Benjamin
Cooke
Born in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of Caleb Cooke
and Hannah (Shurtleff) Cooke
Brother of
Caleb Cooke, Lydia Cooke I, Isaac Cooke, Ephraim Cooke, Hannah Cooke, Rebecca (Cooke) Adams, Lydia (Cooke) Adams II, Sarah Cooke, Fear Cooke, Amos Cooke and Elkanah Cooke
Husband of
Mary (Gray) Cooke
— married
2 Oct 1754 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth (Cooke) Stetson, Sarah Cooke, Elkanah Cooke, Faith Cooke, Caleb Cooke, Lettice (Cooke) Everson, Eunice Cooke, Priscilla Cooke, Patience Cooke and Molly Cooke
Died
at age 70
in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Benjamin was the second son of Caleb and Hannah (Shurtleff) Cook
He married Mary Gray on 2 Oct 1754 at Kingston, Plymouth, MA Bay - parents of Elizabeth, Sarah, Elkanah, Faith, Caleb, Lettice, Eunice, Priscilla, Patience and Molly Cook
He is buried at Old Burying Ground, Kingston, Plymouth, MA
Probate
Benjamin Cook of Kingston, yeoman died intestate and on 10 April 1800, Elkanah Cook of Kingston was granted the administration of his estate.[1]
His inventory was taken on 11 July 1800 in Kingston. His estate was set out to his widow Mary, Elizabeth Stetson, wife of Thomas Stetson, Sarah Cook, Elkanah Cook, Lettice Everson, wife of Samuel Everson, Eunice Cook, and Patience Cook.[2]
In 1801, an account of his estate by Elkanah Cooke was recorded which included debts collected, allowance to the widow, appraiser, debts paid, gravestones, repairs to the barn, legacies paid, and administration fees.[3]
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-V4TH : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1793-1804 vol 34-35 > image 130 of 545; State Archives, Boston.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-XC3G : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1796-1802 vol 36-37 > image 514-517 of 636; State Archives, Boston.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-XHKN : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1796-1802 vol 36-37 > image 600 of 636; State Archives, Boston.
- Ralph V. wood, Jr., comp., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Francis Cooke, Volume 12, (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2015), p. 447-8
- MA Town & Vital Records, 1620-1988
- Kingston Town Vital Records
Acknowledgements
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