"John Cook married, in 1718, Elinor Langdale, or Landsdale, and had children, - Mary, Margaret, John, Hannah, Stephen, Phebe, and Peter. Of these, Stephen married Margaret Williams, and was the father of Ennion Cook, the schoolteacher of Birmingham, b. 1, 1, 1773."

History of Chester County, Pennsylvania: With Genealogical and Biographical; by John Smith Futhey, Gilbert Cope 1881. Page 501-502)

Suggested edit of 23 Apr 2019: Hi! My edit suggestion is that John Cooke was born 7mo 2, 1696 - but prior to 1752, the 7th month was September rather than July.

(Contributor: Claudia Davenport-Sullivan (47345651)

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pg. 37 Cooke, John 1696 7 2 son of Peter & Elinor Tarvin

-- Religious Society of Friends Quaker Digest Registers, Births, Marriages & Deaths For England and Wales c.1650-1837 Cheshire & Staffs Quarterly Meeting Digest Registers 1648-1837

LDS FHL Fiche #1484597 (original birth records)

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pg. 95.

JOHN COOK, taxed in 1718; born 7-2-1696, at Tarvin in Cheshire, son of Peter and Elinor (Norman) Cook: married 10th Mo. 1718, to Elinor Langdale, and brought a certificate from Chester 2-11-1719.

pg. 96

Title Deeds of London Grove Meeting

14th of 3d Mo. 1722: Tobias Collett & Co. to John Smith, Josepii Pennock. Caleb Pusey Jr., and William Swain of Marlborough and John Cook of London Tract, tor 10 acres of land, beginning at a corner of land of Joseph Pennock; thence South 40 perches, West 40 perches. North 40 perches and East 40 perches to place of beginning.

Articles of Agreement, 3d of 4lh Mo. 1724, between Henry Travilla, Joseph Pennock, John Smith, William Swain and John Cook, for the sale and purchase of ten acres of land.

pg. 99.

John Cook

The fifth and last of the trustees named in the first deed for the meeting property in London Grove, was the eldest child of Peter and Elinor (Norman) Cook, and was born 7-2-1696, at Tarvin, in Cheshire, England. His parents, with their nine children, sailed for America in 1713, but the father died on the voyage or soon after their arrival. His widow married John Fincher in 1714 and they settled in London Grove. John Cook married in 1718 Elinor Langdale and had seven children, who were ancestors of many members of tliis meeting.

-- Two-Hundredth Anniversary of the Founding of London Grove Meeting, Society of Friends at London Grove, Pennsylvania, Tenth Month Third, 1914 (Gilbert Cope)

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DB E, pg. 69 dated 14 March 1722, Tobias Collet et al sold 10 acres in the Northeast corner of the London Tract (also reffered to as Marlborough) for 5 shillings to John Smith, Joseph Pennock, Caleb Pusey, all of Marlborough, and John Cook of the London Tract, all yeoman.

DB H, pg. 199 dated 18 November 1723, The purchasers of the land of DB-E, pg. 69 declare that the money paid for the land was "ye proper mony of the People of God called Quakers belonging to London Grove Meeting." John Cook appears to have signed for himself.

DB H, pg. 201dated 26 May 1732, The executors of Henry Treviller, deceased, of Marlborough Twp., sold 10 acres of land in London Grove Twp., for 3 (pounds) to John Smith, gent., William Swain, Joseph Pennock, gent., all yeoman of Marlborough Twp., and John Cook, yeoman, of London Grove Twp.

DB H, pg. 205 dated 27 May 1732, A declaration of trust relating to DB-H, pg. 201 in the same manner as DB-H, pg. 199, relates to DB-E, pg. 69.

-- Office of Recorder of Deeds, West Chester, Pennsylvania.

(land for London Grove Friends Meeting)

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Warrant No. - 88

Date of Warrant - April 02, 1746

Warrantee - John Cook

Acreage Applied For - 100 acres

Township - New London

County - Chester

Date of Return - None

Survey Book - C23 - 157, 158

Patentee - None

Patent Book - None

Remarks - "Vacated"

-- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Third and North Streets Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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8th mo 4, 1718 John & Elinor Landsdale ann m int.

10th mo 6, 1718 John & Elinor Landsdell ann m int. 2nd time

11th mo 3, 1718 John & Elinor Landsdale rpt m

-- The William Wade Hinshaw Pennsylvania Quaker Monthly Meeting Records, Vol. VI Kennett Monthly Meeting (Chester Co.) page 63 under "Cook" abstracts compiled in the 1930's by William Wade Hinshaw, Selby Publishing 1990

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

-- History of Chester County, Pennsylvania with Genealogical and Biographical Sketches, page 501-502, J. Smith Futhey and Gilbert Cope 1881

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