Hello, A Cook family descendant chipping in! It could also have been Joseph Cook b. 1781 who married Mary Rannolls. Same age as the Joseph you mention (whose origins I can't find.) Brian, Bath -----Original Message----- From: R.P. & A.L. Lawrence [mailto:lawrence@hazels.u-net.com] Sent: 03 May 2000 23:55 To: ENG-GLO-HAWKESBURY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [[Hawks]] Joseph COOK Regarding the mystery of the Joseph COOK/Mary THOMPSON bastardy order of 1802, I found the following in the Gordon Beavington index to the 1851 census. This Joseph would have been the right age for a youthful indiscretion in 1802. 82 COOK Joseph 70 farmer 91 ac Hawkesbury Mary 58 Upton Ann 20 Upton John 18 Upton Sarah 15 Hawkesbury MARLING Henry Servant 20 Miserdine Bob Lawrence ============================== Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. http://pml.rootsweb.com/ Brought to you by RootsWeb.com.