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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Northamptonshire => Topic started by: martinsbox on Tuesday 18 April 17 13:26 BST (UK)
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Hi Iīm looking to what happened to this family of Cookīs from Great Houghton.
James Cook (bapt. Nov 12th 1743 at 29 yrs) married Sarah Emerton on 8 Jan 1746 in Gt. Houghton.
James & Sarah had the following children:-
James (bapt. 14 May 1749)
Sarah (bapt. 9 Feb 1752)
Mary (bapt. 26 Aug 1753)
Martha (bapt. 2 Jul 1758)
John (bapt. 14 Jun 1761)
Sarah who was baptised in 1752 was buried 18 Aug 1763, and it was noted that her mother Sarah was a widow.
I can not find any records of James burial, or Sarah re marrying, or what happened to her family.
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There is a Sarah Cook, widow, buried in 1778 in Great Houghton?
Can't see a James anywhere at the moment, though!
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Thanks for that. I had a look last night and just could not find her. James Cook just didnīt show at Gt. Houghton for the years between the birth of his son John and the death of his daughter Sarah.
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Hi.
On Alan Clarkes Northants Burial there is this record.
Great Houghton C of E
04 Jun 1789
James COOK
Sandy
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James Cook just didnīt show at Gt. Houghton for the years between the birth of his son John and the death of his daughter Sarah.
... and the Gt Houghton militia list (Wymersley) for 1762 has not survived.
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I have just looked in the 1777 Militia Lists to no avail.
Sandy
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Hi.
On Alan Clarkes Northants Burial there is this record.
Great Houghton C of E
04 Jun 1789
James COOK
Sandy
Thanks Sandy, I think that would probably be James Cook who was bapt. 14th May 1749. James Cook snr. died between late 1760 to mid 1763.
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James Cook just didnīt show at Gt. Houghton for the years between the birth of his son John and the death of his daughter Sarah.
... and the Gt Houghton militia list (Wymersley) for 1762 has not survived.
James would have probably been too old for the militia in 1762, as he would have been 48 years old.
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As the burial I looked at states the child was the daughter of Sarah widow with no age
in 1763, do you see other info martinsbox.
Sandy
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There is also another baptism for a Sarah Cook to James and Sarah in Great Houghton
on 6th October 1754.
Possible the same child.
Sandy
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Mary baptised in 1753 was buried September 16 1753.
So that is 2 children accounted for.
Sandy
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As the burial I looked at states the child was the daughter of Sarah widow with no age
in 1763, do you see other info martinsbox.
Sandy
Hi Sandy, I found Sarahīs baptism as 9th Feb 1752. I could not find any other Sarah marrying a Cook in the Gt Houghton register, although she could have been married outside of the village to a Cook & also had a child also named Sarah. I must admit it gets more difficult without other details you get from a death certificate.
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There is also another baptism for a Sarah Cook to James and Sarah in Great Houghton
on 6th October 1754.
Possible the same child.
Sandy
I found Sarah (bapt. 9 February 1752), so unless she was baptised twice, she is a second daughter named Sarah!
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Mary baptised in 1753 was buried September 16 1753.
So that is 2 children accounted for.
Sandy
So that is 2 children accounted for and 1 more probably added. Just need 1 or 2 more to fill in the dates 1755 - 1757.
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Not what you are after at the moment but noticed this marriage at Brafield on the Green.
Brafield on the Green By License
8-May 1774
James COOKE of Great Houghton to Mary MOARE otp
One of the witnesses is a Willm Cook.
Sandy
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Not what you are after at the moment but noticed this marriage at Brafield on the Green.
Brafield on the Green By License
8-May 1774
James COOKE of Great Houghton to Mary MOARE otp
One of the witnesses is a Willm Cook.
Sandy
Could be James Cook (bapt. 14 May 1749), making him about 25. Perhaps I have got a William missing from between the dates I mentioned.
I found two other Cooks, who could have been their relatives:-
William Cook who married Elizabeth ? , and had 2 girls Mary (1764) & Jane (1767).
Mark Cook who had an illegitimate child with Elizabeth Tew (widow). He was named Mark Cook (1748)
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There is also another baptism for a Sarah Cook to James and Sarah in Great Houghton
on 6th October 1754.
Possible the same child.
Sandy
I found Sarah (bapt. 9 February 1752), so unless she was baptised twice, she is a second daughter named Sarah!
Just been looking through the Northampton Hospital Admissions 1774 - 1846 that had been put up earlier. I did notice a Sarah Cook admitted 22 March 1803, aged 52 from Gt. Houghton. This would make her born in 1751.