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Maj. Aaron Cook

Also Known As: "Cooke"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bridport, Dorset, England
Death: September 05, 1690 (76)
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Place of Burial: Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Aaron Cooke and Elizabeth Ford
Husband of 1st wife of Aaron Cook; Joan Cook; Elizabeth Cook and Rebecca Cook
Father of Joanna Wolcott; Capt. Aaron Cooke; Miriam Leeds; Moses Cook; Samuel Cook and 2 others
Half brother of Joanna Clapp; Abigail Strong; Thomas Ford, Jr.; Hepzibah Marsh and Hannah Ford

Occupation: planter, soldier., 1st settler of Windsor/served in Kings Philip's War/of Westfield - Deputy
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About Maj. Aaron Cook



Aaron Cook, son of Aaron Cooke and Elizabeth Charde, was baptized at Bridport,Co. Dorset Mar 20, 1613/4, and died 5 Sept. 1690 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay.

Aaron Cook Jr served in King Philip's War. He commanded the garrison at Westfield in 1675.

Aaron's first wife was NOT Mary Ford, daughter of Thomas Ford and Joane Waye Ford. That's been disproved. We don't know who Aaron's first wife was, but many people link Mary Ford as the first wife of Aaron due to a misreading of Thomas Ford's will where he mentioned his 'son-in-law Aaron'. However, it was later found that Aaron's mother, Elizabeth, was Thomas Ford's second wife. Aaron was Thomas' son-in-law, not because he married Thomas' daughter Mary, but because Thomas had married Aaron's mother.

Aaron's second wife was Joan Denslow Cook, daughter of Nicholas Denslow and Elizabeth Doling Denslow. Joan and her 3 children with Aaron are mentioned in her mother Elizabeth Denslow's will. Joan died April 1676 at Westfield,MA. The case against Joan being Aaron's first wife is proven by the will of her mother, who mentions the 3 grandchildren (Samuel, Elizabeth, and Noah), and if Joan had been the mother of all of Aaron's children, the older children would mostly likely also been mentioned (presumably).

His third wife, whom he married Dec 2,1676, was Elizabeth Nash Cook, daughter of John Nash and Elizabeth Tapp Nash of New Haven,CT. She died Sept 3, 1687 and is probably buried beside Aaron in Northampton.

His fourth and final wife, whom he married Oct 2,1688, was Rebecca Foote Smith Cook, widow of Philip Smith, and daughter of Nathaniel Foote and Elizabeth Deming Foote.



Aaron Cook was the son of Aaron Cook and Elizabeth Charde Cook of Bridport,Co.Dorset, England.

Children(by first marriage): Joanna Cook Wolcott(first wife of Simon Wolcott), Aaron Cook III, Miriam Cook Leeds, and Moses Cook.

Children(by second marriage): Samuel Cook, Elizabeth Cook Parsons(first wife of Samuel Parsons), John Cook, and Noah Cook(father of Elizabeth Cook Clark and Noah Cook Jr).


Family links:

Spouse: Rebecca Foote Smith Cooke (1634 - 1701)

Children:

  • Aaron Cook (1641 - 1716)*
  • Miriam Cooke Leeds (1643 - 1720)*
  • Calculated relationship

Burial: Bridge Street Cemetery Northampton Hampshire County Massachusetts, USA

Maintained by: Kevin Avery Originally Created by: GWC Record added: Apr 05, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 25751965


https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25751965/aaron-cooke

Aaron Cook was the son of Aaron Cook and Elizabeth (Chard) Cook of

Bridport,Co.Dorset, England.
He was baptized at Bridport,Co.Dorset Mar 20, 1613/4.

NOTE: Lower three photos are of a cenotaphic memorial in Palisado Cemetery in Windsor, Connecticut.

His first wife was Mary (Ford) Cook, daughter of Thomas Ford and Joane (Waye) Ford. Mary died in 1649 at Windsor,CT.
Children(by first marriage): Joanna Cook Wolcott(first wife of Simon Wolcott), Aaron Cook III, Miriam Cook Leeds, and Moses Cook.
His second wife was Joan (Denslow) Cook, *possibly* (not proven) daughter of Nicholas Denslow and Elizabeth (Doling) Denslow. Joan died April 1676 at Westfield,MA.
Children(by second marriage): Samuel Cook, Elizabeth Cook Parsons(first wife of Samuel Parsons), John Cook, and Noah Cook.
His third wife, whom he married Dec 2,1676, was Elizabeth (Nash) Cook, daughter of John Nash and Elizabeth (Tapp) Nash of New Haven,CT. She died Sept 3, 1687 and is probably buried beside Aaron in Northampton.
His fourth and final wife, whom he married Oct 2,1688, was Rebecca (Foote) Smith Cook.
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This Aaron was Major Aaron Cooke Jr., who was involved in the First Anglo-Dutch War (1652–1654). Proof:
"Aaron (Capt.), b. Eng., 1610" "His military career seems to have commenced in W.[Windsor], for 21 May 1653, Leftenent Cooke was app. Commander in Chief of the 65 soldiers drafted out of the 10 Conn. towns, on a requisition of the Commissioners of the United Colonies, for a war against the Dutch. ... In 1687, Gov. Andros made Capt. Cooke a Major (then the highest military office in Mass.), and, after Andros's fall, he was again Captain... He d. at Northampton, 5 Sept. 1690, ae. 80."
Source: "The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut," by Henry Reed Stiles, pub. 1891, pages 160-161, free online at:
https://archive.org/details/historygenealogi02stil/mode/2up
Contributor: Bill Benson (36798045)


References

  1. Wives of Aaron Cooke (1614-1690) listed in The Great Migration Begins (document attached)
  2. Andersons Great Migration Study: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/2496/records/45663
  3. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-197787
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Maj. Aaron Cook's Timeline

1614
March 20, 1614
Bridport, Dorset, England
March 20, 1614
Bridport, Dorset, England
1630
1630
Age 15
Dorchester, Suffolk, Morocco
1638
August 5, 1638
Simsbury, (Present Hartford County), Connecticut Colony
1640
February 21, 1640
Windsor, (Present Hartford County), Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
1643
November 12, 1643
Windsor, (Present Hartford County), Connecticut Colony
1645
November 16, 1645
Windsor, Connecticut Colony
1650
November 21, 1650
Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut