Person:Betsey Cook (7)

Research Notes

• Need additional proof to document this person.

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

   [cos1776 Note: Betsey Cook is NOT recorded in this source where her other siblings are.]

2. ↑ Family Recorded, in Davis, Charles Henry Stanley. History of Wallingford, Conn: From Its Settlement in 1670 to the Present Time, Including Meriden, Which Was One of Its Parishes until 1806, and Cheshire, Which Was Incorporated in 1780. (Meriden, Connecticut: C.H.S. Davis, 1870).

   Vol 1, p 687 -
   121. BENJAMIN.
   BENJAMIN COOK, son of Benjamin and Hannah Cook, married April 19, 1770, Esther Rice, dau. of Reuben Rice of Wallingford. He died 1821, ae. 78 years. He was a large, corpulent man.
   
   Children:
   312 Hannah, m Linus Hall ;
   313 Rice, went west, m a Miss Twiss ;
   314 Keziah, b Jan. 27, 1774 ;
   315 Munson, b Aug. 27, 1776 ;
   316 Daniel, d about 1860, in western New York ;
   317 Betsey, d unmarried ;
   318 Charlotte, b Oct. 26, 1787, m John Malone.
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   [cos1776 Note: Per Barbour VRs, Benjamin Cook married a "Mrs. Esther Royce [sic]" which indicates that Esther was previously married and probably a widow. It is not impossible that her maiden name was also Rice/Royce, but additional evidence is needed to prove that she was the d/o Reuben Rice. Also, 317 Betsey is not listed in the Barbour VRs with her other siblings.]