Capt. Aaron Cooke

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Aaron Cooke (Cook), III

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Windsor, (Present Hartford County), Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
Death: September 16, 1716 (76)
Hadley, Hampshire County, Province of Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Place of Burial: Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Son of Maj. Aaron Cook and 1st wife of Aaron Cook
Husband of Sarah Cook
Father of Sarah Hovey (Cooke); Aaron Cooke; Johannah Porter; Westwood Cook; Lieut Samuel Cook and 3 others
Brother of Joanna Wolcott; Miriam Leeds and Moses Cook
Half brother of Samuel Cook; Elizabeth Parsons and Noah Cook

Occupation: Captain/of Hadley /Deputy, Became a Freeman
Managed by: Private User
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About Capt. Aaron Cooke

Aaron was a captain of the militia and took over command when his father died.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14216597


https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14216597/aaron-cook

Baptized at Windsor,CT Feb 21, 1640/1.

Son of Aaron Cook Jr and Mary Ford Cook.

He married Sarah Westwood on May 30,1661 at Hadley,MA.

Children: Sarah Cook Hovey(wife of Thomas Hovey), Aaron Cook IV, Johannah Cook Porter, Westwood Cook, Samuel Cook, Moses Cook, Elizabeth Cook Smith(mother of Moses Smith), and Bridget Cook Barnard Dickinson.

Service during King Philip's War (1675-1678):
"Capt. Aaron Cooke, of Hadley, [Mass.] was left in command of some of the men taken out of Mosely's, Poole's and Upham's companies, at Westfield, November, 1675. ….A man of influence; Capt. of the militia for thirty-five years. …."
Source: "Soldiers in King Philip's War," pub. 1896, page 292, by George M. Bodge.

Inscription
Pioneer 1659
Aaron Cook Esqr Dyed
On Septr. Ye 16 1716
in Ye 76 Year of His Age
A Jvstis Here 30 Year and Cap. 35

Aaron's inscription means on the day he died he was 75 years old, and Ætatis suæ (i.e., Æ, "Aged," in the XX year of his Age) 76, born on or after Sept. 17, 1640. He was bapt. of record Feb. 21, 1640/1 at Windsor, Conn.

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Capt. Aaron Cooke's Timeline

1640
February 21, 1640
Windsor, (Present Hartford County), Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
1641
February 21, 1641
Age 1
Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
1662
January 31, 1662
Probably England, (Present UK)
1663
January 3, 1663
Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
1665
July 10, 1665
Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
1671
March 29, 1671
Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
1672
November 16, 1672
Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
1675
May 5, 1675
Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1677
January 9, 1677
Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts