• Name-Marr: Her married name was Louisa Miller.
• Residence: She lived in 1860 in California.⁸
• Residence: She and Samuel Miller lived in June 1860 in Stanislaus County, California.^8,9
• Residence, Change of: She moved with her husband to Montana?^10,11
• Residence: She and Samuel Miller lived in 1880 in Stanislaus County, California.¹²
• Death: She died before 1900. The 1900 census for San Joaquin County, California has Samuel Miller, her husband, living with their daughter Araminta, and he is listed as a widower.¹³

• Last Edited: 18 September 2023

Citations

1. [S85] Mrs. B. K. Mitchell, Document #1 Handwritten by Mrs. B. K. Mitchell, Co. Clerk (unpublished.)
2. [S102] J. L. Sawyer, E-mail #3 from J. L. Sawyer (Robert Cooke II Ancestors) (unpublished), This document gives her husband's name as John Perkins, and in 1870 and 1880 census records there are Perkins children living with her and her second husband Samuel Miller.
3. [S816] National Archives, San Joaquin Co. California Census - 1860 (familysearch.org), "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDKV-R9T : 18 February 2021), Samuel Miller, 1860.
4. [S56] Calvin Whitney Cooke, Cooke, Calvin - Letter, dated 1845 (unpublished.)
5. [S516] National Archives, San Joaquin Co. California Census - 1870 (ancestry.com.)
6. [S103] J. L. Sawyer, E-mail #4 from J. L. Sawyer (Cooke-Lindsey in Missouri) (unpublished.)
7. [S629] California Marriages, 1850-1945: California, U.S., Select Marriages, 1850-1945, Film 824097, familysearch.org, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereinafter cited as California Marriages.
8. [S330] compiled records, Obituaries from Tennessee Newspapers (Southern Historical Press, Greenville, South Carolina, 1995), p. 221.
9. [S814] National Archives, Stanislaus Co. California Census - 1860 (familysearch.org), "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDKV-R9T : 18 February 2021), Samuel Miller, 1860.
10. [S321] unknown author, Newspaper Article from Monterey or Cookeville Newspaper, March 26, 1953 (unknown publisher.)
11. [S7] Hyder, Jacob Whitley, Ancestry of Richard Fielding Cooke (Family History Library), p. 15.
12. [S817] National Archives, Stanislaus Co. California Census - 1880 (familysearch.org), "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6PG-6CJ: 13 January 2022), L. A. Miller in household of Samuel Miller, Empire, Stanislaus, California, United States; citing enumeration district, sheet, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
13. [S517] National Archives, San Joaquin Co. California Census - 1900 (ancestry.com.)

Dorinda Cooke¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Dorinda Cooke was born on 21 April 1821 in Tennessee.¹
• Marriage: She married John Condra McClelland, son of Josiah Robinson McClelland and Rhoda Condra, on 28 December 1837.²
• Name-Marr: As of 28 December 1837,her married name was Dorinda McClelland.
• Note: Dorinda Cooke left home about 1839-1840 when she and her husband and daughter moved to Missouri.³
• Death: She died in 1842 in St. Louis, Missouri, at age ~21.^3,4,5
• Note: Apparently, she and her husband were living in North Missouri, and she became ill with consumption, and her husband attempted to take her home to Tennessee, and she died en route, in St. Louis, in an inn (from Reed letter).⁴
• Burial: She was buried in St. Louis, Missouri.³

• Last Edited: 21 December 2022

Citations

1. [S85] Mrs. B. K. Mitchell, Document #1 Handwritten by Mrs. B. K. Mitchell, Co. Clerk (unpublished.)
2. [S386] Merrill, Carole, Rootsweb WorldConnect - Arnett - Millett Family Tree (Rootsweb.)
3. [S56] Calvin Whitney Cooke, Cooke, Calvin - Letter, dated 1845 (unpublished.)
4. [S383] Hattie Reed, Reed, Hattie Winters - Letter (unknown publisher.)
5. [S653] R. W. Jackson, Jackson Family Tree (Ancestry.com.)

Calvin Whitley Cooke¹

Parents

Cooke, Calvin - Obit

Biography

• Birth: Calvin Whitley Cooke was born on 18 March 1825 in Double Springs, Putnam County, Tennessee.¹
• Residence: He lived in Livingston Co. Missouri - near Chillicothe - for a brief time.
• Immigratn: He immigrated on 11 April 1845 to Missouri.²
• Note: Anita Tally has a transcription of a letter from Calvin to his family dated July 14, 1845, after he left Tennessee for Missouri. He mentions two dates in the letter 12 April 1810 and 01 April 1812 - don't know to what the dates refer, but the letter implies perhaps it was the time when each of his parents left their families behind... Another source states that Richard Cooke came to Maury Co. Tennessee in 1810...
  
  In Oct. of 1846 he wrote a letter from Buchanan Co. Missouri, addressed to his cousin Amanda Rhea.
  
  Possible residence in 1860: Branch Twp. Stanislaus Co. California, p. 697
  We know that he is in California by 1865, because daughter Virginia was born in California.
  
  Obituary: J. Whitley Cooke died recently in California. He was a son of Maj. Richard Cooke and brother of Col. B. H. Cooke, and has many relatives in this section. [Date 4/13/1911, Vol. IX, No. 15, Page
  5].²
• Residence: He lived in 1847 in Oregon City, Oregon.³
• Immigratn: He immigrated in 1847 to Oregon. In 1847, he signed on as Co-Captain of the largest wagon train to venture to Oregon that year from Buchanan, County, Missouri in the St. Joseph area. They left on April 15 and arrived into Oregon City by September 15 over the Barlow Trail. The wagon train was made up of Baptists from central and NW Missouri, over 125 wagons and about 600 people in all, on the six different smaller wagon groups within the larger enterprise. "C.W." kept a journal of this voyage until he became sick with "camp fever' in Wyoming. He recovered by the time he reached Oregon and took up farming near Oregon City. He met and married Rebecca Hood, who had come to Oregon in 1845 with the explorer Joel Palmer.⁴
• Marriage: He married Rebecca Eva Hood on 11 January 1849 in Oregon City, Clackamas County, Oregon.⁵
• Residence: He lived in 1880 in Davidson Co., Tennessee.⁶
• Occupation: He was a store clerk in 1880.⁶
• Residence: He lived in 1910 in Los Angeles, California.⁷
• Death: He died circa 1911 in California at age ~86.⁸

• Last Edited: 21 December 2022

Citations

1. [S85] Mrs. B. K. Mitchell, Document #1 Handwritten by Mrs. B. K. Mitchell, Co. Clerk (unpublished.)
2. [S56] Calvin Whitney Cooke, Cooke, Calvin - Letter, dated 1845 (unpublished.)
3. [S58] Richard F. Cooke, Cooke, Richard F. - Letter (unpublished, written June 5, 1848.)
4. [S786] Find-a-Grave, online www.findagrave.com, Memorial #9623980. Hereinafter cited as Find-a-Grave.
5. [S786] Find-a-Grave, online www.findagrave.com, Memorial #62530097.
6. [S79] federal census, Davidson Co. Tennessee Census Records - 1880 (Family History Library), Nashville, District 56, Image 2 of 26.
7. [S275] National Archives, Los Angeles Co. California Census Records - 1910 (ancestry.com), El Monte Twp. District 29 p. 158 (Image 21 of 25.)
8. [S367] transcriptions found on-line, Putnam Co. (Tennessee) Herald (unknown publisher), Vol. IX No. 15, p. 5, 13 Apr 1911.

Bolivar Houston Cooke¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Bolivar Houston Cooke was born on 18 March 1829 in Virginia.¹
• Birth: He was born on 7 November 1829.
• Birth: He was born in 1827.
• Milit-Beg: He began military service in 1848 as a Lieutenant in the Mexican War.^2,3
• Marriage: He married Alice Galena Kersel in 1874.⁴
• Occupation: He was founder and manager of Bolivar H. Cooke and Co. (wholesale clothing co.) Nashville.²
• Death: He died on 12 April 1909 in at the home of his son, New York City, New York, at age 80.⁵
• Burial: He was buried in Mr. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee.⁶
• Note: Obituary: Col. Bolivar H. Cooke died at the home of his son in New York City Monday, at the age of 82. He was known by the older citizens of this section. Cookeville was named for his father. Col. Cooke was a veteran of the Mexican war, and for many years a prominent business man in Nashville. [Date 4/15/1909, Vol. VII, No. 15, Page 6].

• Last Edited: 21 December 2022

Citations

1. [S85] Mrs. B. K. Mitchell, Document #1 Handwritten by Mrs. B. K. Mitchell, Co. Clerk (unpublished.)
2. [S321] unknown author, Newspaper Article from Monterey or Cookeville Newspaper, March 26, 1953 (unknown publisher.)
3. [S58] Richard F. Cooke, Cooke, Richard F. - Letter (unpublished, written June 5, 1848.)
4. [S103] J. L. Sawyer, E-mail #4 from J. L. Sawyer (Cooke-Lindsey in Missouri) (unpublished.)
5. [S367] transcriptions found on-line, Putnam Co. (Tennessee) Herald (unknown publisher), Vol. VII, No. 15, p. 6, 15 Apr 1909.
6. [S50] Nancy Kathryn Lindsey Parrett, Cemetery Lots - List from Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee (unpublished.)

Harriet Newell Cooke^1,2

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Harriet Newell Cooke was born on 25 January 1830.³
• Birth: She was born on 25 January 1831.¹
• Marriage: She married William Oscar Hawes in 1847 in Tennessee.⁴
• Name-Marr: As of 1847,her married name was Harriet Newell Hawes.
• Death: She died on 30 March 1862 in Putnam County, Tennessee, at age 32.³
• Burial: She was buried in Cooke Cemetery, Putnam County, Tennessee.³

• Last Edited: 22 October 2022

Citations

1. [S85] Mrs. B. K. Mitchell, Document #1 Handwritten by Mrs. B. K. Mitchell, Co. Clerk (unpublished.)
2. [S395] Hopson, Mary, Siftings from Putnam Co. Tennessee (unidentified publisher), p. 19.
3. [S368] Patton, Maurine Ensor, Putnam Co. Cemeteries (Published Cookeville, Tennessee, 1995), p. 111.
4. [S58] Richard F. Cooke, Cooke, Richard F. - Letter (unpublished, written June 5, 1848.)

Alexander Cooke¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Alexander Cooke was born circa 1728 in Chaptico, St. Mary's Co., Maryland.²
• Marriage: He married Sarah Reeves circa 1750.²
• Death: He died after 14 April 1807 in St. Mary's Co., Maryland.²

• Last Edited: 8 April 2015

Citations

1. [S263] Robert Cooke (to Dr. Robert Fielding Cooke), Letter from Robert Cooke (b. 1752) (unknown publisher.)
2. [S102] J. L. Sawyer, E-mail #3 from J. L. Sawyer (Robert Cooke II Ancestors) (unpublished.)

John Cooke¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: John Cooke was born on 1 August 1754 in Chaptico, St. Mary's Co., Maryland.¹
• Birth: He was born on 11 August 1754.²
• Milit-Beg: He began military service in the Revolutionary War. He enlisted at Farquar Co. Virginia.³
• Marriage: He married Sarah Edwards on 26 December 1776 in Newburyport, Essex Co., Massachusetts.⁴
• Marriage: He married Nancy Fielding on 31 December 1783 in Fauquier Co., Virginia.⁵
• Residence: He lived in Culpepper County, Virginia.¹
• Residence: He lived in 1791 in Culpepper Co., Virginia.⁶
• Note: Some of the children may have relocated to Monongahela Co. Pennsylvania.¹
• Residence: He lived in Ohio in old age.^1,6
• Death: He died on 5 August 1833 in Newburyport, Essex Co., Massachusetts, at age 79.⁴

• Last Edited: 13 November 2022

Citations

1. [S263] Robert Cooke (to Dr. Robert Fielding Cooke), Letter from Robert Cooke (b. 1752) (unknown publisher.)
2. [S101] J. L. Sawyer, E-mail #2 from J. L. Sawyer (R. F. Cooke>John Sawyer) (unpublished.)
3. [S383] Hattie Reed, Reed, Hattie Winters - Letter (unknown publisher.)
4. [S102] J. L. Sawyer, E-mail #3 from J. L. Sawyer (Robert Cooke II Ancestors) (unpublished.)
5. [S425] Jordon R. Dodd (editor), Virginia Marriages - Early to 1800 (Precision Indexing, Bountiful, Utah, 1990.)
6. [S57] John O. Cooke, John O. Cooke - Autobiographical Sketch (Letter, dated 1855, published by the Maury Co. Tennessee Historical Society), p. 132.

James Cooke^1,2

Parents

Biography

• Birth: James Cooke was born on 26 October 1760 in Chaptico, St. Mary's Co., Maryland.¹
• Milit-Beg: He began military service in the Revolutionary War. He enlisted at Farquar Co. Virginia.³
• Marriage: He married Elizabeth Phoebe Condit on 25 November 1781 in Morristown, Morris Co., New Jersey.⁴
• Marriage: He married Mary circa 1790.²
• Occupation: He was a sheriff.⁵
• Death: He died on 13 March 1820 in Chaptico, St. Mary's Co., Maryland, at age 59.^1,2
• Burial: He was buried in Christ Church Cemetery, Chaptico, St. Mary's County, Maryland.²

• Last Edited: 11 November 2022

Citations

1. [S263] Robert Cooke (to Dr. Robert Fielding Cooke), Letter from Robert Cooke (b. 1752) (unknown publisher.)
2. [S297] Margaret K. Fresco, Marriages and Deaths - St. Mary's Co. Maryland 1634-1900 (publ. 1982), p. 360.
3. [S383] Hattie Reed, Reed, Hattie Winters - Letter (unknown publisher.)
4. [S102] J. L. Sawyer, E-mail #3 from J. L. Sawyer (Robert Cooke II Ancestors) (unpublished.)
5. [S57] John O. Cooke, John O. Cooke - Autobiographical Sketch (Letter, dated 1855, published by the Maury Co. Tennessee Historical Society), p. 132.

Alexander Cooke¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Alexander Cooke was born on 22 February 1765 in Chaptico, St. Mary's Co., Maryland.¹
• Milit-Beg: He began military service in the Revolutionary War. He enlisted at Farquar Co. Virginia.²
• Residence: He lived in 1791 in Culpepper Co., Virginia.³
• Residence: He lived after 1791 in Henderson Co., Kentucky.³
• Residence: He lived in Kentucky, not far above the Falls.¹
• Death: He died in Kentucky.

• Last Edited: 21 October 2022

Citations

1. [S263] Robert Cooke (to Dr. Robert Fielding Cooke), Letter from Robert Cooke (b. 1752) (unknown publisher.)
2. [S383] Hattie Reed, Reed, Hattie Winters - Letter (unknown publisher.)
3. [S57] John O. Cooke, John O. Cooke - Autobiographical Sketch (Letter, dated 1855, published by the Maury Co. Tennessee Historical Society), p. 132.

Elizabeth Cooke¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Elizabeth Cooke was born circa 1756 in Chaptico, St. Mary's Co., Maryland.²
• Marriage: She married Isaac Wilson on 18 November 1793 in Culpepper Co., Virginia. The minister was John Pickett, a Baptist.^3,4
• Name-Marr: As of 18 November 1793,her married name was Elizabeth Wilson.
• Death: She died in Floydsburg, Kentucky.²

• Last Edited: 6 November 2022

Citations

1. [S263] Robert Cooke (to Dr. Robert Fielding Cooke), Letter from Robert Cooke (b. 1752) (unknown publisher.)
2. [S102] J. L. Sawyer, E-mail #3 from J. L. Sawyer (Robert Cooke II Ancestors) (unpublished.)
3. [S425] Jordon R. Dodd (editor), Virginia Marriages - Early to 1800 (Precision Indexing, Bountiful, Utah, 1990.)
4. [S78] John Vogt and T. William Kethley Jr., Culpepper Co. (Virginia) Marriages, 1780-1853 (Iberian Publishing Co., Athens, Georgia, 1986.)

Ann Cooke¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Ann Cooke was born in 1762 in Chaptico, St. Mary's Co., Maryland.²
• Marriage: She married Zephaniah Pratt on 22 April 1782 in Fauquier Co., Virginia.¹
• Name-Marr: As of 22 April 1782,her married name was Ann Pratt.

• Last Edited: 6 November 2022

Citations

1. [S425] Jordon R. Dodd (editor), Virginia Marriages - Early to 1800 (Precision Indexing, Bountiful, Utah, 1990.)
2. [S102] J. L. Sawyer, E-mail #3 from J. L. Sawyer (Robert Cooke II Ancestors) (unpublished.)

Isaac Wilson^1,2

Biography

• Residence: Isaac Wilson lived in Culpepper County, Virginia.³
• Marriage: He married Elizabeth Cooke, daughter of John Cooke and Elizabeth Burch, on 18 November 1793 in Culpepper Co., Virginia. The minister was John Pickett, a Baptist.^1,2
• Residence: Isaac Wilson lived in Kentucky after marrying Elizabeth.³
• Occupation: He was School Master of Floysberg near Louisville.³

• Last Edited: 6 November 2022

Citations

1. [S425] Jordon R. Dodd (editor), Virginia Marriages - Early to 1800 (Precision Indexing, Bountiful, Utah, 1990.)
2. [S78] John Vogt and T. William Kethley Jr., Culpepper Co. (Virginia) Marriages, 1780-1853 (Iberian Publishing Co., Athens, Georgia, 1986.)
3. [S263] Robert Cooke (to Dr. Robert Fielding Cooke), Letter from Robert Cooke (b. 1752) (unknown publisher.)

Zephaniah Pratt¹

Biography

• Marriage: Zephaniah Pratt married Ann Cooke, daughter of John Cooke and Elizabeth Burch, on 22 April 1782 in Fauquier Co., Virginia.²
• Residence: Zephaniah Pratt lived circa 1790 in Kentucky.¹
• Death: He died in Christian Co., Kentucky.

• Last Edited: 21 November 2022

Citations

1. [S263] Robert Cooke (to Dr. Robert Fielding Cooke), Letter from Robert Cooke (b. 1752) (unknown publisher.)
2. [S425] Jordon R. Dodd (editor), Virginia Marriages - Early to 1800 (Precision Indexing, Bountiful, Utah, 1990.)

Sarah Reeves¹

Biography

• Birth: Sarah Reeves was born.
• Marriage: She married Alexander Cooke, son of Robert Cooke and Sarah Fielding, circa 1750.²
• Name-Marr: As of circa 1750,her married name was Sarah Cooke.

• Last Edited: 6 November 2022

Citations

1. [S263] Robert Cooke (to Dr. Robert Fielding Cooke), Letter from Robert Cooke (b. 1752) (unknown publisher.)
2. [S102] J. L. Sawyer, E-mail #3 from J. L. Sawyer (Robert Cooke II Ancestors) (unpublished.)

John Upgate Cooke¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: John Upgate Cooke was born in 1753.¹

• Last Edited: 8 April 2015

Citations

1. [S256] LDS records on line (unknown publisher), "International Genealogical Index (IGI)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MS2H-9TT : accessed 2015-04-08), entry for Alexander Cooke.

Margaret Cooke¹

Parents

Biography

• Birth: Margaret Cooke was born in 1760.¹

• Last Edited: 8 April 2015

Citations

1. [S256] LDS records on line (unknown publisher), "International Genealogical Index (IGI)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MS2H-9M6 : accessed 2015-04-08), entry for Alexander Cooke.