Mary (Parish) Cook (1709)

Born 10 Aug 1709 in Preston, New London, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Cook — married 18 Dec 1729 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut Colony

Wife of Richard Cook — married 18 Dec 1729 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

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Biography

Mary was born 10 Aug 1709, in Preston. New London County, Connecticut Colony to parents Benjamin Parish and Mary (Tracy) Parish. ^{[1] [2]}

Mary was married Richard Cook, son of Obed, of Norwich on December 18, 1729. ^[2] "Richard Cook of Norwich East Society and Mary Parrish of Preston were married December 18^th, 1729: By me Salmon Treat Past^r."^[3]

Children: ^[2]

1. Abigaill Cook, born in Norwich, May 1730 or 15 August 1730, m Peter Park (?)
2. Jared Cook born in Norwich 20 April 1732, m Dec 21 1753 Ruth Hutchins
3. Elijah Cook, born in Norwich, 1 October 1733, d unm May 16 1755
4. Massa / Menassah, born in Canterbury, 17 April 1737, m Oct 6 1761 Silence Geer
5. Mary, born in Canterbury, 3 May, 1739^[4], m Nov 23 1758 William Adams
6. Phebe, b Dec 5 1745

Another child is in some sources

• Barzillai, born in Canterbury, Windham County, 28 September 1735

Sources

1. ↑ Parish, Roswell, 1840-1932 and Parish, Roswell, 1873- ; New England Parish families: Descendants of John Parish of Groton, Mass, and Preston, Conn. (The Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., Rutland, Vt., 1938) "Compiled by Roswell Parish, Jr., from notes gathered by his father, Roswell Parish," page 9. (Archive.org online database accessed 30 April 2017. Mary Parish.)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Parish: Page 5
3. ↑ Norwich CT: Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848. (Online database accessed April 30, 2017. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.) Originally published as: Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848. Hartford, Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, 1913. Norwich-V1, page 124. See record at subscription site.
4. ↑ Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (Online Database accessed April 30, 2017: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Volume: Canterbury, page 58. See record at subscription site.

• Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London County, Connecticut (J.H. Beers & Co., 1905) Page 168
• Parish, Roswell. John Parish of Groton, Mass. and some of his descendants (New England Historic and Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1909)