Thanks to the efforts of Janet Gerringer, a handwritten copy of the original marriage bond between John Cook and Hannah Helton in Orange County, NC in 1796 has been found. This is an "official" handwritten reproduction of the original record. The printed version of the North Carolina marriage bonds usually lists the information in this bond as follows: "John Cook and Hannah Kelton. Married: December 17, 1796. Bondsman: Martin Shofner. Witness: M. Hart." While the handwriting is difficult to read, it appears that the above information is incorrect on several points. The name "Kelton" should be "Helton", which is a conclusion that a number of researchers had already reached. The date of the bond actually appears to be December 27, 1796 and presumably the marriage took place on that date or a later one. The name "M. Hart" could also easily be read as "H. Hart". These four families are interconnected in NC and elsewhere. Martin Shofner's wife was Catherine Cook. Some Shofners married Harts. And the Heltons (Hiltons) lived near the Shofner's in NC. Does anyone have any information on the ancestry of John Cook and Hannah Helton? Robert Nicholson

Lafayette COOK b. 29 Nov 1847 in Autauga Co., AL, d. 28 May 1918 in McDonald Co., MO, married 5 Jan 1875 in KY/TN to Sara Elizabeth ALLEN abt. 1855 d. 20 Nov 1891 in Howell Co., MO. They had these children: Jesse b. 22 Oct 1876 in TN Robert David b. 14 Feb 1881 in TN, md. Ellen COOK, one son Paris COOK. Christian Perlina b. 28 Jul 1883 in TN, md. Robert Austin HARRISON, died in OK. James Monroe b. 13 Jan 1887 in Shelby Co., TN, died 20 Dec 1963 in Ottawa Co., OK. Lafayette married 2)Mary Elizabeth (ROBESON) GAROUTTE b. 1869 and died 6 Sep 1899 in Carroll Co., AR. They had these children: Ellen Frances b. 6 Aug 1893 in Howell Co., MO, md. 1) COOK, and 2) GRAHAM John Lafayette b. 31 May 1895 in Howell Co., MO, died 22 Aug 1970 in Jasper Co., MO. Lafayette married 3) 6 Jul 1900 in Carroll Co., AR Rutha Jane BAILEY b. 25 Sep 1866 in Nodaway Co., MO, died 24 Sep 1936 in Gascionade Co., MO. They had these children: Alma June b. 14 Jun 1901 in Carroll Co., AR, md. HArry BARTON. Franklin M. b. 24 Apr 1904 in Carroll Co., AR, md. Blanche LOWREY. Homer Lee b. 10 Apr 1905 in Carroll Co., AR, md. Hazel McDowell. Austin Robert b. 9 Aug 1906 in Carroll CO., AR, md. Lillian BENTON. Any information opn any of these families would be much appreciated!!! Donna Merrill

JOSEPH PANCOAST b. 30 Jan 1773 Burlington Co., NJ and d. 13 Sep 1852 Cayuga Co., NY married in 1795 NY to SUSANNAH COOK b. 10 Nov 1777 Morris Co., NJ and d. 10 Mar 1839 Cayuga Co., NY. Children: Mary, William Cook, Samuel G., Jane, Edwin, Matilda, Ann, Elizabeth, Sarah, Henry, Hiram, Emma, Hannah, Susan. Source: LDS Ancestral File Colleen Kitch [email protected]

The deceased son, James Elwood Harris, died just a few weeks ago. This is part of my Cook family. Anyone related out there? Annie Harris DANVILLE, Va. - Annie Lucille Cook Harris, 79, of 714 Holland Road, died Tuesday, April 30, 2002, at the residence. Born Oct. 11, 1922, in Danville, she was a daughter of James Archer Cook and Nancy Odom Cook. She was married to Alonzo Harris, who predeceased her. She lived most of her life in Hampton Roads and Danville and was previously employed by Dan River Inc. and Cone Mills in Reidsville, N.C. She was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include one son, David Harris of Ringgold; one daughter, Beatrice Taylor of Pelham, N.C.; four sisters, Gracie Pugh of Danville, Della Green and Bertha Hudson, both of Hampton Roads, and Madie Scearce of Texas; 14 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by one son, James Elwood Harris; one brother, Dewey Cook; and one sister, Gloria Ann Durham. The memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Swicegood Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Calvin Hines officiating. Interment will be private. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to the Danville Life Saving Crew, 202 Christopher Lane, Danville, Va. 24541. Swicegood Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Hi all, Just my small attempt to notify one and all about this new and infamous virus. Julius Caesar was warned to beware the Ides of March. We are all being warned to beware the 6th of May. A stitch in time, and all that.... Best to everyone, Carol >X-Sent-via: StarNet http://www.azstarnet.com/ >Delivered-To: [email protected] >X-Sender: [email protected] >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 >Approved-By: "Peter Knupfer, H-Net" <[email protected]> >Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 18:25:02 -0400 >Reply-To: H-NET Distribution List for News and Announcements ><[email protected]> >Sender: H-NET Distribution List for News and Announcements ><[email protected]> >From: "Peter Knupfer, H-Net" <[email protected]> >Subject: VIRUS ALERT: Klez virus - time to check protections >To: [email protected] >X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests= version=2.11 > >Dear subscribers: > >H-NET normally leaves the circulation of virus alerts to the usual and >accepted sources of such information. But the recent outbreak of the >Klez virus does call for a reminder to all of you to update your >antivirus protections, because this virus has a couple of features that >have had a major impact on our operations. > >This virus sends mail to addresses found in the address books of victim >computers; it also forges the from address of these messages, often >using one found in the address book. Bounce responses from mail you >didn't send are a common result. Some H-Net subscribers appear to be >infected, as a number of you have reported such bounces. Of particular >significance is the fact that many of you have a list address (such as >[email protected]) in your address books; the result is that mail >sent by the virus sometimes has a list address in the from: line. This >has generated return mail to our editors from irritated recipients. > >Klez has a destructive behavior which is triggered on the 6th day of >each odd numbered month. Monday May 6th will be the next such date. > >The Symantec web site provides useful information about the virus: > > "E" >variant: http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected] > "G/H" >variant: http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected] > >This would be a good time for everyone to check their antivirus >software to ensure it's current, and working properly. > >regards > >Peter > > >Prof. Peter Knupfer >Vice President, Networks >H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online >310 Auditorium Bldg >Michigan State University >East Lansing, MI 48824 >FAX: +517 355 8363 >Voice: +517 355 9300 >Email: [email protected] >http://www.h-net.msu.edu Carol De Priest <mailto:[email protected]> <http://www.azstarnet.com/~depriest/>

Interesting maps online, including historical atlas maps of Alameda (1878), Solano (1878) and Santa Clara (1876) Counties. NOTE - these are just three of the newest maps on the site - there are many more. One way to view these maps is to go to the homepage http://www.davidrumsey.com/, and click on "view collection with Insight browser." If you're familiar with the website on the San Francisco Museum, you'll know how the browser works - but you can click on any picture to make it as large as you want. For those of you interested in other parts of the country, there's plenty for all. Really neat map collection site! Carol Tucson, AZ >X-Sent-via: StarNet http://www.azstarnet.com/ >Delivered-To: [email protected] >Approved-By: Elliott West <[email protected]> >Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 08:58:50 -0500 >Reply-To: H-Net Western History List <[email protected]> >Sender: H-Net Western History List <[email protected]> >From: Elliott West <[email protected]> >Subject: Website: Historical Maps On-Line >To: [email protected] >X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests= version=2.11 > >The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection focuses on >http://www.davidrumsey.com/add111501.htm rare 18th and 19th century North >and South America cartographic history materials. Historic maps of the >World, Europe, Asia and Africa are also represented. The collection >categories include old and antique atlas, globe, school geography, maritime >chart, state, county, city, pocket, wall, children and manuscript maps. >Genealogy and family history can be studied on the maps. The online >collection, about 6,500 images, is an expanding cross section of digital >images designed to highlight the depth of the collection. The site contains >more than 50 complete rare atlases, including Thomas Jefferys's American >Atlas (1776), Guillaume Delisle's Atlas de Geographie (1731) and John >Arrowsmith's London Atlas (1844). You will also find maps from the >Philadelphia and London editions of Lewis and Clark's History of the >Expedition... (1814) and numerous maps of explorations of the American West >by Pike, Long, Fremont, Warren and others. The digitized maps are very high >resolution images scanned at at least 300 pixels per inch. A special GIS >(Geographic Information System) Browser allows integration and interaction >of historical maps with current geospatial data and other historical maps. >Examination of the maps in GIS reveals changes in the history of the areas >shown on the maps. Eleven historical maps of the San Francisco Bay area from >1851 to 1926 from the David Rumsey Collection are now available for viewing >in the GIS Browser. Other major U.S. cities will be added later. Carol De Priest <mailto:[email protected]> <http://www.azstarnet.com/~depriest/>

Dear cousins, In case you receive NorCal-L or SoCal-L, you can ignore this, but if you don't, this is, I believe, important. Maybe you can help keep this information available to those of us who rely on retrieving data via computer. Thanks, Carol De Priest >X-Sent-via: StarNet http://www.azstarnet.com/ >Resent-Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 23:51:50 -0600 >X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Wed May 1 23:51:48 2002 >Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 01:50:37 -0400 >From: Nan & George Wolf <[email protected]> >Subject: CA STATE BIRTH AND DEATH INDEXES MAY BE CLOSED >Sender: Nan & George Wolf <[email protected]> >Old-To: Norcal-L mail list <[email protected]>, > SOCAL-L mail list <[email protected]> >X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by lists5.rootsweb.com >id g425pmM11535 >To: [email protected] >Resent-From: [email protected] >X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/10525 >X-Loop: [email protected] >Resent-Sender: [email protected] >X-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.3 required=5.0 >tests=SUBJ_ALL_CAPS,FROM_ENDS_IN_NUMS version=2.11 > >Hi: > This is an extra report from Iris Carter Jones, our CA Genealogical > Alliance watchdog at >Sacramento. It doesn't look good. Please send this to any CA researchers >you know. > Last year the NORCAL and SOCAL lists were a great help in getting > behind the formation of >a CA historic cemeteries commission. Now, we are hoping you can help >again by sending a SNAIL >mail letter to the addresses below. They get so much e-mail - they more >or less ignore it but >a piece of paper (lots of pieces of paper) give a definite message. > What is interesting is that this bill leaves the county indexes open so > identity theft is >still possible through county records. So why close the state >indexes? County recorders don't >have the resources to accomodate family researchers. And, having the >state indexes online has >been a godsend for us researchers. Iris also explains below that almost >all identity theft >is not done using these indexes. So, sit down and give this a read and >then get out that stamp >and envelope. > If you want to copy and paste into a letter - I would suggest the three > paragraphs - the >first of which begins "There is no indication" (Use your Find feature). > Iris has given the addresses below but in case you have a problem > finding them in this long >report here they are again: > "Consider writing to the author Senator Speier, State Capitol, Room >2032, Sacramento, CA 95814. (916) 445-05032/Fax (916)327-2186 ><[email protected]>. > "Consider writing to the members of the >Judiciary Committee: Senator Martha Escutia (Chair), Room 5080; >Senator Ray Haynes (Vice Chair), Room 2187; Senator >Dick Ackerman, Room 2032; Senator Sheila Kuehl, Room 4032; Senator >Jack O'Connell, Room 5035; Senator Steve Peace, Room 3060; Senator >Byron Sher, 2082. These too should be mailed to the State Capitol, >Room #, Sacramento, CA 95814." > >Regards, > Nan Wolf > [email protected] > >-------------Forwarded Message----------------- > >From: Iris Jones, INTERNET:[email protected] >To: Master List 3, INTERNET:[email protected] > >Date: 5/1/02 4:08 PM > >RE: Leg: Extra SB1614 > > >On Wed, 01 May 2002 16:07:44 -0700, Iris Jones <[email protected]> >wrote: > >LEGISLATIVE REPORT - EXTRA - SB1614 - MAY 1, 2002 > >In my last report we covered Senator Speier SB1614 on vital records >indexes and informed readers that the bill was scheduled to be heard >on April 23, 2002, but the bill was amended April 15th in which all >the indexes except the birth records were eliminated. The hearing on >April 23, 2002 was canceled by the author and rescheduled on April >30, 2002. Again the bill was amended on April 24, 2002. This time it >includes both birth and death record indexes. It requires that these >indexes be considered confidential and be removed from coverage under >the California Public Records Act. It requires the State and county >recorders to develop a 'noncomprehensive index' for each which will >contain some of the information included in the present indexes. These >will then be available at the offices of the county recorders for >'viewing only' by the public. But government agencies are exempt. The >next hearing is set for May 7, 2002. > >Meanwhile, the bill did not meet the scheduled cut off of April 26, >2002, the last day for policy committees to hear and report on fiscal >bills introduced in their house. But the Senator was able to get an >extension. > >I have included below the copy of the Counsel's Digest and the Bill >language, if you want to read it yourself. > >Commentary: If the researchers in California do not want to see these >important tools done away with and removed from 'Public Records' then >it is imperative that you let the Senator and the Judiciary Committee >know how you feel. > >There is no indication that these indexes contribute to identity >theft. In fact, the most recent studies show, according to First >Amendment Coalition's latest statements, that most identity thefts >occur through the literal theft by friends, relatives, fellow workers >or strangers, of wallets, purses or mail, or fraudulent address >changes. This is what I have said all along. That the 'Indexes' do >not create a threat to the theft of personal identities, but are a >marvelous tool for family historians, family health researchers, heir >finders, and estate lawyers. The loss of these indexes will be >crippling to research. > >That the 'noncomprehensive index' can be viewed at the offices of >county recorders is of little consolation. California researchers >already know that more than half our county recorders, either do not >have the manpower to facilitate the demands at the present time or >will not willing comply. We have, over the years, fought at the county >level to improve these situations, but in some cases it has prove >useless. > >This mandate will just add to the overburdened State and county >recorders, additional expenses and more work. This type of band-aid >legislation does nothing to solve the problems of identity theft, and >does punish the law abiding, voting, taxpayers, who have legitimate >uses for the indexes. Energy would be better spent encouraging the >enforcement of the present laws; furnishing our courts with the funds >needed to do their jobs and help law enforcement do the same. > >The bill if passed out of the Judiciary Committee on May 7, 2002, must >still go to another policy committee for hearing before going to the >floor of the Senate for a vote. > >Consider writing to the author Senator Speier, State Capitol, Room >2032, Sacramento, CA 95814. (916) 445-05032/Fax (916)327-2186 ><[email protected]>. Consider writing to the members of the >Judiciary Committee: Senator Martha Escutia (Chair), Room 5080; >Senator Ray Haynes (Vice Chair), Room 2187; Senator >Dick Ackerman, Room 2032; Senator Sheila Kuehl, Room 4032; Senator >Jack O'Connell, Room 5035; Senator Steve Peace, Room 3060; Senator >Byron Sher, 2082. These too should be mailed to the State Capitol, >Room #, Sacramento, CA 95814. >---------------------------- > >LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST: SB 1614, as amended, Speier. Public >records: vital statistics > Existing law requires the Director of Health Services, as the State >Registrar of Vital Statistics, to administer the registration of >births, deaths, fetal deaths, and marriages. Existing law requires >the State Registrar to arrange and permanently preserve the >certificates in a systematic manner and to prepare and maintain a >comprehensive and continuous index of all certificates registered. > Existing law, the California Public Records Act, requires state and >local agencies to make records that are not otherwise exempt from >disclosure available to the public upon receipt of a request that >reasonably describes an identifiable record, and upon payment of fees >to cover costs. > This bill would require the comprehensive index described above, >and birth and death record indices prepared or maintained by local >registrars and county recorders, to be kept confidential, except that >these indices may be disclosed to government agencies as prescribed by >law. This bill would exempt these indices from disclosure under >the California Public Records Act. > This bill would require, on or before an unspecified date, the >State Registrar to establish separate noncomprehensive electronic >indices of all California birth and death records and make the indices >continuously, electronically available to county recorders' offices >statewide. > This bill would require the noncomprehensive indices to be >available at the State Registrar's office and in county >recorders' offices for public inspection and viewing only, by >individuals who have signed a standard form certifying, >under penalty of perjury, that the information they view will not be >used for criminal purposes. By expanding the scope of the crime of >perjury, and by increasing the duties of local officials, this bill >would impose a state-mandated local program. > The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local >agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. >Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that >reimbursement, including the creation of a State Mandates Claims Fund >to pay the costs of mandates that do not exceed $1,000,000 statewide >and other procedures for claims whose statewide costs exceed >$1,000,000. > This bill would provide that with regard to certain mandates no >reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. > With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if >the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains >costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be >made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above. > Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. >State-mandated local program: yes. > >THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: > > SECTION 1. Section 102230 of the Health and Safety Code is amended >to read: 102230. (a) (1) The State Registrar shall arrange and >permanently preserve the certificates in a systematic manner and shall >prepare and maintain a comprehensive and continuous index of all >certificates registered. (2) The birth and death record indices >prepared pursuant to paragraph (1), and all birth and death record >indices prepared or maintained by local registrars and county >recorders, shall be kept confidential and shall be exempt from >disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 >(commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the >Government Code). > (3) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the release of the >information contained in comprehensive birth and death >indices to government agencies as prescribed by law. > (b) In addition to the indices prepared pursuant to subdivision >(a), the State Registrar shall prepare separate noncomprehensive >electronic indices of all California birth and death records that >shall be made available for public inspection pursuant to Section >102231. > SEC. 2. Section 102231 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to >read: > 102231. (a) On or before ____, the State Registrar shall establish >separate noncomprehensive electronic indices >of all California birth and death records and make the indices >continuously, electronically available to county >recorders' offices statewide. Notwithstanding the California Public >Records Act (Chapter 3.5 >(commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the >Government Code), no part of these indices may >be released to any individual or entity except as authorized by this >section or Section 102230. > (b) The separate noncomprehensive electronic indices prepared >pursuant to this section shall be available at the State Registrar's >office and in county recorders' offices for public inspection only and >shall be subject to the following restrictions: > (1) Availability to public inspection shall be limited to viewing >only. > (2) An individual who wishes to inspect the indices shall sign a >standard form, as described in subdivision (d), certifying under >penalty of perjury that the information he or she views will not be >used for criminal purposes. > (c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, including the >California Public Records Act, the separate noncomprehensive >electronic indices prepared pursuant to this section shall be the only >birth and death record indices open to public inspection or otherwise >available to the public. > (d) The State Registrar shall develop a standard form to be signed >by persons who wish to inspect the indices pursuant to paragraph (2) >of subdivision (b). > (e) For purposes of this section, "noncomprehensive index" means an >index that contains some of the information contained in the index >described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 102230. >The State Registrar shall determine the information from birth and >death records that shall be included in the noncomprehensive index >based on the lawful uses that may be made of the noncomprehensive >index and the privacy needs of individuals whose records are included >in the index. > SEC. 3. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to >Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution for certain >costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district >because in that regard this act creates a new crime or infraction, >eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime >or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government >Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of >Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution. > However, notwithstanding Section 17610 of the Government Code, if >the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains >other costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies >and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 >(commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the >Government Code. If the statewide cost of the claim for reimbursement >does not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000), reimbursement shall >be made from the State Mandates Claims Fund. > >-- >Iris Carter Jones >CSGA Legislative Coordinator > >----------------------- Internet Header -------------------------------- >==== SOCAL Mailing List ==== >Please use relevant subject lines. Carol De Priest <mailto:[email protected]> <http://www.azstarnet.com/~depriest/>

For those of you on the list interested in Cooks or Cookes in New Zealand check out the following website. http://www.angelfire.com/ga3/gretasplace/Resources/NZBDMs.html >From there files containing transcriptions of the Birth, Deaths and Marriages indexes for Cooks/Cookes can be downloaded. (The period covered is roughly from 1840 through to 1990.) Beth New Zealand

I am searching for the New Hampshire origins of my 3rd ggf Samuel COOK and his wife Lydia. Both were born in New Hampshire say between 1790 and 1795. A daughter Ruth B. COOK was born in Corinna, Penobscot County, Maine September 22, 1815. A daughter Dolly COOK was born in Maine about 1826. A son Samuel COOK was born in Maine about 1831. In 1850 the family was living in Kingsbury, Piscataquis County, Maine. Dean Scribner Las Vegas, Nevada

I am trying to trace the descendents of George COOK(E) and Susan Eliza MATTHEWS. George was born in Clapham, Surrey, England in 1834 to parents Elizabeth, nee APPLEFORD and William COOK(E). Elizabeth was born in Tilehurst, Berkshire, but nothing is known about William Cook(e)'s origins, except that he was not born in Surrey (courtesy of census information). Elizabeth and William's children, born between 1825 and 1842 were named Elizabeth, William, Charles, Edward, George, Richard, Henry Edward, Emma Clara and Ann Elizabeth. Only William, George, Henry, Emma and Ann survived past infancy. George arrived in Nelson, New Zealand in 1864. He met and married a local girl Susan Eliza Matthews and went on to have eight children (Clara Jane, Charles, Eliza Georgina, Maude, George, William, Walter and Frank). I would be grateful for any information. Regards Beth New Zealand [email protected]

Thought you might be interested in this if you don't know of it already. Carol >X-Sent-via: StarNet http://www.azstarnet.com/ >From: "Olivier Hergault" <[email protected]> >To: "Carol De Priest" <[email protected]> >Subject: New worldwide Project for Genealogy >Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 00:49:19 +0200 >X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.5 required=5.0 tests=SMTPD_IN_RCVD version=2.11 > >Hello Carol, > > I saw on an Internet Page that you're looking for information > about surnames like WRISTEN >and I'd like to take this opportunity to invite you to have a look at the >GedLink Project. > >GedLink is a new project (started last May), whose aim is to connect people >researching their family histories in a very simple and efficient way. > >Give GedLink a family name and instantly a world map appears, indicating >the various >locations around the world where someone has information about your name... > >Right now, more than 60,000 people in 68 countries are participating - >sharing more than 7 million names in a database you can search. >Most of the current participants come from Canada, France, Germany and we >would like >to invite more people in the U.S.,U.K., Australia, New Zealand and >elsewhere, to >participate in this project. > >You can learn more about GedLink, why to participate and how to share your >data at >www.gedlink.com <http://www.gedlink.com> I'm sure you'll find it easy to use. > > >Feel free to contact me, > >Olivier Hergault >-GedLink Project- >P.S. >You may have seen information on becoming a paying member to support this >project, >but there is no obligation. GedLink is basically FREE OF CHARGE. >GedLink is relatively new, so feel free to send us your comments and >suggestions. We are constantly improving it ! Carol De Priest <mailto:[email protected]> <http://www.azstarnet.com/~depriest/>

Posted FYI: Descendants of Thomas Cook 1 Thomas Cook .. +Lucy Pease m: June 23, 1812 in Norridgewock, Somerset Co., Maine 2 Lydia Cook b: April 02, 1813 in Norridgewock, Somerset Co., Maine 2 Amos Cook b: January 08, 1816 in Norridgewock, Somerset Co., Maine d: February 03, 1895 in LaFayette, Yamhill Co., Oregon Burial: February 05, 1895 Forest Grove Cemetery, Yamhill Co., Oregon ... +Mary Frances Scott b: May 19, 1833 in Groveland, Tazewell Co., Illinois d: September 09, 1930 in Portland, Multonomah Co., Oregon m: August 16, 1853 in Lafayette, Yamhill Co., Oregon . 3 Edith Cook b: 1854 in Lafayette, Yamhill Co., Oregon d: 1855 in Lafayette, Yamhill Co., Oregon . 3 Lillian Cook b: 1856 in Yamhill Co., Oregon d: 1912 in Oregon ..... +William Parker Olds b: January 20, 1857 in Hillsboro, Washington Co., Oregon m: May 19, 1880 in Lafayette, Yamhill Co., Oregon . 3 Agnes Cook b: 1859 in Yamhill Co., Oregon ..... +William L. Bradshaw b: Abt. 1859 in Missouri m: Aft. 1880 . 3 Lewis Lincoln Cook b: 1861 in Lafayette, Yamhill Co., Oregon d: 1864 in Lafayette, Yamhill Co., Oregon . 3 Maude Cook b: 1866 in Yamhill Co., Oregon d: Aft. 1925 ..... +F. P. Young b: in Portland?, Oregon . 3 Pearl Cook b: 1874 in Yamhill Co., Oregon 2 Polly Cook b: May 15, 1818 in Norridgewock, Somerset Co., Maine 2 Thomas Cook b: March 23, 1822 in Norridgewock, Somerset Co., Maine 2 Love Cook b: August 25, 1824 in Norridgewock, Somerset Co., Maine d: in Norridgewock, Somerset Co., Maine 2 Isaac Cook b: April 03, 1829 in Norridgewock, Somerset Co., Maine d: August 29, 1846 in Norridgewock, Somerset Co., Maine *2nd Wife of Thomas Cook: .. +Abagail b: 1796 d: December 21, 1861 in Norridgewock, Somerset Co., Maine m: Aft. 1812 (end) Any additional information appreciated. Be well & God bless, Kate Beaugrand Cook Minnesota List Adm. for [email protected] [email protected] or [email protected] ><>God Bless America & Israel<><

Thought you folks might like to know this... Carol >X-Sent-via: StarNet http://www.azstarnet.com/ >Resent-Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 08:28:27 -0600 >X-Original-Sender: [email protected] Tue Apr 23 08:28:15 2002 >From: "Sue Silver" <[email protected]> >Old-To: <[email protected]> >Old-Cc: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]>, "William Spurlock" <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]>, "Yubaco" <[email protected]>, > "Yoloco" <[email protected]>, > "William Spurlock" <[email protected]>, > "Viv" <[email protected]>, "Venturaco" <[email protected]>, > "Tuolumneco" <[email protected]>, > "Tulareco" <[email protected]>, "Trinityco" > <[email protected]>, > "Tehamaco" <[email protected]>, "Sutterco" > <[email protected]>, > "Stanislausco" <[email protected]>, > "Sonomaco" <[email protected]>, "Solanoco" > <[email protected]>, > "Socal" <[email protected]>, "Siskiyouco" <[email protected]>, > "Sierraco" <[email protected]>, "Shastaco" > <[email protected]>, > "Santacruzco" <[email protected]>, > "Santaclaraco" <[email protected]>, > "Santabarbaraco" <[email protected]>, > "Sanmateoco" <[email protected]>, > "Sanluisco" <[email protected]>, > "Sanjoaquinco" <[email protected]>, > "Sanfranco" <[email protected]>, > "Sandiegoco" <[email protected]>, > "Sanbernardinoco" <[email protected]>, > "Sanbenitoco" <[email protected]>, > "Riversideco" <[email protected]>, > "P.J. Reinhardt \(EDCHS\)" <[email protected]>, > "Plumasco" <[email protected]>, "Placerco" > <[email protected]>, > "Orangeco" <[email protected]>, "Norcal" <[email protected]>, > "Nevadaco" <[email protected]>, "Napaco" <[email protected]>, > "Montereyco" <[email protected]>, "Monoco" <[email protected]>, > "Modocco" <[email protected]>, "Mercedco" <[email protected]>, > "Mendocinoco" <[email protected]>, "Marinco" > <[email protected]>, > "Maderaco" <[email protected]>, > "Linda VanGundy" <[email protected]>, > "Lassenco" <[email protected]>, "Lakeco" <[email protected]>, > "LAco" <[email protected]>, "Kingsco" <[email protected]>, > "Kernco" <[email protected]>, "Inyoco" <[email protected]>, > "Imperialco" <[email protected]>, > "Humboldtco" <[email protected]>, "Glennco" > <[email protected]>, > "Fresnoco" <[email protected]>, "Eldoco" <[email protected]>, > "Delnorteco" <[email protected]>, > "Contracostaco" <[email protected]>, > "Colusaco" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, > "Calcem" <[email protected]>, > "Calaverasco" <[email protected]>, > "CAGOLD" <[email protected]>, > "CA St Gen Soc" <[email protected]>, > "CA Historic Cem Alliance" <[email protected]>, > "Butteco" <[email protected]>, "Amadorco" <[email protected]>, > "Alpineco" <[email protected]>, "Alamedaco" > <[email protected]>, > "Andi MacDonald" <[email protected]>, > "Michael Kirchhoff" <[email protected]> >Subject: Senate Bill 2039 - OPPOSE the destruction of two historic >cemeteries >Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 07:23:06 -0700 >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 >To: [email protected] >Resent-From: [email protected] >X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/10512 >X-Loop: [email protected] >Resent-Sender: [email protected] >X-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.5 required=5.0 >tests=FROM_ENDS_IN_NUMS,DEAR_SOMEBODY,SUPERLONG_LINE version=2.11 > >Dear Senator Fitzgerald: > >As you know, Senate Bill 2039 for approval to expand O'Hare International >Airport in Chicago, will also approve the destruction of two historic >cemeteries known as St. John' Church Cemetery and the Methodist cemetery >known as Rest Haven. I applaud your efforts to help save these places of >eternal rest from the horrendous task of relocation that will disrupt that >rest. > >I am a resident of California. My family came here in 1850 with the Gold >Rush. They came here from Illinois. California also seems to believe >that eternal rest is not truly eternal for, in the past several years, >many cemeteries have been destroyed or adversely impacted by projects of >modern devise. Much of the nation, as a whole, seems to be experiencing >the same dilemma, as is apparent by emails and postings to the internet. > >In 1961, the California Appellate Court ruled against the Superior Court, >the California Dept. of Transportation and the Federal Highway >Administration in their efforts to approve the eminent domain taking of a >portion of Eden Memorial Park Cemetery for the construction of the Santa >Monica freeway in Los Angeles County. The Court ruled that a highway >served no better public purpose than a cemetery. I would opine the same >should apply to the expansion of the airport. > >On September 11th, 2001, the families of over 2,800 people lost loved ones >in the worst attack the nation has ever known. Those families, Senator >Fitzgerald, will never have a grave to visit to help them through their >loss. In years to come, those families cannot take the next generation of >their family to visit grandparents those children will never >know. September 11th stole more than just their lives. It stole the >tangible evidence of their very existence. > >That, Senator Fitzgerald, is what cemeteries are all about. Cemeteries >are not just for the dead. They are for the living; so that we may always >have a place to visit, to "talk" with our deceased loved ones, to share >our happiness and our sorrows, and to continue the memories of those who >have been lost to us. > >Senate Bill 2039, will not only cause the destruction of St. John's and >Rest Haven, but will cause untold emotional anguish for the many living >descendants of those persons now buried there. I would encourage you to >continue your discourse regarding the adversity this expansion plan will >thrust upon the dead and the living. This nation cannot continue to >thrust aside the last homes of our nation's pioneering citizenry as if >their value is less in death than it was in life. > >Respectfully, > >Sue Silver, President >El Dorado County Pioneer Cemeteries Commission >a California 501(3)(c) Non-Profit Public Benefit Corporation >2551 Deer Trail Lane >Cameron Park, CA 95682 >(530) 676-2889 >Email: [email protected] >Member, California Historic Cemetery Alliance >Sexton, El Dorado Cemetery (est. 1849), El Dorado Co., California > > > > >==== SOCAL Mailing List ==== >Do NOT post virus notices to the list. Carol De Priest <mailto:[email protected]> <http://www.azstarnet.com/~depriest/>

JAMES T. COOK b. abt 1860 Oh. married on 17 Sep 1885 Oh. to SARAH W. CASTO b. 10 Jan 1867 Mason Co., WV. Source: LDS Ancestral File We`re hoping to get details on this marriage and the family. If you`ve something to add to this post, please tell our CASTO list any time you can. Thanks, Colleen Colleen Kitch [email protected]

Epitaphs From Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts, from 1657 to 1892. 30. Here lyes ye body of Marcy Cook who decd Febry ye 8th 1714-5 in ye 36th year of her age. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Epitaphs From Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts, from 1657 to 1892. 50. Here lyes ye body of Mr Caleb Cook who decd Febry ye 5th 172 1/2 in the 72d year of his age. Caleb Cook , son of Jacob and Damaris (Hopkins) Cook , born March 29, 1651 , and resided at Rocky Nook, Kingston . He will be remembered as the person connected with the death of King Philip . He was a soldier under the lead of Col. Benjamin Church , and while closely pressing the Indians, Cook , and an Indian named Alderman , of the Seaconet tribe were placed on duty to watch Philip , lest he should get out of a swamp, where he had hidden, and if possible to kill Philip . He soon had a chance, and fired at him, but his gun missed. He then bid Alderman to fire, and he soon became their victim, having been shot through the heart. Mr. Cook exchanged guns with the Indian, and the gun which did the fatal work has been kept in the Cook family till quite recently. The old flint lock was taken off and presented to the Massachusetts Historical Society. Part of the gun is in the Cabinet of Curiosities in Pilgrim Hall, Plymouth .

Good Afternoon Everyone: I'm gradually piecing my COOK family together. I've located my ggg grandfather Benjamin COOK in the 1850 census of Saugerties, Ulster Co., NY: Benjamin COOK, b. abt 1810 England Susan " w/o b. abt 1814 NY Susan A. " d/o b. abt 1832 NY George E. " s/o b. abt 1835 NY James " s/o b. abt 1839 NY Mary E. " d/o b. abt 1841 NY Harvey H. " s/o b. abt 1843 NY Adeline " d/o b. abt 1845 NY William H. " s/o b. abt 1848 NY Ann E. " d/o b. abt 1851 NY By 1860 this family had relocated to Danbury, Fairfield Co., CT. With the help of a few old personal letters postmarked Sealy, Texas, I believe I've found Benjamin's brother and parents. Susan A. COOK had moved to San Felipe, Austin Co., TX sometime in the 1850's to be with the family of her uncle William, and in the 1850 census of San Felipe I found: William COOK, b. abt 1813 England Mariah " b. abt 1800 England Ann " b. abt 1836 NJ Mariah " b. abt 1838 NJ William " b. abt 1838 NJ Eliza " b. abt 1842 NY Norman " b. abt 1845 NY Edward COOK b. abt 1778 England Ann " b. abt 1790 England So, it's possible they immigrated to the U.S. after 1813, lived in the NYC/NJ area for a number of years, and then separated, with Benjamin moving to Ulster County, and William, with parents, to Austin County, TX. If anyone connects with my family, or has anything more to add, please contact me. Jeff Gray

Almost...They were Quakers. I have it this way... You can check my home page for further details. Click on the link below and let me know if we can be of further help. This is a collaborative effort. Maybe by now you've heard from the others. Any additions and/or corrections would be appreciated. Descendants of Hezekiah Cook Generation No. 1 1. DEACON HEZEKIAH4 COOK (DANIEL3, JOHN2, JOHN1)1 was born 1773 in Windham, Cumberland, ME2,3,4, and died 11 February 18635,6. He married SARAH "SALLY" WHITNEY Aft. 02 November 17937, daughter of _____ WHITNEY. She was born 1776, and died 30 December 18587. Children of HEZEKIAH COOK and SARAH WHITNEY are: i. MARY5 COOK, b. 07 April 17947,8. 2. ii. EPHRAIM COOK, b. 24 October 1795, Raymond, Cumberland, ME > Harrison; d. 1884. 3. iii. DANIEL COOK, b. 12 January 1798, of Cumberland County, ME> IL by 1860> Nebraska**. iv. MOSES COOK, b. 18 February 18009,10. v. CHARLOTTE COOK, b. 16 February 180211,12. vi. GARY COOK, b. 02 September 180413. vii. ZACHARIAH COOK, b. 19 November 180613,14; d. 1888. viii. HEZEKIAH COOK, JR., b. 30 March 1809, Raymond, Cumberland, ME15,16,17. ix. ASA COOK, b. 28 February 181118,19; d. 13 October 183420. x. MARGARET "PEGGY" COOK, b. 26 June 181320,21. xi. ANN COOK, b. 13 October 181522,23. xii. JANE COOK, b. 13 May 181824,25. xiii. CYRUS COOK, b. 08 May 182126,27; d. 27 October 183428. Generation No. 2 2. EPHRAIM5 COOK (HEZEKIAH4, DANIEL3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 24 October 1795 in Raymond, Cumberland, ME > Harrison28,29, and died 1884. He married ELIZA MAYBERRY, daughter of DANIEL MAYBERRY and BETSY NASH. She was born 29 July 1807 in of Harrison30. Children of EPHRAIM COOK and ELIZA MAYBERRY are: i. CHARLOTTE A. W.6 COOK, b. 05 December 182631; m. JOSHUA HOWARD; b. 01 April 182632. ii. ALBERT G. COOK, b. 13 October 182833. iii. BETSEY M. COOK, b. 27 September 183034. iv. SAMUEL MAYBERRY COOK, b. 08 June 1832, Bridgton, Cumberland, ME35; d. [Ancestor of Robert S. Cooke]; m. ABBY S. LUNT, 24 December 185435; b. 13 November 1836, Falmouth, Cumberland, ME35. v. EVELINE COOK, b. 03 June 183436. vi. CYRUS COOK, b. 08 May 183636. vii. SARAH JANE COOK, b. 17 September 1838, Harrison, Cumberland, ME37; m. CHARLES WESLEY ABBOTT; b. 20 September 1831, Harrison, Cumberland, ME38. 3. DANIEL5 COOK (HEZEKIAH4, DANIEL3, JOHN2, JOHN1) was born 12 January 1798 in of Cumberland County, ME> IL by 1860> Nebraska**39,40. He married MARY ANN LONGLEY 08 July 182741. She was born 18 December 1808 in of Cumberland County, ME> IL by 1860> Nebraska41,42, and died in [Ancestor of Steven Burton]. Children of DANIEL COOK and MARY LONGLEY are: i. JULIA6 COOK, b. 28 July 182843. ii. ROSCOE J. COOK, b. 23 March 183043. iii. JOHN W. COOK, b. April 183243. iv. GREENVILLE COOK, b. 14 March 183443. v. FRANCIS COOK, b. April 183643. vi. ELI L. COOK, b. April 184043. Endnotes 1. [email protected] 2. Richard A. Keirstead. 3. Melissa Jill Kluge, History of Casco, Maine, 306, Hezekiah b. 1773, d. Feb. 11, 1863. 4. Melissa Jill Kluge, History of Casco, Maine, 309, Cook, Hezekiah, son of Daniel and Mary Ann (Varney) Cook, b. in 1773, in Windham, d. Feb. 11, 1863, m. Sallay (Sarah) Whitney int. Nov. 2, 1793, b. 1776, d. Dec. 30, 1858. She may have been the dau. of Moses and Sarah (Gerry) Whitney of "Whitneyville." They lived on Leach Hill where Hezekiah was a blacksmith. "H. Cook" is shown living across from the schoolhouse on Leach Hill in 1857, but by 1871 no one is living there. They are both buried in the Mountain View Cemetery. He is referred to as "Deacon Hezekiah" as a member of the Gay Meeting House on Quaker Ridge. He later became involved with the new church in Casco Village when it was built in 1841. It is unknown what became of most of his family. 5. Richard A. Keirstead. 6. Steve Burton, adds that Hezekiah's gravestone reads "Deacon Hezekiah Cook";. 7. Richard A. Keirstead. 8. Melissa Jill Kluge, History of Casco, Maine, 309, Mary b. Apr. 7, 1794. 9. Richard A. Keirstead. 10. Melissa Jill Kluge, History of Casco, Maine, 309, Moses b. Feb. 18, 1800. 11. Richard A. Keirstead. 12. Melissa Jill Kluge, History of Casco, Maine, 309, Charlotte b. Feb. 16, 1802. 13. Richard A. Keirstead. 14. Melissa Jill Kluge, History of Casco, Maine, 309, Zachariah b. Nov. 19, 1806, d. 1888. 15. Richard A. Keirstead, [email protected], Is Hezikiah, with wife Juana, on the 1850 census the same as Hezekiah Cook, Jr. b Windham, ME? 16. IGI, (http://www.familysearch.org/), Raymond, Cumberland, ME Father: Hezekiah;. 17. Melissa Jill Kluge, History of Casco, Maine, 309, Hezekiah Jr. b. Mar. 30, 1809. 18. Richard A. Keirstead. 19. Melissa Jill Kluge, History of Casco, Maine, 309, Asa b. Feb. 28, 1811, d. Oct. 13, 1834. 20. Richard A. Keirstead. 21. Melissa Jill Kluge, History of Casco, Maine, 310, Margaret "Peggy" b. June 26, 1813. 22. Richard A. Keirstead. 23. Melissa Jill Kluge, History of Casco, Maine, 310, Ann b. Oct. 13, 1815. 24. Richard A. Keirstead. 25. Melissa Jill Kluge, History of Casco, Maine, 310, Jane b. May 13, 1818. 26. Richard A. Keirstead. 27. Melissa Jill Kluge, History of Casco, Maine, 310, Cyrus b. May 8, 1821, d. Oct. 27, 1834. 28. Richard A. Keirstead. 29. Melissa Jill Kluge, History of Casco, Maine, 309, Ephraim b. Oct. 24, 1795, m. Eliza Mayberry b. July 29, 1807, dau. of Daniel and Betsey (Nash) Mayberry; issue: Charlotte b. Dec. 5, 1826, Albert G. b. Oct. 13, 1828, Betsy b. Sept 27, 1830, Samuel b. June 8, 2832, Eveline b. June 3, 1834 and Cyrus b. May 8, 1836. 30. Richard A. Keirstead. 31. Richard A. Keirstead, Name Charles A. W. Cooke given by Cooke17513 <[email protected]>. 32. Alphonso Moulton, Howard L. Sampson and Granville Fernald, Centennial History of Harrison, Maine, (Portland, ME: Southworth Printing Company, 1909), 501, sent by Cooke17513 <[email protected]>Joshua [Howard], b. Apr. 1, 1826; married Charlotte, daughter of Ephraim and _____ (Mayberry) Cook of Harrison. [Five children listed]. 33. Richard A. Keirstead, Name Albert G. Cooke given by Cooke17513 <[email protected]>. 34. Richard A. Keirstead, Name Betsey M. Cooke given by Cooke17513 <[email protected]>. 35. Robert S. Cook. 36. Richard A. Keirstead. 37. Robert S. Cook. 38. Alphonso Moulton, Howard L. Sampson and Granville Fernald, Centennial History of Harrison, Maine, (Portland, ME: Southworth Printing Company, 1909), 338, sent by Cooke17513 <[email protected]>Charles Wesley [Abbott], b Sept. 20, 1831; married Sarah Jane, daughter of Ephraim and _____ (Mayberry) Cook of Harrison. They resided in Waterford and in Harrison and since 1889, have lived on a farm on Bridgton "Ridge".[Seven children listed]. 39. Richard A. Keirstead. 40. Steve Burton. 41. Richard A. Keirstead. 42. Steve Burton, gives name as Mary Ann Burton;. 43. Melissa Jill Kluge, History of Casco, Maine, 309. At 12:37 PM 4/6/2002 -0800, you wrote: >I am looking for my GGG Grandfather's family. This is the information >That I do have. > >Daniel Cook b. 12 Jun 1798 Raymond, Cumberland, Maine d. 1884 >Married 8 Jul 1827 @ Raymond, Cumberland, Maine >Wife: Mary Ann Longley b 18 Dec 1808 in Maine d. Nebraska > ( Mary Ann Longley's parents were Eli Longley and Mary Whitcomb) > >Children of Daniel Cook and Mary Ann Longley: > Julia Cook b. 20 Jul 1828 in Maine >Roscoe J. Cook b. 23 Mar 1830 >John W. Cook b. Apr 1832 >Grunville Cook b. 14 Mar 1834 >Francis Cook b. 12 Apr 1836 married Hiram Crocker Hint >Eli L. Cook b. Apr 1840 >*****Walter Seymour Cook b. 12 Jun 1849 at Augusta, Kennebeck, Maine d. >6 Apr 1931 @ Leith, Grant, North Dakota married Gertrude Lavina McCollum >31 Dec 1871 in Illinois > >**Walter and Gertrude had Jesse Maude Cook who married Oscar Alvador >Lewis >Oscar Alvador Lewis and Jesse Maude Cook had Almond Melvin Lewis who >married Ona Daisy Fay >Almond Melvin Lewis and Ona Daisy Fay Had Marian Margaret Lewis who >married Orvin E. Graff >Marian M. Lewis and Orvin Graff had Me, Rose Graff Uscola > >This has been my brick wall. Where did Daniel Cook came from and who >were his parents. I swear they must have been in a witness protection >program. >Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated. >Rose Graff Uscola > > > >==== COOK Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Donna, This is "definitely" the church that some of the Wayne County, TN families attended before moving west. Michael Shofner, the original Shofner/Shoffner immigrant, and his wife plus Michael Fogelman, the original Fogelman immigrant and brother-in-law of Michael Shofner, and his wife are buried there and their graves are well marked. The Michael Shofner line in particular had many, many contacts and inter-marriages with the Cooks who later moved to Bedford County, TN and beyond. If any early records for St. Paul's Lutheran Church can be found, and it is unlikely in my opinion, they should be a gold mine for all of us. Robert Nicholson ----- Original Message ----- From: James Duckworth To: Sheron (Pruitt) Reid ; Cook-L ; Nelda (Cook) ; Robert (Cook) Nicholson ; Bud Cooke Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 9:47 AM Subject: Fw: Church records - This is a letter that I received from the pastor of the church. This is "probably" the church where some of the Wayne Co., TN families went before coming west. Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: W. N. Hoss To: Donna Duckworth Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 5:08 PM Subject: Church records - Just a synopsis: Saint Paul's is the oldest Lutheran church in Alamance County, NC, with worship conducted here as early as 1745 with duly elected deacons and elders in charge of religious services. Itinerant pastors preached here as early as 1759 until 1764. Because 1770 marked the earliest documented date for the church organization, this date is used on the cornerstone of the church's fourth and current structure constructed in 1960. The first church was a log structure built around 1789 and was a Union church with the German Reformed until 1800 when the Reformed members withdrew and built a church of their own. The church was originially called Graves Church because it was built on 60 acres of land given by the Jacob Graves family. The name was changed to Saint Paul's about 1849. Pastor Adolphus Nussman arrived in America from Germany in 1773 and was the first ordained Lutheran minister in North Carolina. He served Saint Paul's and other Lutheran churches in ce! ntral and western North Carolina from 1775 to 1789. The Reverend W. N. (Bill) Hoss has served as Pastor since July of 1999. I will have to see if I can track down any records prior to 1800. I doubt it, but we shall see. Your friend in Christ, Bill Hoss

This is a letter that I received from the pastor of the church. This is "probably" the church where some of the Wayne Co., TN families went before coming west. Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: W. N. Hoss To: Donna Duckworth Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 5:08 PM Subject: Church records - Just a synopsis: Saint Paul's is the oldest Lutheran church in Alamance County, NC, with worship conducted here as early as 1745 with duly elected deacons and elders in charge of religious services. Itinerant pastors preached here as early as 1759 until 1764. Because 1770 marked the earliest documented date for the church organization, this date is used on the cornerstone of the church's fourth and current structure constructed in 1960. The first church was a log structure built around 1789 and was a Union church with the German Reformed until 1800 when the Reformed members withdrew and built a church of their own. The church was originially called Graves Church because it was built on 60 acres of land given by the Jacob Graves family. The name was changed to Saint Paul's about 1849. Pastor Adolphus Nussman arrived in America from Germany in 1773 and was the first ordained Lutheran minister in North Carolina. He served Saint Paul's and other Lutheran churches in cent! ral and western North Carolina from 1775 to 1789. The Reverend W. N. (Bill) Hoss has served as Pastor since July of 1999. I will have to see if I can track down any records prior to 1800. I doubt it, but we shall see. Your friend in Christ, Bill Hoss

----- Original Message ----- From: cooks To: cooks Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 4:16 PM Subject: Re: the cook family tree (not finsh) hi, listers( does this tree fit anyones..?) THE FAMILY TREE OF SYLVESTER& MARY COOK SHOREDITCH& HERTFORD James COOK m.pre june 1811 toMary , They had issue including: 1.Silvester Benjamin COOK christened 9 june 1811 st.Leonards,shoreditch Married 7 august 1832 bethnal green,north london to;Mary ann LEGG Silvester&Mary COOK had issue: 1.Caroline COOK christened 16 june 1833 st.leonards,shoreditch 2. Thomas henry COOK christened 25 december 1835 st. leonards,shoreditch 3. James richard COOK christened 3 may 1840 st. leonards, shoreditch 4. Albert thomas COOK christened 24 may 1846 st.leonards, shoreditch 5. mary Ann COOK Christened 10 July 1894 St Leonards, Shoreditch 6. Robert Solverst COOK (C1) Christened 8 Febeuary 1852 Shoreditch 7. Emily COOK Christened 11 May 1856 All Saints, Hertford, Hertfordshire C1: Robert Silvester COOK christened 8 February 1852 St Leonard's Church. Shoreditch Hoxton, North London. He was married at All Saints & St John's Hertford on 28 May 1871 to Ruth Maria Wareham. In April 1881 Robert was a 29 yr old General Dealer Living at Castle Street, Hertford with his 32 yr ols wife and their 3 children. Robert and Ruth COOK had Issure: 1. Louisa Maria COOK Christened 31 December 1871 All Saints & St John's, Hertford 2. Dora Emily COOK Chrisened 5 January 1873 All Saints & St John's , Hertford 3. Robert John COOK Christened 24 May 1874 All Saints & St John's, Hertford Robert John COOK married Emma Sparks in lambeth in 1894,they had four children 1,Dora Modder COOK born Lambeth 8,3,1900 2,Arthur Ernest COOK born Lambeth 11,1,1904 3,Edith Hilda COOK born Hertford 13,2,1910 4,Henry Frank COOK born Hertford 28,3,1912 regards craig