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CONE, CEPHAS, of the 2d church in Colchester, had a dau'r Lina, bap. June 27, 1783 ; Jonathan, bap. Sept. 16, 1787 ; 2d Lina, bap. June 27; Electa, bap. July 11, 1790.
CONE, REV. SALMON, a former minister at Colchester, was from Bolton, to Colchester, and was a descendant of the first Daniel ; he d. and left children at Colchester. Daniel sen'r left a large family of sons and the Cones are now numerous and scattered far and wide over the United States. Several have been ministers, law- yers and merchants, but more of them deacons, though they have generally been farmers, and money makers and savers of it.
CONE, STEPHEN, was the first of the name of Cone in Bolton, Conn., from East Haddam, in 1749, as appears upon the church record of Bolton. His wife was Susannah, (by tradition Clark.) Stephen the sen'r d. 1771, aged 66 ; he had children :
1 Jared, was 15 years old when he came to Bolton with his father.
2. Susan, m. George Griswold, father of Calvin, New York.
3. Stephen.
4. Zachariah. Mehitabel, d. aged 18, and John.
CONE, JARED, son of Stephen sen'r and Christiana Loomis, had issue :
1. Christiana, m. Solomon Dewey, of Amherst.
2. Jared.
3. Anna, m. Jonalı Strickland of Bolton.
4. Solomon, bap. Sept., 1766.
5. Lois, m. G. Bissell, and was the mother of Wyllis Thrall's wife of Hartford.
6. Amos.
CONE, STEPHEN, son of Stephen and Susannah, m. Ist, a Strong, 2d, m. a Badger, and 3d, m. Mary Colton, (June 3, 1794, record. )
1. Mehitable, m. Eleazer Pitkin, of Manchester.
2. Mary, m. David Pitkin, of Manchester, his brother. (Record says Polly Cone m. David Pitkin of Oxford, [Manchester, ] Sept. 6, 1798.)
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CONE, ZACHARIAH, son of Stephen sen'r, settled at Hebron. He m. and had children, viz. :
1. Samuel, went to the South.
2. Cornelia, m. Peters, of Hebron, Conn.
3. Frederick, went to Georgia.
4. Zachariah, m. Wealthy Kingsbury.
5. Molly.
6. Wealthy.
7. Adonijah.
8. Daniel.
9. Gardner.
10. Gilbert. Three of this family went to Canandiagua, New York.
CONE, REV. SALMON, the son of Jared and Christiana, was bap. Sept., 1776, graduated at Yale College, in 1789. He m. Polly Pinneo of Lebanon, and settled in the ministry at Colchester. He had one son, Salmon Edwards, a physician at Middletown, who m. a dau'r of J. T. Hosmer, and had one son who d. in College, (perhaps others.) The physician though m., d. a young man.
2. Mary, m. Hubbard of Middletown, son Edward yet living in Middletown.
3. Albert, went to the west unmarried
CONE, AMOS, son of Jared and Christiana of Bolton, now resides there over 70 years old. He m. Abigail Hale of Glastenbury, and had issue :
1. Henry, a physician in Glastenbury, had 3 children.
2. Adeline, wife of Dr. Hunt of Bolton, has 3 sons and 4 or more daughters.
3. Lucius, single.
4. Edwin, d. unmarried at the South.
5. Walter, m. Mary F. Andrus, of Glastenbury, d. young, but left one son Joseph Walter.
There was also a John Cone, who m. Patience Hibard, or Strick- land, Nov. 18, 1773, who was probably son of Stephen Cone, and Susannah Clark. He went a soldier in the war of the Revolution, where he d. by disease. The Cones as far as found or known were descendants of Daniel Cone, of Haddam. Daniel H. Cone, of Haddam, left Haddam, before or during the war of the Revolution, and for a time was in New Hampshire, but returned to Conn., and settled at Winchester, Ct. His sons were :
Daniel, who settled at Norfolk, Ct.,
Samuel, (deacon,) also settled at Norfolk.
Warner, also settled at Norfolk.
Hurlbut Cone, settled at New Haven, Conn.
Sullivan, settled at Westfield, in Chautauque County, New York.
Silas, settled in Granby, Conn.
Most if not all of this name in Litchfield County, are descendants of Daniel H. Cone, above of Winchester, and all descendants of
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Daniel sen'r of Haddam. John Cochan, (perhaps Cone,) came to Boston, from Gravesend, England, in the ship John and Sarah of London, John Green, Master, bound for New England, in 1651-2, and landed at Boston. He was probably of Scotch descent. Coats of arms-Coane, (Scotland,) has one. Cone, (Scotland,) has one coat of arms. Eleven had graduated at Yale College, before 1848.
CONEY, COREY or COUREY, BENJAMIN, a merchant of Stratford, purchased of Daniel Beardslee, of said Stratford, his home lot in said town, with the house, barn, &c., Nov. 9, 1702. He m. Mehitable Gloser, of New Haven, in Dec., 1703. Cony, of South- hold, L. I., made free by Conn., 1662.
COREY, BENJAMIN, of Windham, m. Abigail Abbe, Nov. 10, 1743. Issue, Mary, b. Aug. 12, 1744. John, b. March 9, 1746, perhaps others. Ab'm Corey, of Southhold, L. I., m. Margaret, dau'r of Jeffery Christophers of New London ; after he d. she m. a second husband.
CONEY, JOHN, Boston, Mass., member of artillery company 1662, d. Dec. 29, 1690, (see Farmer.) CONEY has five coats of arms. COREY has one.
CONY, DANIEL, graduated at Dartmouth College, 1825. Samuel Coney, graduated at Brown U., 1829.
CONCKLIN, CONKLIN, CONCLIN, CONKLING, GOOD- MAN, and JOHN CONCLINGS, of Southhold, L. I., with the fol- lowing persons, were accepted to be made free in Conn., Oct., 1662, viz. : Mr. Wells, Thomas Terry, Philemon Dickerson, Goodman Purvier, Goodman Windes, Barnaba Horton, Joseph Horton, Lieut. Glover, Thomas Morse sen'r, Goodm. Cory, Goodm. Reeves, Goodm. Masses, Jo. Paine, Richard Browne, Joseph (or John) Youngs, sen'r and Jr., Jer. Vayle, Jo. Curwin, Richard Terry, Mr. Elton, Thos. Brush, John Bud and Mr. Tucker. (See Col. Rec.) Capt. Edward Conklin, when cruising off Point Judith, during the war of the Revo- lution, in the Eagle, took six prizes in succession, and in sending them into port, so weakened his own vessel, by sparing too many of his men, to man his prizes, that his own prisoners rose upon him and his men, and the Capt. and some of his men were murdered, after the vessel was surrendered. Murphy who murdered the Capt. lost his own life, (Newspaper.) Benjamin Conkling, of Hartford, lost his wife Mary, by death March 2, 1789, aged 36. Not an early name in Conn. Ananias Conkling, of Salem, admitted into the church Dec. 29, 1639, and freeman, 1642. Removed to East Hampton, L. I. (Farmer.) Rev. Benjamin Conkling, graduated at Princeton Col-
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lege, 1755. Capt. Benjamin Conkling, (Sedgwick says,) went from Norwalk to Sharon, perhaps the same Benjamin named above, was selectman, &c., at Sharon, and removed to Vermont, and after returned to Hitchcock's corner, in old age and d. there Oct. 1, 1823, aged 86, father of Dr. Ebenezer Conkling. He perhaps came from L. I. to Norwalk. Wm. Conklin, graduated at Williams College, 1830. This became a Long Island name, where the same is yet found, probably all descendants of the family who settled at East Hamp- ton, L. I.
CONNER, JOHN, son of Elizabeth Conner, was b. at Middletown, June 14, 1686, first of the name in Conn. Farmer names William Conner, of Plymouth, 1623.
CONNER, PHILLIP, aged 21, embarked for Virginia, in the Merchant, Bonaventure, in 1634-5. This name was in Conn. after 1750, an Irish family ; some of the descendants now reside in Hartford.
CONNER, JOHN, taken prisoner at Quebec, 1775, and Edward Conner enlisted in the kings service, 1775, to escape. Cornelius Conner, took the oath of allegiance at Salisbury, Mass., Dec. 11, 1677, servant of Richard Goodale, before 1666. Cornelius, aged 35 in 1672. (See Hist. Reg.)
Arms .- Conner (Ireland, as borne by Daniel Conner of Bally Briker, Co. Cork, Esq.,) 1; and one other coat of arms for Conner ; and 1 for Connour. Two by the name of Conner, graduated at Yale College, 1806 and 1845; and 2 at Dartmouth College, in 1835 and in 1840.
CONSTABLE, MRS., of New Haven, with three in her family in 1643, with an estate of £150, was probably a widow. CONSTA- BLE, has 16 coats of arms.
CONVERSE, JOSIAH, one of the early settlers of Stafford. This is also an old name at Killingly, and is first found in Thompson . and Killingly, in Conn. EDWARD CONVERSE, came to New England in 1630, resided in Charlestown, had a grant of the ferry, removed to Woburn, in 1643, representative there in 1660.
CONVERS, ALLEN, Woburn, made free 1644. JAMES, of Woburn, free 1671, representative, 1679, '84, '86 and '89, a distin- guished officer in the Indian war, named by Mather, Book, VI. ; Josiah, of Woburn, freeman, 1651. (Far.)
Josiah Convers, graduated at Harvard College, 1723, and James Converse, graduated at Harvard, 1799 ; 4 by the name of Converse graduated at Yale College, before 1851; one at Brown U., in 1790; 7 at Dartmouth College, before 1834.
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COOK, COOKE, (COCKE, COCKES,) AARON, CAPT., was one of the early settlers at Dorchester, Mass., probably in 1630 ; he remained there a few years until about 1636 or 7, for, says the History of Dorchester, as late as July 5, 1636, a half acre of ground over against his lot, was granted him in Dorchester, " to build his house upon," so that he did not remove with the first settlers of Windsor, in 1635, as this vote was passed at Dorchester about a year after many of the Windsor settlers had left Dorchester. He was a man of character and energy, and it appears was popular wherever he located. He remained at Windsor several years, where, though a military man, he was honored with some civil appointments. He was juror, June 1, 1643, Dec., 1644, Oct. 9, 1645, Oct. 29, 1646, May 24, 1647, Sept., 1647, and Sept. 7, 1648, &c. Capt. Aaron Cook, of Windsor, Sept. 1, 1656, was ordered to give seasonable notice to the people to attend meeting ; "on ye lords Dayes and lector dayes, by Drum or trumpet on ye tope of ye meeting howse and should have 20s, for ye yeare in sawing," confirmed Sept. 6, 1656. May 28, 1655, when " Leftennant Cooke was chosen Captayne at Windsor, he had 87 papers (votes) only 19 for others." " In ye choyce of Leftennant, Mr. Nubery had 80 papers and all ye rest," only 13. "In ye choyce of an Insigne, David Wilton, had ye choyce by 6 papers more than Daniel Clarke."
Gen. Court of Conn., May 21, 1653. Lieu. Cook was appointed commander-in-chief of 65 men ordered raised and forthwith pre- pared, at a days warning, provisions, &c., to be raised in the several towns in Conn., per order of said General Court, against the Dutch. And Capt. Bull to be the Lieut. (See Col. Rec., and Rec. of U. C.) A large committee was appointed by the Gen. Court, in each town in the Colony, with whom the constables were to advise in pressing the men for the expedition against the Dutch. The committee were for Windsor, Mr. Wolcott, Mr. Chester, Mr. Phelps and David Wil- ton ; for Hartford, Mr. Webster, Mr. Westwood*, and Good'n Bacon ;
* This William Westwood, was from Essex County, England ; he came to this country as early as 1631, or 2, and located first at Newtown, (Cambridge, Mass.) Made free there in 1635, he remained there about 3 years and then removed to Hartford, Conn,, probably in the autumn of 1635, as he was a member of the first Gen. Court, held in the Conn. Colony, on the 26th day of April, 1636. And continued a member of the Court, until the new organization went into operation in 1639, and frequently afterwards, was a member of the House of delegates until 1656. After which it is supposed he took a lively interest in the great religious controversy at Hartford, that became one of the principal causes of the division of the church at Hartford, and had nearly as disastrous an effect on the church at Wethersfield, and terminated in the great remo- val of a large share of both churches to Hadley, Mass., in 1659, which town they then settled.
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Wethersfield, Mr. Welles, Nathan'l Dickerson, Samuel Smith ; Farmington, Mr. Steele, Good. Harte ; Pequet, Mr. Winthrop, (if at home,) Capt. Denison, Good. Calking, and the constables ; Sea- broock, Capt. Mason, Good. Clarke, and Good. Chapman ; Stratford, Good. Groves, and Good. Thornton ; Fairfield, Mr. Ward and Wm. Hill. Capt. Aaron Cook on the 11th day of March, 1657-8, was one of the soldiers of Windsor, of the first troop of horse ever raised in Conn., composed of the most reputable youngerly men in the Colony, under the command of Major John Mason, who were allowed and approved by the Gen. Court. Lieut. Cook was allowed 50 acres of meadow in Massacoe, 1653, which he owned in court was in his father Ford's possession, at a court in May, 1661. Capt. Cook removed from Windsor to Northampton, and Hadley, both of which towns he represented at the Gen. Court of Mass. He was a firm friend to the Judges Whalley and Goffe, after their arrival at North- ampton and Hadley. He was three or four times married. He first married a dau'r of Thomas Ford, who also removed to Windsor from Dorchester, and second married Joanna, dau'r of Nicholas Denslow, who also removed to Windsor. His children found at Windsor, viz. : Joanna, bap. Aug. 5, 1638; Aaron, bap. Feb. 21, 1640; Mariam, bap. March 12, 1642; Moses, b. Nov. 13, 1645 ; Samuel, b. Nov. 21, 1650 ; Elizabeth, b. Aug. 7, 1653, and Noah, b. June 14, 1657. He perhaps had other children. We find Capt. Cook, of Windsor, Nov. 5, 1660, " made a motion of marriage in behalf of his son Aaron to Mr. Westwood," for his daughter. Capt. Cook proposed to give his son Aaron, his then dwelling-house in Wind- sor, the lot it stood upon with barn, outhouses, fences, orchard, &c. ; we also find Aaron Cook, m. Sarah Westwood, of Hadley, May 30, 1661. Aaron Cook sen'r, in a deed to his son Aaron of Simsbury, describes himself of Westfield, about 1671. In 1660, the Gen. Court of Conn. required Capt. Cook, to desist from any further labor on the town farm at Massacoe, until a trial was had the May after. Capt. Aaron Cook, m. Elizabeth Nash, of New Haven, Dec. 2, 1676. Major Aaron Cook, m. Rebecca Smith, of Hadley, in 1688 ; Capt. Aaron, d. in 1690.
COOK, AARON, son of Capt. Aaron Cook, m. Sarah Westwood,
Mr. Westwood, was one of the first who held office in the new location, and one who aided in laying out the home lots for the settlers. He was selectman, and otherwise employed in public business. He was one of the valued settlers, in the three locations in the country in which he had resided. He d. at Hadley, April 9, 1669, and his wife d. 12th of May, 1676.
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1661, dau'r of Mr. Wm. Westwood and Bridget his wife, of Hartford and Hadley. The following are supposed to have been their chil- dren, viz .: Sarah, b. Jan. 31, 1661-2; Joanna, b. July, 1667 ; Westwoode, b. March 29, 1671; Samuel, b. Nov. 16, 1672 ; Moses, b. May 5, 1675 ; Elizabeth, b. Jan. 9, 1677 ; Bridget, b. March 31, 1683. One of the above is called after the maiden name of the mother, and one after the sirname of her father, which is some evi- dence of being the children of Aaron, Jr., and Sarah. Perhaps Aaron, Jr., lost his wife Sarah, after the birth of Bridget his dau'r ; he might have again married Martha Allyn, in Jan. 3, 1683, when his dau'rB ridget was b. March 31, 1683. And if Aaron below d. as recorded, April 15, 1725, aged 61 years, he could not have been the son of Capt. Aaron, who was b. Feb. 21, 1640. He probably was a son of Aaron, Jr., and Sarah, who was b. after Sarah, in 1661, and before Joanna, in 1667, and was not recorded, and a grandson of Capt. Aaron Cook.
COOKE, AARON, of Hartford, (not known whose son,) he appears at Hartford, about 1680, and m. Martha, dau'r of Hon. John Allyn, Jan. 3, 1683, and had children, viz. : Aaron, b. May 12, 1686, d. April 8, 1689 ; Aaron, 2d, b. Sept. 23, 1689 ; Martha, b. June 2, 1693 ; John, b. Dec. 23, 1696 ; Moses, b. Oct. 7, 1700; Elizabeth, b. Sep. 4, 1703, d. Sep. 23, 1703; Mary, b. June 2, 1706 ; Anna, b. May 17, 1708. Porter locates him in Front street in Hartford, in 1686. He d. in Hartford, April 15, 1725, aged 61. Moses, d. at Hartford, July 25, 1738, aged 38. Joseph Cook, d. at Hartford, Nov. 1, 1747, aged 67.
COOKE, NATHANIEL, was also at Windsor, one of the first settlers, and appears to have been there at an early period. He m. Lydia, vore, or vose, (dau'r of Richard,) June 29, 1649. He was in full communion in the church there, June 22, 1662, and his wife in 1658, when he joined also. Cornelius Gillett sen'r, and his wife Priscilla, testified in court that Lydia, wife of Nathaniel Cook, late of Windsor, deceased, who was dau'r of Richard Vore, that said Rich- ard Vore, desired them to witness, that the piece of land said Richard gave Lydia, on Vore's point, should go to her son Josias, of Windsor. John Cook, Nathaniel Cook, sons of Lydia, also Samuel Baker, for Sarah his wife, Joseph Baker, of Windsor, David Hoyt, of Deerfield and wife, also Abigail, children of said Nathaniel, all approved of their mother Lydia's will, Jan. 14, 1700. Nathaniel, the father d. May 19, 1688. He was made a freeman, May 16, 1650. 40 acres of land in Suffield, was allotted to Nathaniel Cook, March 19,
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1672-3, (perhaps Nathaniel, Jr.) Nathaniel sen'r and Lydia his wife, had children, viz. : Sarah, b. June 28, 1650; Lydia, b. Jan. 9, 1652 ; Hanna, b. Sept. 21, 1655 ; Nathaniel, Jr., b. May 13, 1658 ; Abigail, b. March 1, 1659-60 ; John, b. April, or Aug. 3, 1662; Josia, b. Dec. 22, 1664 ; all except Sarah were baptized at Windsor. Nathaniel, Jr., and his sister of Windsor, gave each 1s and 6 pence to the poor of other colonies, June 1, 1676. Nathaniel Cook, Jr., had children, Nath'l, b. April 6, 1689 ; Sarah, Ebe- nezer, Daniel, Lydia, Mary, Richard, b. Aug. 30, 1703 ; Abigail, Elizabeth, Jeremiah, Benjamin, b. March 26, 1711.
COOKE, SAMUEL, 2D, of New Haven, m. Hope Parker, May 2, 1667, and had children b. in New Haven, viz. : Samuel b. March 3, 1667-8 ; a dau'r b. March 3, 1671-2 ; first Samuel d. and second Samuel, was b. -; John, b. Dec. 3, 1669, and perhaps other children. Probably this family removed with the Parkers, to Wal- lingford. No freeman is found by the name of Cook in the list of freemen there, Sept. 1669. Samuel Cook, was nominated for a free- man in May, 1669.
COOK, THOMAS, SEN'R, of Guilford, Conn., was an early settler there, and was assessed there at £51 15s. in 1642, or 50. THOMAS COOK, Jr., at £77; Mr. John Collins, at £68 4s ; John Baylee, at £13. Thomas, Jr., made free, 1667 ; Thomas sen'r and Jr., in the list of freemen in Guilford, in 1669, and the list signed by Thomas Cook.
COOK, DANIEL, an early settler at Tolland, Conn., was appointed by the town, with Noah Grant, in 1723, to provide for the ordination of Mr. Steele, the first minister of Tolland, who was dis- missed Dec. 25, 1758, and d. Dec. 4, 1759, aged 63 years. As Tolland originally was a part of Windsor, perhaps Daniel Cook was of the family of Cooks in Windsor. Samuel Cook, of Windsor, d. in 1649.
COOK, JOHN, of Middletown, in his will dated Aug. 15, 1698, notices his children, to wit, John, Mary, Daniel, Sarah, and a child unborn, and provided for them, and his wife Hannah, and made his wife sole executrix of his will. He d. in 1704. Benedictus Alvord, of Windsor, took out attachment in 1644. John Cook, of Stratford, sold two acres of land at great neck in Stratford, to John Hicks from Long Island, March 24, 1700.
COOK, JOSIA and HANNAH, his wife, of Middletown, had issue, Moses, b. Oct. 23, 1742; Nancy, b. 1745; Richard, b. March 17, 1753, &c.
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COOK, JOHN, of Middletown, and Desire his wife, had Hannah, b. 1742 ; Desire, b. 1744 ; Sarah, b. 1746, &c.
COOK, JACOB, and MERCY his wife, of Middletown, had Eliza- beth, b. Nov. 11, 1743 ; Mary, Josiah, Rebecca, and Elisha.
COOK, ZACHEUS, and MARTHA, of Middletown.
COOK, JABEZ, of Middletown, m. Abigail Blake, May 23, 1754, and had Mary, b. at Middletown, March 7, 1755.
COOK, ELIJAH, of Middletown, m. Hannah Hale, Feb. 27, 1760.
COOK, EBENEZER, m. Mehitabel Rockwell, Nov. 18, 1764, d. 1768.
COOK, ZACHEUS, m. Mary Hubbard, May 9, 1747 ; issue, Mary, Zacheus, Martha, b. 1755, &c., all b. in Middletown.
COOK, RICHARD, was in Conn., in 1648.
COOK, AARON, was an original proprietor of Goshen, in Litch- field County, in 1738, where he drew lot No. 1, in the division of lands.
COOK, JOSEPH, from Wallingford to Goshen, where he d. in 1764.
JOSEPH, m. Rachel Spencer, Oct. 24, 1705.
COOK, SAMUEL, of Windham, m. Leah Ripley, of Windham, March 14, 1716, and had issue born there, viz. : Phinehas, b. Dec. 6, 1716, d. 1728 ; Rebeckah, b. Nov. 20, 1718; Jerusha, b. Feb. 20, 1721; Weltheon, b. Aug. 20, 1724; Mary, b. July 25, 1729 ; Samuel, b. Aug. 25, 1732 ; 2d Phinehas, b. June 7, 1736.
COOK, EBENEZER, of Colchester, and Mercy his wife, had a dau'r Mary, bap. at the 2d church in Colchester, Sept. 21, 1755.
COOK, SAMUEL, JR., son of Samuel, of Windham, m. Anna Webb, Mar. 31, 1751, and had issue, Sibil, b. Sep. 3, 1751; Samuel, b. Feb. 18, 1754, and others.
Deacon John, of Windsor, d. May 25, 1751, aged 59 ; his wife Deborah, d. Aug. 25, 1755 ; Dea. Wm., of Windsor, d. Feb. 28, 1780, aged 85.
COOK, RICHARD, was an early settler at Norwich, Conn., also Ed'd Culver.
COOK, THOMAS, of Windsor, was not the son of Capt. Aaron, or Nath'l Cook, of Windsor ; he had a dau'r Mary, d. at Windsor, March 10, 1688-9. Cook, Lydia, of Windsor, lost her only son Thomas, by death in 1676.
COOK, GEO., appeared before the council at Hartford, Feb. 10, 1675, with a letter dated Feb. 4, 1675, from Major Andros to said
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council, which they answered and ordered the Secretary to sign it in the name of the Council. (See letters on the Journal of the Coun- cil.) Farmer names Elisha son of Richard, b. in Boston, Sept. 16, 1637. George, of Cambridge, admitted freeman, 1636, (both impor- tant men in Mass.) Francis, one of the first pilgrims at Plymouth, in 1620 ; John, of Salem, 1637; Josephi, of Cambridge, freeman and representative in 1636, had a son Joseph and four daughters. Josiah of Eastham, 1644; Phillip of Cambridge, free in 1647; Richard a tailor of Boston, 1634; Robert of Charlestown, free 1641 ; Walter of Weymouth, 1643, &c. The Cooks were numer- ous in this country in the early settlement, and many of them highly respectable, and I have only room to name some of the first.
COOK, WM., aged 20, embarked for Virginia in the transport of London, July 4, 1635. John Cook, a servant, aged 15, and Richard Carr, aged 29, &c., came to New England, in the Abigall, in 1635. Cocke, Joseph, aged 27, and George Cocke, 25, came to N. England, in the Defence, in 1635. Richard Cook, aged 46. James Copley, &c., and embarked in the Globe of London, for Virginia, in Aug. 1635, and Richard Cook, aged 21, embarked in the Alice, for Virginia, July 1635 ; Thomas Cook, aged 24; Garret Cook, aged 20, em. barked for Virginia, in the Primrose, July 27, 1635 ; John Cook, aged 47, embarked for Virginia, in the Merchant Bonaventure, in 1634-5 ; Jo. Cook, aged 17, passenger for Virginia, in the Assur- ance de Lo.(ndon,) in 1635 ; Joseph Cook, ( Far.) came from Earle Olne, or its vicinity, to New England, Oct. 1635. (Somerby and Mass. Collections.) One by the name of Cook, and 14 Cooke, had graduated at Cambridge, before 1849 ; 9 by name of Cook and 18 Cooke, had graduated at Yale, before 1850; 4 Cook and 3 Cooke, graduated at Brown University, before 1830 ; 2 Cook and 4 Cooke, had graduated at Williams College, in 1843 ; 3 Cook and 6 Cooke, had graduated at Dartmouth College, before 1848.
Cook, has six coats of arms ; Cookes, has 3 ; Cock, or Cocks, has 1 ; Cockes, 4; Kocks, 5; Cook, (Bedforshire,) 1; Cook, (London,) 1; Cook, (Mildham, Co. Norfolk,) 1; Cooke, 71 and some others. This name is now frequently found in England, and particularly in London. The Cooks of Wallingford, have not been examined as to their origin, supposed originated in the New Haven family, who removed there. Joseph Cook, of Wallingford, removed to Goshen, and d. there in 1764. Aaron Cook, was proprietor of Goshen, in 1738, from Wallingford, he drew No. 1, and Daniel Richard's No. 2, in the division of the town.
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COOLEY, BENJAMIN, was early at Springfield, and became one of the first settlers at Long Meadow ; he had children, Bethia, b. 16d, 11 mo. 1643 ; Obadiah, b. 1646; Daniel, b. 2d 3mo. 1651; Sarah, b. in Springfield 27 of 2d mo. 1653 ; Benjamin, Jr., b. first of 7 mo. 1656 ; Mary, b. 22d of 4 mo. 1659; Joseph, b. ye 6th of Ist mo. 1662, perhaps others. He probably went to Long Meadow, as early as 1644. The Cooleys, of and about Hartford, are descended from this family.
COOLEY, PETER, of Fairfield, made free in 1664, and in the list of freemen there in 1669, is spelled on the Fairfield record Cooley, or Coley.
COOLEY, WM., of New London, in 1664, applied to the town to remain there, (perhaps from Ipswich.)
COOLEY, JOHN, of Ipswich, Mass., 1654. John of Salem, d. about 1654. (Farm.)
COOLEY, SAMUEL, of Hartford, in 1689, was made overseer, to council and assist widow Newell, in the distribution of her (then) deceased husbands estate to his children. He was not a first settler at Hartford.
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