Born in King St, Shoreditch, Middlesex, England
Daughter of Charles Atkinson
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
James Cook
— married
14 May 1816 in St Mary Anglican Lewisham, Kent, England
Descendants 
Mother of
James Cook, Edwin Cook, Robert Cook, Charlotte Cook, Rachel (Cook) Propsting, Charles Cook and Mary (Cook) Lorden
Died after
after age 61
in Kent, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 4 May 2018
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Biography
Maria Atkinson was born on 6 Dec 1789 and baptised on 30 Dec 1789 in St Leonard, Shoreditch, Hackney, Middlesex. She was the daughter of Charles Atkinson of King Street, and Elizabeth. [1]
Maria Atkinson married James Cook on 14 May 1816 in Saint Mary, Lewisham. [2] [3] See image for untranscribed evidence
In the 1851 England Census Maria Cook 61 born abt 1790 in Shoreditch, widow, was housekeeper in the Bidgood household in Bennet st. Greenwich. Kent, England. Other Household Members were Joseph Bidgood 48 Devonport, coppersmith, his wife Ann Bidgood 34 Devonport, Devonshire, and their children, all born Greenwich, Jane Bidgood 8, Kezia Bidgood 6, and Louisa Bidgood 6. [4]
Sources
- ↑ London Metropolitan Archives, St Leonard Shoreditch, Register of baptisms, Oct 1785 Jun 1791, P91/LEN/A/004/MS07496, Item 010 Source Information: Ancestry.com. London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 15381812 [database online]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
- ↑ Ancestry.com London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Mary, Lewisham, Register of Marriages, P86/MRY, Item 021, 1816
- ↑ London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: DR/T/10/038 Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1936 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
- ↑ Class: HO107; Piece: 1586; Folio: 556; Page: 30; GSU roll: 174823 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1851 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Maria by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Maria:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Maria by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Maria:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Josephine (Johnson) Colahan 
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