Sarah (Simpson) Cooke (1734 - 1822)

Born 7 May 1734 in Paxton, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Died 29 Jul 1822 at age 88 in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Sarah (Simpson) Cooke performed Patriotic Service in Pennsylvania in the American Revolution.

Sarah (Simpson) Cooke is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A025455.

Sarah cared for the sick and wounded soldiers in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, during the American Revolution. ^[1]

Sarah Simpson Cook, a daughter of Samuel Simpson (ca. 1706-1791), said to have been assistant Quartermaster of the Pennsylvania Regiment during the Revolution. His father was Thomas Simpson (ca. 1683-1761) and his father was John Simpson, who emigrated from Scotland to Ireland and from Ireland to America, settling in Pennsylvania as did many of the Scotch-Irish people." ...Captain Samuel Davis married in 1782, Jane Cook,^[2]

Family of Origin

^[3]Grandfather: Thomas Simpson Grandmother: Hannah

Sarah Simpson & Her Siblings:

1. Jean Simpson
2. John Simpson
3. Margaret Simpson
4. Sarah Simpson
5. Rebecca Simpson
6. Nathaniel Simpson
7. Mary Simpson

Father's Origins: Sarah Simpson

Father: Samuel Simpson

Birth Date: 1706

Birth Place: Abbington Twp, Montgomery Co

First Marriage Date: 1728

Death Date: Dec 1791

Death Place: Paxtang

GrandMother: Jane Cook

Birth Date: 1759

First Marriage Date: 1782

First Marriage Place: Augusta, GA

Death Date: 1844

Father: William Cook

Mother: Sarah Simpson

Spouse: Samuel Davis

Child: JOSEPH Emory Davis

Family of Consent

^[4]Sarah Simpson, from the US, Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970^[5]

Name: Sarah Simpson

Birth Date: 1734

Death Date: 1822

SAR Membership: 56759

Role: Ancestor

Application Date: 24 Apr 1939

Spouse: William Cooke

Children: Jane Cooke

Sources

1. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 21 Aug 2024), "Record of Sarah Simpson Cooke", Ancestor # A025455.Meehan-411
2. ↑ Armstrong, Zella of the Tennessee Historical Commission. Notable Southern Families. Vol II. Chattanooga, Tenn: The Lookout Publishing Co.
3. ↑ The Kinnears and their kin : a memorial volume of history, biography and genealogy, with Revolution.
4. ↑ The Kinnears and their kin : a memorial volume of history, biography and genealogy, with Revolution.
5. ↑ US, Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, Vol 284. 2011.