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- Andrew CookAbt 1659 - 1716/17
Facts and Events
| Name[1] |
Andrew Cook |
| Alt Name[4][5][6][7][8] |
Andrew COOKE |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
Abt 1659 |
, , , , England |
| Alt Birth? |
1659 |
Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States |
| Marriage |
24 Jul 1685 |
Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Phoebe Lovewell |
| Alt Marriage |
24 Jul 1685 |
Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USAto Phoebe Lovewell |
| Death? |
1 Feb 1716/17 |
, Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, |
| Alt Death[9] |
1718 |
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| Will[2][3] |
1721 |
, Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, |
| Alt Death? |
1752 |
Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States |
| Other[10] |
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Biography |
References
- ↑ Compiler: David Weaver. July 4 2004-Weaver-Sanders-Lay Family Ancestory Tree, Location: Ancestry World Tree, Url: http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi question op=GET&db=:2920414&id=I120394. (2004-07-08)
http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2920414&id=I120394. - ↑ Compiler: Ancestry.com. Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Probate Index, Url: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll question indiv=1&gsfn=Phoebe&gsln=Cook&sx=&gskw=&prox=1&db=middlesex1648&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs&fh=13, Record Info
Weston, Admin No. 1961.
- ↑ Compiler: NewEnglandAncestors.org. Index to the Probate Records of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Url: http://www.newenglandancestors.org/research/database/middlesexma pr/default.asp, Record Info: City of Cambridge, Mass. Index to th
Weston, Admin No. 1961.
- ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society).
- ↑ Dodd, Jordan (compiler). Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850.
- ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (1963).
- ↑ Massachusetts Town Marriage Records.
- ↑ Dodd, Jordan (compiler). Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850.
- ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (1963).
- ↑ Andrew COOKE
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1659 in ENG
Death: 1 FEB 1716/1717 in Weston,Middlesex Co,MA
Note:
Children
Lidia Cooke b: 26 JUL 1686 in Dunstable, Middlesex Co., MA
Andrew Cooke b: 10 NOV 1687 in Dunstable, Middlesex Co., MA
Elizabeth Cooke b: 18 MAR 1689 in Dunstable, Middlesex Co., MA
Alice Cooke b: 7 OCT 1690 in Dunstable, Middlesex Co., MA
Phebe Cooke b: ABT 1694
Joseph Cooke b: ABT 1698
Thomas Cooke b: 8 MAY 1701/2 in Sudbury, Middlesex Co., MA
Andrew Cook name appears for the first time in 1682 the Dunstable
Township Records which have managed to survive. Andrew Cooke's parents
have not been identified. It is highly possiblethat he was third
generation New Englander; but this has not been established because there
is no evidence of him until 1682. It seems more likely that he was born
in England, and, due to the shortage of manpower in New England, was
enduced by people here who knew of him to emmigrate with the promise of
land under the usual seven year contract of indentured servitude. This is
only a theory, of course.
At the time Andrew Cook was granted land, Dunstable wasa remote
outpost of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. There had been earlierattempts
in the 1650's to populate Dunstable, but the original Chartercreating
Dunstable which was granted by the General Court at Boston is dated
twenty -some years later in 26 Oct 1673. It became firmly settled around
1677 after the King Philips War [an Indian War]. Homesteads were built
mostly along the Merrimac River, and it was necessary to build a
garrison. Dunstable was considered a frontier town, and served as a
buffer for more established coastal towns. Lifethere had always been
hazardous; but when the King Williams War broke out between France and
England in 1693 to determine who would take the Englishthrone, the
ripple effect in Dunstable became too dangerous. Most families, including
Andrew Cooke's, moved away while they could -never to return. Eventually
their land was taken away from them and granted to others.
The Following Chronology is from the Dunstable Town Meeting records
1682 Andro Cooke is granted 30 acres of land which is bounded by lands of
widow Mary Tyng, Thomas Lund, Samuel French, and Abraham Cummings. He is
later granted more land.
1683 Jan 29 Andrew Cook and all other inhabitants are confirmed owners of
the land in Dunstable that had been granted to them. This was to clear up
any confusion of owership held by the local Native population.
1683 Andro Cooke and Christopher Temple are chosen fence viewers.
1683 Aug 20 Andro sold his 30 acre ' house lot' to Mary Tyng for
seventy-seven pounds.
1685, July Andrew Cooke married Phebe Lovewell in Chelmsford
1685 October Andro Cooke was granted 30 acres "per agreement."Boundaries
not named.
1685 Andro Cooke and Nathaniel Blanchard are chosen fence viewers.
1686 Sep 27 Francis Cooke and Andro Cooke both on list of inhabitants
indebted to the town, the former listed three times. It isn't clear what
created this indebtedness.
1687, Sep 22 Andro Cooke & Abraham Cummings chosen fence viewers
1688, May 24 Andro Cooke and Abraham Cummings again chosen fence viewers
1688 Andro Cook and Francis Cooke both appearon the 'minister's rate.'
Curiously, of the thirty named inhabitants on the list, only Andro Cook's
rate is zero.
1689, June 25 Andrew Cooke and John Cummings chosen surveyers of highways.
1690 Andrew Cook is chosen constable.
1690, May 27 Natives of Canada sent down by the French destroy Salmon
Falls, NH. Hostilites continue threaten the area for two years.
1692 -- -- Maj. Thomas Hinchman (Henchman) to the General Court: "all
Inhabitants of Dunstable excepting 2 familys desire to draw off, viz John
Sollendine & Thos Lun whose Garrisons are nere to each other. Theses seem
willing to __themselves with 10 or 12 sould."Other secondary sources
indicate that most Dunstable families fled the area in the year
1693 during the King Williams War when the French made thearea unsafe.
1717/18 Feb 1st Andrew Cook, Senior
Marriage 1 Phebe LOVEWELL b: 25 DEC 1666 in Rehoboth,Bristol Co.,MA
Married: 24 JUL 1685 in Chelmsford,Middlesex Co,MA 1
Children
Thomas COOK b: 8 MAY 1701 in Sudbury,Middlesex Co, MA
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