Maria Burritt Cowdrey

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Pedigree
ChartsAncestors of Edward Ambrose Cooke
Ellis Cooke to Edward Ambrose Cooke
Robert III, King of Scots to Edward Ambrose Cooke
James Madison - Edward Ambrose Cooke
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Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. - Edward Ambrose Cooke
Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Edward Ambrose Cooke
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Maria Burritt Cowdrey, daughter of Peter Anderson Cowdrey, Esq. and Maria Burritt, was born at New York, New York Co., New York, 6 January 1844.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 She died at New Brunswick, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, 22 October 1927,9,10,3 and was buried in the Cooke plot at the Old Brick Reformed Church Cemetery, Marlboro, Monmouth Co., New Jersey.3,11

Maria married Dr. Henry Gansevoort Cooke, MD, son of Dr. Robert Woodruff Cooke, MD and Susan Gansevoort, at New Rochelle, Westchester Co., New York, 8 June 1876.12,10,13

Maria left a will dated 28 May 1920, and proved 3 Nov 1927,
naming two daughters, Sara and Maria executors
leaving each of five children $1000 in cash and certain personal effects;
the residual estate to be divide equally among the children.

A codicil left an additional $600 to Sara and $400 to Maria, this being a bequest to the testatrix by Mrs. Samuel B. Cowdray.14

Family

Dr. Henry Gansevoort Cooke, MD b. 3 Feb 1833, d. 2 Dec 1919
Children
  • Sara Elizabeth Cooke15,10,16,17,18 b. 24 Jul 1877, d. 23 Jun 1960
  • Maria Cowdrey Cooke15,10,16,17,18 b. 20 Nov 1878, d. 3 Jan 1980
  • Dr. Robert Anderson Cooke, MD19,10,17 b. 17 Aug 1880, d. 7 May 1960
  • Susan Gansevoort Cooke19,10,17 b. 4 Jun 1882, d. 16 Dec 1941
  • Henry Gansevoort Cooke20,10 b. 12 Sep 1883, d. 15 Dec 1884
  • Edward Ambrose Cooke+21,10,22,17,18,23 b. 22 Apr 1887, d. 14 Sep 1960
This person was last edited on18 Sep 2021

Citations

  1. [S457] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Census [on-line database and images] (http://www.ancestry.com), Yonkers Township, Westchester Co., New York, population schedule, sheet #240, dwelling #470, family #632, Peter A Cowdrey household, age 6, born in New York; original data: NARA micropublication M432, Seventh Census of the United States, 1009 rolls, roll #615.
  2. [S15] Mary Bryant Alverson Mehling, Cowdrey-Cowdery-Cowdray Genealogy: William Cowdrey of Lynn, Massachusetts, 1630 and His Descendants ([New York, New York]: Frank Allaben Genealogical Co., 1905), 295-301, further cited as Mehling, Cowdrey Family.
  3. [S1012] Henry Gansevoort & Maria Cowdery Grave Stone, Cooke Graveyard at the Old Brick Reformed Church Cemetery, Marlboro, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; Photographed by Bruce Mitchell, June 2003.
  4. [S460] Ancestry.com, 1880 United States Census [on-line database and images] (http://www.ancestry.com), Holmdel Township, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 108, sheet #7, dwelling #51, family #52, Henry G. Cooke household, age 35, born in New York; original data: NARA micropublication T9, Tenth Census of the United States, 1454 rolls, roll #791.
  5. [S461] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Census [on-line database and images] (http://www.ancestry.com), New Brunswick City, 4th Ward, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 42, sheet #1B, dwelling #21, family #25, Henry G. Cooke household, age 56, born Jan 1844 in New York; original data: NARA micropublication T623, Twelfth Census of the United States, 1854 rolls, roll #791.
  6. [S462] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Census [on-line database and images] (http://www.ancestry.com), New Brunswick, 4th Ward, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 18, sheet #23A, dwelling #328, family #429, Henry G. Cooke household, Lived at 7 Livingston Ave, age 64, born in New York; original data: NARA micropublication T624, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1784 rolls, roll #898.
  7. [S463] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Census [on-line database and images] (http://www.ancestry.com), New Brunswick City, 4th Ward, 1st District, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 22, sheet #2B, dwelling #27, family #22, Maria Cooke household, Lived at 7 Livingston Ave, age 60, born in New York; original data: NARA micropublication T625, Fourteenth Census of the United States, 2076 rolls, roll #1055.
  8. [S458] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Census [on-line database and images] (http://www.ancestry.com), Yonkers, Westchester Co., New York, population schedule, sheet #689/265, dwelling #1636, family #1803, Frederick Cowdrey household, age 16, born in New York; original data: NARA micropublication M653, Eighth Census of the United States, 1438 rolls, roll #880.
  9. [S1015] Maria Burritt Cooke, Death Certificates, File No. 392 (1927), New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Trenton, New Jersey.
  10. [S213] Henry Gansevoort Cooke Family Bible Records, 1797-1960, The Comprehensive Bible; Old and New Testaments, According to the Authorized Version (Hartford, Connecticut: Andrus & Judd, 1832); held by Gregory Cooke, Clarkdale, Arizona,.
  11. [S2323] Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed Aug 2020), memorial page for Maria B. Cowdrey Cooke, Find a Grave memorial #31253007, maintained by Cookie, further cited as Find A Grave.
  12. [S1575] Henry G. Cooke pension application file (Civil War); certificate no. 885921, Marriage Certificate in file; Pension application files based upon service in the Civil War and Spanish-American War; Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
  13. [S461] 1900 United States Census, New Brunswick City, 4th Ward, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, pop. sched., e.d. 42, sheet #1B, dwelling #21, family #25, Henry G. Cooke household, married 24 years.
  14. [S2409] Newspapers.com, on-line database and images, "Daughters Get Cooke Estate", Central New Jersey Home News, (New Brunswick), 4 Nov 1927, p. 32, (https://www.newspapers.com/): accessed Oct 2020.
  15. [S512] Holmdel, New Jersey, Church Records 1825-1934, 100, FHL microfilm 1298672, item #2, further cited as Holmdel Church Records.
  16. [S460] 1880 United States Census, Holmdel Township, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, pop. sched., e.d. 108, sheet #7, dwelling #51, family #52, Henry G. Cooke household.
  17. [S461] 1900 United States Census, New Brunswick City, 4th Ward, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, pop. sched., e.d. 42, sheet #2A, dwelling #21, family #25, Henry G. Cooke household.
  18. [S462] 1910 United States Census, New Brunswick, 4th Ward, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, pop. sched., e.d. 18, sheet #23A, dwelling #328, family #429, Henry G. Cooke household.
  19. [S512] Holmdel Church Records, 102; FHL #1298672, item #2.
  20. [S512] Holmdel Church Records, 103; FHL #1298672, item #2.
  21. [S512] Holmdel Church Records, 104-105; FHL #1298672, item #2.
  22. [S147] Brooklyn, New York, Marriage certificates 1866-1937, Marriage Certificate #12921, FHL microfilm 1613585, further cited as Kings County Marriage Licenses.
  23. [S1014] Edward Ambrose Cooke, Death Certificates, File No. 60-092577 (1960), California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California.