Person:Joseph Cooke (18)

Watchers
m. 28 Sep 1727
  1. Colonel Joseph Platt Cooke1729 - 1816
  2. Eliasaph Cooke1731/32 - 1731/32
  3. Josiah Cooke1731/32 - 1731/32
  • HColonel Joseph Platt Cooke1729 - 1816
  • WSarah Benedict1740 - 1822
m. 22 Nov 1759
Facts and Events
Name[1] Colonel Joseph Platt Cooke
Gender Male
Birth[1] 24 Dec 1729 Stratfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (probably)
Marriage 22 Nov 1759 to Sarah Benedict
Death[1] 3 Feb 1816 Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Burial[2] Old North Main Street Cemetery, Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cooke, Rev. Samuel, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
    2:254.

    "Joseph-Platt (Cooke), b. 24 Dec. 1729, d. at Danbury, 3 Feb. 1816 in 87 yr.; Deputy for Danbury, about 30 sessions, 1763-83; Assistant, 1784-1803; J. P. from 1764; Col., 16th Regt, 1771; member of Council of Safety, 1778; Member of Congress, 1784-88; Judge of Probate, Danbury District, 1776-1813; m. 22 Nov. 1759, Sarah Benedict, dau. of Capt. Daniel and Sarah (Hickok), b. 10 June 1740, d. 31 Oct. 1822."

  2. Joseph P Cook, in Find A Grave.