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17. CAPT. SAMUEL.
CAPT. SAMUEL COOK, son of Samuel and Hannah Ives Cook, married Hannah Lewis, daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth Lewis, of Wallingford, Feb. 8, 1721. He was a wealthy shipping merchant, from the port of New Haven, where he died Nov. 7, 1745 (Thanksgiving Day), leaving an estate of £29103. He was buried at Cheshire, where a fine altar tomb marks his resting place. His benefactions to the church and poor of Cheshire are lasting monuments to his memory and worth.
Children:
73 Hannah, b Dec. 22 [25, per Barbour VRs], 1722, m Elnathan Beach. She died May 18, 1754 ;
74 Rhoda, b Oct. 22, 1724, m Benjamin Hitchcock, of Cheshire, Feb. 27, 1745 ;
75 Damaris, b Nov., 1726, m Rev. Ebenezer Boone, of Farmington, Dec. 19, 1750, then removed to Vermont ;
76 Thaddeus, b Sept. 10, 1728 ;
77 Lowly, b May 10, 1730, m Andrew Hull of Cheshire, Oct. 17, 1750 ;
78 Samuel, b Nov. 16, 1733 ;
79 Eunice, b June 29, 1735, m Samuel Hull, of Cheshire, b Feb., 1755 ;
80 Levi [Lewe, per Barbour VRs], b Nov. 10, 1737, m Isaac Benham of Cheshire ;
81 Aaron, b Nov. 30, 1739.
Elnathan Beach was a partner with Capt. Cook, whose dau. he married. Andrew Hull was the Hon. father of the late Gen. Andrew Hull of Cheshire, and great grandfather of Rear Admiral Andrew Hull Foote, U.S.N. Samuel Hull was brother to Andrew Hull, and grandfather to the late Mrs. Jonathan Law, of Cheshire and Hartford.
