John Cook

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Pedigree
ChartsDescendants of Ellis Cook-6 Generations
John Cook, son of John Cook and Mehetabel Howell, was born in 1722.1 He died at Southampton, Suffolk Co., New York, 5 February 1804,2,3,4 and was buried at the Mecox Cemetery, Bridgehampton, Suffolk Co., New York, where his stone is inscribed:
In memory of Deac. John Cook who died Feb 5, 1804. Ae. 82
Cook is no more, his soul has took its flight
From sin and darkness to celestial light
Weep, reader, weep, but not for him the sigh
For you, yourself like him the same must die.3


John married Mary Schellenger, daughter of Daniel Schellenger, say 1750.3,1

Family

Mary Schellenger b. 1732, d. 26 Dec 1778
Child
This person was last edited on8 Sep 2015

Citations

  1. [S980] David Faris and Emma Howell Ross, Descendants of Edward Howell (1584-1655): of Westbury Manor, Marsh Gibbon, Buckinghamshire, and Southampton, Long Island, New York, 2nd rev. ed. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1985), 98, further cited as Faris and Ross, Descendants of Edward Howell.
  2. [S975] William A. D. Eardeley, "Inscriptions from the Town Cemetery, Southampton, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, 1681-1885," Typescript (35 p.) at the Queens Borough Public Library, Jamaica, New York: (1913), microform copy: FHL Film #17924, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, 4, stone #52, age 82, further cited as "Southampton Cemetery Inscriptions."
  3. [S979] James Truslow Adams, Memorials of Old Bridgehampton (Bridgehampton, Long Island: p.p., 1916), 326, further cited as Adams, Bridgehampton.
  4. [S171] George Rogers Howell, The Early History of Southampton L.I., New York with Genealogies. Revised, Corrected and Enlarged. Albany, New York: Weed, Parsons and Co., 2nd ed., 1887, 213. CD-ROM reprint, Genealogy and History of the Town of Southampton, New York (http://genealogycds.com: genealogycds.com, 2007), further cited as History of Southampton.