Hi Mary-Gene, We have been in contact before. I have done a lot of research on this family and found that John Cook married Elizabeth "Betty" Ballard. Herbert Cook is my line. William I do not have the exact date of birth for but he was not born in 1969. He married to Fanny Rainey in 1803. Herbert was married twice, first to Penelope Taylor in 1802 they had no children she died very young and he married again to Sarah "Sally" Walker in 1805, they had 4 children I am descended from two of them. "Happy" Cook married John Taylor brother of Penelope mentioned above in 1802, no children. John Cook, Jr. married Sarah W. Pennington in 1812, they had 7 children. Elizabeth Cook another child born about 1781 married to Richard Ussery Lemay in 1804, they had 10 children.(source for Richard Lemay is Betty Butler.) Martha Cook married to Williamson Rainey in 1810 they had 12 children. I do my research at the Library of Va. and have been through many Mecklenburg County records through many years, marriages, deeds, wills, estate accounts, court orders, etc. and have verified a lot of this information and got a lot of it from the records. I do have more than I have posted here. God bless, Beth -------------- Original message from Mary-Gene Page <mgpage@unlimited.net>: -------------- > In my line is: > > John Cook Sr., md c1768 Betty BALLARD; found in Mecklenburg census 1790. > > Children of John and Betty: > > William B. (Sr) b 1969 md Frances RAINEY > (note the time gap here) > Kerenhappuck "Happy" b 1780 md TAYLOR > Herbert b c1783 md WALKER > John (Jr) b c1790 md PENNINGTON > Martha - md RAINEY > > I am not at all sure of this information, and the gap is suspicious - although > the Rev War took place in that time. > > If anyone has information on this family, I would appreciate learning it. I > have descendants of William B. and Frances. > > ------------------------------- > 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

Hello again. Yes, I do remember you. The DOB for William Sr. should have been 1769 - it was a mental/typing error on my part. But I have in my notes that "Beth Bond" (that's you?) believes the birth to have been in 1780. I'm not sure that this William (md Frances Rainey) is a son of John Cook and Betty Ballard. If you have no other documentation other than from me, it may be a false conclusion. Did any of your Cooks go to TN? William did, but none of the others?? Mary-Gene deliaesther@att.net wrote: > Hi Mary-Gene, > We have been in contact before. > I have done a lot of research on this family and found that John Cook married Elizabeth "Betty" Ballard. > Herbert Cook is my line. > > William I do not have the exact date of birth for but he was not born in 1969. He married to Fanny Rainey in 1803. > > Herbert was married twice, first to Penelope Taylor in 1802 they had no children she died very young and he married again to Sarah "Sally" Walker in 1805, they had 4 children I am descended from two of them. > > "Happy" Cook married John Taylor brother of Penelope mentioned above in 1802, no children. > > John Cook, Jr. married Sarah W. Pennington in 1812, they had 7 children. > > Elizabeth Cook another child born about 1781 married to Richard Ussery Lemay in 1804, they had 10 children.(source for Richard Lemay is Betty Butler.) > > Martha Cook married to Williamson Rainey in 1810 they had 12 children. > > I do my research at the Library of Va. and have been through many Mecklenburg County records through many years, marriages, deeds, wills, estate accounts, court orders, etc. and have verified a lot of this information and got a lot of it from the records. I do have more than I have posted here. > > God bless, > Beth >