Thanks for helping me clear this up ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alice Palladini;" <alicep@rcn.com> To: <MA-MENDON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 10:51 AM Subject: [MA-MENDON] Hannah Cook/Albee > Morning Listers, > Well Betty S. you do have a good memory. Yes, I have a Walter Cook (e) > descendant group called the " Cookie Munchies". . We've been together > for 7 + years. > Probably 70 or more WC descendants , that I have run into , through the > years, all but ONE agrees from various sources, writings etc. that > Catherine Brenton was the only wife of Walter Cook(e). > There is also a letter Catherine Cook wrote to the General Court.. and she > says "OUR Children" .. Of course this is not proof.. but with other > material we have , we feel very comfortable stating that Catherine B. > is the wife Of WC. However most also agree the Elizabeth Holbrook, > probably was the wife of his son Walter. > Later research was done by Jane Fiske (see below) which does not > prove this but helps us be comfortable with our findings. > Till such time as we can find more proof that this is false, We > continue to use it. > Hannah was the d/o of Walter Cook (e) of Weymouth, Ma. who settled > Mendon, Ma. in 1663. > Presently we have no clue on who Walter Cook (e) descends from in England.. However , DNA testing is now being done by several WC. descendants from my group and also many Cooks on the Roots Web Cook list. We hope this will help to find WC ancestry back into England and probably find if the many other Cook lines are siblings etc. > > A new Walter Cook (e) Genealogy is presently being completed by the > daughter of Robert Cook who died in 2003 before the genealogy was > completed. RC worked extensively with Roberta & Dean Smith (now > deceased) of NEGHS and other Genealogical Libraries. and all came to > the same conclusion as the Munchies did. > Hope this helps a little, > Alice (see below) > ****************** > Catherine wife of WALTER COOK(E)_ : > Walter Cooke Weymouth and later of Mendon, Mass. died in Mendon 5 January > 1695/6 1695/6, having survived his wife Catherine by only three days > Both left wills . Catherine's last name has not been found and > Some early mixing of facts led to the belief that she was a > Second wife and not the mother ot Walter > S children(see George Chmabelain History of Weymouth, Mass. > 1923. 3:174). This. I believe- has been corrected and the supposed first > wife Experience shown to belong to someone else (Nora E. Snow, > Th Snow Estes Ancestry 1939) 1939.2:102-V > William Brenton, long a resident of Taunton but with > land holdings from the Merrimack to Rhode Island. died in in Newport > where his will was proved in 1674. The original official copy of t he > will has > survived and is in the possession of of the Newport Historical > Society. It includes the following: "I bequeath unto my sister Katerine > Cook's children to be paid within one year and a day after my > decease (if demanded) twenty pounds in stock at the currant price that > mt oversear shall appoint. > (see John 0. Austin Dictionary of R.I. 1887 p 254) - 254). Any Any > papers which might have indicated the distribution and thus the names > sisters children have been lost. > Because William Brenton had early land dealings with Thomas > Cook of Taunton and Portsmouth, and there was some intermarriages of > descendants > a thorough attempt was made to connect Katerine with the family without > success, Therefore I submit they she may well have been the wife > of Walter Cook of Mendon , Each family named a son Ebenezer, which is > hardly proof. It is known however that William Brenton came from > Hammersmith. Middlesex, England . It > is possible that research ed there might disclose some > evidence. > Boxwood, Ma. Apr. 1974 Jane F. Fiske: > Ref: The register-New England Historical Ge England Historical Gen Soc. , > Boston, Ma. Boston, Mass. Vol. 128 -Apr. 1974 > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >