Bob, you sound very authoritative that "John Cook is Irish" - please did you look for him in Hively's Warrant Books? He's page 134 in the Shrewsbury Index if you would be so kind. I ordered the book today, but in the meantime I'd surely sleep better for the next several nights knowing I'm onto something Irish! Martha marthadavis1@mindspring.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <CookeRL3@aol.com> To: <cook@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 7:55 PM Subject: Re: [COOK] John Cook, 1767 PA Colonial Surgey > Ken, > > Your John Cook is Irish, mine are English, arriving in America in 1713. > There is no evidence that my family had any Irish influence. George Adam > Cook is > not connected. To keep from wasting time, I'd say your John is not > connected > to my Cook family. > > "Cook" is an extremely common name especially in that area of Pennsylvania > at that time. Most were of German roots (Koch) the name is pronounced the > same > and there were many > > The names you found in the Pa. land records, "Elisha, Mary, Peter, Roger > & > Samuel Cook," except for Roger the rest are related. I have Hively's > books for > Warrington twp. and surrounding townships in York Co. Samuel Cook > (1738-1800) was the father of Elisha (1777-aft.1850) Peter Cook > (1700-1779) was the > father of Samuel. Mary (Underwood) Cook was the widow of Thomas Cook > (1704-1752), Peter's younger brother. > > Roger Cook is an unrelated gentleman who acquired 630 acres from William > Langley in 1768, that now straddles the Warrington and Carroll township > line. > > Jesse Cook (1744-1818) a son of Peter and brother of Samuel, is believed > to > have started a farm on a portion of Roger Cook's 630 acres in about 1768. > The > earliest land record I've been able to find with Jesse's name on it, is > 1810. This two-story farm outside of Dillsburg became know as the "Cook > Farm" and > has a date of 1785 under the eve. The 1785 date is thought to be when the > addition was added to the original house. > > The farm was handed down through my direct line until it was unexpectedly > sold by my grandfather's sister in 1953. At that time, my father was > "verbally" > next in line. In 1953 the 100 acre farm was bought by a cousin, so I > guess > you can say it's still in the family... > > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 21:28:11 -0400 > From: "kenneth hinkle" <jaykay@siscom.net> > Subject: Re: [COOK] John Cook, 1767 PA Colonial Surgey > To: <cook@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <004c01c6f4b0$35b1bd20$e514fbd1@yourxu5v9frokn> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > I would like more info on this cook family, i am looking for a lydia cook > that my be from Lancaster county around 1760-1780. ken hinkle > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martha Davis" <marthadavis1@mindspring.com> > To: <COOK-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 6:14 PM > Subject: [COOK] John Cook, 1767 PA Colonial Surgey > > >> Found in Hively's index in York Co. PA, John Cook in the >> Shrewsbury/Springfield Townships. According to Hively, York was formed >> from Lancaster in 1749 and Lancaster was formed from Chester in 1729. >> In >> that same index for Warrington/Washington townships are Elisha, Mary, >> Peter, Roger & Samuel Cook, and in W. Manheim/Penn Township is George >> Adam >> Cook. www.innernet.net/hively/PaLand/Index.htm Bob, I know you've said >> your John Cooke 1696-1759 bought land in Chester Co. in 1718 and his >> line >> remained in that area - could this one be his line or from one of the >> others? There is some confusion in my mind about my John Cook b. abt. >> 1715 Antrim, Ireland as a result of a quote taken from the Union Co. >> Heritage Book & pervasively spread about the internet: "John Cook and >> his >> wife Sarah Fulton emigrated from Ireland to Pennsylvania in 1757. At >> the >> Court of September 24, 1757, John Cook was one of several who being >> Quakers or such who conscientiously scruple to take an oath, being ! >> also Foreigners, by affirmation were naturalized . . .", a statement for >> which I have found absolutely no source! Why was he naturalized, he was >> already a British citizen? John died in PA and Sarah's Land Grant in >> 1772 >> Union, SC was given to Protestants, also their sons fought in the Rev. >> War. Any suggestions or help? Martha in Atlanta > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >