Hello fellow COOKies! Its been awhile since my last post, so for the benefit of new folks to the list, here we go again! My earliest COOK is Philo COOK. He was born in Tompkins Co., New York on 3 OCT 1821. He married Lydia HALL (born 22 AUG 1818 in Ontario Co., New York). In the 1850 Federal Census for Yates Co., New York, town of Jerusalem, we find Philo and Lydia COOK listed, with child Jane. Philo's occupation being that of a peddlar of tin ware. Many other COOKs are listed in the area, but as of yet, I havent connected to any of them yet. According to the 1855 Federal Census for Yates Co., New York, town of Jerusalem, Philo and Lydia's first child, Jane COOK, was born about 1846 in that town in Yates Co. Other children listed were Loren, age 4, John, age 2, and Emily A., age 4 mos. According to this census, Philo had been living in Jerusalem, Yates Co., New York, since 1840, and Lydia had been there since 1841. Another COOK that caught my eye in the 1855 Census was a Seymore COOK, who was living with his sister, Hannah COOK, and her husband John PEARCE. Seymore was also born in Tompkins Co., New York, and was 26 years old in 1855. Seymore and Hannah's family is found in the 1850 census, with their parents Burnett and Thyzra, with their other siblings, Susan, Charles, Benjamin, Lucy, and Dewitt. Burnett was age 46 and Thyzra was age 42 in 1850, ruling them out as the parents of Philo COOK. (They would have been 15 and 11 when Philo was born). BUT there is a strong possibility that Burnett was either an uncle or brother to Philo. Philo, Lydia and family are also found on the 1860 Federal Census for Yates Co., New York, town of Milo. They arent seen again until the 1880 Federal Census in Lapeer Co., Michigan, Deerfield Twp. There they are found living without children. Philo died on 17 JUN 1882, in Deerfield Twp., Lapeer Co., Michigan, and was buried in the West Deerfield Cemetery there. Lydia is found in the 1894 Michgan State Census of Lapeer Co., in Deerfield Twp. She is living with her son John F. COOK, and his family. (In this census it states that Lydia's parents were born in Connecticut). Lydia died on 17 MAY 1903, in Deerfield Twp., Lapeer Co., Michigan. My COOK family lived in Lapeer Co., Michigan, until about 1965 when my father left there to join the US Army. I still have many, many, relatives living there now. If anyone has information on COOK families in the Lapeer Co., MI area, or Yates Co., NY or Tomkins Co., NY, please contact me! I have all COOK names in Yates Co., NY from copies of Census records dating from 1825-1855, if it would help anyone. Thanks so much for your time and HAPPY HUNTING!!! COOK FAMILY GENEALOGY --- Come visit my site! http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/1069 -- !~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~! !************ SURNAMES I AM RESEARCHING ******************! !~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~! ! ANDERSON, ANDREGG, ARETZ, ATKINS, AYERS, BAKER, BALL, ! ! BARKSDALE, BEDNARCZYK, BENDER, BROCK, BROWN, BURROWS, ! ! BURROWS, BURTCH, CABRAL, CARSON, CASLER, CHANEY, ! ! CHAPMAN, CHESNEY, CLARK, COFFEE, CONLEY, COOK, DARMES, ! ! DAVIS, DEGROAT, DILLARD,DOCKHAM, DRAKE, EHRENBERG, ! ! EUBANKS, FARLEY, FARRINGTON, FORD, FULLER, GANDY, GARET, ! ! GATKIE, GAUTHIER, GILBERT, GLENCOE, GORDON, GROGAN, ! ! HALL, HAUGE, HERENDON, HILGERS, HOLLAND, HOLLEY, HOLMES, ! ! HUTCHINSON, JOHNSON, JONES, KAY, KEMKES, KIMES, KING, ! ! KRUEGER, KUNZE, LANG, LARSON, LEVISEY, LITTLETON, LOUENRATH, ! ! MARION, McCARTHY, McCLELLAN, McINTYRE, McMULLEN, MEDAW, ! ! MILLIGAN, MOORE, MORGAN, NICHELS, NICHOLS, OBRIAN, PELER, ! ! PETERS, PETTENGILL, PETTINGILL, POLLOCK, RAUEN, RAYMOND, ! ! REESE, REID, REYNOLDS, RHODES, ROBERTSON, RODRIGUIZ, ROLLS,! ! SCHALAU, SCHNELL, SCHWALBE, SCHWARTZ, SELL, SIMMONS, SLEE, ! ! SMITH, SMOKE, SNYDER, SPIKES, STANLEY, STEWART, STIMSON, ! ! STINSON, STOWBRIDGE, STREZEMP, STRICKER, STURMAN, THOMAS, ! ! THORNTON, TISON, TURNER, TURPERING, VANDERLIP, VEEDER, ! ! WADDELL, WALTON, WATMOFF, WEBB, WHITING, WHITTLE, WIRTZ ! !~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~! ! COOK Family Genealogy - ! ! http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/1069 ! ! cooks@digisys.net ! !~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!