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John Baptist Cooksey 1740–1811 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1740

Birth Location: Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 08 Jan 1811

Death Location: Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA

Father: John Cooksey

Mother: Mary Reed

Spouse(s): Mary Strait

Children(s): Thomas Cooksey, Elizabeth Cooksey, Hezekiah Cooksey, Walter Cooksey, John Jr, Charles Cooksey, Miles Cooksey

The story of John Baptist Cooksey began in 1740 in Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA. In 1778, John Baptist Cooksey resided in Charles, Maryland, USA. In 1783, John Baptist Cooksey resided in Greensville, Virginia, USA. John Baptist Cooksey married Mary Strait, and had children including Charles Cooksey, Elizabeth Cooksey, Hezekiah Cooksey, John Baptist Cooksey Jr Jr, Miles Cooksey, Thomas Reed Cooksey, Walter Cooksey. John Baptist Cooksey passed away in 1811 in Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of John Baptist Cooksey began in 1740 in Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA.
  • In 1778, John Baptist Cooksey resided in Charles, Maryland, USA.
  • In 1783, John Baptist Cooksey resided in Greensville, Virginia, USA.
  • John Baptist Cooksey married Mary Strait, and had children including Charles Cooksey, Elizabeth Cooksey, Hezekiah Cooksey, John Baptist Cooksey Jr Jr, Miles Cooksey, Thomas Reed Cooksey, Walter Cooksey.
  • John Baptist Cooksey passed away in 1811 in Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Cooksey
1711–1758
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
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Mary Reed
1711–1770
Birth Location: Talbot, Maryland, USA
MR

Spouses(s)

Mary Strait
1740–1805
Birth Location: Talbot, Maryland, USA
MS

Children(s)

Thomas Cooksey
1766–1823
Birth Location: Charles, Maryland, USA
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Elizabeth Cooksey
1768–1798
Birth Location: Greensville County, Virginia, USA
EC
Hezekiah Cooksey
1763–1819
Birth Location: Charles, Maryland, USA
HC
Walter Cooksey
1766–1856
Birth Location: Charles, Maryland, USA
WC
John Jr
1760–1823
Birth Location: Charles, Maryland, USA
JJ
Charles Cooksey
1762–1853
Birth Location: Southampton, Virginia, USA
CC
Miles Cooksey
1766–1856
Birth Location: Charles, Maryland, USA
MC

John Cooksey's Ancestors

Self
John Cooksey
1740–1811
Birth Place: Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA
Parents
John Cooksey
1711–1758
Virginia, USA
Mary Reed
1711–1770
Talbot, Maryland, USA
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Cooksey's Descendants

1.
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John (Baptist) Cooksey (1740–08 Jan 1811) m. Mary Strait (1740–1805)
  1. 1. Thomas (Reed) Cooksey 1766–1823 m. Nancy (Mason) Goodrum 1784–1863
    1. 1. Benjamin (J) Cooksey 1810–1883 m. Mary ("Polly") Willoughby 1814–1883
      1. 1. Thomas (J) Cooksey 1840–1924 m. Drucilla (Ann) Casey 1839–1909
        1. 1. Abner (Casey) Cooksey 1865–1943 m. Mallie (Catherine) Pike 1872–1951
        2. 2. Benjamin (J.) Cooksey 1863–1913
        3. 3. Georgianna Cooksey 1872–1905 m. George (S.) Goodrum 1873–1950
        4. 4. James (L) Cooksey 1876–1952 m. Lanie (Ethel) Lightfoot 1885–1937 m. Clarinda (F) Lightfoot 1858–1917
        5. 5. Nannie Holcomb 1878–1945 m. Wilburn Holcomb 1876–1952
        6. 6. Sarah (Elizabeth) Cooksey 1867–1921 m. Sterling (Ellis) Wainscott 1867–1947
        7. 7. William Cooksey 1870–1935
      2. 2. John (W.) Cooksey 1841–1868 m. Lucinda (S.) Boucher 1844–1868
        1. 1. Cornelia (J.) Cooksey 1855–1901
        2. 2. Noah (A.) Cooksey 1862–1868
        3. 3. Frances (M.) Cooksey 1862–1893
        4. 4. Joseph (B.) Cooksey 1862–1868
        5. 5. Emanuel (C.) Cooksey 1862–1868
        6. 6. Sarah (M.) Cooksey 1862–1867
        7. 7. Enoch (L.) Cooksey 1862–1868
    2. 2. Permelia Cooksey 1821–1904
    3. 3. William (J) Cooksey 1818–1863
    4. 4. Mary (Ann) Cooksey 1817–1896
    5. 5. Martha Cooksey 1814–1900 m. Rueben Pearson 1806–1892
      1. 1. John (Henry) Pearson 1850–1929 m. America Sherry 1850–1922
        1. 1. Rose (Etta) Pearson 1877–1962 m. James (William) Hughes 1871–1908
    6. 6. Elizabeth Cooksey 1812–1882
    7. 7. Sarah (Jane) Cooksey 1808–1893 m. Lewis (Louis D) Harmon 1812–1884
      1. 1. Thomas (Sylvester) Harmon 1831–1919 m. Sarah (Katharine) Miller 1835–1911
        1. 1. James (Monroe) Harman 1855–1952
        2. 2. John (Heater) Harman 1856–1939
        3. 3. Sarah (Alice) Harman 1862–1931
        4. 4. Charles (Emerson) Harman 1863–1957 m. Sarah (Adaline "Addie") Hendricks 1866–1938
        5. 5. Bass (Harbeston) Harmon 1857–1939
        6. 6. Richard (D) Harmon 1855–
        7. 7. Frances (Ann) Harman 1871–1959
        8. 8. William (Mordaci) Harman 1851–1923
        9. 9. Samuel (Lewis) Harman 1853–1951
      2. 2. James (W) Harman 1820–
      3. 3. Joseph (W) Harmon 1826–
      4. 4. Adam (Monroe) Harmon 1827–1875 m. Penelope Motley 1832–1878
        1. 1. Robert (Sampson) Harmon 1865–1913 m. Theodora (Dean) Railey 1869–1950
      5. 5. Elizabeth Harmon 1835–1867
      6. 6. Ellie (V) Harmon 1836–1916
      7. 7. Benjamin (Wiley) Harmon 1842–1920
      8. 8. Lucy (Ann Lou) Harmon 1842–1914
      9. 9. James (Harrison) Harmon 1845–1926
      10. 10. Nancy (Marshall) Harmon 1847–1926
      11. 11. John (Joseph Jose) Harmon 1849–1916
      12. 12. Mary (Ann) Harmon 1834–1914
      13. 13. Mary (Frances Fanny) Harmon 1838–1915
      14. 14. Martha (Henry) Harmon 1856–1892
      15. 15. William (M) Harmon 1835–
    8. 8. Thomas (Wathall) Cooksey 1822–1891 m. Eliza (Parmelia Kitty) Goodrum 1823–1903
      1. 1. William (Fletcher) Cooksey 1857–1946
      2. 2. Nancy (Campbell) Cooksey 1846–1928 m. Henry (Clay Smith) Dr 1843–1910
        1. 1. Charles (Lee) Smith 1868–1939
        2. 2. Mary (E.) Hale 1866–1955
        3. 3. Amanda (Margaret) Smith 1863–1922
        4. 4. Julia Satterfield 1876–1939
        5. 5. Herbert (Farmer) Smith 1880–1969 m. Maggie (Geneva) Buchanon 1887–1971
        6. 6. Thomas (M) Smith 1873–1875
        7. 7. Alice (R) Smith 1883–1883
      3. 3. Benjamin (Farrell) Cooksey 1867–1914
      4. 4. James (Henry) Cooksey 1850–1915
      5. 5. Millie (Ann) Cooksey 1844–1907
      6. 6. Parthenia Cooksey 1849–1849
      7. 7. Thomas Cooksey 1848–1848
  2. 2. Elizabeth Cooksey 1768–1798 m. Edmund Adams 1767–1799
    1. 1. Jesse (Wesley) Adams 1789–1844 m. Elizabeth Goodrum 1788–1865
      1. 1. Elias (Henry) Adams 1832–1915
      2. 2. James ('Jesse' William) Adams 1814–1892
      3. 3. Joseph (W) Adams 1830–1914
      4. 4. Wyatt Adams 1828–1885
      5. 5. Edmond Adams 1820–1896
      6. 6. Thomas (E) Adams 1824–1892
      7. 7. Mary (Elizabeth) Adams 1825–1853
      8. 8. Martha Adams 1811–1900
      9. 9. Elizabeth ((Eliza) Ann Francis) Adams 1818–1905 m. James (Starr) Rhodes 1812–1896
        1. 1. Elizabeth Rhodes 1843–1924 m. George (Anderson) Bird 1840–1924
      10. 10. Mary (Ann) Adams 1816–1902 m. Allen Brock 1815–1893
        1. 1. James (Fulton) Brock 1837–1925
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Francis) Brock 1850–1894
        3. 3. Mary (Ann) Brock 1843–1913 m. Charles (John) ALBRIGHT 1833–1908
        4. 4. Sherwood Brock 1845–1925
        5. 5. Lucinda (Jane) Brock 1856–1919
        6. 6. Martha (Frances) Brock 1844–1909
        7. 7. John (Thomas) Brock 1848–1914
      11. 11. Jesse (S) Adams 1822–1895
  3. 3. Hezekiah Cooksey 1763–1819
  4. 4. Walter Cooksey 1766–1856
  5. 5. John (Baptist Cooksey Jr) Jr 1760–1823
  6. 6. Charles Cooksey 1762–1853
  7. 7. Miles Cooksey 1766–1856

John Cooksey's Timeline

5 Records

1740
1740
Birth of John Baptist Cooksey in Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA
Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA
1778
1778
Age 38
John Baptist Cooksey resided here in Charles, Maryland, USA
Charles, Maryland, USA
1783
1783
Age 43
John Baptist Cooksey resided here in Greensville, Virginia, USA
Greensville, Virginia, USA
1790
1790
Age 50
John Baptist Cooksey resided here in Charles, Maryland, USA
Charles, Maryland, USA
1811
08 Jan 1811
Age 71
Death of John Baptist Cooksey in Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA
Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1740
    Event Place: Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1778
    Event Place: Charles, Maryland, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1783
    Event Place: Greensville, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1790
    Event Place: Charles, Maryland, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Maryland, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 08 Jan 1811
    Event Place: Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees
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