My guess is that your Cook is from the minisink, where 3 states, PA NJ NY adjoin. The county in NJ would be Sussex, in PA it's Wayne & Pike then, and most records I know of up in there into the time period you're looking into would be DRC, Dutch Reformed Church - you'd be looking for christening, I think - but could be in any of the 3 states. In NY that's Orange County which expands by 1800 to eat up a big piece of Ulster Co. A look at a map shows how close the minisink also is to MD and DE over water. There is a rootsweb email list specifically for minisink researchers, don't miss it. I don't find census for Sussex Co until 1830. It's important to know that people crossed the river back & forth commonly whether for church, trade, or to escape indian raids earlier - there were ferries. Ports in the minisink area commonly had folks coming & going up & down the Atlantic coast. By 1850 census in Orange Co NY you can find people born TX or anywhere. I had NY folks leave there & cross VA into OH by 1818. familysearch.org has a file on him but doesn't give parents, only birth 21 Mar 1819, death 10 Feb 1886, married Helena Holmes Meyer Miller. I wonder if there might have been a Horatio Ross of the Continental Line in Essex County ... many children that time & place were given honorific names. The Revolution through War of 1812-14 were real important events in those folks' lives. > Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 22:27:05 -0500 > From: "EDW A COOK" <augcook@msn.com> > Subject: [COOK] Cooks of New Jersey and Pennsylvania > > My brick wall is HORATIO ROSS COOK, born ca. 1818 in New Jersey or > Pennsylvania. He stated New Jersey as state of birth on all census > documents. I believe, he was born close to both states. Names of parents not > known. On the 1880 Census, he stated that his father was born in New Jersey > and his mother was born in Maryland. > > He came to live in Augusta, GA in ca. 1826 to live with an aunt, according to > his obituary in February 1886. He graduated from the Medical College of > Georgia in 1841 and established his practice in Beech Island, SC, across the > Savannah River from Augusta, GA. The aunt may have been Eliza Keating, not > documented. > > I had a DNA test (37-marker) in June 06 without a hit in my COOK line. > However, I did have a minor hit with the KYLE surname. My two contacts > dismissed it as a fluke. I'm not so sure. > > My question---What birth records would be available around 1818 in New Jersey > and Pennsylvania? ____________________________________________________________________________________ Have a burning question? Go to www.Answers.yahoo.com and get answers from real people who know.

Thanks for your information. Appriciate the time. ann On 2/2/07, K Powell <grannytoad@yahoo.com> wrote: > > My guess is that your Cook is from the minisink, where 3 states, PA NJ NY > adjoin. The county in NJ would be Sussex, in PA it's Wayne & Pike then, > and > most records I know of up in there into the time period you're looking > into > would be DRC, Dutch Reformed Church - you'd be looking for christening, I > think > - but could be in any of the 3 states. In NY that's Orange County which > expands > by 1800 to eat up a big piece of Ulster Co. A look at a map shows how > close the > minisink also is to MD and DE over water. > > There is a rootsweb email list specifically for minisink researchers, > don't > miss it. I don't find census for Sussex Co until 1830. It's important to > know > that people crossed the river back & forth commonly whether for church, > trade, > or to escape indian raids earlier - there were ferries. > > Ports in the minisink area commonly had folks coming & going up & down the > Atlantic coast. By 1850 census in Orange Co NY you can find people born TX > or > anywhere. I had NY folks leave there & cross VA into OH by 1818. > > familysearch.org has a file on him but doesn't give parents, only birth 21 > Mar > 1819, death 10 Feb 1886, married Helena Holmes Meyer Miller. > > I wonder if there might have been a Horatio Ross of the Continental Line > in > Essex County ... many children that time & place were given honorific > names. > The Revolution through War of 1812-14 were real important events in those > folks' lives. > > > Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 22:27:05 -0500 > > From: "EDW A COOK" <augcook@msn.com> > > Subject: [COOK] Cooks of New Jersey and Pennsylvania > > > > My brick wall is HORATIO ROSS COOK, born ca. 1818 in New Jersey or > > Pennsylvania. He stated New Jersey as state of birth on all census > > documents. I believe, he was born close to both states. Names of parents > not > > known. On the 1880 Census, he stated that his father was born in New > Jersey > > and his mother was born in Maryland. > > > > He came to live in Augusta, GA in ca. 1826 to live with an aunt, > according to > > his obituary in February 1886. He graduated from the Medical College of > > Georgia in 1841 and established his practice in Beech Island, SC, across > the > > Savannah River from Augusta, GA. The aunt may have been Eliza Keating, > not > > documented. > > > > I had a DNA test (37-marker) in June 06 without a hit in my COOK line. > > However, I did have a minor hit with the KYLE surname. My two contacts > > dismissed it as a fluke. I'm not so sure. > > > > My question---What birth records would be available around 1818 in New > Jersey > > and Pennsylvania? > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Have a burning question? > Go to www.Answers.yahoo.com and get answers from real people who know. > > ------------------------------- > 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 > -- Ann Brown " Cookie"