Gideon Cook (1750 - 1806)

Born 10 Jan 1750 in East Haddam, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Huldah (Lisk) Cook — married 20 Mar 1776 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 12 Apr 1806 at age 56 in East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA

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Biography

Gideon Cook was baptized 26 January 1751/2 (although reputedly born 10 January 1750, evidence has yet to be located) probably in East Haddam, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony. His parents are Ebenezer Cooke and Mercy Paine.^[1]

Gideon married Huldah Lisk 20 March 1776 in East Haddam.There they had the following children:

1. Anna, born 14 March 1777
2. John, born 11 December 1778
3. Gideon, born 28 November 1780
4. David, born 25 November 1782
5. William, born 11 February 1785
6. Andrew, born 19 May 1787
7. Huldah, born 11 September 1789
8. [Unnamed] child, born and died 1790
9. Azel, born 17 October 1791
10. Fanny, born 22 December 1793
11. Ebenezer, born 23 February 1796.^[2]

Gideon died 12 Apr 1806 in East Haddam, and is buried there in Moodus Cemetery. His estate was probated, and the distribution named his widow, Huldy; daughter Anna, married to Henry Snow; David, of Stockbridge, and the remainder of the children as named in the paragraph above. In 1808, brother John and Becklay Rowley were named guardians for Fanny and Ebenezer, aged 14 and 12, respectively.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. ((Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England HistoricGenealogical 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) (hereinafter Mayflower Families Five; Volume: William Brewster MFIP Patience, pages 133, 134. See record at subscription site.
2. ↑ Mayflower Families Five, Volume: Bradford, William (Vo. 22), pages 459, 460.See record at subscription site.
3. ↑ Ibid., page 459.

• Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in December 1620, Volume Twenty-Four, Part 3, The Descendants of Elder William Brewster Through His Children Patience, Fear, and Love, Generations 5 and 6, by Barbara Lambert Merrick, edited by John Bradley Arthaud, previewed by Peggy M. Baker, published in 2019 by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 4 Winslow Street, Plymouth, MA 02360, page 95