Person:Asaph Cooke (1)

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Capt. Asaph Cooke, Esq.
b.23 Feb 1747/48 Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
d.2 Sep 1826 Ridgefield, Huron, Ohio, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 15 Jan 1744/45
  1. Samuel Cook1746 - 1824
  2. Capt. Asaph Cooke, Esq.1747/48 - 1826
  3. Susanna Cook1750 - 1791
  4. Sarah Cook1752 - 1777
  5. Hannah Cook1755 -
  6. Joseph Cook1758 - 1845
  7. Amasa Cook1760 -
  8. Thankful Cook1762 -
  9. Charles Cook1764 - 1855
  10. Lois Cook1766 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 17 Jun 1776
  1. Eleutheros Cooke1777 - 1780
  2. Hannah Cooke1779 - 1839
  3. Asaph Cooke1781 - 1842
  4. Rhoda Cooke1784 - 1805
  5. Chloe Cooke1786 - 1845
  6. Eleutheros Cooke, Esq.1787 - 1864
  7. Sarah Cooke1790 - 1827
  8. Thankful Parker Cooke1792 - 1858
  9. Erastus Cooke1795 - 1849
  10. Edwin Cooke1797 - 1807
  11. Israel Cooke1801 - 1854
  12. Elmira Cooke1803 - 1852
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Facts and Events
Name Capt. Asaph Cooke, Esq.
Gender Male
Birth[3] 23 Feb 1747/48 Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Marriage 17 Jun 1776 Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, United Statesto Thankful Parker
Residence? 1813 Adams (town), Jefferson, New York, United StatesListed on Adams church record #0501918 - dismissed
Residence[2] Granville (town), Washington, New York, United States
Death[1][2] 2 Sep 1826 Ridgefield, Huron, Ohio, United Statesage 78 -
Burial[1] North Monroeville Cemetery, Monroeville, Huron, Ohio, United States
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Research Notes

  • supposedly American Revolution, Battle of Lexington, Battle at Bennington, VT - needs verification.
  • supposedly Asaph Cooke donated the land upon which the cemetery is built and his wife was the first person interred there - needs verification
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Grave recorded, in Find A Grave.

    [Includes headstone photo. Inscription: IN memory of ASAPH COOK, ESQ. who died Sept. 2, 1826, Aged 78 years and 6 months.]
    [cos1776 Note of Caution: Birthdate does NOT match Barbour VRs. No sources provided for dates/places reported.]

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Family Recorded, in Davis, Charles Henry Stanley, and Thomas L. Hollowak. Early families of Wallingford, Connecticut: with a new index. (Clearfield Co., 1870).

    Vol 1, p 677 -
    ... 104 Asaph, b March 6, 1748 [ 23 Feb 1747/48, per Barbour VRs] ; ...

    Vol 1, p 684 -
    104. ASAPH
    ASAPH COOK, son of Asaph and Sarah Parker Cook, married Thankful Parker, June 17, 1776 ; she was born in Wallingford, April, 1776 [sic]. They removed to Granville, N.Y. In 1818 they went to Ridgefield, Four Corners, Ohio, where he died in 1826, ae. 78. He was at the battle of Lexington, Mass., as were several of his brothers. His widow died in 1819.

    Children:
    254 Elutheras, b March 21, 1777, d Nov., 1780 ;
    255 Hannah, b Feb. 25, 1779, m Lewis Stone, Aug. 3, 1839 ;
    256 Asaph, b March 23, 1781, d August 2, 1842 ;
    257 Rhoda, b January 7, 1784, d Sept. 30, 1805 ;
    258 Chloe, b July 21, 17867, d Oct. 1845 ;
    259 Elutheras, b Dec. 25, 1787, d Dec. 27, 1864 ;
    260 Sarah, b. Jan. 2, 1790, d March, 1829 ;
    261 Thankful P., b April 26, 1792, d unmarried, Aug. 3, 1858 ;
    262 Erastus, b Feb. 6, 1795, d July 30, 1849 ;
    263 Edwin, b Aug. 25, 1797, d Nov. 3, 1807 ;
    264 Israel, b Dec. 4, 1801, d unmarried, Jan. 6, 1854 ;
    265 Elmira, b Oct. 15, 1803, d unmarried, Jan. 10, 1852
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    [cos1776 Note of Caution: clearly the DOB for wife Thankful is in error.

  3. ↑ Wallingford Vital Records, 1670-1850, in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    Vol 48.

    COOK, COOCK, COOKE
    p 86 - Asaph, s. Asaph & Sarah, b. Feb. 23, 1747/8 - Vol 9, p 565.

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