Amos Cooke (1756 - 1844)

Born 12 Mar 1756 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Stetson) Cooke — married 24 Oct 1780 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Husband of Eunice (Eaton) Cooke — married 11 Jan 1787 in Kingston, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 20 Feb 1844 at age 87 in Homer, Cortland, New York

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Biography

Amos was a descendant of Francis Cooke (about 1583 to 1663) via his father Caleb Cooke. He was also a descendant of Pilgrims William Bradford, John Alden, Richard Warren, and William Brewster via his mother Sarah (Adams) Cooke Cobb (1732 - 1818).

Amos, son of Caleb and Sarah (Adams) Cooke, was born at Kingston, MA March 12, 1750. He married first Lydia Stetson, daughter of Elisha and Sarah (Adams) Stetson, on October 24, 1780. She died March 16, 1785 and is buried at Old Burying Ground in Kingston.

In 1762, Thomas Adams of Kingston was appointed to be his guardian.^[1] In 1764, Thomas Adams petitioned the court to sell some of his land.^[2]

In 1769, Gershom Cobb of Kingston was appointed to be his guardian.^[3]

He married second Eunice Eaton, daughter of David and Deborah Eaton, on January 11, 1787. She died at the age of 40 from "influenza" in 1799.

He married third Sally Bradford on April 9, 1801. They had a daughter that born ca. March or April of 1805 and died on October 5, 1805 at the age of 6 months.

The family removed to New York where Amos died on February 20, 1844.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-3BC : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1760-1767 vol 17-18 > image 301 of 419; State Archives, Boston.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-J3MY : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1763-1771 vol 19-20 > image 110 of 641; State Archives, Boston.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-J3N6 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1763-1771 vol 19-20 > image 483 of 641; State Archives, Boston.

• Ralph V. wood, Jr., comp., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Francis Cooke, Volume 12, (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2015), p. 447

• Ann Smith Lambert, Robert S. Wakefield, FASG, comps., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, William Bradford, Volume 22, (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2014), p. 476

• Vital Records of Kingston Massachusetts to the year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911), p. 47 (birth); p. 197 (1st and 2nd marriages); p. 195 (3rd marriage)

• Find A Grave, Memorial #50305386