Arrived in America with the rest of the family in the spring of 1713. Elinor married a gentleman named Thomas Grindall on Jan. 15, 1731, at Old Swedes Church (known today as Trinity Church) in Wilmington, Delaware. As a Quaker, Elinor was disowned for being married by a priest and having an illegitimate child. This is all that is known about Elinor.
Thomas Grindall and Eleanor Cook, Governor's license, married 15 January.
-- Burr's 1890 translation of the original church records of Old Swedes Church, Wilmington, Delaware, Page 342 under "Marriages 1731"
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"7 mo 26th 1730 Newgarden Monthly Meeting complained of Elinor C. sister of Peter Cook for bearing an illegitimate child."
-- Personal letter from Gilpert Cope to Dr. William H. Cook, dated August 2, 1869
Albert Cook Myers Collection/Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, Pennsylvania
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In 1731, Elinor Cook was disowned for being married by a priest and having an illegitimate child. She couldn't have the child at home, so brother Peter took her to the home of Charles McDowell, for the birth, a Welshman.
-- Albert Cook Myers Collection/Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, Pennsylvania
Arrived in America with the rest of the family in the spring of 1713. Elinor married a gentleman named Thomas Grindall on Jan. 15, 1731, at Old Swedes Church (known today as Trinity Church) in Wilmington, Delaware. As a Quaker, Elinor was disowned for being married by a priest and having an illegitimate child. This is all that is known about Elinor.
Thomas Grindall and Eleanor Cook, Governor's license, married 15 January.
-- Burr's 1890 translation of the original church records of Old Swedes Church, Wilmington, Delaware, Page 342 under "Marriages 1731"
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"7 mo 26th 1730 Newgarden Monthly Meeting complained of Elinor C. sister of Peter Cook for bearing an illegitimate child."
-- Personal letter from Gilpert Cope to Dr. William H. Cook, dated August 2, 1869
Albert Cook Myers Collection/Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, Pennsylvania
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In 1731, Elinor Cook was disowned for being married by a priest and having an illegitimate child. She couldn't have the child at home, so brother Peter took her to the home of Charles McDowell, for the birth, a Welshman.
-- Albert Cook Myers Collection/Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, Pennsylvania
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