Cook

This is a family that begins with Abraham Cooke, an apparent immigrant to Old Rappahannock County, Virginia who first appears there in 1684.

Some of these files are too lengthy for webpages and are stored here as pdf files.  They are marked with the “pdf” symbol and will open in a new window.

Papers on each generation of my own Cook line:

  • Abraham Cook (c1660 – 1720s) of Old Rappahannock, New Kent, and Hanover counties.  This includes a discussion of the evidence for identifying his likely children.  For a discussion of the identity of his wife see the McAllister paper below.
  • Benjamin Cook (1690s – 1759/60) a possible son of Abraham Cooke who lived in Hanover (later Louisa) County, Virginia and who had two known sons, William and Benjamin.
  • William Cook (c1730 – 1801) of Louisa and Charlotte County, Virginia and later of Surry County, North Carolina.  This paper includes discussion of his eleven children and his wife Keziah Burch.
  • Samuel Cook (12 September 1774  – 13 July 1828) of Surry County, North Carolina and Jones County, Georgia including identification of his two wives, Elizabeth Hendrick and Sarah Jull, and his large family.
  • Asa Barrett Cook (28 January 1806 – 6 December 1848) of various Georgia counties and Titus County, Texas.  For the details of his divorce from his wife Elizabeth W. Ivey, see paper below.
  • Andrew Barney Cook (3 April 1836 – 19 November 1902) of Titus County, Texas, founder of the town of Cookville, and husband of Sarah Gray Rountree.  (My great-great-great-grandfather)

 Supplemental information about my Cook Ancestors:

Some Miscellaneous Cook Files: