Samuel Cook (1695 - 1745)

Born 5 Mar 1695 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Lewis) Cook — married about 8 Feb 1721 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 7 Mar 1745 at age 50 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut

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Biography

• Samuel Cook, the son of Samuel Cooke and Hannah Ives, was born 5 March 1695 and died 7 November 1745. He married Hannah Lewis, the daughter of Ebenezer Lewis and Elizabeth Merriman 8 February 1721. They had 10 children: Hannah, Hannah, Rhoda, Damaris, Thaddeus, Lowly, Samuel, Eunice, Lue, and Aaron.^[1]

• 1. Captain Cook was a wealthy shipping merchant , from the port of New Haven.^[2] He married Hannah Lewis.^[3]

• 2. He was a wealthy shipping merchant, from the port of New haven, where he died November 7, 1745 (Thanksgiving Day), leaving an estate of £29103. He was buried in 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.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Donald Lines Jacobus. Families of Ancient New Haven Vol II, page 437 (Cook Family)
2. ↑ The History of Wallingford, Ct.
3. ↑ | Cook family
4. ↑ The History of Wallingford, page 675.

• Barber, John Warner. Connecticut Historical Collections (Durrie & Peck and J.W. Barber, 1849) Page 196