Joseph Cook, 1683–1764 (aged 81 years)
- Name
- Joseph Cook
- Given names
- Joseph
- Surname
- Cook
Birth | February 25, 1683
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Birth of a sister | Hope Cook September 27, 1686 (aged 3 years) |
Death of a mother | Hope Parker 1686 (aged 2 years) |
Burial of a grandmother | Judith Birdsall September 11, 1689 (aged 6 years) |
Marriage of a parent | Samuel Cook — Mrs. Mary Cook … — View this family 1691 (aged 7 years) |
Birth of a half-brother | Israel Cook May 8, 1692 (aged 9 years) |
Birth of a half-sister | Mehetable Cook June 30, 1694 (aged 11 years) |
Marriage of a parent | Samuel Cook — Mary Mallory — View this family July 14, 1696 (aged 13 years) Note: "Saml Cook married Mary Roberts, by Major Mansfield Jul 14, 1696" (Wallingford Vital Records, p. 161, line 16, Family History Library film 6018)
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Birth of a half-brother | Benjamin Cook April 8, 1697 (aged 14 years) |
Birth of a half-brother | Ephraim Cook April 19, 1699 (aged 16 years) |
Death of a sister | Elizabeth Cook before 1701 (aged 17 years) |
Birth of a half-sister | Elizabeth Cook September 10, 1701 (aged 18 years) |
Death of a sister | Hannah Cook before 1702 (aged 18 years) |
Death of a father | Samuel Cook March 1703 (aged 20 years) |
Death of a sister | Judith Cook March 20, 1708 (aged 25 years) |
Death of a brother | Isaac Cook February 1, 1712 (aged 28 years) |
Marriage | Eleanor Johnson — View this family October 28, 1714 (aged 31 years) Note: Historical Society of Connecticut. <i>Wallingford Vital Records: Wallingford Marriages Vol 2</i>. Handwritten from original records in 1910.
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Birth of a daughter | Phebe Cook October 7, 1715 (aged 32 years) |
Death of a half-brother | Benjamin Cook 1717 (aged 33 years) |
Birth of a son | Benjamin Cook January 5, 1718 (aged 34 years) |
Birth of a son | Daniel Cook August 19, 1720 (aged 37 years) |
Death of a sister | Mary Cook after May 1722 (aged 39 years) |
Birth of a son | Walter Cook December 21, 1722 (aged 39 years) |
Death of a brother | Samuel Cook September 18, 1725 (aged 42 years) |
Birth of a son | Joseph Cook January 18, 1726 (aged 42 years) |
Death of a half-sister | Elizabeth Cook after 1726 (aged 42 years) |
Birth of a daughter | Lois Cook May 23, 1729 (aged 46 years) |
Death of a sister | Hope Cook January 30, 1731 (aged 47 years) |
Birth of a son | Lambert Cook February 7, 1732 (aged 48 years) |
Death of a half-sister | Mehetable Cook April 1732 (aged 49 years) |
Birth of a daughter | Hannah Cook November 15, 1735 (aged 52 years) |
Death of a brother | John Cook April 30, 1739 (aged 56 years) |
Burial of a brother | John Cook May 1739 (aged 56 years) |
Marriage of a child | Benjamin Cook — Hannah Munson — View this family January 20, 1741 (aged 57 years) |
Death of a half-brother | Israel Cook after 1741 (aged 57 years) |
Marriage of a child | Daniel Cook — Elizabeth Pond — View this family February 6, 1745 (aged 61 years) |
Marriage of a child | Timothy Gaylord — Phebe Cook — View this family May 4, 1748 (aged 65 years) |
Marriage of a child | Joseph Cook — Phebe Hall — View this family October 6, 1748 (aged 65 years) |
Marriage of a child | Walter Cook — Ruhamah Collins — View this family November 5, 1748 (aged 65 years) Note: This marriage not found in Barbour for Wallingford or Guilford, although Barbour cites vital records for the births of their children, "son/dau Walter and Rowena Cook." The date probably came from Phineas Wolcott Cook personal records.
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Marriage of a child | Roger Pettibone — Hannah Cook — View this family January 25, 1752 (aged 68 years) |
Marriage of a child | Lambert Cook — Abigail Pettibone — View this family June 25, 1752 (aged 69 years) |
Marriage of a child | Lambert Cook — Mindwell Loomis — View this family December 13, 1759 (aged 76 years) |
Death | November 7, 1764 (aged 81 years) |
LDS baptism | April 4, 1872 (107 years after death) |
LDS endowment | January 21, 1886 (121 years after death) |
LDS spouse sealing | Eleanor Johnson — View this family April 1, 1887 (122 years after death) LDS temple: Logan, Utah, United States |
LDS child sealing | July 1, 1920 (155 years after death) LDS temple: Logan, Utah, United States Family: Samuel Cook + Hope Parker |
Reference number | C-16 |
Unique identifier | EDB37E18139A466A8A56ED196B03497EAEDB |
Last change | April 2, 2019 |
father |
1641–1703
Birth: July 30, 1641
30 — Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Death: March 1703 — New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
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mother |
1650–1686
Birth: April 26, 1650
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24 — New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: 1686 — New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
Marriage |
Marriage: May 2, 1667 — New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
10 months
elder brother |
1668–1725
Birth: March 3, 1668
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17 — New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: September 18, 1725 — Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
21 months
elder brother |
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15 months
elder sister |
1671–1702
Birth: March 3, 1671
29
20 — Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: before 1702 |
2 years
elder brother |
1673–1673
Birth: March 10, 1673
31
22 — Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: April 7, 1673 — Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
2 years
elder sister |
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2 years
elder sister |
1677–1701
Birth: August 22, 1677
36
27 — Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: before 1701 — Prob. Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
19 months
elder sister |
1679–1708
Birth: February 29, 1679
37
28 — Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: March 20, 1708 — Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
23 months
elder brother |
1681–1712
Birth: January 10, 1681
39
30 — Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: February 1, 1712 — Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
2 years
himself |
1683–1764
Birth: February 25, 1683
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32 — Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: November 7, 1764 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA |
4 years
younger sister |
father |
1641–1703
Birth: July 30, 1641
30 — Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Death: March 1703 — New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
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step-mother |
1656–1695
Birth: 1656 Death: September 4, 1695 — Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
Marriage |
Marriage: 1691 — New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
16 months
half-brother |
1692–1741
Birth: May 8, 1692
50
36 — Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: after 1741 — Vermont, USA |
2 years
half-sister |
1694–1732
Birth: June 30, 1694
52
38 — Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: April 1732 — Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
father |
1641–1703
Birth: July 30, 1641
30 — Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Death: March 1703 — New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
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step-mother |
1656–1752
Birth: November 28, 1656
26
22 — New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: September 17, 1752 — Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
Marriage |
Marriage: July 14, 1696 — Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
9 months
half-brother |
1697–1717
Birth: April 8, 1697
55
40 — New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: 1717 — Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
2 years
half-brother |
1699–1774
Birth: April 19, 1699
57
42 — Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: March 22, 1774 — Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
2 years
half-sister |
1701–1726
Birth: September 10, 1701
60
44 — Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: after 1726 |
himself |
1683–1764
Birth: February 25, 1683
41
32 — Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: November 7, 1764 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA |
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wife |
1693–1767
Birth: 1693
27
18 — Flatbush, Kings, New York, USA Death: December 21, 1767 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA |
Marriage |
Marriage: October 28, 1714 — Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
11 months
daughter |
1715–1777
Birth: October 7, 1715
32
22 — Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: 1777 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States |
2 years
son |
1718–1790
Birth: January 5, 1718
34
25 — Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: 1790 |
3 years
son |
1720–1778
Birth: August 19, 1720
37
27 — Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: April 14, 1778 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA |
2 years
son |
1722–1780
Birth: December 21, 1722
39
29 — Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: July 26, 1780 — Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA |
3 years
son |
1726–1750
Birth: January 18, 1726
42
33 — Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: 1750 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA |
3 years
daughter |
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3 years
son |
1732–1801
Birth: February 7, 1732
48
39 — Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: 1801 — Stephentown, Rensselaer, New York, USA |
4 years
daughter |
1735–1763
Birth: November 15, 1735
52
42 — Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Death: April 9, 1763 — Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA |
Marriage | Historical Society of Connecticut. <i>Wallingford Vital Records: Wallingford Marriages Vol 2</i>. Handwritten from original records in 1910. |
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Marriage | Also found in Barbour Collection of Vital Records. |
Note | BIRTH Wallingford Land Records (1:50, Family History Library Film 6018) Joseph Cook son of Samll and Lydia Cook borne February 25, 1683. (Note: There was no Samuel and Lydia. Apparently written wrong. Should have been Hope) <i>Births, Marriages and Deaths at Wallingford, Ct</i>. 1670-1821, manuscript transcription, Family History Library Film 6052, p. 8, "Joseph son of Samuel and Lydia Cook, born February 25, 1683." We know Hope Parker was his mother. Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol 1, by Donald Lines Jacobus, 1923, p. 435. Ref. is Wallingford Vital Records. WALLINGFORD Births, Marriages and Deaths at Wallingford, Ct. 1670-1821, manuscript transcription, Family History Library Film 6052 gives another marriage for Joseph. On p. 47 it lists Joseph Cook with wife Abigail and eight children for whom there are vital records in Wallingford. All other sources assumed that marriage was correct, and it appeared in other sources such as The History of Goshen. Ref. is Wallingford Vital Records. However, upon looking at the primary source for those transcribed vital records, which is Land Records for Wallingford, the surname of the Joseph married to Abigail is Cooles or Cools, and finally after 1700 it was written Coles. Children recorded for Joseph and first wife Abigail Royce are incorrect: Joseph and Abigail were said in Wallingford Vital Records to have had children from 1700 to 1712. Their names are listed in Wallingford Vital Records in a single list rather than in a chronological list as other Wallingford births were listed ( Family History Library Film 6052, p. 3) The error giving Joseph a first wife occurred because the person who transcribed Wallingford Vital Records assumed Joseph Cook and Joseph Cooles were the same person. I’ll admit the original writing was confusing, but rather than following the families out and discovering they were separate and distinct people, he simply assigned the first marriage of Joseph Cooles to Joseph Cook and published it. A close inspection of the original vital records shows both men went on to marry about the same time after Joseph Cooles' wife Abigail died, but it was Joseph Cook’s first marriage and Joseph Cooles’ (by then spelled Cole) second marriage. However, everyone read the typed, published Wallingford Vital Records after that and ignored the original copy. Thus, the Phineas Wolcott Cook Family Organization submitted Abigail as the wife of Joseph Cook with the original family group sheets in the 1960’s. The Organization itself is one of the submitters of that information, and published the proof to the thousands of members of the family as a documented source. The primary source for the transcribed vital records is Wallingford Land Records in which are pages of births, marriages and deaths, recorded as they took place. On those original pages, the surname of the Joseph married to Abigail is Cooles, Cools, Coles, but never Cook. Names underwent considerable evolution in Wallingford. Samuel Cook's name was spelled Coork for the first ten years they were in New Haven and Wallingford. For the birth of their eighth child Isaac in 1781 the name was spelled Cook for the first time as the recorder began to distinguish families and names in town. Joseph Coles' name was spelled Cools and Cooles when his children were being born from 1700 to 1712, yet that family appears with the surname Cook on p. 47 of the transcribed Vital Records. Several of those children died and are in death records as Cooles and Cools. His land records are with the surname spelled Cooles or Cooley. Joseph Coles went on to re-marry in Wallingford on 29 May 1717 after Abigail died, and had several other children from 1718-1725, the very years Joseph and Eleanor Cook were also having children. By about 1715 the spelling had been standardized. Joseph Cooles/Cools/Coles was thereafter Joseph Cole. There was no question he was separate and distinct from Joseph Cook, whose surname had also been standardized to Cook. The births of his children are recorded in Wallingford Land Records (2:799, 800, 788; 7:291, , Family History Library film 6018) from 1715 to 1735. Land Records: Wallingford Land Records, 14:471. Joseph Cook of Goshen for forty pounds sold ninety acres, second tier of lott, tenth lot, to Capt. Ephraim Cook (his brother) of Wallingford. Deed signed: June 23rd 1760. FATHER'S WILL: Samuel Jr. John and Mary received the major portion of the estate. Finally the statement: "And for the remainder of my estate I would gladly have disposed of it in a particular way but by reason of ye difficulties I am under I will that all my dues being discharged as above said all my estate be equally divided among my other nine children in the best way that may be. The nine children are Judith, Isaac, Joseph, Hope, Israel, Mabel, Benjamin, Ephraim and Elizabeth..." (New Haven District Probate Court, New Haven (Conn.) probate records, 1647-1916 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1977-1979), Family History Library film 0005294], 2(part 2): 305-307, Dated March 12, 1702/3.) GOSHEN: The family resided at Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut from Autumn 1742, but the children were born at Wallingford. Early Families of Wallingford p. 68 states: "Joseph Cook, son of Samuel and Hope Cook, married Abigail _____. After her death, he married Eleanor Johnson, Oct. 14, 1714, and remained in Wallingford until 1743, when in the autumn of that year he went to Goshen in Litchfield County, and was among the earliest and most prominent men in the place. He died Nov. 7, 1764, at 82 years." Listed as one of the first 53 proprietors of Goshen, drawing Lot #15. (History of the Town of Goshen, p. 317, by Hibbard, Hartord, 1897. The land record states that Joseph's name appears 30 times on land records as he purchased land between 1741 and 1750. (General Grantee Index for Goshen) He lived at the top of Town Hill in Goshen "About 25 rods south of Gen. Moses Cook's present dwelling, onthe east side of the road stood the house of Joseph Cook, from Wallingford, father of Daniel Cook, and grandfather of Moses Cook, Sr. Joseph Cook lived here until the time of his death Nov. 7, 1764." ("History of Litchfield CT," J. H. Lewis & Co., p. 881.) He and his children for five generations are named in "The History of the Town of Goshen" by Hibbard, p. 448-452. WILL Joseph Cook wrote a will dated August 20, 1764. In it he named each of his living children and his wife Abigail. Benjamin, Daniel, Walter, Lambert/Lumbert and Grandson Joseph III, whose father Joseph had previously died, were given inheritances. His daughters Phebe Gaylord and Hannah Pettibone were named and given inheritances, but not Lois who apparently was dead. (Connecticut Wills for 1764, Ancestry.com) DEATH Barbour Collection of Vital Records, 1739-1854, Connecticut State Library, p. 16. He was age 82. Also in Goshen Vital Records Vol 1, p. 235. (Family History Library film 2970.) "There are various persons who might have been buried in the East Street Burying Ground, but for whom there is no clear record of burial. Of these may be mentioned Joseph Cook who died 7 Nov. 1764, Daniel Cook who died in 1777 or 1778..." "Glimpses of Goshen: Inscriptions in the East Street Burying Gound, Goshen, CT," copied by Mabel Ingalls, (Family History Library book 974.61/G1 K2h, p. 37.) PROBATE Probate Records for Goshen, #1622. His inventory totaled 51.1.11Lb. To sons Philip, Daniel and Moses, 460.0.0 each totaling 1,380.0.00. His land was 235 acres with buildings which equaled 1,868.0.00LB. He gave his daughters Lydia and Lois 115.0.00 and 31 acres of land each to Amasa and Philip. Daniel Jr. inherited tools, animals, 50 acres at Blue Swamp, part of the house, half of the barn (the other half to Moses), 18 acres and 17 rods' land in the home lot which is called 152. Date of will, 1765. (Litchfield County Connecticut Probate Packets, Family History Library film 1,022,333) MARRIAGE Joseph Cook married Eleanor Johnson 28 October 1714 at Wallingford. DOCUMENTATION Historical Society of Connecticut. <i>Wallingford Vital Records: Wallingford Marriages Vol 2</i>. Handwritten from original records in 1910. |
Note | Wallingford Land Records (2:784, FHL 6018) Joseph Cook married Eleanor Johnson October 28, 1714 Families of Ancient New Haven, Vol 1, by Donald Lines Jacobus, 1923, p. 436. Ref. is Wallingford Vital Records. Genealogical Data of Early New Haven and Conn. Families, p. 12A records that he married Eleanor Johnson, daughter of Walter on Oct. 28, 1714. Also his death date is there. Although all sources, including Births, Marriages and Deaths at Wallingford, Ct. 1670-1821, manuscript transcription, FHL 6052, p. 47 and "Families of Ancient New Haven," Vol 1, by D L. Jacobus, 1923, p. 436. (Ref. is Wallingford Vital Records) claim there was a marriage before this, it has been proven it was another man named Joseph Cools or Cole. The Vital Records Index is a transcription of primary vital records, and the transcriber made a mistake. It makes sense because Joseph would have been 17 years old for that marriage, and such a thing almost never happened in Colonial America. |