Capt. Aaron Cooke

Aaron was a captain of the militia and took over command when his father died.

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Baptized at Windsor,CT Feb 21, 1640/1.

Son of Aaron Cook Jr and Mary Ford Cook.

He married Sarah Westwood on May 30,1661 at Hadley,MA.

Children: Sarah Cook Hovey(wife of Thomas Hovey), Aaron Cook IV, Johannah Cook Porter, Westwood Cook, Samuel Cook, Moses Cook, Elizabeth Cook Smith(mother of Moses Smith), and Bridget Cook Barnard Dickinson.

Service during King Philip's War (1675-1678):
"Capt. Aaron Cooke, of Hadley, [Mass.] was left in command of some of the men taken out of Mosely's, Poole's and Upham's companies, at Westfield, November, 1675. ….A man of influence; Capt. of the militia for thirty-five years. …."
Source: "Soldiers in King Philip's War," pub. 1896, page 292, by George M. Bodge.

Inscription
Pioneer 1659
Aaron Cook Esqr Dyed
On Septr. Ye 16 1716
in Ye 76 Year of His Age
A Jvstis Here 30 Year and Cap. 35

Aaron's inscription means on the day he died he was 75 years old, and Ætatis suæ (i.e., Æ, "Aged," in the XX year of his Age) 76, born on or after Sept. 17, 1640. He was bapt. of record Feb. 21, 1640/1 at Windsor, Conn.