Samuel Cook of Wallingford

Samuel Cook Sr

• Born 30 Sep 1641 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts
• Died 25 Dec 1703 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut
• Son of Henry Cook and Judith Birdsall
• Husband of 1) Hope Parker 2) Mary 3) Mary Mallory

Biography

History of Wallingford, Conn. by Charles Henry Stanley Davis. Page 672 Archive.Org Genealogies - Part 1, pg. 672, 673

"Samuel Cook came to New Haven in 1663, m Hope, daughter of Edward Parker of New Haven, May 2, 1667. They went to Wallingford in April, 1670, with the first plant­ers. He was, perhaps, the first and only shoemaker and tanner of leather in the place. After the decease of his wife Hope, he married Mary Roberts, July 14, 1690. He was regarded as a very good man by his friends and neighbors, and was frequently called to fill offices of responsibility and trust in the village, and in the church of which he was a member. He died March, 1702. He left an estate of L340. His widow m Jeremiah How, sen., April 9, 1705.”

Family

From “Book of Gideon: Cook 4-6” pdf numbered page 352, pdf Page 6:

Children of Samuel Cook by 1st Marriage to Hope Parker:

• 1 Samuel, b March 3, 1667-8, in New Haven ;
• 2 John, b Dec. 3, 1669, in New Haven;
• 3 Hannah, b March 3,1671-2, in Wallingford ;
• 4 Isaac, b March 10, 1673, d April 7, 1673;
• 5 Mary, b April 23, 1675, m Nathaniel Ives, April 5, 1699;
• 6 Elizabeth, b August 22, 1677, d young;
• 7 Judith, b Feb. 29, 1679, m Jeremiah How jr., April 20, 1704, she d March 20, 1708 ;
• 8 Isaac, b Jan. 10, 1681; [Note: The birthdate does not match the Barbour VRs. “p 91 - Isack, s. Sam[ue]ll, b. 10th, seventh, 1673/4 - Vol PR, p 15.”
• 9 Joseph, b Feb. 25, 1683 ;
• 10 Hope, b Sept. 27, 1686, m Joseph Benham, Dec. 18, 1706, she d Jan. 30, 1731.

Children of Samuel Cook by 2nd marriage to Mary (unknown):

• 11 Israel, b May 8, 1692 ;
• 12 Mabel, b June 30, 1694; [SIC: Mehitabel]

Children of Samuel Cook by 3rd marriage to Mary Mallory, widow of Eli Roberts:

• 13 Benjamin, b April 8, 1697, d 1717, unmarried, was a tanner and currier;
• 14 Ephraim, b April 19, 1699;
• 15 Elizabeth, b Sept. 10, 1701, m Adam Mott, Aug 28, 1717."

See also https://sites.google.com/site/webstergriggsfamilies/williams/cook?t...
2nd wife Mary Unknown:
Ca 1691 when Samuel was 49, he second married Mary3, in Wallingford, CT.3,11 Born ca 1656.3 Mary died in Wallingford, CT, on 4 Sep 1695; she was 39.3,9 4 Dec 1695 per Wallingford records.
They had the following children:

• 22 i. Israel (1692-)
• 23 ii. Mehitabel (1694-1732)

References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cook-3312
• Families of Ancient New Haven by Donald Lines Jacobus, pg. 190, 435
• History of Wallingford, Conn. by Charles Henry Stanley Davis Genealogies - Part 1, pg. 672
• https://funwithfamilyhistory.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/046-chapte...
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Samuel_Cook_%2842%29
• Cook, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1974), 2:435. "Samuel (Cook), b 30 Sep 1641 (Salem Vital Records), d Mar 1703; …"
• Samuel Cook, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862), 1:450. "Samuel (Cook), New Haven, m. 2 May 1667, Hope, d. of Edward Parker, had Samuel, b. 3 Mar. 1668; John, 3 Dec. 1669; and a d. without name; rem. to Wallingford 1673, where the residue of his ch. nam. in his will, twelve in all, were b. Mary Ives, Judith, Isaac, Joseph, Hope, Israel, Mabel, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Eliz. A sec. w. Mary, he had, but we kn. not, wh. of these ch. if any, were hers. He made his will Mar. 1703, and soon d. [Additions and Corrections] [Savage 4:679] [Vol. 1] P. 450 l. 15 for and a d. without name r. Mary, 3 Mar. 1672;"
• https://sites.google.com/site/webstergriggsfamilies/williams/cook?t...
• GEDCOM Source Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut Lucius Barnes Barbour, Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut (1982 Genealogical Publishing Company) Page 435
• GEDCOM Source The Leonards and Related Families; 1993 (revised 2 Clark M Leonard, The Leonards and Related Families; 1993 (revised 2002) (unpublished, available) Page my#668:22

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Samuel Cook
30 September 1641–after 12 March 1703 (Age 61)
Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

The Life Summary of Samuel

When Samuel Cook was born on 30 September 1641, in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Henry Cooke, was 26 and his mother, Judith Birdsall, was 30. He married Hope Parker on 2 May 1667, in New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He died after 12 March 1703, in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 61, and was buried in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.

Spouse

Samuel Cook
Male
1641–1703

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Male

Hope Parker
Female
1650–1686

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Female
Marriage
2 May 1667
New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America

Children
(9)

Samuel Cook Jr.
Male
1668–1722

• 

Male

John Cook
Male
1669–1739

• 

Male

Isaac COOK
Male
1673–1673

• 

Male

Mary Cook
Female
1675–1752

• 

Female

Elizabeth Cook
Female
1677–1678

• 

Female

Judith Cook
Female
1679–1708

• 

Female

Isaac Cook
Male
1681–1712

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Male

Joseph Cooke
Male
1683–1764

• 

Male

Hope Cook
Female
1686–1731

• 

Female

Spouse

Samuel Cook
Male
1641–1703

• 

Male

Mary Mallory
Female
1656–1752

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Female
Marriage
about 1689
Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America

Children
(3)

Benjamin Cook
Male
1697–1717

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Male

Capt. Ephraim Cook
Male
1699–1774

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Male

Elizabeth Cook
Female
1701–1726

• 

Female

Parents

Henry Cooke
Male
1615–1661

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Male

Judith Birdsall
Female
1611–1689

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Female

Siblings
(10)

Isaac Cook Sr.
Male
1640–1692

• 

Male

Samuel Cook
Male
1641–1703

• 

Male

Judith Cook
Female
1643–1690

• 

Female

Rachel Cooke
Female
1645–1740

• 

Female

John Cooke
Male
1647–1716

• 

Male

Martha Cooke
Female
1650–1667

• 

Female

Mary Cooke
Female
1650–1732

• 

Female

Henry Samuel Cooke II
Male
1652–1705

• 

Male

Eliza Cooke
Female
1654–1654

• 

Female

Hannah Cooke
Female
1658–1695

• 

Female