Abial Cook

Biography

Abial Cook is the son of Job Cook and Ann Bennett (dtr of Robert Bennett and Amy (Manchester) Bennett of Rhode Island)

Abial was born in about 1740 in Tiverton, Massachusetts the son of Job and Ann Bennett Cook. After 1747 and the realignment of state lines, Tiverton was in Rhode Island.

He married Susannah Cole in about 1766 [1] . She was the daughter of William and Elizabeth Luther Cole.

Together Abial and Susannah had six children:

Ann (1868-)
Betty/Elizabeth (1770-)
Susannah (1772-)
William (1780-1840)
Abial (1784-)
Job (1782-)
The three girls were named after Abial’s wife, Susannah; his mother, Ann; and his mother-in-law Elizabeth/Betty, and the boys were named after himself, Abial; his father Job, and his father-in-law William.
Susannah died before 1786 and Abial married Anna Lee.

Together they had five children:

Philemon (1786-1863)
Joseph (1789-)
Daniel (1791-1850)
Martha (1793-)
Sarah "Sally" Ann (1798-1848)
Abial served in the Revolutionary War. Topham's Regiment, State Troops, as a Corporal. He joined the American Army at Tiverton, November 29, 1775. In 1776 a Private for Col Topham Regiment. Revolutionary Service Index, (RIA) shows Abila listed as “sick in hospital” from June 1778 to February 20, 1779. . [2]

In 1774 Abial appears as head of household in Rhode Island[3]. His household distribution and inferred attributions are

one man over 16: Abial
one woman over 16: Susannah
one girls under 16: unknown
Some secondary sources indicate that Abial and Susannah had multiple daughters by 1774. Perhaps all but one died by the time of the census, or perhaps these sources are incorrect.

In 1790 moved to Stephentown, was also with census in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island total of 9 in household[4]

In 1790 he is in Stephen Town, Albany, New York total of 4 people in the home[5]

In 1800 he is in Stephentown, Rensselaer, New York with six total persons living at this home.[6]

He passed away when he was about 67 most likely in Stephentown, New York, alternative has been mentioned as Hoosick, New York

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Abial Cook (1740 - 1807)

Abial Cook

Born 1740 in Tiverton, Tiverton, Newport, Colony of Rhode Island

Son of Job Cook and [mother unknown]

[sibling%28s%29 unknown]

Husband of Susannah (Cole) Cook — married 2 Aug 1766 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

[children unknown]

Died 11 Sep 1807 at about age 67 in Hoosick, Rensselaer, New York, United States

Sources

↑ Marriage Record
↑ REV War Records
↑ 1774 Census
↑ 1790 Rhode Island Census
↑ 1790 Census New York Census
↑ 1800 Census
Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Dartmouth Births, Marriages and Death, Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). pg 165/2331 (shareable view)
Rhode Island Crarys Regiment, 1777-1779 (Folder 45) - Various Organizations (Folder 66), Original data: Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M246, 138 rolls); War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records, Record Group 93; National Archives, Washington. D.C.
1790 United States Federal Census, Year: 1790; Census Place: Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island; Series: M637; Roll: 10; Page: 361; Image: 208; Family History Library Film: 0568150, Original data: First Census of the United States, 1790 (NARA microfilm publication M637, 12 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. (shareable view)
1790 United States Federal Census, Year: 1790; Census Place: Stephen Town, Albany, New York; Series: M637; Roll: 6; Page: 279; Image: 286; Family History Library Film: 0568146, Original data: First Census of the United States, 1790 (NARA microfilm publication M637, 12 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. (shareable view)
1800 United States Federal Census, Year: 1800; Census Place: Stephentown, Rensselaer, New York; Series: M32; Roll: 26; Page: 113; Image: 116; Family History Library Film: 193714, Original data: Second Census of the United States, 1800. NARA microfilm publication M32 (52 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. (shareable view)
"Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 14 February 2017, 20:23), entry for Abial Cook(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZPZ-SWF); contributed by various users. And continuous research, COOK FAMILY ORGANIZATION by PROJECT SUMMARY [CookCook2008October/0807, 6 November 2008, Excerpt, William, Job and Abial's Heritage Research Report #4. 2008.11
1774 Rhode Island Census (http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/1774-ri-colonial-cen...)
Excerpts from Jane Fletcher Fiske, Thomas Cooke of Rhode Island, Boxford Massachusetts, 1987; Vol. I,