For more on my Cook ancestors: http://www.angelfire.com/pq/cougaroots/Cook.html William Cook Birth Date: Before 1761 Birth Place: Germany Death Date: 22 Feb 1841 Buried: Pompey Hollow, Onondago Co., NY Spouse: Asenath ________ (Lived with daughter, __ Jackson, in Palermo, Oswego Co., NY in Apr. 1855.) Marriage Date: 26 Feb 1779 Children: Josiah, John, Enos, (daughter) married ____ Jackson , Albert Military History of William Cook was posted in A. L. Cook's family record as follows: He enlisted about March 13, 1777 as a private for three years in a company commanded by Capt. David Smith, Col. Chandler's regiment of Connecticut troops. After having served about 18 months he was appointed Corporal and performed duties as corporal until the expiration of his term of service. (he was in Col. Sherman's regiment at the end of his service.) Residence of soldier at time of enlistment was Waterbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut. (He resided in CT until about 1796, when he moved to Pompey, NY.) Date of application for pension was January 28, 1819, residence: Pompey, NY. Age of applicant for pension was 58 years. During the Revolutionary War William Cook and eleven companions were sent to carry dispatches and were lost by their guide. They were lost for nine days. They carried with them only three day's rations. They were very nearly starved and lived on toads and roots. William Cook emigrated to America from Germany before the Revolutionary War was declared in 1776. As far as can be learned there were five men by the name of Cook who came to America on the same vessel. It was said that all were related and four of them enlisted in the Army. Information collected re:William Cook includes: In 1840, Albert Cook was living in Manlius, Onondaga with father William, age 79 (and mother?) (Census of Pensioners - Revolutionary or military Service, Printed by Blair & Rives 1841) In 1855, Albert Cook, the son of William and Asenath was a resident of Pompey, NY. [pension appl.] In 1819, Trueworthy Cook, a resident of Granby, Oswego County, NY stated that he enlisted in Waterbury, CT with the soldier William Cook, but did not state any relationship between them. (According to a correspondent on AOL: Trueworthy Cook was a brother of a Lemuel Cook, both sons of Henry Cook and Hannah Benham. Trueworthy was born 29 Sep 1758 in Litchfield, CT and died 29 Jul 1822 in Granby, NY.) In 1810, Census of Pompey, NY, these five Cooks are listed: Eli, Lemuel, Henry, Truworthy [sic], and William. Received from correspondence online excerpt from _Pension Abstracts_: COOK, William, Asenath, W1723, BLW #11421-160-55, CT line, sol lived at Waterbury in Litchfield Co., CT at enl & lived in CT until 1796 then moved to Pompey in Onondaga Co., NY & appld there 28 Jan 1819, aged 58, sol & wid m there 26 Feb 1797 & sol died there 22 Feb 1841, wid appl 20 Apr 1850 Oswego Co., NY (she was visiting her daughter who is not named) aged 71 but was a res of Pompey, wid appl for BLW 9 Apr 1855 Oswego Co., a res of Palermo, NY, in 1855 sol's son Albert Cook lived in Pompey, NY, in 1819 Trueworthy Cook of Granby in Oswego Col, NY stated that he enl with sol but did not state relationship. Found cemetery listing on USGENWEB online for "Pompey Hollow - west of creek" in Pompey township, Onondaga county. It lists COOK, William (d. Feb. 22, 1841 ae 80) and Asenath (d. July 25, 1856 ae 78).