Thomas COOK3

20th Jan 17541 - 11th Dec 18302

Life History

20th Jan 1754	Born in Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire.1
2nd Aug 1779	Married Mary HOWARD in Great Gaddesden & Nettleden, Hertfordshire.8 Witnesses: Elizabeth Cook (presumably Thomas' younger sister), William Soare.
13th Feb 1780	Birth of son Thomas COOK in Great Gaddesden & Nettleden, Hertfordshire.4
25th Mar 1781	Birth of daughter Sarah COOK in Great Gaddesden & Nettleden, Hertfordshire.4
23rd Mar 1783	Birth of son William COOK in Great Gaddesden & Nettleden, Hertfordshire.4
5th Feb 1786	Birth of son George COOK in Great Gaddesden & Nettleden, Hertfordshire.4
30th Sep 1787	Birth of daughter Mary COOK in Great Gaddesden & Nettleden, Hertfordshire.4
25th Apr 1790	Birth of daughter Elizabeth COOK in Great Gaddesden & Nettleden, Hertfordshire.4
18th Mar 1792	Birth of daughter Sophia COOK in Great Gaddesden & Nettleden, Hertfordshire.4
16th Feb 1793	Death of daughter Sarah COOK in Great Gaddesden & Nettleden, Hertfordshire.5
16th Mar 1794	Birth of daughter Sarah COOK in Great Gaddesden & Nettleden, Hertfordshire.4
3rd Apr 1796	Birth of son John COOK in Great Gaddesden & Nettleden, Hertfordshire.4,6
20th May 1798	Birth of son James COOK in Great Gaddesden & Nettleden, Hertfordshire.4
6th Sep 1801	Birth of son Samuel COOK in Great Gaddesden & Nettleden, Hertfordshire.4
29th Sep 1805	Birth of son Matthew COOK in Great Gaddesden & Nettleden, Hertfordshire.4
23rd May 1824	Death of Mary HOWARD in Noak Mill, Hertfordshire.7
11th Dec 1830	Died in Noak Mill, Hertfordshire.2

'Notes and Queries' x Wm John Thomas, Doran (John) Henry Frederick Turle, Joseph Knight, Vernon Horace Rendall, Florence Hayllar; Bottom of page 508/top of page 509, in the 11th Series, volume 11, dated 24 Dec 1910:
"... inscriptions in Great Gaddesden Churchyard, where Cussans stated on the north side was a wooden rail inscribed, "In memory of Mr Thomas Cook late of Noak Mill in this parish, who departed this life Dec 8th 1830, aged 77. He was a good husband and tender father, and an honest man, although a miller".

FMP(HALS)-Burial Index shows a Thomas COOK of 'Noak Mill', G.G., age 77, buried on 11/12/1830, and a Mary COOK 'of Noak Mill' buried on 23/5/1824, aged 65 - suggesting their respective births to be c.1753 and c.1759.