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Cooke, Aaron

Male 1614 - 1690  (~ 76 years)


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  • Name Cooke, Aaron  
    Christened 20 Mar 1613/1614  Bridport,Dorset,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 5 Sep 1690  Northampton,Hampshire,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Old Burying Ground,Northampton,Harmpshire,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • CHR: Bridport par reg, as cited in Clarence Almon Torrey, "English Origin of Major Aaron Cooke," TAG, 11(1935):180 (FHL #973 D25aga).
      MAR #1: No mar rec found. Children of Aaron Cooke and an unknown wife were born at Windsor, Conn., 1638-57 (SOME EARLY RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS OF AND RELATING TO THE TOWN OF WINDSOR, "The Matthew Grant Record, usually called The Old Church Record" [Hartford, 1930], 29 [FHL #974.62/W1 N2c]).
      MAR #2: No mar rec found. Dau Joan Cooke and grandchildren Elizabeth, Samuel, and Noah Cooke are identified in the will of Elizabeth Denslow of Windsor, 5 Jun 1667, proved 2 Sep 1669 (Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. [Hartford, 1904-1906], 1:191 [FHL #974.6 P2m]). The grandchildren, Elizabeth, Samuel, and Noah Cooke are listed among the children of Aaron Cooke of Windsor, born 1650-57 (SOME EARLY RECORDS OF WINDSOR, 29). Hence, Aaron Cooke married Joan Denslow abt 1649. Elizabeth Denslow was the widow of Nicholas Denslow of Windsor, whose will, 4 Mar 1666/7, no probate act, mentions wife Elizabeth. On 3 Mar 1669/70 Capt. Aaron Cooke petitioned the court to distribute the estate of Nicholas Denslow, "his wife being Co-heir to the Denslow estate." See abstract of estate documents from Hartford District Probate in Manwaring, DIGEST, 1:192.
      MAR #3: VITAL RECORDS OF NEW HAVEN, 2 vols. (Hartford, 1917), 1:43 (FHL #974.68 V2v). She died at Northampton, 3 Sep 1687.
      MAR #4: "Hampshire Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths" (private ms of John Pynchon), entries for Hadley, p. 224 (FHL #014766). Wife is called Rebecca Smith on mar rec. She is apparently the widow of Philip Smith of Hadley, whose will, 5 Jan 1684/5, proved 31 Mar 1685, mentions a wife Rebecca (Hampshire Co. Probate, 1:243 [FHL #879184]). Philip Smith was married to Rebecca, dau of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Foote. The will of Elizabeth Welles of Wethersfield, widow of Nathaniel Foote and Gov.Thomas Welles, 28 Mar 1678, no probate act, identifies dau Rebecca Smith. Lt. [Philip] Smith received a portion in the division of estate. See abstract of estate documents from Hartford District Probate in Manwaring, DIGEST, 1:379-81. Rebecca Foote, age 10, is mentioned in the inv of estate of her father, Nathaniel Foote of Wethersfield, 20 Nov 1644, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Manwaring, DIGEST, 1:12. Hence, Rebecca Foote married (1) Philip Smith and (2) Aaron Cooke, as his 4th wife.
      DEATH: Date of death is from gravestone inscription, below.
      BUR: Thomas Bridgman, ed, INSCRIPTIONS OF THE GRAVE STONES IN THE GRAVEYARDS OF NORTHAMPTON AND OTHER TOWNS (Northampton, MA, 1850), 14 (FHL #974.4 V3b).

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      BEPS,2,3,4: IGI
    Person ID I9857  Our Generations Ancestors
    Last Modified 25 Nov 2003 

    Father Cooke, Aaron,   b. Abt 1585, of Thorncombe,Dorset,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 28 Dec 1615, Bridport,Dorset,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 30 years) 
    Mother Charde, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1590, of Thorncombe,Dorset,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 18 Apr 1643, Windsor,Hartford,CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 53 years) 
    Married 2 Sep 1610  Thorncombe,Dorset,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4388  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 (unknown) 
    Married Abt 1637 
    Family ID F4392  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Denslow, Joan 
    Married Abt 1649 
    Family ID F4393  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Nash, Elizabeth 
    Married 2 Dec 1676  New Haven,New Haven,CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4394  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 4 Foote, Rebecca,   b. Abt 1634, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Apr 1701, Hadley,Hampshire,MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 2 Oct 1688  Hadley,Hampshire,MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2560  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart