Dr. Robert Woodruff Cooke, MD

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Pedigree
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Dr. Robert Woodruff Cooke, MD, son of Dr. Ambrose Ellis Cook, MD and Sarah Piersall Wheeler, was born at Newton, Sussex Co., New Jersey, 21 January 1797.1,2,3,4,5 He died at Holmdel, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, 27 December 1867,1,2,6 and was buried in the Cooke plot at the Old Brick Reformed Church Cemetery, Marlboro, Monmouth Co., New Jersey.1,7

Robert married Susan Gansevoort, daughter of Conrad Gansevoort and Elizabeth Roseboom, at Albany, Albany Co., New York, 22 September 1830.2

Robert started his medical study under 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.8

Family

Susan Gansevoort b. 19 Mar 1805, d. 21 Nov 1894
Children
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Citations

  1. [S1012] Robert Woodruff Cooke Grave Stone, Cooke Graveyard at the Old Brick Reformed Church Cemetery, Marlboro, Monmouth Co., New Jersey; Photographed by Bruce Mitchell, June 2003.
  2. [S145] Catharine Roseboom, J. Livingston Roseboom, Henry U. Swinnerton and Joseph H. White, A Brief History of the Ancestors and Descendants of John Roseboom (1739-1805) and of Jesse Johnson (1745-1832): 1630-1897 (Cherry Valley, New York: Co-operative Press, 1897), 52, further cited as Roseboom, et al., Roseboom Ancestry.
  3. [S457] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Census [on-line database and images] (http://www.ancestry.com), 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; original data: NARA micropublication M432, Seventh Census of the United States, 1009 rolls, roll #456.
  4. [S458] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Census [on-line database and images] (http://www.ancestry.com), 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; original data: NARA micropublication M653, Eighth Census of the United States, 1438 rolls, roll #701.
  5. [S1305] Ambrose Cook's Family Register, Gregory Cooke, Clarkdale, Arizona.
  6. [S1301] Trenton, New Jersey, Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths of New Jersey, 1848-1900, AL:472, FHL microfilm 584587, further cited as New Jersey Vital Records.
  7. [S1546] Kat, Find A Grave memorial #31253408, added 9 Nov 2008, online http://www.findagrave.com, accessed Jan 2020, further cited as Find A Grave.
  8. [S1051] Franklin Ellis, History of Monmouth County, New Jersey (1885; reprint, Cottonport, Louisiana: Polyanthos, 1974), 327-329, further cited as Ellis, History of Monmouth Co.
  9. [S1012] Sarah Elizabeth Cooke Grave Stone, Cooke Graveyard at the Old Brick Reformed Church Cemetery.
  10. [S457] 1850 United States Census, Raritan Township, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, pop. sch., sheet 194, dwelling 133, family 140, Robert Cooke hshld.
  11. [S458] 1860 United States Census, Holmdel Township, Key Port Post Office, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, pop. sched., sheet #28, dwelling #181, family #172, Robt Cooke household.
  12. [S1015] Henry Gansevoort Cooke, Death Certificates (1919), New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Trenton, New Jersey.
  13. [S457] 1850 United States Census, Raritan Township, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, pop. sch., sheet 194, dwelling 133, family 140, Robert Cooke hshld.
  14. [S1012] Conrad Gansevoort Cooke Grave Stone, Cooke Graveyard at the Old Brick Reformed Church Cemetery.