Abraham Cook Jr (1769 - 1842)

Born 31 Jul 1769 in Rowan County, North Carolina [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Baldwin) Cook — married 22 Jun 1817 in Guilford, North Carolina, United States

Died 22 Mar 1842 at age 72 in Wayne County, Indiana, USA

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Biography

Abraham, b. 7-31-1769, s Abraham & Phebe, d. 3-22-1842, ae 72y 5mo 22d, bur West Grove

Elizabeth, b. 3-15-1797, dt Uriah & Hannah Baldwin, d. 6-22-1859 -- Children:

William, b. 7-13-1817, Guilford Co., N.C.

Eli, b. 12-1-1821, Wayne Co., Ind

Mary, b. 12-19-1823

Nathan, b. 1-24-1826

Jesse, b. 3-5-1828 d. 7-28-1881, bur West Grove

Isaac, b. 3-5-1832 d. 5-30-1851

Aaron, b. 3-30-1835 d. 12-7-1894

Margaret, b. 8-3-1837 d. 4-28-1880

Died, In Wayne Co., Ind., on the 22nd ult., Elizabeth Cook, widow of Abraham Cook, in the 63d year of her age, a member of West Grove Monthly Meeting.

Her health had been delicate for several years, and during the last few months she suffered much, but being preserved in humble and prayerful dependence on her Heavenly Father, and endeavoring to have all things ready when the change should come, she was enabled at last to say that she could see nothing in her way, and that all seemed to be peace.

(?? Abraham & Elizabeth m. 1821)

Sources

North Carolina Marriage [1] Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. VII Indiana, Part Four, page 5, West Grove Monthly Meeting, Wayne Co., Indiana, "Birth and Death Records" under "Cook" Willard Heiss, Indiana Historical Society

Friends' Review, Vol. 12, page 713, Enoch Lewis & Samuel Rhoads, 1859