Josiah Cook (1739 - 1807)

Born 17 Mar 1739 in Tolland, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy (Deman) Cooke — married 1 Aug 1762 in Coventry, Windham, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 2 Jul 1807 at age 68 in Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Birth

Josiah Cook was born at Tolland, Connecticut, on 17 Mar 1739, the son of Josiah Cooke and Zibiah (Cushman) Cooke.^[1]

Marriage

Josiah Cook married Lucy Deman at Coventry, Connecticut, on 1 Aug 1762.^[2]

Death

Josiah Cook, 68, died at Alstead, New Hampshire, on 2 Jul 1807.^[3] His gravestone at the Alstead Center Cemetery says that he died on 2 Jul 1807 at the age of 68.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ [Transcription of the birth record of Josiah Cook, in Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850], database, FamilySearch > > image 1 of 1; compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut.
2. ↑ Transcription of the marriage record of Josiah Cook and Lucy Deman, in Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850, citing Coventry VR D:135, database, FamilySearch > FHL film #008143429 > image 2529 of 9909; compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut.
3. ↑ Undated transcription by the town clerk of Alstead, New Hampshire, of the death record of Josiah Cook, in New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947, database with images, FamilySearch > FHL film #004243583 > image 1660 of 5135; Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #48235073 for Josiah Cook, with photo of gravestone of Mr. Josiah Cook

See also:

• Josiah Cooke, in Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880, volume 12, Francis Cooke, page 431. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015.