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Josiah “Grandpa” Cook

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Josiah “Grandpa” Cook

Birth
Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
unknown
Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
No stone.
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Josiah Cook of Wrentham, bought land in No Town, Sept. 15, 1774. By Wrentham town rec. his wife was Sarah. They are doubtless the "Grandpa and Granny" Cook referred to in notes in the possession of Galen Johnson, as being buried in the old cemetery, E. Buck. No stones.

In a deed dated July 10, 1777, Eli Fuller of No Town sold three hundred acres of land in the "Cobbett Grant, No Town" to "Josiah Cook my honored father." Quite likely one of Josiah Cook's daus. mar. Fuller and that the latter was a son-in-law.

Children (Wrentham Town Records)
i Jemima, b. Sept. 17, 1743.
ii Esther, b. June 23, 1745.
iii Nathan, June 20, 1747.
iv Josiah, b. June 28, 1749. By Johnson rec. he, "his wife and Susie and Betsey" are buried in Old Cemetery, E. Buck.; no stones. In 1790 Census his family is listed as two males under sixteen and two females.
v Sarah, b. June 15, 1751.
vi Abel, b. Apr. 15, 1753; here in 1790 with a family of three sons under sixteen and five females.
vii Oliver, b. Aug 14, 1755. In 1790 family contained two males under sixteen and three females.
viii Jesse, b. Oct. 15, 1758. Here in 1790 with two females in his family; said to have been buried in Old cemetery, E. Buck.; no stones.
ix Mary, b. Oct. 21, 1761.
x Rufus, b. Aug. 9, 1766. Here in 1790 with a family of two males over sixteen including head of family and one under, two females. He joined the original Baptist church in 1789.

Source: Kendrick, Fannie Shaw, with Genealogies by Lucy Cutler Kellogg, Pub. by Town of Buckland Committee, 1937.
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Josiah Cook of Wrentham, bought land in No Town, Sept. 15, 1774. By Wrentham town rec. his wife was Sarah. They are doubtless the "Grandpa and Granny" Cook referred to in notes in the possession of Galen Johnson, as being buried in the old cemetery, E. Buck. No stones.

In a deed dated July 10, 1777, Eli Fuller of No Town sold three hundred acres of land in the "Cobbett Grant, No Town" to "Josiah Cook my honored father." Quite likely one of Josiah Cook's daus. mar. Fuller and that the latter was a son-in-law.

Children (Wrentham Town Records)
i Jemima, b. Sept. 17, 1743.
ii Esther, b. June 23, 1745.
iii Nathan, June 20, 1747.
iv Josiah, b. June 28, 1749. By Johnson rec. he, "his wife and Susie and Betsey" are buried in Old Cemetery, E. Buck.; no stones. In 1790 Census his family is listed as two males under sixteen and two females.
v Sarah, b. June 15, 1751.
vi Abel, b. Apr. 15, 1753; here in 1790 with a family of three sons under sixteen and five females.
vii Oliver, b. Aug 14, 1755. In 1790 family contained two males under sixteen and three females.
viii Jesse, b. Oct. 15, 1758. Here in 1790 with two females in his family; said to have been buried in Old cemetery, E. Buck.; no stones.
ix Mary, b. Oct. 21, 1761.
x Rufus, b. Aug. 9, 1766. Here in 1790 with a family of two males over sixteen including head of family and one under, two females. He joined the original Baptist church in 1789.

Source: Kendrick, Fannie Shaw, with Genealogies by Lucy Cutler Kellogg, Pub. by Town of Buckland Committee, 1937.
Page 432.


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  • Created by: Sue Downhill
  • Added: Feb 27, 2017
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176803389/josiah-cook: accessed ), memorial page for Josiah “Grandpa” Cook (unknown–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 176803389, citing Old East Buckland Cemetery, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Sue Downhill (contributor 47347066).