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Robert Cook (abt. 1687 - abt. 1748)

Robert Cook
Born about in Gloucestershire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , and
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Father of and
Died about at about age 61 in Virginiamap
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  • He died in 1748, but has a child born in 1770

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Biography

There are records for the childen of a Robert and Winifred Cook in Prince George County of the Colony of Virginia as follows:

Jonathan Cook, born 29 Sep 1724[1]
Nickols Cook, born 28 July 1731[2]
Frederick Cook, born 15 Dec 1734[3]

Genealogist, Robert Baird, writes,

"Robert Cook patented 296 acres on Cook’s Creek in Brunswick County, Virginia on 20 March 1745, in what would later be Lunenburg County.[4] He was probably in Brunswick earlier, as John and Robert Cook were among the creditors of the estate of Peter Brewer in 1743. Robert Cook’s will, dated 4 December 1747 in St. John’s Parish, Brunswick County, and proved in early 1748, names several children, one of whom was ”Nicholas Cooke”, evidently a younger son.[5] [If he was the same Robert Cook earlier in Prince George County, then Nicholas Cook was probably the son mentioned in the parish vestry book as born 28 July 1731.[6]] Unfortunately for this theory, another son named in the will was “William Cooke”. He gave his son Reuben Cook five pounds “to secure the land in Carolina” The real estate was split among four of the seven sons: Reuben, Nicholas, Frederick and Buryman Cooke. He named his son Reuben Cook and his brother Reuben Cook as executors. When the executors qualified on 7 April 1748, a “William Nicols” reserved the right to join in the executorship."[7]

Robert was born about 1687. Robert Cook ... He passed away about 1748. [8]

Research Notes

Albemarle County Births

Reuben & Anna Cook

21 Nov 1741, no name
1 Aug 1744, Richard
24 June 1746, Sarah
11 June 1748, Elizabeth
22 Aug 1750, Henry

Reuben & Mary Cook

3 Dec 1755, William[9]
2 Jan 1758, John
6 Apr 1760, Sarah Cook was christened[10]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR5B-Q5T : 28 January 2020), Robt. Cook in entry for Jno. Cook, 1724.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR51-V9Y : 28 January 2020), Robt. Cook in entry for Nickols Cook, 1731.
  3. ↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR5B-3T6 : 28 January 2020), Robert Cook in entry for Fredirick Cook, 1734.
  4. ↑ Robert Baird: Virginia Patent Book 25, p1.
  5. ↑ Baird: Lunenburg County Will Book 2, p 145.
  6. ↑ Baird: The Vestry Book and Register of Bristol Parish, Virginia, 1720-1789, Churchill Gibson Chamberlayne
  7. ↑ Baird, Robert: "William Nichols Cook", accessed online July 21, 2021 at https://genfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/William-Nichols-Cook.pdf.
  8. ↑ Entered by Rita Cook, Sunday, October 6, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRPL-Q4W : 28 January 2020), William Cook, 1756
  10. ↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRP2-YL2 : 28 January 2020), Sarah Cook, 1760.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Rita Cook for creating Cook-7266 on 6 Oct 13.





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[Living Anonymous]
The relationships here have big errors. You have his son born over 40 years after he died. You have him born in England but attached to a father whose family had already been in Virginia for generations. Without good sources (documents, not trees), it's hard to tell what is actually meant. If his birth in England is correct, he should be unlinked from John in Virginia. Son William born 1790 can't possibly be right as it is. Possibly 1690 was meant, but then that would conflict with his would be mother's birth. This Robert isn't my ancestor but he is connected to them so getting relationships right matters to me.
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