 1745 - 1819 (74 years)
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| Name |
COOKE Consider |
| Birth |
04 Feb 1745 |
Kingston, MA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
20 Apr 1819 |
Marksboro, Warren Co., NJ |
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| Notes |
- Consider Cooke died, in his seventy-fifth year, on April 20, 1819, and was buried in the Cooke section
of the Marksboro Presbyterian Cemetery, about three miles from his home where many others of his
generation, including some of his brothers, are buried. He was probably one of the founders of the
Marksboro Presbyterian Church in1815. The inscription on his gravestone is as follows:
"Sacred to the Memory of CONSIDER COOKE, SR.
Who departed this life April 20th, 1819 In the 75th year of his age"
Consider Cooke died without a will as there is recorded at the Court House at Newton, N. J., a
partition deed, executed by his threechildren on August 19, 1819, four months after his death, which
divides "certain lands tenements and hereditaments situate in thecounty of Sufsex, which descended
to the said Rebeckah Cooke, WilliamCooke and Nathan Cooke by the death of their father intestate."
There is also recorded at the Court House an Inventory of ConsiderCooke, Sr., taken May 18, 1819,
as follows: Purse and apparel............$44.52 1/2
One Bond with interest.......537.31
$581.83 1/2
House and farm equipment..... $972.69
Daniel Curlis and Isaac Reed, Seno. were Appraisers and Nathan Cooke,Consider's younger son,
was Administrator of the estate. Children: Rebecca Cooke b. 17-Aug-1771. William
Cooke b. 14-Nov-1773. Nathan Cooke b. 13-Jun-1775.
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Descendants of Francis Cooke
Generation 6 (con't)
Cooke b. 14-Nov-1773. Nathan Cooke b. 13-Jun-1775.
The above information was contributed by Willson O'Connell .
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| Person ID |
I57051 |
Freeman-Smith |
| Last Modified |
10 Apr 2024 |
| Father |
COOKE Elisha, b. 10 Mar 1716, Kingston, MA d. Jan 1799, Hardwick, Warren Co., NJ (Age 82 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
EDGERTON Rebeckah, b. 11 May 1723, Halifax, Plymouth Co., MA d. Dec 1766, Sussex Co., NJ (Age 43 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
05 Nov 1741 |
| Family ID |
F25510 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
BELL Sarah, b. 21 Apr 1750, Roxbury, Morris Co., NJ d. 21 Apr 1820, Warren Co., NJ (Age 70 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1770 |
| Children |
| | 1. COOKE Rebecca, b. 17 Aug 1771 d. 19 Sep 1863, Warren, NJ (Age 92 years) [natural] |
| | 2. COOKE William, b. 14 Nov 1773, Johnsonburg, Sussex Co., NJ d. 13 Jan 1850, Warren, NJ (Age 76 years) [natural] |
| | 3. COOKE Nathan, b. 13 Jun 1775, NJ d. 04 Oct 1850 (Age 75 years) [natural] |
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| Family ID |
F25508 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
10 Apr 2024 |
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