Grace Cooke

Grace Cooke was not daughter of Greenfield Larrabee & Phebe Cornish, or of Greenfield Larrabee, Jr. & his wife Alice Martha Larrabee. They did not have a child called Grace.

Biography

Updated 11 April 2024

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Grace's birth is estimated from the births of her children about 1675 to about 1685. Death: 1700, Stonington. [citation needed] 04 December 1727 [citation needed]

From Torreys NE Marriages:[1] "COOK, Richard & [Grace] ____; by 1681, 1681(2?); Preston, CT/ Norwich, CT {Norwich VR 13; Leonard (,2) 56 add; Sv. 1:449, 450; Reg. 52:271}" Note: There is no mention of Richard's wife's name in any of the sources he listed.

Grace Cook was admitted to the Congregational Church at Stonington on 7 November 1680.[2]

It is said that Grace, widow of Richard Cooke, of Norwich, married secondly to Benjamin Spaulding, who named a wife, Grace, in his will proved 1713 in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut.[3]

Family

Richard Cooke and his wife Grace had the following children:

1. Mary Cooke (b.abt. 1675, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, d. 4 May 1766, Preston, New London, Connecticut, ) - married John Carter.
2. Elizabath Cooke bpt. 30 June 1678, Stonington, New London, Connecticut;[2] d. May 1738, Preston, New London, Connecticut; married Joseph Benjamin.
3. Lydia Cooke bpt. 27 April 1679, Stonington, New London, Connecticut;[2] d. aft. 1721, Connecticut - married Samuel Leonard (Lennard, Lenard).
4. Obed Cooke b.1 February 1681, Norwich, New London, Connecticut;[4] d. 7 April 1755, Preston, New London, Connecticut, USA) - was 14 in 1695.
5. Sarah Cooke (b.abt. 1682, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, d. 17 May 1724, Preston, New London, Connecticut, USA) - married John Andrews.
6. Jane Cook (b.1686, Preston, New London, Connecticut, d. 1721, Connecticut).

Death & Burial

The date of death and burial for Grace is unknown, but stated as 4 DEC 1727 on Find-a-Grave (without sources) in Stonington, New London, Connecticut. [5]

Research Notes

• Savage does not mention Richard's wife.[6]
• Ancestry Trees frequently call her Elizabeth Grace Larabee daughter of Greenfield. And indeed Elizabeth Larabee, dtr of Greenfield, was born 23 Jan 1652, in Saybrook, Connecticut.[7]
• Grace is not listed as a child of Greenfield Larrabee in the Vital Records of Connecticut. [8]
• There are no records for a Grace Larrabee in the Barbour Collection
• Ancestry search, turns up the trees and a US and Intl Marriage record to James Eaton.
• All the hits at AmericanAncestors are for modern Grace Larabees.

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References

1. Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London County, Connecticut (J.H. Beers & Co., 1905) Page 168 (document attached)
2. WikiTree contributors, "Grace (Unknown) Cook (abt.1653-abt.1727)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-369579 : accessed 11 April 2024). cites
   1. Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Com, 1985.
   2. Connecticut. Church Records Index. Stonington First Congregational Church 1674-1925. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut, 1961. p. 96 (image 99 at Ancestry)
   3. New London (district) Probate Records, Book B, Clerks copy, pp. 55-6 at Family Search and at < AncestryImage >.
   4. Vital Records of Norwich, Connecticut 1659-1848, Part I (General Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, Hartford, 1913) p. 13
   5. Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 21 December 2023), memorial page for Grace E Larabee Cooke (1653–4 Dec 1727), Find A Grave: Memorial #222444346; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Jim Davis (contributor 48654749). https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/222444346
   6. Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692. Vol. I-IV. Boston, MA, USA: 1860-1862.
   7. White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.Saybrook p. 91
   8. "Vital Records of Saybrook 1647-1834" in Vital Records of Connecticut, Series I-Towns, Vol. 9, 7th Town (The Connecticut Historical Society and The Connecticut Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, Hartford, 1952) p. 4.