Samuel COOK
Biography

Samuel Cook, son of Samuel and Hope Cook, married Hannah Ives, daughter of William of New Haven, March 3, 1692, John Moss Esq. officiating. She died May 29, 1714. He then married Elizabeth Bedel, of Stratford. He died Sept. 18, 1725, ae. 58 years, at Wallingford. His widow married Capt. Daniel Harris, of Middletown, Conn. He was a farmer in the western part of the township, near the line which now divides Cheshire from Wallingford. Some of his descendants are still occupying the same land. Estate, ,£390.

Children : 16 Hannah, b May 28, 1693, m Jeremiah Hull, she died Nov. 22, 1735, ae. 43 years; 17 Samuel, b March 5, 1695 , 18 Aaron, b Dec. 28, 1696 ; 19 Lydia, b Jan. 13, 1699, m Daniel Dutton, d Oct. 12, 1738; 20 Moses, b Jan. 4, 1700, d Dec. 25, 171 1 ; 21 Miriam, b Nov. 4, 1703, m Benjamin Curtis, Dec. 12, 1727; 22 Thankful, b Dec. 24, 1705, d Aug. 19, 17 14 ; 23 Esther, b March 8, 1707, m Abel Yale, July 22, 1730; 24 Eunice, b Feb. 25, 1709 ; 25 Susan nah, b Sept. 5, 17 1 1, m Joseph Cole, Dec. 1, 1735 ; 26 Hope, d Sept. 18, 1728. By 2nd- marriage : 27 Moses, b Nov. 6, 1 7 16 ; 28 Thankful, b Nov. 14, 1718, m Stephen Hotchkiss, Dec. 31, 1742; 29 Asaph, b June 23, 1720; 30 Hannah, b Nov. 4, 172 1, m Zephaniah Hull, of Cheshire, and settled at Bethlem.

History of Wallingford, Conn, From Its Settlement in 1670 to the Present Time, Including Meriden, which was One of Its Parishes Until 1806, and Cheshire, which was Incorporated in 1780 – Charles Henry Stanley Davis



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