This is definantly my last on last names. In Warrington Township (where I live) are many Cooks.Bob Cook tells me the story of the origin of the name Cooke in my township.It seems that one of the Cooks thought (or hoped)) that he was a descendant of Captain Cooke,the famous English explorer,so he arbitrarily added an e on the end of his name.Now if you look in our local telephone directory there are about as many Cooks as Cookes and they are probably all related and don't realize it. visit"The George Smedley Homepage" http://smedley.lewis.home.att.net additional photos at http://smedley.george.home.att.net