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Elijah Benjamin Cooke 1759–1837 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 September 1759

Birth Location: Preston, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America

Death Date: 30 June 1837

Death Location: Homer, Calhoun County, Michigan, United States of America

Father: Jared Cooke

Mother: Ruth Hutchinson

Spouse(s): Charity Lockwood

Children(s): Elizabeth Perkins

Elijah Benjamin Cooke was born in 1759 in Preston, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America, the child of Jared Cooke And Ruth Hutchinson. Elijah Benjamin Cooke married Charity Lockwood, and had children including Elizabeth Betsy Cook Perkins. Elijah Benjamin Cooke passed away in 1837 in Homer, Calhoun County, Michigan, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Elijah Benjamin Cooke was born in 1759 in Preston, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America, the child of Jared Cooke And Ruth Hutchinson.
  • Elijah Benjamin Cooke married Charity Lockwood, and had children including Elizabeth Betsy Cook Perkins.
  • Elijah Benjamin Cooke passed away in 1837 in Homer, Calhoun County, Michigan, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Jared Cooke
1720–1805
Birth Location: Preston City, New London, Connecticut
JC
Ruth Hutchinson
1737–1768
Birth Location: Preston City, New London, Connecticut, USA
RH

Spouses(s)

Charity Lockwood
1762–1843
Birth Location: Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
CL

Children(s)

Elizabeth Perkins
1786–1886
Birth Location: Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
EP

Elijah Cooke's Ancestors

Self
Elijah Cooke
1759–1837
Birth Place: Preston, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America
Parents
Jared Cooke
1720–1805
Preston City, New London, Connecticut
Ruth Hutchinson
1737–1768
Preston City, New London, Connecticut, USA
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elijah Cooke's Descendants

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Elijah (Benjamin) Cooke (11 September 1759–30 June 1837) m. Charity Lockwood (27 June 1762–9 March 1843)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (Betsy Cook) Perkins 1786–1886 m. Joseph (Perkins) III 1778–1849
    1. 1. Mary (Janette Perkins) Dinwiddie 1818–1888 m. John (Wilson) Dinwiddie 1813–1861
      1. 1. Oscar Dinwiddie 1845–1930
      2. 2. Mary (Elisabeth Dinwiddie) Nichols 1859–1888
      3. 3. Augusta (Elizabeth) Dinwiddie 1850–1855
      4. 4. Frances (Rosalia) Brownell 1852–1940
      5. 5. Edwin (Willis) Dinwiddie 1856–1924
      6. 6. Henry Dinwiddie 1854–1854
      7. 7. Mary Dinwiddie 1854–1854
      8. 8. Jerome Dinwiddie 1848–1931
    2. 2. Harriet Perkins 1808–
    3. 3. William (Hillhouse) Perkins 1809–
    4. 4. Nancy (Lockwood) Perkins 1816–
    5. 5. Susan (Humes) Perkins 1824–
    6. 6. Francis (Dwight) Perkins 1829–1885 m. Sarah (Huntington Perkins) Kingsbury 1828–1910

Elijah Cooke's Timeline

2 Records

1759
11 September 1759
Birth of Elijah Benjamin Cooke in Preston, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America
Preston, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America
1837
30 June 1837
Age 78
Death of Elijah Benjamin Cooke in Homer, Calhoun County, Michigan, United States of America
Homer, Calhoun County, Michigan, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 September 1759
    Event Place: Preston, New London County, Connecticut, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 June 1837
    Event Place: Homer, Calhoun County, Michigan, United States of America
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