Captain
William
Cook
Born in Harwinton, Harwinton, Litchfield, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Son of William (Cook) Cooke
and Hannah (Hinsdale) Cook
Brother of
Jacob Cook [half]
Husband of
Theodosia (Gilbert) Cook
— married
14 Feb 1788 in New Hartford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Father of
Theodosia (Cook) Spencer
Died
at age 72
in New Hartford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
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William Cook born to William Cook and Hannah Hinsdale at Harwinton, Connecticut on 2 Jan 1762. He married Theodocia Gilbert 14 Feb 1778 and they had the following children:
- Theodocia Cook 1791–1878
- Delia Cook 1794–
- William Cook 1797–1871
- Chloe Gilbert Cook 1799–
- Calvin Cook 1803–1804
- Calvin Cook1805–1841
- Richard Cook 1808–1839
He died 5 Jan 1834 at New Hartford, Litchfield, Connecticut.
Please note: Find A Grave has the wrong birth date, location and parents of William. In the Sketches the wrong father is listed for Theodocia it is John Gilbert not Theodore.
Sources
Hinsdale Genealogy Descendants of Robert Hinsdale of Dedham, Medfield, Hadley and Deerfield with an account of the French Family De Hinnisdal; Herbert Cornelius Andrews, Sanford C Hinsdale; Lombard, Illinois, 1906 pgs. 75 & 89.
- Connecticut, U.S., Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) on Ancestry.com
- Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934; iThe Charles R. Hale Collection/i. iHale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions./i Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut State Library on Ancestry.com.
- Sketches of the People and Places of New Hartford in the Past and Present. Section 1, The Tribune, New Hartford, Connecticut, Pg. 8. https://www.westhillpond.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/NewHartfordPastandPresent.pdf
- Marsh Genealogy. Giving Several Thousand Descendants of John Marsh of Hartford, CT. 1636-1895. Also including some Account of English Marshes, and a Sketch of the Marsh Family Association of America. Compiled, Edited and Published by Dwight Whitney Marsh, No 5251, of Amherst, Mass. Press of Carpeter & Morehouse, 1895. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/410208-redirection
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Rejected matches › William Cook (bef.1762-) › William Cook (abt.1758-1829) › William Cook (abt.1761-) › William Cook (1760-) › William Cook (abt.1760-) › William Cook (abt.1760-) › William Cook (abt.1761-1834) › William Cook (1763-) › William Hook (1764-) › William Cooke (bef.1760-) › William Cook (1762-)
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Marsh Genealogy. Giving Several Thousand Descendants of John Marsh of Hartford, CT 1636-1895. Also including some Account of English Marshes And A Sketch of the Marsh Family Association of America. Compiled, Edited, and Published Dwight Whitney Marsh, No. 5251 of Amherst, Mass. Amherst, Mass, Press of Carpenter & Morehouse, 1895. Pg. 199. In this book he is listed as Capt. William Cook who came from Harwinton in 1786 to New Hartford. His parents are not noted. He was a blacksmith and it said every nail used in building his house was forged by him. He sold this house to Dr. Edward Dorr Griffin who later became president of Williams College.
https://books.google.com/books?id=rPdUAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Pg. 75 lists the parents of Hannah Hinsdale Barnabas Hinsdale Jr and Martha Smith b. 4 Jul1698, bpt South Church, Hartford in 1725. He married Hannah Seymour. Hannah is listed as child probably born at Harwinton 27 Feb 1736 and m. William Smith Pg. 89 lists Hannah Hinsdale as daughter of Capt Jacob Hinsdale and Hannah Seymou, b. 27 Feb 1736, m. William Cook 7 Mar 1759, d. 28 Mar 1775. Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) on Ancestry.com