Thomas Cook Sr. (1615 - 1692)

Born Aug 1615 in Shrewbury, Shropshire, England

Husband of Elizabeth (Unknown) Cook — married about 1638 in England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 1 Dec 1692 at age 77 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Thomas Cook was born in August 1615 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.

Thomas wed Elizabeth about 1638, probably in England just before setting sail for the New World. They had two confirmed children, Thomas Junior Cook, and Elizabeth Cook. There very possibly were more children born to them. ^[1]

In 1650 Thomas Cook is recorded living in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony. ^[2]

Thomas Cook(e) died on 1 December 1692 in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut Colony. ^[3] He was buried there at Village Green Cemetery. ^[4]

The inventory of Thomas Cook late of Guilford deceased was taken on by his children on 19 December 1692 and recorded at New Haven. ^[5] A distribution agreement was made between Thomas Cook Jr and his sister Elizabeth Hall on 13 June 1693.^[5]

Possible Second Marriage

It is thought by some, that Thomas wed secondly Hannah (Lamb/Unknown) Haynes Langton (born 1620 in England) on 30 March 1668 in Guilford, Connecticut. He would have been her third husband. They had no children together. However, the marriage date is that of son Thomas Cook Junior and his first wife Hannah Linden/Lindon. Hannah (Lamb/Unknown) Haynes Langton was still married to her second husband in 1668, and she lived in Massachusetts, not Connecticut. The two women seem to have been conflated, and then falsely ascribed to this profile's Thomas Cook as his second wife. If indeed Thomas Cook Sr. ever married a second time, it was definitely someone other than Hannah (Unknown) Langton or Hannah Linden. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave Elizabeth Cooke
2. ↑ Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Ancestry.com. Txt: "Name: Thomas Cook; Residence Date: 1650; Residence Place: Guilford, Connecticut."
3. ↑ Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), Ancestry.com. Txt: "Name: Thomas Cook Sr. [Thomas Cooke Sr.]; Death Date: 1 Dec 1692; Death Place: Guilford, Connecticut."
4. ↑ Find A Grave Thomas Cooke Txt: "Name: Thomas Cooke I; Birth Date Aug 1615; Birth Place Shrewsbury, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England; Death Date: 6 Dec 1692; Death Place Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut; Burial: Village Green Cemetery, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut; Spouse: Elizabeth Cooke; Children: Thomas Cooke; Elizabeth Hall."
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} “New Haven Probate Records, Vol. 1-2, 1647-1703”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-G9J4-Z  : 13 March 2021), New Haven, Connecticut, FHL microfilm 007626739, image 327-328. New Haven Probate Record, 1668-1703, Vol. 2, Part 1, page 125-126.
6. ↑ 15 Dec 2021 Albertus

• [Maltby 08282011.FTW] Guilford, CT 1639, Unpub. p.168

Acknowledgements

• Thanks to Harry Maltby for creating WikiTree profile Thomas Cook through the import of Maltby master 08282011.GED on 30 Aug 2011. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Harry and others.
• Thanks to Linda Cato for createing WikiTree profile Cooke-1322 through the import of Cato Family Tree_book_EN.ged on 21 Sep 2011. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Linda and others. This profile was merged into Cook-3314 on 5 Feb 2021 by 8th Great-Grandson Albertus.