John Cook (1787 - 1840)

Born 1787 in Kentucky

Ancestors

Husband of Jenny Cook — married 31 Aug 1807 in Lincoln County, Kentucky

Husband of Jane Willis (Church) Cook — married 21 Nov 1815 in Fayette County, Kentucky

Descendants

Died 1840 at about age 53 in Cass County, Missouri

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Biography

John was born in 1787. He was the son of David Cook and Sarah Pullin. John married Jenny Cook on August 31, 1807 in Lincoln County, Kentucky and after her death, he married Jane Church on November 21,1815 in Fayette County, Kentucky. On May 28, 1838, John filed for three land entries in Cass County, Missouri, 160 acres, 80 acres and 80 acres. He passed away in 1840.

Sources

History

John Cook born ca 1787, moved from Kentucky to Missouri about 1829. He bought lots in the town of Harrisonville and in the cemetery just west of Harrisonville. He served as a Justice of the Peace in Grand River Township. He also bought several plots of land in and near Everett, Cass County (then Van Buren County) Missouri.

John Cook's ancestors came from Arran Island, Scotland. They were all seafaring men and John Hamilton Cook, John's great grandfather is claimed to have been a cousin of Captain James Cook, the famous explorer who discovered the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Isalnds and made many other discoveries.

The family moved to Yorkshire, England and it was there that John Hamilton Cook attended college. His wife's name is unknown but they had two children, Valentine, born ca 1732 and Jacob Cook. Their father died when Valentine was six years old. Their mother remarried to a Mr. Sly, who took the two boys to Germany where they were given an education in bother German and English. Valentine could speak several languages, including Indian. It is not known what happen to Mr. Sly, he apparently brought the family to America. They settled in Pennsylvania and later in Virginia and Kentucky.

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Marriage

1807 --- KENTUCKY MARRIAGEs 1801-1850

Name: John Cook

Spouse: Jenny Cook

Marriage Date: August 31, 1807

Marriage County: Lincoln

Marriage State: Kentucky

Researcher: Richard Parker

Source Information: Source Information: Ancestry.com. Kentucky, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997. --- Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Comp.. Kentucky Marriages to 1850. Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Kentucky. --- Description: Database of Kentucky marriages to 1850

1815 --- KENTUCKY MARRIAGES 1802-1850

Name: John Cook

Marriage Date: November 21, 1815

Marriage County: Fayette

Marriage State: Kentucky

Spouse: Jane Church.

Researcher: Richard Parker

Source Information: Ancestry.com. Kentucky, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997. --- Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Comp.. Kentucky Marriages to 1850. Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Kentucky. --- Description: Database of Kentucky marriages to 1850

Property

1839 --- ORIGINIAL LAND ENTRIES OF CASS COUNTY, MISSOURI

Name: John Cook

Date of Purchase: May 28, 1839

Section: 9 - Township: 43 - Range: 32 - Acres: 80

Section: 10 - Township: 43 - Range: 3 - Acres: 160

Section: 15 - Township 43 - Range: 32 - Acres 80

Researcher: Richard Parker

U. S. Censuses

1810 --- U. S. Federal Census, Lincoln County, Kentucky -- Microfilm Roll: 7 --- John Cook -- male (10-16) - 2 males (16-26) - male (45+) --- female (under 5) - female (16-26) - female (45+). Slaves: 6 --- 1810 Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1810 --- 1810 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. --- Original data: Third Census of the United States, 1810. --- Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington,

1820 --- U. S. Federal Census, Lincoln County, Kentucky -- Page: 49 - Microfilm Roll: 25 ----- John Cooke --- Male: (16-26) - 2 Males (26-45) - Male (45+) ----- Female (45+) --- 1820 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. --- Original data: Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Community Tree

1840 --- THE GENEANET COMMUNITY TREE INDEX

Name: John Cook

Gender: M (Male)

Birth Date: 1785

Birth Place: Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 1840

Death Place: Van Buren, Carter, Missouri, USA

Father: David Cook

Mother: Sarah Pullin

Spouses: Jenny Cook --- Jane Church

Children: David Pullins Cook --- Elijah Harvey Cook --- Eliza Jane Cook --- Jesse --- Green Cook --- John Bailey Cook --- John C Cook --- Lindsey Thompson Cook --- Mary Ann Cook --- Redmon Richard Lee Cook --- Susan Baughman Cook --- Thomas Auberry Cook --- Valentine Morrow Cook --- William Young Cook

View on Geneanet: https://gw.geneanet.org/sssarawolf?n=cook&oc=9&p=john

Researcher: Richard Parker

Source Information: Ancestry.com. Geneanet Community Trees Index [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022. --- Original data: Geneanet Community Trees Index. Paris, France: Geneanet. --- Description: This collection contains an index of more than 1.5 million family trees accumulated into a single database. The information in this collection was compiled through Geneanet, a collaborative genealogy website. Each record in the index includes a link to the originating family tree on Geneanet. Records from the original site can be viewed in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Death

1840 --- MISSOURI WILLS AND PROBATE RECORDS 1766-1988

Name: John Cook

Probate Date: October 26, 1840

Probate Place: Cass County,, Missouri, USA

Inferred Death Year: 1840

Item Description: Non-Packet

Researcher: Richard Parker

Source Citation: Administrators and Executors Records, 1835-1901; Indexes, 1835-1950; Author: Missouri. Probate Court (Cass County); Probate Place: Cass, Missouri. --- Source Information: Ancestry.com. Missouri, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. --- Original data: Missouri, County, District and Probate Courts. --- Description: You can’t take it with you. Find out what was left behind and to whom in over 200 years of Missouri probate records.