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