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Walter Cook

Also Known As: "Walter Cooke II"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Death: January 05, 1695 (76)
Mendon, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Place of Burial: Norfolk, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Father Unknown and Mother Unknown
Husband of Experience Cooke and Catherine Cook
Father of Peter Cooke; Hannah Albee; John Cooke; Ebenezer I. Cook; Walter Cook and 5 others

Occupation: Arrived in US in 1643, Farmer
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About Walter Cook

Edit 12/16/2020. Water's parents are UNKNOWN. No proof has been found that supports the conjecture that his parents were Walter and Dorothy.

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Walter was born between 1610 and 1620

"Walter Cook settled at Weymouth, Norfolk, Mass in 1643; removed to Mendon 1664 (was freeman of Weymouth 1653, was one of incorporators of town of "Meridon" 1659; the family were Quakers originally."

Walter's daughter, Hannah COOKE Albee, was the 8th gr-grandmother of my husband, through her son, Benjamin, and his wife, Abiel WHEELOCK, then their son, Obediah, and his wife, Jean MOSS b. Scotland. President George W. Bush, and his siblings are the 8th gr-grandchildren of John Cooke, and his wife, Naomi THAYER, who were the 7th gr-grandparents of Barbara PIERCE Bush, through Mrs. Bush's dad.

Walter Cook was known to be in Weymouth, MA as early as 1643, and wasa freeman there in 1653. In 1663-64 he removed to Mendon, MA with his sons & 2 daughters. He subsequently acquired land in Milford, Bellingham,Wrentham and on the Rhode Island line. He was among the original proprietors ofQuinshipaug Plantation. He is mentioned on pg 174 of History of Weymouth,Mass., Vol 3,

Genealogy of Weymouth Families by George Walter Chamberlain, 1923.

His will was probated 5 Jan 1697-98 (Suffolk Probate Records 8:88).To his wife Catherine the use of his estate. John, being the eldest son, tohave the great bible and ten acres; son Nicholas to have ten acres. Upon his children Hannah, Samuel, Nicholas and Experience, besides what he formerly gavethem, the reversion of his moveable after his wife's decease. Son JohnCooke, sole executor, to whom administration was granted.

When Mendon was burned by the Indians in 1675, he took refugeelsewhere, along with the other inhabitants. It is thought he may have returned toWeymouth, but in any case, he returned to Mendon after the Indian War ended. Hewas very prominent in towm affairs as a selectman, and as a member of various committees in sharing out the various allotments of land. He was active in the church, and "paid his rates" in support of the ministry. He was a man respected by the community and was a "power for good".

Children mentioned in his will include: John, Hannah, Samuel,Nicholas and Experience. He left his real estate to John and Nicholas, and the last four above to have the reversion of his moveable estate, besides what he had already given them, after the death of his wife. The witnesses to his will were:

Joseph White, Sr.; Samel Read, Sr.; and Josiah Chapin. (Suffolk Co.,MA Probate Records, Vol. 8, pg 88)

His place of birth is unknown.

Walter married Experience unknown. Walter married Catherine Aldrich. Walter Cook was born in 1618 in England.1 He died on Wednesday, 5 January 1695 in Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, at age 77 years.1

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Ancestry of Robert Roy

Children of Walter Cook and Experience unknown

Hannah Cook+1 (1650 - b 1717)

John Cook2 (bt 1653 - 1654 - 1718)

Ebenezer Cook3 (30 May 1656 - )

Walter Cook3 (10 Sep 1657 - )

Samuel Cook1 (1659 - 1752)

Nicholas Cook4 (9 Feb 1659/60 - 1 Dec 1730)

Elizabeth Cook1 (a 1661 - )

Experience Cook+1 (9 Nov 1662 - 1770)

Children of Walter Cook and Catherine Aldrich

Catherine Cook1 (a 1663 - )

Peter Cook1 (a 1664 - )

Hannah Cook1 (a 1665 - )

Elizabeth Cook1 (a 1666 - )

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From http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=engstrom&...

CAUTION: CONFLICTS IN GENEALOGICAL DATA (1)

Conflict possible birthplace Bromyard, Hertfordshire, England dob 3/7/1615-16; Inconsistent data recorded in DESCENDANTS OF WALTER COOK, by Susan Salisbury, Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, 2002. (1) Suggest data be carefully verified from other sources available as this publication has no sources provided.

Email received Jan 2017:

"You say that Walter Cook was born in Bromyard circa March 7 1615 - this suggests a baptismal date. There is no mention of any Walter Cook(e) in the Bromyard parish registers for any of the years around then. We should be most grateful if you would let us know the source of your information. - Bromyard & District Local History Society, Bromyard, Herefordshire, England"

ALT birth has been proposed by some of 25 MAY 1618 in Leeds, Kent, England. See this baptismal record:

Walter Cooke in the England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

  • Name: Walter Cooke
  • Gender: Male
  • Baptism Date: 25 May 1618
  • Baptism Place: Leeds, Kent, England
  • Father: Tho. Cooke
  • FHL Film Number: 1736839

Citations

  1. Ancestral File. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, 1994.
  2. Ojeda, Luis Thayer. Some Notes and Corrections Referring to Thayer Genealogy According to the Researches of Walter E. Thayer, Esq.. Valparaiso, Chilie: Imprenta Y Encuadernacién Roma, 1937.
  3. Trask, William B.. "Early Records of Boston", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume XII (1858).
  4. Orcutt, Cyrus. "Early Records of Weymouth", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume III (1849).
  5. "The Cookes of Rhode Island: Descendants of Walter Cooke of Weymoth, Mass., 1643-1870," 1901.
  6. New England families, genealogical and memorial: a record of the ..., Volume 4. edited by William Richard Cutter. Page 2331.
  7. A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May, 1962, on the basis of Farmer's Register ..by Savage, James, 1784-1873; Farmer, John, 1789-1838. Genealogical register of the first settlers of New England; Dexter, O. P. (Orrando Perry), 1854-1903 Published 1860. Page 471 "COOKE ... Walter, Weymouth 1643, freem. 1653, had Ebenezer, b. 30 May 1656; Waller, 10 Sept 1657; and Nicholas, the last b. 9 Feb. 1660." (N.B. Also in Mendon was a Gregory Cooke and a Stephen Cooke "perhaps brother to Gregory." No association is made between Gregory & Stephen & Walter by Savage.)
  8. The pioneers of Massachusetts, a descriptive list, drawn from records of the colonies, towns and churches and other contemporaneous documents by Pope, Charles Henry, 1841-1918 Published 1900. page 116"Cook etc .... Walter, Weymouth, 1643; frm. May 18, 1653. Rem. to Mendon, propr. 1663. Will prob. Jan. 18, 1694-5; wife Katharine, eldest son John, other ch. Nicholas, Hannah, Samuel and Experience."

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Walter Cook's Timeline

1618
May 25, 1618
Birth of Walter Cook
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
May 25, 1618
Baptism of Walter Cook
Kent, England, United Kingdom
May 25, 1618
christened on 5/25/1618
Leeds, Kent, England (United Kingdom)
May 25, 1618
christened on 5/25/1618
Leeds, Kent, England, United Kingdom
1643
1643
Age 24
GEDCOM Event
Weymouth, Massachusetts
1649
1649
Birth of Peter Cooke
Mendon, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1650
October 18, 1650
Birth of Hannah Albee
Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts
1654
June 16, 1654
Birth of John Cooke
Weymouth, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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