John Abraham Cook (abt. 1765 - abt. 1842)

Born about 5 Mar 1765 in Rowan, North Carolina, British Colonial America

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Died about 1 Apr 1842 at about age 77 in White Lick, Morgan County, Indiana, USA

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Possible, not confirmed. . .

COOK, JOHN, Flower Swift's 3rd Undated Militia Roster

COOK: John (not sure of Religious background)(both lists)

I am not sure who this is. There is a Quaker who is a possible match and several non-Quakers that can't be eliminated. The Quaker is the son of Abraham Cook and Lydia Hussey of the Guilford county area (note Christopher Hussey is on a Swift militia muster). He was born in 1765 which may be a bit young (he would be 16-18 years old when on the rolls). Cook is one of the Quaker names of Warrington, York Co., PA from which came many of the other families on the Swift musters.

There are no Cooks on the Guilford/Randolph/Alamance Co., NC area Regulator petitions as far as I could determine.

Quaker Records: The Cooks are amongst the earliest names at New Garden MM. 1748- Margaret, (d/o John of London Grove, Chester Co., PA) m. James Johnson in PA. 1758 - Mary, widow, late of PA m. Joseph Wells of Cane Creek MM. Jan. 1772 - Thomas Cook received at New Garden from Cane Creek.

In L.P. Summer's Annals of Southwestern Virginia (1929): On 7-8 Sept 1779, John Cook is one of those who " were accused of being "inimical to the government" just prior to the formation of the Swift company.

1782 Montgomery Co., tax list: there are two John Cooks. One has 1 tithe, 1 slave, 8 horse and 11 cattle; the other has 1 tithe, 0 slaves, 1 horse and 0 cattle. Not present in 1793 Wythe tax list.

Possible, not confirmed

Grayson Co., Va.:

Deed Book 2, p. 203 - 2 October 1805 - Absalom Hiatt of Grayson Co. to John Cook of Guilford Co., N. C. - 100 acres - $350 - on dividing ridge between Snake Creek and Pine Creek, brs. of big Reed Island a br. of New River - wit. George Cornelias, James A. Webb, Samuel Amburn. March 1806

514. JOHN COOK m., (1792), Lydia Hussey and had 5141 Jesse, 5142 Levi, 5143 Stephen, 5144 Mary, 5145 Henry, 5146 Nathan.

1792, 10, 27. John dis.

1793, 2, 23. Lydia (form Hussey) dis mou.

1807, 2, 28. John con his outgoings.

1807, 9, 26. John & w gct Westfield MM.

1807, 9, 26. Lydia (with h) gct Westfield MM.

1807, 10, 10. John rocf New Garden MM, dated 1807, 9, 26.

1808, 11, 12. Jesse, Levi, Stephen, Mary & Henry, recrq of father, John.

Sources

• Family Group LDS [1]

• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/179332056/person/182348250749/hints

U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 Birth, Marriage & Death Name John Cook Event Type Birth Birth Date 5 Mar 1765 Birth Date on Image 5 1765 Third Birth Place Guilford, North Carolina Father Abraham Cook Mother Phebe Cook Monthly Meeting New Garden Monthly Meeting Yearly Meeting North Carolina Yearly Meeting Meeting State North Carolina Meeting County Guilford Biography and Genealogy of the Men in the Flower Swift Militia Company of Montgomery Co., Virginia 1780-1783, Compiled by James A. Quinn, Jan. 2003-March 2004

Hiatt-Hiett Genealogy and Family History, 1699-1949, page 121, William Perry Johnson, 1951

Cook Family News - Vol. 1; No. 2, page 3, Allen M. Cook, Norfolk, Virginia, January 1904

Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. I North Carolina, page 534, New Garden Monthly Meeting, Guilford Co., North Carolina "Minutes and Marriage Records" under "Cook" William Wade Hinshaw, 1936

Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. I North Carolina, page 961, Westfield Monthly Meeting, Surry Co., North Carolina "Minutes and Marriage Records" under "Cook" William Wade Hinshaw 1936