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Maj Aaron Cooke Jr.

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Maj Aaron Cooke Jr. Veteran

Birth
Bridport, West Dorset District, Dorset, England
Death
5 Sep 1690 (aged 76)
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.325403, Longitude: -72.6256425
Plot
Founder's Monument
Memorial ID
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Aaron Cook was the son of Aaron Cook and Elizabeth (Chard) Cook of Bridport,Co.Dorset, England.
He was baptized at Bridport,Co.Dorset Mar 20, 1613/4.

NOTE: Lower three photos are of a cenotaphic memorial in Palisado Cemetery in Windsor, Connecticut.

His first wife was Mary (Ford) Cook, daughter of Thomas Ford and Joane (Waye) Ford. Mary died in 1649 at Windsor,CT.
Children(by first marriage): Joanna Cook Wolcott(first wife of Simon Wolcott), Aaron Cook III, Miriam Cook Leeds, and Moses Cook.
His second wife was Joan (Denslow) Cook, *possibly* (not proven) daughter of Nicholas Denslow and Elizabeth (Doling) Denslow. Joan died April 1676 at Westfield,MA.
Children(by second marriage): Samuel Cook, Elizabeth Cook Parsons(first wife of Samuel Parsons), John Cook, and Noah Cook.
His third wife, whom he married Dec 2,1676, was Elizabeth (Nash) Cook, daughter of John Nash and Elizabeth (Tapp) Nash of New Haven,CT. She died Sept 3, 1687 and is probably buried beside Aaron in Northampton.
His fourth and final wife, whom he married Oct 2,1688, was Rebecca (Foote) Smith Cook.
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This Aaron was Major Aaron Cooke Jr., who was involved in the First Anglo-Dutch War (1652–1654). Proof:
"Aaron (Capt.), b. Eng., 1610" "His military career seems to have commenced in W.[Windsor], for 21 May 1653, Leftenent Cooke was app. Commander in Chief of the 65 soldiers drafted out of the 10 Conn. towns, on a requisition of the Commissioners of the United Colonies, for a war against the Dutch. ... In 1687, Gov. Andros made Capt. Cooke a Major (then the highest military office in Mass.), and, after Andros's fall, he was again Captain... He d. at Northampton, 5 Sept. 1690, ae. 80."
Source: "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," by Henry Reed Stiles, pub. 1891, pages 160-161, free online at:
https://archive.org/details/historygenealogi02stil/mode/2up
Contributor: Bill Benson (36798045)
Aaron Cook was the son of Aaron Cook and Elizabeth (Chard) Cook of Bridport,Co.Dorset, England.
He was baptized at Bridport,Co.Dorset Mar 20, 1613/4.

NOTE: Lower three photos are of a cenotaphic memorial in Palisado Cemetery in Windsor, Connecticut.

His first wife was Mary (Ford) Cook, daughter of Thomas Ford and Joane (Waye) Ford. Mary died in 1649 at Windsor,CT.
Children(by first marriage): Joanna Cook Wolcott(first wife of Simon Wolcott), Aaron Cook III, Miriam Cook Leeds, and Moses Cook.
His second wife was Joan (Denslow) Cook, *possibly* (not proven) daughter of Nicholas Denslow and Elizabeth (Doling) Denslow. Joan died April 1676 at Westfield,MA.
Children(by second marriage): Samuel Cook, Elizabeth Cook Parsons(first wife of Samuel Parsons), John Cook, and Noah Cook.
His third wife, whom he married Dec 2,1676, was Elizabeth (Nash) Cook, daughter of John Nash and Elizabeth (Tapp) Nash of New Haven,CT. She died Sept 3, 1687 and is probably buried beside Aaron in Northampton.
His fourth and final wife, whom he married Oct 2,1688, was Rebecca (Foote) Smith Cook.
pkm

This Aaron was Major Aaron Cooke Jr., who was involved in the First Anglo-Dutch War (1652–1654). Proof:
"Aaron (Capt.), b. Eng., 1610" "His military career seems to have commenced in W.[Windsor], for 21 May 1653, Leftenent Cooke was app. Commander in Chief of the 65 soldiers drafted out of the 10 Conn. towns, on a requisition of the Commissioners of the United Colonies, for a war against the Dutch. ... In 1687, Gov. Andros made Capt. Cooke a Major (then the highest military office in Mass.), and, after Andros's fall, he was again Captain... He d. at Northampton, 5 Sept. 1690, ae. 80."
Source: "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," by Henry Reed Stiles, pub. 1891, pages 160-161, free online at:
https://archive.org/details/historygenealogi02stil/mode/2up
Contributor: Bill Benson (36798045)


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  • Maintained by: P.K. Magruder
  • Originally Created by: GWC
  • Added: Apr 4, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25751965/aaron-cooke: accessed ), memorial page for Maj Aaron Cooke Jr. (20 Mar 1614–5 Sep 1690), Find a Grave Memorial ID 25751965, citing Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by P.K. Magruder (contributor 47017377).