This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: cook, clarkson, taylor, Ryley, Riley Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ABC.2ACE/3593.2 Message Board Post: Are you refering to the Joel Cook who would be having children of age to marry by 1800? My ancestor was one of his daughters. In 1851 she files for a pension from her husband's (James Clarkson) service in the War of 1812 and she says that John Taylor and John Ryley (Riley) were both at her wedding in person, and they gave depositions. Do either of these names ring any bells with you? Bobbi Estes