Abraham
Cook
Born about in Saint Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Abraham Cooke Sr.
and Martha (Clayton) Cooke
Brother of
Matthew Cooke, Hannah Cooke, William Cooke, John Cooke Sr., Benjamin Cooke and Frances (Cooke) Butler
Husband of
Sarah (MacAllister) Cook
— married
1713 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 57
in Lunenburg, Virginia, British Colonial America
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Native of Virginia
Biography
Abraham son of Abraham Cooke and Martha Clayton was baptized the 13 Dec, 1690. [1]
He had a wife named Sarah McAllister and children James, Ben, Charles, Barbara, and Frances.
Abraham passed away July 4, 1748 in Lunenburg, Virginia, British Colonial America.
Sources
- ↑ "The parish register of Saint Peter's, New Kent county, Virginia from 1680 to 1787".http://www.archive.org/stream/parishregisterof00stpe/parishregisterof00stpe_djvu.txt
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/247439231/abraham-cooke: accessed 23 November 2023), memorial page for Abraham Cooke II (Dec 1690–4 Jul 1748), Find a Grave Memorial ID 247439231; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Julia (Bell) Lansberry (contributor 48510679).
Acknowledgment
WikiTree profile Cook-2711 created through the import of Low Family Tree.ged on Jul 4, 2011 by Robert Low. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Robert and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abraham by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abraham by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Jim Cooke
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-A5891, FTDNA kit #7221 +
Y-Chromosome Test
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~0.39%
Connie (Mills) Hockenberry :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A786462 [compare], Ancestry member tinybells
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~0.39%
Sandy (Wilson) Auch :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Marvin Singleton :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A214939 [compare]
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~0.39%
rj Teague :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SE2263053 [compare], Ancestry member orateague44
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~0.39%
Claudia (Cook) Eaves :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Dwight Petersen :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #798285
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~0.39%
Clay Mills :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch GR8982873 [compare], FTDNA kit #152241
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I know that this has been assumed, for many years: the assumption is that Hannah Clayton, widow, married Andrew McAlister and had, among others, Sarah, who then married Abraham Cooke, Jr, son of Abe and Martha Clayton/Cleaton Cooke.
Please give me a holler if you have any questions.
Cheers, Liz ~ Leader, Virginia Project