David
COOK
(b.
abt. 1701
,
Wallingford, Crown Colony of Connecticut
d.
21 May 1766
,
Wallingford, Crown Colony of Connecticut
)
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David COOK was born abt. 1701 in Wallingford, Crown Colony of Connecticut
David COOK was the child of Henry COOKE and Mary HALL and the grandchild of: (paternal) Henry COOKE and Judith BIRDSALL (maternal) John HALL and Jane (Jeanne) WOOLEN (WOLLEN)David COOK died 21 May 1766 in Wallingford, Crown Colony of Connecticut.
David married (1) Rebecca Wilson estimated 1721. Rebecca was born estimated 1701.
David married (2) Mary Lamson estimated 1735. Mary was b. abt. 1702.
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Capt. David Cook, son of Henry and Mary Cook, of Wallingford. He married 1st, Rebecca Wilson ; after her decease he married Mary Lamson, of Boston. He was a very exten ive ship owner, and was largely engaged in commerce, sailing from the port of New Haven one ship and three brigs. In religion he was a zealous friend of the church of England. He generously paid one-quarter of the cost of building the old church which was erected in the old Mix Lane, just opposite the residence of the late Isaac Peck. He also presented the church an organ J this same organ was a few years since sold to the Episcopal church in North Haven, and in 1869 they sold it to Wm. P. Gardner, an organ builder in New Haven. This organ was more than one hundred years old, and perhaps the oldest in the state.
Children: 33 David, b 1723, res. in Woodbridge and New Haven; 34 Rachel, b March 19, 1724, m Samuel Munson, he d 1748 ; 35 Leah, b 1726, m Phineas Peck, she d in Walling- ford ; 36 Phineas, b April 3, 1729,...Read MORE...
Capt. David Cook, son of Henry and Mary Cook, of Wallingford. He married 1st, Rebecca Wilson ; after her decease he married Mary Lamson, of Boston. He was a very exten ive ship owner, and was largely engaged in commerce, sailing from the port of New Haven one ship and three brigs. In religion he was a zealous friend of the church of England. He generously paid one-quarter of the cost of building the old church which was erected in the old Mix Lane, just opposite the residence of the late Isaac Peck. He also presented the church an organ J this same organ was a few years since sold to the Episcopal church in North Haven, and in 1869 they sold it to Wm. P. Gardner, an organ builder in New Haven. This organ was more than one hundred years old, and perhaps the oldest in the state.
Children: 33 David, b 1723, res. in Woodbridge and New Haven; 34 Rachel, b March 19, 1724, m Samuel Munson, he d 1748 ; 35 Leah, b 1726, m Phineas Peck, she d in Walling- ford ; 36 Phineas, b April 3, 1729,...Read MORE...
1766 Death 21 May 1766
Wallingford, Crown Colony of Connecticut
David is buried at: Center Street Cemetery Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
Added: 5/9/2018 10:36:49 AM
- Updated: 8/16/2019 10:18:35 AM
The name Connecticut originates from the Algonquian word 'Quinnehtukqut' (beside the long tidal river). (statesymbolsusa.org)Prior to 1638 - Connecticut, New England
1638 - 1662 - New Haven Colony
1662 - 1687 - Connecticut Colony
1688 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1787 - Crown Colony of Connecticut
January 5, 1788 - Connecticut becomes 5th U.S. state
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