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DESCENDANTS OF ABEDNEGO SANDERS AND AMY COOK

CASS, ROBERTS/ROBBARDS, COOK, PETERS, LEEKA, EDMONSON, CLEVENGER, RECTOR/RICHTER, GRAY, ADAMS, SHANK/S, SISK, ROONEY, ADAMS, GRAVATT, EMERSON, SISK, DERTHICK, TINE, CLEMENS

Source Notes: Melody Tuli.
I found information and some history regarding a SAMPSON SAUNDERS from England who had sons SHAMRACH, MEISACH, and ABEDNEGO SAUNDERS. But this Abednego was born 20 years before our Abednego Sanders.
I also found the same names living in North Carolina, during the same time frame as our Abednego.

---Descendants of Abednego Sanders and Amy Cook
Abednego/Abedinago Saunders/Sanders and Amey/Amy Cooke/Cook

Source Notes: Tim Mattingly's old family letter.
Source: See Family Letters.
His parents may have been WOOLARD/WILLARD SAUNDERS/SANDERS
and MARY WILD GOOSE, according to an old family letter written by FANNIE FERN NICHOLSON.

Source Notes: Melody Tuli.
I have also seen AARON listed for the father of ABEDNEGO, although I found no
AARON SAUNDERS/SANDERS among the census records during that time period.
There was however a FRANCIS SANDERS listed closely with our ABRAHAM COOKE/COOK.
Source: See Census records.

- First Generation-

1 ABEDNEGO1 SANDERS, I Age: 45 or 50
was born in 1785/1790, in Guilford County, North Carolina.
He died on May 7, 1835, in New Burlington, (now Muncie) Indiana.
Burial: Reice/Reece Cemetery, in Delaware County, Muncie, Indiana.
Source Notes: According to old family letter Abednego is buried in what was known as
the old Indian mound.
Source: See family letters.
Occupation: Teacher.

Source Notes: Don Sanders
In my research in Lincoln County, North Carolina, I came across this:
In 1815, an Abednego Saunders property line was mentioned in a survey that took place on
Little Catawba Creek which later became Gaston County.

ABEDNEGO married AMY/AMEY COOK/COOKE daughter of
ABRAHAM COOK/COOKE, II. and ELIZABETH CASS/CAST, on 11 Aug 1807 in Wilkes County, North Carolina.

CASS/CAST
?1 CASS/CAST
Had the following children:

M i. BOWMAN2 CASS/CAST
M ii. JAMES A.2 CASS/CAST

1 BOWMAN2 CASS/CAST
BOWMAN married ANN T. ROBERTS/ROBBARD, in 1759 in Surrey County, North Carolina.

They had the following children:

M i. EZEKIEL3 CASS/CAST
was born on 7 Nov 1768 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, Randall Mabry, bondsman.
He died on 10 May 1831 in Clinton County, Ohio.
EZEKIEL married MARY JOHNSON, on 17 Sep 1794 in Clinton County, Ohio.

M ii. SAMUEL3 CASS/CAST
was born about 1763 in MD. He died about 1819 in Alabama.
SAMUEL married LETICIA TAYLOR in 1808.

6 F iii. (RUTH) WINIFRED3 CASS/CAST
was born in 1784 in North Carolina. She died on 19 Mar 1889

+ 7 M iv. JAMES SAMUEL3 CASS/CAST
was born in 1764. He died in 1826.

+ 8 F v. MATILDA3 CASS/CAST
was born in 1762. She died on 15 Sep 1815.

9 M vi. JOHN3 CASS/CAST was born in 1775.
He died on 8 Aug 1813.
JOHN married REBECCA ?

+ 10 F vii. ELIZABETH3 CASS/CAST Age: 36 or 95
was born in 1760. She died in 1796/1855.
ELIZABETH married ABRAHAM COOK/COOKE

COOK/COOKE
DENNEY, BROWN, CREEKMORE, BROWN,
ABRAHAM3 COOK, II (ABRAHAM2, WILLIAM1)
Several articles were written regarding the Cook family of Rowan and Surrey Counties of North Carolina. He owned several acres of land. He built a grist mill on his property.
He later opened a tavern on his property. He was a member of the Irish New Garden Quakers.

ABRAHAM COOK, II. and ELIZABETH CASS had the following children:

+ 16 F i. AMY/AMEY4 COOK Age: 80
was born in 1789 in Guilford County, North Carolina.
She died in Oct 1869 in Jay County, Indiana.

AMY/AMEY married ABEDNEGO SAUNDERS/SANDERS

17 M ii. LARKIN4 COOK
was born in May 1782 in Wilkes County, North Carolina.

18 M iii. AARON COOK
was born in Sep 1783 in Wilkes County, North Carolina.
Source: North Carolina Marriage Collection 1741-2000
Record Source: Vendor: County Court Records FHL # 0546475-0546481
Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
AARON married (1)PATSY DENNEY, on 11 Mar 1807 in Wilkes County,
North Carolina, Richard Cook, Bondsman.
AARON married (2)TEMPORENCE BROWN, on 20 Oct 1812.

19 M iv. ISAAC COOK
was born in Mar 1785 in Wilkes County, North Carolina.
ISAAC married SARAH "SALLIE" CREEKMORE,
on 25 Oct 1832 in Wilkes County, North Carolina.

SARAH "SALLIE" CREEKMORE
was born about 1820.
Source: AKA (Facts Pg): 1850,
1850 Census of Surry County, North Carolina, Roll # 646, Family # 202.

+ 20 M v. RICHARD J. COOK Age: 48
was born in 1795. He died on 18 Sep 1843.

21 M vi WYATT/WIOTT COOK
was born in 1793 in Wilkes County, North Carolina.
WYATT married TEMPERANCE BROWN in 1812.

22 F vii. NANCY COOK
Note: Nancy was never mentioned in Abraham's will.
Source: See Will of Abraham Cook.

SANDERS
+ 16 AMY/AMEY4 COOK/COOKE Age: 80 (ABRAHAM3, ABRAHAM2, WILLIAM1)
Father: Abraham COOK/COOKE
Mother: Elizabeth CASS/CAST
was born in 1789 in Guilford County, North Carolina.
She died in Oct 1869 in Jay County, Indiana.
AMY/AMEY married ABEDNEGO/ABEDINAGO SAUNDERS/SANDERS

They had the following children:

+ 2 F i. JANE2 SANDERS
was born on August 10, 1808, in Wilkes County, North Carolina.
She died on October 26, 1886.
JANE married (1)? PETERS, in 1824.
JANE married (2)GEORGE LEEKA

+ 3 M ii. AARON2 SANDERS
was born on March 14, 1810, in Guilford County, North Carolina.
He died on October 13, 1876, Randolph County, Indiana.
AARON married (1)SARAH EDMONSON, on July 17, 1830 in Wayne County, Indiana.
AARON married (2)NANCY SMULLEN-CLEVENGER, on December 20, 1849 in Randolph County, Indiana.

+ 4 M iii. JAMES2 SANDERS Age: 87
was born on August 8, 1818, in Rockcastle County, Kentucky
He died on April 23, 1905, Page County, Iowa.
JAMES married PHEBE RECTOR, on January 23 1840, in Burlington, Delaware County, Indiana.

5 M iv. WILLIAM2 SANDERS
was born in 1820/1821 in Rockcastle County, Kentucky.
WILLIAM married ELEANOR "NELLIE" ?
ELEANOR "NELLIE" ?
was born in 1816 in Tennessee.
Source: 1870 Census record.
Source: Family letter, states they had no children.

+ 6 F v. MARGARET ANN2 SANDERS/SAUNDERS
was born on March 1, 1823, in Rockcastle County, Kentucky.
MARGARET married MATTHEW GRAY, May 11, 1842 in Randolph County, Indiana.

7 M vi. JOHN MERRIL2 "JM" SANDERS Age: 21
was born about 1826, Wayne County, Indiana.
He died May 31, 1847, in Vera Cruz, Mexico.
Burial: Vera Cruz, Mexico.
Military Service: United States Army.
Mexican War. CO. F 3rd.
Regiment of Infantry. Vera Cruz, Mexico.
JOHN married ? ADAMS
Source: Family letter, state he was never married.
He was killed in the Mexican war.

+ 8 M vii. ABEDNEGO2 SANDERS Jr. Age: 27
was born in 1836. He died on 28 Jan 1863.
ABEDNEGO married HARRIET SHANK/S

+ 9 F viii. MARIE ELIZABETH2 SANDERS Age: 78
was born on 25 Feb 1814. She died on 13 Dec 1892.
MARIE married (1) JAMES "JIMMY" SISK, November 7, 1831, in Wayne County, Indiana.
MARIE married (2) JAMES S. ROONEY

10 F ix. MARY ANN2 "MOLLY" SANDERS
MARY married JOEL ADAMS, on 5 Jun 1850 in Henry County, Indiana.

+ 11 F x. MATILDA2 SANDERS Age: 34
was born in 1816, in North Carolina. She died after 1850, in Indiana.
MATILDA married FRANCIS ABSOLUM GRAVATT, May 27, 1842 in Delaware County, Indiana. (BC2 P29)

+ 12 F xi. ORINDA2 "RINDA" SANDERS Age: 62
was born on 5 March 5, 1829.
She died on 14 February 14, 1891, in Tamora, Seward County, Nebraska.
ORINDA married CHARLES EMERSON, on January 10, 1846 in Henry County, Indiana.

+ 13 F xii. SARAH CAROLINE2 SANDERS Age: 72
was born on 9 Feb 1817. She died on 20 Aug 1889.
SARAH married (1) JOSEPH SISK, January 16, 1844, in Randolph County, Indiana.
SARAH married (2) NELSON HENRY DERTHICK

+ 14 M xiii. WYATT L.2 SANDERS
was born about 1803.
WYATT married (1) PIATT TINE
WYATT married (2) HARRIET CLEMENS