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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Kent => Topic started by: PJWELLS on Wednesday 21 February 24 22:54 GMT (UK)
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Carrying on my research of COOK /COOKE families specifically in Maidstone ,Chatham and Gillingham but also this region of Kent.
Thomas COOK and part of his family are found in Seal near Sevenoaks in 1851.
Piece1613
Folio29
Page number19
Thomas Cook 54
Susanna Cook 54
Elizabeth Cook 32
Ann Cook 16
Maria Allen 5
Thomas declares his birth place transcribed as Bestler but thought to be Brasted aged 54 i . Married in Seal near Sevenoaks 18th October 1817 to Susan Ellis HOLMDEN
Other known children include
Avis COOK b 1823
Harriet COOK b 1838.
Do the Brasted baptism records 1780-1810 indicate a Thomas or any COOK families? A Sarah b 1804 is possibly a sister, not sure if a 1786 record for a William is a brother.
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Baptisms @ St Martin, Brasted, Kent, England ~20 years +/- 1800:
Thomas Cook 06 Apr 1783 / Father: William / Mother: Mary
Sarah Cook 05 Jun 1785 / Father: William / Mother: Mary
Thomas Cook 11 Jul 1786 / Father: William / Mother: Mary
Mary Cook 10 Feb 1788 / Father: William / Mother: Mary
William Cook 13 Sep 1789 / Father: William / Mother: Mary
John Cook 16 Oct 1791 / Father: William / Mother: Mary
Lydia Cook 27 Apr 1794 / Father: William / Mother: Mary
Sarah Cook 22 Sep 1804 / Father: Thomas / Mother: Sarah
William White Cook 12 Mar 1809 / Mother: Mary
Elizabeth Cook 19 May 1816 / Father: John / Mother: Mary
Anne Cook 06 Oct 1817 / Father: William / Mother: Mary
Annesley Cook 04 Jan 1818 / Father: John / Mother: Mary
William Cook 08 Aug 1819 / Father: William / Mother: Mary
John Cooke 19 Aug 1821 / Father: William / Mother: Mary
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There is also a baptism entry in Brasted St Martin in 1796 for a Thomas Cook which reads
Thomas Cook son of William and Mary privately July 11th Received into Congregation July 24th
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Thank you for the Brasted baptism data, are there any marriages and burials for COOK'S, I can only assume the two earlier Thomas' died in infancy.
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Sarah Cook married Michael Pike 02 Mar 1772
Robert Cook married Ann Clark on 27 Dec 1797
Thomas Cook married Maria Chapman on 17 May 1826
Sarah Cook married William Cole on 21 Sep 1834
James Cook married Amy Dudley on 04 Jul 1852
George Cook married Elizabeth Davey on 03 May 1863
Thomas Cook was buried on 29 Mar 1789
Edward was buried on 18 Oct 1789
Lydia Cook was buried on 12 Oct 1794
Mary Cook was buried on 05 Sep 1824 aged 66 yrs
Mary Cooke was buried on 30 Dec 1824 aged 54 yrs
William Cook was buried on 28 Mary 1842 aged 84 yrs
William Cook was buried on 17 May 1854 aged 66 yrs
Mary Ann Cook was buried on 18 Jun 1854 aged 70 yrs
William Cook was buried on 09 Mar 1876 aged 62 yrs
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That's brilliant, thank you.
For the sake of continuity in case anyway finds this string of use for their research if they stumble9 across it.
A Chevening marriage (a few miles up the road) has a William COOK marriage to Mary HORSNAIL 3rd Dec 1782. That looks right on the target date for the Brasted cluster of births, and indeed burials. Can't be 100% sure it's even just one family unit, but it is plausible. Mary's death at aged 66 in 1824, William at aged 84 in 1842.
The census entry in Sevenoaks workhouse aged 80, must be him.
Obviously these folk are all quite close to Surrey, so I think the research needs to be expanded. Adjacent parishes to Brasted also to be checked to ensure they are in the collective databases for the Sevenoaks area.
The research into this COOK family in Sevenoaks, has been triggered by a feasible DNA link with a COOK family in Maidstone/Chatham. It was hoped the Brasted link would have been established with them around this generation, ie born circa 1750-1760.
If it is a link with the same family with DNA , there is perhaps another generation or two as a limit
So the expansion of the research with the Brasted siblings of Thomas might be interesting.
My research is collated as the" Kent COOK/COOKE family tree" on a widely use platform.
Contributions to this database welcomed.