Dr. Robert Woodruff Cooke MD

b. 21 January 1797, d. 27 December 1867
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Father*Dr. Ambrose Ellis Cook MD1,2 b. 11 Jul 1772, d. 28 Jun 1828
Mother*Sarah Piersall Wheeler3,1,4,2 b. 1 Mar 1774, d. 9 Dec 1857
ChartsAncestors of Edward Ambrose Cooke
Ellis Cooke to Edward Ambrose Cooke
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. - Edward Ambrose Cooke
Dr. Robert Woodruff Cooke MD was born 21 January 1797 at Newton, Sussex Co., New Jersey.5,6,7,8,2 He married Susan Gansevoort, daughter of Conrad Gansevoort and Elizabeth Roseboom, 22 September 1830 at Albany, Albany Co., New York.6 He died 27 December 1867 at Holmdel, Monmouth Co., New Jersey.5,6,9 He was buried at Old Brick Reformed Church Cemetery, Marlboro, Monmouth Co., New Jersey.5

Robert started his medical study under the tutelage of his father. He later went to New York and entered the practice of Dr. Valentine Mott, and graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York. He moved to Holmdel in July 1820 where he spent the rest of his life in medical practice.

He was a very serious student of his profession and kept himself thoroughly informed of the progress and development of medicine that was the object, aim, and ambition of his life. He served the Medical Society of Monmouth as Secretary (1825-6, 1831-5), Treasurer (1841-2), Vice President (1828, 1843), and President (1838, 1844). In 1836 he was also appointed as the first postmaster when the post office was established in Holmdel.

He had an extensive practice for many years and was obviously very skilled in his profession. At his funeral an immense gathering of substantial citizens came from across the county and filled the church.10

Family

Susan Gansevoort b. 19 Mar 1805, d. 21 Nov 1894
Marriage*He married Susan Gansevoort, daughter of Conrad Gansevoort and Elizabeth Roseboom, 22 September 1830 at Albany.6 
Children

Citations

  1. [S214] Somerset Co., New Jersey, Probate records, 1794-1945; indexes, 1804-1972, Orphan's court minutes, D:177, FHL microfilm 906632 Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereafter cited as Somerset Co. Probate.
  2. [S1305] Ambrose Cook's Family, Family Register, Compiler's genealogy files, West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah.
  3. [S215] William Reiley, The Beloved Physician: A Discourse Made at the Funeral of Robert W. Cooke, M.D., in The Reformed Church, Holmdel, N. J., December 31st, 1867 (Freehold, New Jersey: James S. Yard, Printer, 1868). Hereafter cited as R. W. Cooke Eulogy.
  4. [S145] Catharine Roseboom, J. Livingston Roseboom, Henry U. Swinnerton and Joseph H. White, 1630-1897, A Brief History of the Ancestors and Descendants of John Roseboom (1739-1805) and of Jesse Johnson (1745-1832), (Cherry Valley, New York: Co-operative Press, 1897), 46. Hereafter cited as Roseboom, Roseboom, Swinnerton, and White, Roseboom Ancestry.
  5. [S1012] Robert Woodruff Cooke Grave Stone, Cooke Graveyard at the Old Brick Reformed Church Cemetery, Marlboro, Monmouth, New Jersey; Photographed by Bruce Mitchell, June 2003.
  6. [S145] Roseboom, Roseboom, Swinnerton, and White, Roseboom Ancestry, 52.
  7. [S457] Seventh Census of the United States, 1850, Raritan Township, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, population schedule, sheet 194, dwelling 133, family 140, Robert Cooke household, age 50, born in New Jersey, a Physician, and owned $20,000 in real estate, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); original data: NARA micropublication M432, roll 456.
  8. [S458] Eighth Census of the United States, 1860, Holmdel Township, Key Port Post Office, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, population schedule, sheet 28, dwelling 181, family 172, Robt Cooke household, age 65, owned $57,000 in real estate, $8,000 in personal property and born in New Jersey, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); original data: NARA micropublication M653, roll 701.
  9. [S1301] Trenton, New Jersey, Records of Briths, Marriages, and Deaths of New Jersey, 1848-1900, AL:472, FHL microfilm 584587 Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Hereafter cited as New Jersey Vital Records.
  10. [S1051] Franklin Ellis, History of Monmouth County, New Jersey, (Philadelphia: R. T. Peck & Co., 1885; reprint, Cottonport, Louisiana: Polyanthos Inc., 1974), 327-329. Hereafter cited as History of Monmouth Co.
  11. [S1012] Sarah Elizabeth Cooke Grave Stone, Cooke Graveyard at the Old Brick Reformed Church Cemetery.
  12. [S457] 1850 US Census, Raritan Township, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, pop. sch., sheet 194, dwelling 133, family 140, Robert Cooke hshld.
  13. [S458] 1860 US Census, Holmdel Township, Key Port Post Office, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, pop. sch., sheet 28, dwelling 181, family 172, Robt Cooke hshld.
  14. [S1015] Henry Gansevoort Cooke, Death Certificates (1919), New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey.
  15. [S457] 1850 US Census, Raritan Township, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, pop. sch., sheet 194, dwelling 133, family 140, Robert Cooke hshld.
  16. [S1012] Conrad Gansevoort Cooke Grave Stone, Cooke Graveyard at the Old Brick Reformed Church Cemetery.
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