Biographical Sketch of the COOK Family (1881); Chester County, PA

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from Futhey and Cope's THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY (1881);

Peter Cook, of Tarvin, Cheshire, England, married 10-7-1695, Elinor Norman of 
Kingsley, at Newton, Cheshire, and had the following children, of whom the first 
was born in Tarvin, the 2nd at Kingsley, Newton, and the rest at Norwich, 
Cheshire....John b 7-2-1696; Mary b 9-12-1698; Peter b 10-4-1700; Isaac b 10-18-
1702; Thomas and Abraham b 8-29-1704; Elinor b 3-22-1707; Mary b 3-22-1709; 
Samuel b 2-23-1712.
    The name in England appears to have been written Cooke.  This family 
embarked for America soon after the birth of the younget child, but the father 
died on the voyage or shortly after their arrival.  The widow produced a 
certificate to Chester MM 1-29-1714, and in that year was married to John 
Fincher, with whom shemoved with her children to Londongrove.

          John Cook m. 1718, Elinor Langdale, or Landsdale, and had children - 
Mary, Margaret, John, Hannah, Stephen, Phebe and Peter.  of these, Stephen m 
Margaret Williams and was the father of Ennion Cook, the school-teacher of 
Birmingham b 1-1-1773.

         Peter Cook, Jr m 9-26-1730 Sarah, dau of Joseph and Hannah Gilpin, of 
Birmingham, and removed to Warrington, York Co, PA, and left numerous 
descendants, some of whom have returned to Chester co.  The late Dr Wm H Cooke, 
of Carlisle, who was  much interested in his family istory, and who returned to 
the original spelling of the name, d. 3-21-1879.  His father, Jesse Cook, d 2-9-
1880. aged 83.