Matthew, This is a long shot, but I have been looking in vain for the family of my ancestor Phoebe/Phebe Cook who married William HICKS (b. 1796) -- whose parents emigrated to Ross Co., OH, from Dorchester Co., MD. Could these families have been associated with one another? I notice your list of John Cook's children didn't include a Phoebe, but might he have had siblings who also came north? As I said, a long shot -- but you never know! Nan Runde mercat@eznet.net >Hi All, > >I keep hoping for that elusive match, but so far no luck. I'm looking >for any Cook families that came from Dorchester County, Maryland, >Pickaway County, Ohio or eventually Knox County, Illinois. My branch of >this Cook family eventually ended up in Clay County, Nebraska. So, any >Cooks from any of these regions, please drop me a line. Below I've >included what I've been able to uncover so far. > >John Cook originally came from Dorchester County, Maryland where he was >born Oct 5, 1774 (according to his headstone). His father may have been >a John Cook also. He moved to Pickaway County, OH with his family >around 1810. He was recorded on the 1820 US Census as living in Deer >Creek Township in Pickaway County. There are numerous other Cooks that >lived in the Deer Creek Township area, but I have no proof that any of >them were related. Then, according to Land Purchase Records from the >State of Illinois and the U.S. Census, I am able to gather he moved to >KNOX COUNTY ILLINOIS, purchasing land in Orange Township in 1835. > >According to cemetery records, he died November 16, 1845 and is buried >in COOK Cemetery in Knox County, Illinois. His wife, Sarah "Sally" >Bailey/Barclay is also buried there. She was born in Maryland on Jan 2, >1777 and died in Knox County on May 4, 1847. (It is wonderful what >information they used to include on some headstones. Unfortunately, >John's wife's maiden name was obscured so I'm still unsure whether it >was Bailey or Barclay. There is a more than likely connection with a >John Cook listed in the Daughters of the American Revolution having >married Sally Bailey, daughter of George Bailey from Maryland who fought >in the Revolution.) > >According to his probate records, John and Sarah had at least five >children: Elizabeth (married a Donaca), Mark (married Sophia Godfrey), >John (married Hester "Hettie" Holloway), Sarah (married Enoch Godfrey), >and Charlotte (married B. Fleharty possibly of Rio Township). > >Matthew Cook >mpcook@texas.net > > > >