John Dillard Cook (abt. 1753 - abt. 1832)

Born about 1753 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England [uncertain]

Husband of Mary Jane (Mothershead) Cook — married about 1774 in Virginia

Descendants

Died about Jun 1832 at about age 79 in Stamping Ground, Scott, Kentucky, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

John Dillard Cook may have been born about 1753.^[1][2]

John may have immigrated about 1774 to Virginia.^[1]

John Dillard Cook may have married to Mary Jane Mothershead about 1774 in Virginia.^[3]

John Dillard Cook lived in Orange County, Virginia^[4] and Scott County, Kentucky^[5][6][2][7].

John Dillard Cook likely died in Scott County, Kentucky about June 1832, as his will was proved over the June/September 1832 sessions of the court there.^[7]

Research Notes

Some researchers have him being baptized as John Cook, son of William and Mary on 12 Jan 1752 in Wheathampstead, Hertford, England citing a christening record.^[8] Other researchers have him being baptized as John Cook, son of William and Mary on 20 Apr 1753 in Earl Stoke, Wiltshire, England citing a baptismal record.^[9] Some researchers have him being born as John Dillard Cook, son of Mordecai Cook in 1753 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England citing Edmund West's Family Data Collection.^[10] The profile connected as his father here, William Mordecai Cook, appears to be an amalgamation of at least some of these potential sources. The birth date/location and parentage of John Dillard Cook appear to be uncertain at this point. More research needs to be done in this area.

Some researchers have his death date listed as 21 Aug 1828. This appears to be based on the premise that he was a Naval Officer with a rank of chaplain citing a reference to a John Cook who died on that date that appeared in a list of Naval Officers.^[11] The will of this John Cook appeared to be proved in Scott County, Kentucky over the June/September 1832 sessions of the court there, indicating that he likely died shortly before the initiation of the proving of the will.^[7] He also appeared to be enumerated in the 1830 Scott County, Kentucky census.^[2] It appears unlikely that he was the Naval Chaplain John Cook that died on 21 Aug 1828.

Some researchers have his death location as Stamping Ground in Scott County, Kentucky, but no sources are cited for that info.

Source record abstracts:

1752 Baptism John Cook^[8]

Name: John Cook

Birth date: 4 Jan 1752

Baptismal date: 12 Jan 1752

Baptismal place: Wheathampstead, Hertford, England

Father: William Cook

Mother: Mary

1753 Baptism John Cook^[9]

Name: John Cook

Baptismal date: 20 Apr 1753

Baptismal place: Earl Stoke, Wiltshire, England

Father: William Cook

Mother: Mary Cook

1774 Immigration John Cook^[1]

Name: John Cook

Age: 21

Birth Year: abt 1753

Arrival year: 1774

Arrival Place: Virginia

Source Publication Code: 1219.7

1781 Will Father-in-Law Nathaniel Mothershead^[3]

Will place: Orange County, Virginia

Testator: Nathaniel Mothershead

Heirs:

daughter Jane Cook: young negro Lucy

daughter Elisabeth Minor: negro boys, Tom and Sam

son Nathaniel Mothershed: negress Judith and child of hers Mary

Susanna Grifin: negro girl Dinah

wife Mary Mothershead: negroes nine little, big male and female, property

William

Nancy

John

Charles

Polly

Peggy

George

Fanny

Executrix: wife

Executors:

son in law Jeremiah Minor

Patrick Cochron

Will date: 14 Mar 1781

Witnesses:

Francis Bourn

William Bourn

Tabitha Bourn

Will proven date: 25 Oct 1781

1810 Census^[5]

Place: Scott County, Kentucky, United States of America

Date: 1810

John Cook

Males

45 and over: 1

Females

Under 10: 1

45 and over: 1

Slaves: 10

1820 Census^[6]

Place: Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky, United States of America

Date: 1820

John Cook

Males

45 and over: 1

Females

45 and over: 1

No. engaged in agriculture: 3

Male slaves:

Under 14: 3

Of 14 under 26: 2

Of 26 under 45: 1

Female slaves:

Under 14: 1

Of 26 under 45: 1

45 and over: 1

1830 Census^[2]

Place: Scott County, Kentucky

Date: 1830

John Cook

Males

Of 80 and under 90: 1

Females

Of 70 and under 80: 1

Male slaves

Under 10: 2

Of 10 and under 24: 4

Of 24 and under 36: 1

Female slaves

Of 10 and under 24: 1

Of 24 and under 36: 1

Total: 11

1832 Will Proved John Cook Estate^[7]

Will place: Scott County, Kentucky

Testator: John Cook

Wife: Mary Cook

Land/house

Slaves: woman Henrietta, Yellow Boy Washington, boy Harrison

Lexington house/lot rental

Heirs:

Mary Cook (widow)

Nathl Cook

John D Cook

John Cook infant son of Danl P Cook, now of Illinois

Sally Jackson

Elizabeth Fryer

the heirs of Nancy Jackson, deceased

Eleanor Hancock

Executors:

Son Nath'l Cook

Son John D Cook

Friend Sidney Burbridge

Will date: 17 May 1828

Witnesses:

A M Higbee

Joseph Burt

J B Bealy

Date: June Court 1832

Will of John Cook, deceased, produced in court

Proven by oath of J B Beaty

Further proof continued

Date: September Court 1832

Will of John Cook, deceased, again produced in court

Joseph Burt signature proven by oath of John Burrall

Will ordered to be recorded

Date: June Court 1840

Original will of John Cook, deceased, had been destroyed

Certified copy of said will produced, examined by court, and recorded

1901 Navy/Marine Corps Officers John Cook^[11]

Name: John Cook

Rank Information: Chaplain

Military Date: 19 May 1812

Death Date: 21 Aug 1828

1908 History of Missouri Vol 1 John Dillard Cook^[4]

Early 18th century, Cook family came from England to Virginia

John Dillard Cook

About 10 years after the close of the Revolutionary War, moved to Scott County, Kentucky

Farmer

Sons:

Colonel Nathaniel Cook, who moved to Missouri from Kentucky in 1797

John D Cook, born 1790 Orange County, Virginia, died 1852

Daniel P Cook, died 1827 Springfield, IL

Family Data Collection Births John Dillard Cook^[10]

Name: John Dillard Cook

Father: Mordecai Cook

Birth Date: 1753

City: Lincoln

County: Lincolnshire

Country: England

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s," database, Ancestry.com (Ancestry Record 7486 #4015558 : accessed 16 November 2019), Immigration, John Cook, 1774; citing p 243, Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2010.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (record details: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH53-JLP, images: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YYJ-1H2, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYJ-1GV : accessed 16 November 2019), Scott County, Kentucky, United States, John Cook, 1830, images 24-25 of 109; citing p 139-140, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 41; FHL microfilm 7,820.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "1781 Will of Nathaniel Mothershead," images and transcription, Pierce Mothershead Family Ties Web Site (image p1: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~jcat2/genealogy/nathwill1.html, image p2: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~jcat2/genealogy/nathwill2.html, transcription: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~jcat2/genealogy/nathwill.html : accessed 17 November 2019), Will, Nathaniel Mothershead, 1781; citing Microfilmed records of Orange County, Virginia on file at Clayton Genealogical Library, Houston Texas.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} A history of Missouri from the earliest explorations and settlements until the admission of the state into the union, Volume 1, Louis Houck (Chicago: R. R. Donnelley, 1908); p 377, John Dillard Cook; (https://archive.org/details/historyofmissour01houc/page/377 : accessed 16 November 2019).
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (record details: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH29-HNN, image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YY2-SPC2 : accessed 16 November 2019), John Cook, 1810, Scott County, Kentucky, United States, image 4 of 30; citing p 169 stamped, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 8; FHL microfilm 181,353.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (record details: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGF-W99, image: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBS-9KDG : accessed 16 November 2019), John Cook, 1820, Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky, United States, image 33 of 55; citing p 43, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 27; FHL microfilm 186,187.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3} "Kentucky Probate Records, 1727-1990," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GPXS-9W6C, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GPXS-9WVY : accessed 15 November 2019), Scott County, Will records, 1839-1842, Vol. G, images 123-124 of 603; citing p 205-207, Will Proved John Cook Estate, 1832, county courthouses, Kentucky.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} "England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, Ancestry.com (Ancestry Record 9841 #38352448 : accessed 16 November 2019), Baptism John Cook, 12 Jan 1752; citing England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013, FHL Film Number 1040663, Reference ID: item 4.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} "England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980," database, Ancestry.com (Ancestry Record 1351 #5224925 : accessed 16 November 2019), Baptism John Cook, 20 Apr 1753; citing Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, copyright 2002.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} "Family Data Collection - Births," database, Ancestry.com (Ancestry Record 5769 #1017998 : accessed 16 November 2019), Edmund West, comp., Birth John Dillard Cook, 1753.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} List of Officers of the Navy of the United States and the Marine Corps from 1775 to 1900, Edward W. Callahan, ed., (New York: L. R. Hamersly, 1901); p 128, General Navy Register, Navy, John Cook; online at ibiblio.org (https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/AMH/USN/Naval_Registers/1775-1900.pdf : accessed 16 November 2019), image 132.

See also: Ancestry Profile

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Carol Gibson for creating WikiTree profile Cook-5595 through the import of Gibson_Peck Family Trees.ged on Jan 26, 2013.