Henry Cook Jr.

• BIRTH 30 Dec 1652 Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
• DEATH 1705 (aged 52–53) Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
• BURIAL Burial Details Unknown
• MEMORIAL ID 236837180

Son of Henry Cook and Judith Birdsall, married Mary Hall 9/30/1678 in Salem, Essex, MA, and is presumed to have gone with rest of the family to Wallingford, but no records to confirm were found. He was in Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts before 1640 and is found in the Public Records of Salem in Plymouth Colony as early as 1638. His estate was administered 26 June 1662

"Henry was the first Cook in America. He was at Salem, Mass. in 1638 and most likely arrived in US a short time before that. He is believed to be a descendant of the Cooks of Kent or Hertsfordshire who migrated from Normandy in the 11th century. He came to New England as a Puritan. Sons, Samuel and Henry Jr. emigrated to Connecticut while the rest remained in Mass. The family also lived at Plymouth Conn. for a time. The farm was passed to the widow after he died and it is unknown where it passed from there. Henry was a Butcher." [1]

"Henry Cook was at Plymouth, Mass., before 1640. He had sons, Isaac, John, Henry and Samuel. Isaac is supposed to have remained at Plymouth, and John to have settled at Middletown. Henry and Samuel settled at Wallingford, and are the ancestors of most of the name of Cook in Connec­ticut, and of many in Various parts of the country." [2]

Parents
TO BE DETERMINED

Spouse
Mary Hall Cook 1654–1718 (m. 1678)

Siblings
Isaac Cook 1640–1692
Samuel Cook1641–1703
Rachel Cooke Kibbe 1645–1740
Mary Cook Moulton 1649–1732

Children
Hannah Cook Beach 1688–1768

References

1 Families of Ancient New Haven by Donald Lines Jacobus, pg. 435

2 Marriage listed in the Essex County, Massachusetts Depositions, 1636-86

3 History of Wallingford, Conn. by Charles Henry Stanley Davis. Genealogies - Part 1, pg. 672

4 Anderson, 2015 (The Great Migration Directory) says that the origins of Henry Cook (of Salem) and John Cook (of Salem) are unknown.

5 Judith Birdsall in the Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812 Baptism Date: 2 Jun 1611 Baptism Place: Norwich, St Stephen, Norfolk, England Father: Henry Birdsall Parish: Norwich, St Stephen Northamptonshire Record Office; Northampton, England

6 Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FH1L-D9K : 9 February 2018), Henry Cooke and Judith Birdsale, Jun 1639; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 877,468.

7 Families of Ancient New Haven by Donald Lines Jacobus, pg. 435

8 Marriage listed in the Essex County, Massachusetts Depositions, 1636-86

9 BIRDSALE, Judith Cook, Henry 1 June 1639 Plymouth, Mass.

10 COOK, Henry Birdsall, Judith June 1639 Plymouth, Mass."

11 https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000078372152278& link] to New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635. Vol 1, A-B, Page 301

12 https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000078372152280& link] to to New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635. Vol 1, A-B, Page 302

13 https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr01/rr01_425.html#P29811

14 GEDCOM Note Original individual @I29457@ (@MS_BIGGED.GED0@) merged with @I3465@ (@MS_BIGGED.GED0@)

15 U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s about Henry Cook Name: Henry Cook Arrival Year: 1638 Arrival Place: Salem, Massachusetts Source Publication Code: 1262nPrimary Immigrant: Cook, Henry Annotation: Date and place of settlement or date and place of arrival. Names not restricted to the Order of Founders and Patriots of America.

16 Bibliography: COLKET, MEREDITH B., JR. Founders of Early American Families: Emigrants from Europe, 1607-1657. Cleveland: General Court of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America, 1975. 366p.

17 Henry Cooke b 1615 of Salem is a verified Colonial Dames of the 17th century. . Ancestor number is 42786.

18 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/161936890/henry_cook

19 Filae Family Trees

Notes

Not the son of Francis Cooke, "Mayflower" Passenger

Although parents are shown at FamilySearch to have been Edmund Cooke (1546-1618) Edward Edmund Cooke, Esquire and and Elizabeth Nicholls (1572-1632) Elizabeth Kate Cooke, his parents remain unknown and unproven.
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LRTH-T3C

As we all know - of course - there were MANY Cook families in all parts of England. SO FAR - there IS NO agreement on any specific parents for this Henry Cook who married Judith Birdsall. One would think that - after all the time - if Henry's parents WERE KNOWN - that they would be listed here - with appropriate attached evidence. SO - if you THINK you know who his parents were - PLEASE make sure that you provide all of us with the ACTUAL records and sources when you list those paretns.

Disproved Parentage

Henry Cook 1615–1661
Judith Birdsall Cook 1611–1689 m 6/1/1639 Plymouth, MA

Edmund COOKE, Elizabeth Kate NICHOLS

• Wife: Judith BIRDSALL
• Children: ...OK, Isaac COOKE, John COOKE, Rachel COOKE, Elizabeth COOKE, Martha COOKE, Stephen COOK, Henry COOKE, Hannah COOKE, Judeth COOKE, Hannah COOK
• Siblings: ...izabeth COOKE, William COOK, Theodora COOKE, George COOKE, Edmund COOK, Christiana COOKE, Thomas COOK, Joseph COOK, John COOK, Lambert COOKE