My William Cook was born 1843 in Philadelphia. Moved to Illinois when out of grammer school. Always said he was an orphan and I can't find any record of him in PA or his family. I know a lot about him later, he fought in Civil War, married, had 11 children. One of the sons was my grandpa. Wish I could find more on his parents. Marilyn Cook Young "Ganusgal" <shellt@xmission.com> wrote: > >  ----- Original Message ----- >  From: Cookstuff@aol.com >  To: COOK@rootsweb.com >  Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 5:48 PM >  Subject: [COOK] Most Wanted - William Cook I > > > >  MOST WANTED - William COOK I >  WHAT WE THINK WE KNOW: >  William Cook I was probably born about 1700 and married Anne Griffin   >  (Griffith). Only known child was William Cook II, born about 1725 and died about   >  1784 Franklin Co., KY. He married Margaret Jones about 1750 in VA. There is   >  speculation that William Cook II may have had a brother John Cook.   >  William Cook I may have been living in Pittsylvania Co., VA in 1770 when   >  William Cook II was involved in a lawsuit there. We know that William Cook II   >  started his married life in Lunenburg Co., VA in 1750, lived in Halifax Co.,   >  1752-1767, lived in Pittsylvania Co., 1767-1777, lived in Franklin Co.,   >  1777-1784 and died in Franklin Co., KY about 1784.   >  An account written on an old Bible fly leaf with the printed title, "Family   >  Record", subtitled, "Miscellaneous", appears in a copy of Hitchcock's New and   >  Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible [Roswell Dwight Hitchcock, 1872] which   >  apparently belonged to Isaac and Nancy Sacra Cook and/or one of their children. >   Isaac Cook is the second son of William Cook III.   >  The first page of the Bible narrative reads: "William Cook, I, emigrated from >   England in the beginning of the Seventeenth Century . He married a Miss >  Griffin  and reared one son William, II. He married Margaret Jones about 1750, and >  reared  5 sons and 3 daughters. William III Son William II and Margaret Cook, >  married  Catharine Croucher about A.D. 1795, and reared Jesse II, Rachel II, >  Isaac I,  Nancy I, Hosea II, William III, Abraham II Rhoda I, and Seth the >  II."   >  The name Margaret appears to have been written over the word Miss. The   >  statement "beginning of the Seventeenth Century" obviously is an error intending   >  to mean the beginning of the Eighteenth Century or 1700. The names Griffin and   >  Griffith appear to be interchangeable in early public records. Catharine   >  Croucher would be Keturah Catherine Crutcher.   >  WHAT WE DON'T KNOW:   >  If William Cook I emigrated from England as stated on the fly leaf of an old   >  bible, we do not know the ship that he traveled on or port of entry. We do >  not  know his or his wife's ancestors. We are not sure of the county where he >  lived  in VA.   >  A tradition heard in one branch of the Cook family has William Cook I   >  emigrating to America from Northern Ireland to escape political harassment. This   >  could be true, but it is likely and logical that he was a native of VA.   >  SEARCH: International Genealogical Index (IGI) - William Cook I does not   >  appear in the database.   >  Sources: >  "The Cook Book" by Eunice Cook Konold, 1970 >  "Our Ancestors",  manuscript by Merlyn Joseph Cook >  Scroggins-Cook Bible File >  Scroggins2-Cook  File >  International Genealogical Index (IGI) Search, June 4, 1998 >  Chas. L. Cook, 4th grandson   > >   >  ------------------------------- >  To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COOK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >  -- >  No virus found in this incoming message. >  Checked by AVG Free Edition. >  Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.13.1/466 - Release Date: 10/7/2006 > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COOK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >