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Jacob (Cook) Cooke Jr. (1691 - 1753)

Jacob Cooke Jr. formerly Cook
Born in Kingston, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Brother of , , , , , and
Husband of — married 3 Apr 1716 (to 15 Jul 1728) in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts Baymap
Husband of — married 21 Jan 1729 (to 11 Nov 1736) in Abington, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
Husband of — married 11 Nov 1736 in Berkley, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Father of , , , , , , and
Died at age 62 in Mendham, Morris, New Jerseymap
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Biography

Jacob Cooke was born 16 Jun 1691 at Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts.[1][2] He was the son of Jacob Cooke and Lydia Miller.

"Cook, Jacob born on the 16th of June 1691 (of Jacob Cook & Lidiah Cooke his wife)"[3][4]

Jacob married first, Phebe Hall, daughter of Elisha Hall and Lydia, on 3 Apr 1716 in Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Phebe was born 3 Mar 1689 in Yarmouth. She died 15 Jul 1728 in Kingston, Massachusetts, with a stillborn child.[4][5][6] Jacob and Phebe lived on land given to him by his father at the junction of Indian Pond and Dukes Hole Roads. Phebe was buried in the Cooke section of the Kingston cemetery.[6]

Children of Jacob Cooke and Phebe Hall

Jacob and Phebe had the following children:[4][6]

  1. Jesse, b. 14 Nov 1717
  2. Asa, b. 17 Jun 1720
  3. Phebe, b. 5 Aug 1722/27
  4. Jacob, b. 19 Apr 1725
  5. Child Cooke, d. 15 Jul 1728, stillborn

Jacob married second, Mary Hearsey, 21 Jan 1728-9, at Abington:

"Jacob and Mary Hearsey, Jan. 21,1728-9"[7] Intention was recorded in Kingston, 4 Jan 1728/9.[8]

Children of Jacob Cooke and Mary Hearsey

Jacob and Mary had two known children and possibly a third:[4]

  1. Stephen, 7 Mar 1729/1730; d. 16 Dec 1749 at Mendham, NJ[4]
  2. Mary, b. 20 Aug 1733 at Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay[9]
  3. Joseph, b. 1735 (see Jacob Cooke on Find A Grave); there was a Joseph Cooke who lived close to Jacob at Mendham, New Jersey
There was also living near them a Joseph Cook, who died March 27, 1782, and left in his will 50 Franks to the Presbyterian Church of Ten-Mile (Mendham, New Jersey).[10]

Jacob married his third wife, Rebakah Axtell, 11 Nov 1736 at Berkley, Massachusetts.[4]

"Cooke, Jacob and Rebakah Axtell of Barkely, int. Oct. 16 1736."[7]

Children of Jacob Cooke and Rebakah Axtell

Jacob and Rebakah had at least two sons:[4]

  1. John
  2. Daniel, b. 10 Dec 1739 in poss. Berkley; d. 17 Sep 1791 at Mendham, Morris Co., NJ; m. Rebecca Owen in prob. Scotch Plains, Union Co., NJ; Rebecca was born about 1748 in prob. Elizabethtown, Essex Co., NJ; she died 22 Aug 1842 in Starkey, Yates Co., NY

Jacob and Rebakah left Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts about 1745, going with a colony from Bridgewater, Massachusetts to Mendham, New Jersey where Jacob lived until his death in 1753. Asa, Jacob, Stephen, Daniel, and possibly Phebe and John went with them.[6] At least three of Asa's children were born in Mendham after 1750. "Asa Coock's" name is recorded on the List of Freeholders of Morris County, August 31, 1752, for Mendham Township.[11]

Jacob Cooke died at Mendham 20 Nov 1753.[4][12] Rebakah died after 24 Jan 1754, probably at Mendham.[4]

DNA

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Sources

  1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4P9-ZMN : 4 December 2014), Jacob Cooke, 16 Jun 1691; citing Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, 15; FHL microfilm 910,368.
  2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4P9-P4V : 13 July 2016), Jacob Cooke, 16 Jun 1691; citing Birth, Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 910,367.
  3. ↑ Lee D. van Antwerp, compiler, Vital Records of Plymouth, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1993), p. 20
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Pilgrim Hopkins Heritage Society Jacob Cooke #42.
  5. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC6M-S44 : 4 December 2014), Jacob Cooke and Phebe Halle, 03 Apr 1716; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1598030 IT 1-2.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Newberry, Florence Cooke, b. 1884. The family of Elisha Cooke, (Francis Cooke line). Publisher (s.l. : s.n., 1934-1936). 1936. pg. 9
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 NEHGS, compiler, Vital Records of Abington, MA, to the end of the year 1849 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1912), Vol. 2, p. 53
  8. ↑ NEHGS, Vital Records of Kingston, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston : NEHGS, 1911), p. 198
    "Cooke, Jacob Jr. and Mary Hercy of Abbington, int. Jan. 4, 1728-9.
  9. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records : Kingston Births Cooke, Mary, d. Jacob and May, Aug. 20, 1733
  10. ↑ Amwell Twp. (pp. 652-672) : History of Washington County, Pennsylvania Amwell Twp (pp. 652-672) : Ziba Cook
  11. ↑ Morris County Library : Morris County Historical Documents Online Asa Coock : Link via Wayback Machine, capture date 24 Jan 2021.
  12. ↑ Jacob Cooke Find A Grave: Memorial #64415959
  • Ralph V. Wood, Jr., Mayflower Families through Five Generations Volume 12, Francis Cooke, Rockland, Maine: Picton Press, 1996 [1st edition], Pages 84, 160-162.
  • Vital Records of Kingston, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1911) Page 48.
  • Cutter, William R., Miller, Cook, Clark, Hall, Crosby and Smith, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1897) Vol. 51, Page 33-4.
  • Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850 Author: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.
  • Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.




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Sara Mosher
Jacob married (2) Rebecca AXTELL on 11 Nov 1736 in Berkley. Rebecca died after 24 Jan 1754.

They had the following children: 1102 M vi John COOKE. + 1103 M vii Daniel COOKE

Source: Pilgrim Hopkins Heritage Society Jacob Cooke & Rebecca Axtel

posted by Sara Mosher
Sara Mosher
Mary stays. Research needed for Daniel. There was a Rebecca Axtel, daughter of Daniel at the time.

Kingston Births Cooke, Mary, d. Jacob and May, Aug. 20, 1733 Cooke, Mary

posted by Sara Mosher
Aldrich-908 Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl
Hello,

According to The Mayflower Descent Vol. 13, p. 33, the children of Jacob Cooke, Jr. were:

  1. Jesse
  2. Asa
  3. Phebe
  4. Jacob
  5. Stephen

This profile shows

  1. Mary (Cooke) Doty
  2. Daniel Cooke

Should they be attached? or removed?

Source link: https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/mayflower-descendant-the/image?pageName=33&volumeId=12338&rId=24154998

posted by Cheryl (Aldrich) Skordahl

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