John's Genealogy
John Cook & Mary Borden




Husband John Cook

       Born: 1631                    at: England 1 2
 Christened:                         at: 
       Died: May 16, 1691            at: Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island 1 2 3
     Buried:                         at: 


     Father: Thomas Cook (Abt 1603-1677) 2
     Mother: 


    Married: Abt 1652 2 3   Place: 

Events
1. Will 2, May 15, 1691
" To son John one hundred and fifty acres at Punketest with housing and four acres in Sapowet in LC reserving right of my son Joseph of getting hay at Punketest for 15 head of cattle; to son Joseph housing and land where I know dwell in Portsmouth and four acres at Sapowet Marsh and son Joseph to pay his sisters Mary Manchester wife of William, Elizabeth Briggs wife of William, Sarah Wait wife of Thomas, Hannah Wilcox wife of Daniel and Martha Cory wife of William, 10 pounds each; to Deborah Almy wife of William, 1 shilling; to Amey Clayton, wife of David, 10 pounds; and to each other sister there being six of them, a cow; To daughter Mary Manchester 10 sheep; to daughter Elizabeth Briggs a feather bed; to son Joseph negro man Jack for rest of life and Indian woman Maria to be his servant for ten years and then freed, and Indian boy Joan Francisco to serve him till 24 years of age; to son Thomas a share of land at Pocasset, 20 sheep, etc.; to son Samuel land at Pocasset; to son John negro woman Betty and child; to granddaughter Sarah Manchester a cow..."



Wife Mary Borden

       Born: 1633                    at: Cranbrook, Kent, England 3
 Christened: January 13, 1632/33     at: Cranbrook, Kent, England 4
       Died: December 23, 1690       at: Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island 1 3
     Buried:                         at: 


     Father: Richard Borden (1596-1671) 4
     Mother: Joane Fowle (1604-1688)



Events
1. Baptism 5, January 13, 1632/33, Cranbrook, Kent, England


Children
1 F Hannah Cook

       Born: Abt 1660                at: Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island 3
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       Died: October 22, 1736        at: Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island 3
     Buried:                         at: 
Spouse: Enoch Briggs (After 1642-1734) Marr: March 2, 1699-2000, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island 3 Spouse: Daniel Wilcox (living)

2 F Mary Cook

       Born: Abt 1656                at: Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island 3
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       Died:                         at: 
     Buried:                         at: 


3 F Elizabeth Cook

       Born: 1653                    at: Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island 1
 Christened:                         at: 
       Died: August 1716             at: Little Compton Rhode Island 3
     Buried:                         at: 
Spouse: William Briggs (1650-1716) Marr: 1680 3

4 F Sarah Cook

       Born: Abt 1658                at: Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island 3
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       Died:                         at: 
     Buried:                         at: 


5 M John Cook

       Born: 1656 1 at: 
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       Died:                         at: 
     Buried:                         at: 
Spouse: Ruth Shaw (1660- ) Marr: Rhode Island 1

6 M Joseph Cook

       Born: Abt 1662                at: Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island 3
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       Died: March 21, 1745/46 1 at: 
     Buried:                         at: 


7 F Martha Cook

       Born: Abt 1668                at: Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island 3
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       Died:                         at: 
     Buried:                         at: 


8 F Deborah Cook

       Born: Abt 1666                at: Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island 3
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       Died:                         at: 
     Buried:                         at: 


9 M Thomas Cook

       Born: Abt 1664                at: Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island 3
 Christened:                         at: 
       Died: 1726 1 at: 
     Buried:                         at: 


10 F Amy Cook

       Born: Abt 1671                at: Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island 3
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       Died:                         at: 
     Buried:                         at: 


11 M Samuel Cook

       Born: Abt 1674                at: Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island 3
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       Died:                         at: 
     Buried:                         at: 


1 John Osborne Austin, Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island Families Comprising three Generations of Settlers Who Came Before 1690, (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1995), From the library of John D. Warren.

2 Benjamin Franklin Wilbour, Little Compton Families, (Baltimore, Clearfield Company, 1967 Reprint 2000), The Library of John D. Warren.

3 Thomas Cook Of Rhode Island.

4 G. Andrews Moriarty, The Bordens of Headcorn, Co. Kent, (The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 84, April, 1930, Xerox copy in possesion of John Warren).

5 G. Andrews Moriarity, Additions and Corrections to Austins Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island The American Genealogist.


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