First Generation 1. Henry COOK. John Hall of Wallingford, Conn., A Monograph by James Shepard, Published by Record Press, New Britain, Conn., 1902. p. 44. of Salem, Mass. Henry COOK and Judith BIRDSALE were married. Henry COOK and Judith BIRDSALE had the following children: +2 i. Henry COOK (born on 30 Dec 1652). Second Generation 2. Henry COOK (Henry-1) was born on 30 Dec 1652. Inventory of estate was completed in Mar 1705 in , New Haven, Connecticut. John Hall of Wallingford, Conn., A Monograph by James Shepard, Published by Record Press, New Britain, Conn., 1902. p. 46. The inventory of the estate of Henry Cook, 657 pounds, 9 shillings, 7 pence., with the names and ages of his children, was filed third Tuesday in March, 1705, Adm. granted same day to Mary Cook, widow, and Henry Cook, son of the decd. (New Haven Country Court records, Vol. 2, 211.) He signed a will on 2 Mar 1718/19 in , New Haven, Connecticut. Henry COOK and Mary HALL were married on 30 Sep 1678 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Mary HALL (daughter of John HALL and Jean (Jane) WOOLEN) was born about 1654 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. She died on 31 May 1718 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. Will was probated on 9 Dec 1718 in , New Haven, Connecticut. John Hall of Wallingford, Conn., A Monograph by James Shepard, Published by Record Press, New Britain, Conn., 1902. p. 44. She was living at Wallingford with her father and mother when John Hall spoke to her and others his last will in 1676, and was married, probably, at Salem, Sept. 30, 1678. "Henry Cooke married to Mary Hale ye late of the 7th mo. 1678." (Salem records, from Collections Essex Institute, Vol. 2, 43.) Facts hereinafter given show that "Hale" in the fore going marriage record was intended for Hall. In olden time Hall was spelled "Halle," so that the omission of only a single letter renders the name Hale and we find this done in the Hartford land records before considered, where we know that "Hale" was meant for Hall. One Mary Cook, age 39, died Sept. 4, 1695 (Wallingford records), and as she is not accounted for, some have suggested that she was this Mary Hale, the first wife of Henry Cook, and that Mary Hall was his second wife. Henry, son of Henry and Mary, was born 12 years before the death of Mary Cook, so that he would not have been the son of a second Mary, but in the probate records of the estate of widow Mary Cook, 1718, he is called "her eldest son." This same son Henry quitclaims to his brother Isaac, his right in the "homestead which was our mother's Mary Cook's decd. of Wallingford" Aug. 16, 1720. (Wallingford land, Book 4, 188.) That the first, second, fifth, and eighth of his children were granddaughter of John Hall, and married respectively, Jeremiah How, Joseph Preston, Timothy Beach, and Adam Mott, is shown by the following: We, Jeremiah How ye 2d & Mary his wife, formerly Cook, both of Wallingford, to Daniel Hall, Jr., land that "comes to us on the right of our honored grandfather, Mr. John Hall the first of Wallingford & on the right of our honored father Henry Cook, late of Wallingford, decsd.", dated March 19, 1729. (Wallingford land, Book 6 , p. 95.) "Joseph Preston & Jane my wife of Wallingford" to Daniel Hall, Junior, land "which came by our ancestors as yet not layed out" dated Jan. 28, 1724. (Wallingford land, Book 4, p. 520.) Timothy Beach & Hannah Beach, both of Wallingford to our brother Isaac Cook of Wallingford, "all our right that we should or might have in or to the seventh division of land .... that shall or may accrue to us on our grandfather Hall's right & our father Henry Cook's right;" dated May 24, 1734. (Wallingford land, Book 7, p. 141.) Adam Mott & Elizabeth Mott, wife to Adam Mott of Wallingford, to Samuel Hall, "in right of my wife Elizabeth" land that "descends to us from our father Henry Cook of sd Wallingford & half an acre from our honored grandfather John Hall, Decd;" dated Oct. 19, 1724. (Wallingford land, Book 4, p. 454.) These facts prove that Mary Hall was Henry Cook's first and only wife. She named her first daughter "Mary" for herself, her second daughter "Jane" for her mother, her first son "Henry" for her husband, and her second son "John" for her father. Elizabeth, Jonathan, and David also appear to have been named for the Halls. Henry COOK and Mary HALL had the following children: +3 i. Mary COOK (born on 15 Jul 1678). +4 ii. Jane COOK (born about 1681). +5 iii. Henry COOK (born about 1683). +6 iv. John COOK (born about 1685). +7 v. Hannah COOK (born about 1690). +8 vi. Isaac COOK (born about 1692). 9 vii. Elizabeth COOK was born in Apr 1694. She died before 1696. +10 viii. Elizabeth COOK (born about 1696). 11 ix. Jonathan COOK was born about 1698. John Hall of Wallingford, Conn., A Monograph by James Shepard, Published by Record Press, New Britain, Conn., 1902. p. 46. His name appears in the list of children appended to the inventory of his father's estate 1705, but neither he nor his heirs are mentioned in the distribution of the said estate, Mar. 2, 1718/19. +12 x. David COOK (born about 1701). +13 xi. Jedidiah COOK (born about 1703). Third Generation 3. Mary COOK (Henry-2, Henry-1) was born on 15 Jul 1678 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Mary COOK and Jeremiah HOW were married on 7 Jul 1708 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. John Hall of Wallingford, Conn., A Monograph by James Shepard, Published by Record Press, New Britain, Conn., 1902. p. 46. They removed to Brookfield, N.H., before March 4, 1722/3, but were living at Wallingford again March 19, 1729, at which time he is called "Jeremiah How ye 2d." 4. Jane COOK (Henry-2, Henry-1) was born about 1681. Jane COOK and Joseph PRESTON were married on 7 Jul 1708. Joseph PRESTON (son of Eliasaph PRESTON and Elizabeth BEACH) was born on 10 Mar 1681. 5. Henry COOK (Henry-2, Henry-1) was born about 1683. History of the Town of Northfield, Massachusetts, by J. H. Temple and George Sheldon, published by Joel Munsell, 82 State St., Albany, N.Y., 1875. p. 485. of Wallingford, Ct. John Hall of Wallingford, Conn., A Monograph by James Shepard, Published by Record Press, New Britain, Conn., 1902. p. 46. Removed about 1729 to that part of Waterbury which is now Plymouth, Conn., locating where the upper portion of the village of Thomaston is built. He is accredited as the firs settler of Plymouth, and was called "the soldier of the wilderness." "We have found him to be a man of courage, enterprise, and a spirit that withstood in justice, was one of the foremost promoters of the established church ... but the next year went over to the Church of England." His grandson Lemuel (son of his son Henry,) is believed the last survivor of the soldiers of the Revolutionary war and died May 20, 1866, aged 102. (New History Waterbury, Vol. 1, 315.) Henry COOK and Experience LYMAN were married. Experience LYMAN (daughter of Robert LYMAN and Hepzibah BASCOM) was born in 1679 in Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts. She died on 8 Oct 1709. John Hall of Wallingford, Conn., A Monograph by James Shepard, Published by Record Press, New Britain, Conn., 1902. p. 46. Dau. of Robert Lyman, of Northfield, Mass. Henry COOK and Mary FROST were married on 13 Feb 1710. Mary FROST (daughter of John FROST and Mercy PAINE) died on 31 May 1718. Henry COOK and Sarah TOWNER were married. Sarah TOWNER was the daughter of Samuel TOWNER. 6. John COOK (Henry-2, Henry-1) was born about 1685. John COOK and Abigail JOHNSON were married on 12 Dec 1710. 7. Hannah COOK (Henry-2, Henry-1) was born about 1690. Hannah COOK and Timothy BEACH were married on 26 Nov 1713. Timothy BEACH (son of Thomas BEACH) was born on 11 Jan 1689. Hannah COOK and Timothy BEACH had the following children: +14 i. Hannah BEACH (born on 21 Apr 1722). 8. Isaac COOK (Henry-2, Henry-1) was born about 1692. Isaac COOK and Hannah HILL were married. Hannah HILL was the daughter of Luke HILL. Isaac COOK and Hannah HILL had the following children: 15 i. Demetrius COOK. John Hall of Wallingford, Conn., A Monograph by James Shepard, Published by Record Press, New Britain, Conn., 1902. p. 46. Demetrius Cook of Brandford, Conn., son of Isaac, in a deed dated Oct. 3, 1739, names his "honored grandfather, Luke Hill, of Guilford." (Brandford land, Vol. 6, 223.) 10. Elizabeth COOK (Henry-2, Henry-1) was born about 1696. Elizabeth COOK and Adam NOTT were married on 24 Aug 1717. 12. David COOK (Henry-2, Henry-1) was born about 1701. David COOK and Rebecca WILSON were married. 13. Jedidiah COOK (Henry-2, Henry-1) was born about 1703. Jedidiah COOK and Sarah REXFORD were married on 11 Aug 1727. Sarah REXFORD was born on 6 Sep 1705. Fourth Generation 14. Hannah BEACH (Hannah COOK-3, Henry-2, Henry-1) was born on 21 Apr 1722 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. She died on 23 Jun 1773 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. Hannah BEACH and Isaac PARKER were married on 11 Aug 1742 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. Isaac PARKER was born in 1720 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. Hannah BEACH and Isaac PARKER had the following children: +16 i. Ruth PARKER (born on 11 Jul 1750). 17 ii. Kezia PARKER was born on 12 Feb 1743/44 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. She died before 1776. 18 iii. Lois PARKER was born on 30 Apr 1746 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. +19 iv. Isaac PARKER (born on 14 Sep 1754). 20 v. Mary PARKER was born on 14 Aug 1755 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. 21 vi. John PARKER was born on 21 Feb 1762 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut. 22 vii. Phineas PARKER was born on 14 Jan 1765 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut.