Margaret Cook (1736–) • FamilySearch

Margaret Cook

about 1736–
Old Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

The Life of Margaret

When Margaret Cook was born about 1736, in Old Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Archbald Cook, was 42 and her mother, Elisabeth Bready, was 37. She married John Colquhoun on 11 February 1757, in Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 7 daughters.

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Family Time Line

Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

John Colquhoun

1732–1797

Margaret Cook

1736–

Marriage: 11 February 1757

Archbald Colquhoun

1758–

Ann Colquhoun

1759–

Malcolm Calhoun

1760–1823

Patrick Calhoun

1761–

Margaret Brisbane Colquhoun

1762–

Isabel Colquhoun

1764–1818

Jean Calhoun

1765–

James Colquhoun

1767–

Walter Colquhoun

1769–

John Colquhoun

1770–

Elizabeth Colquhoun

1772–1855

David Colquhoun

1774–

Katherine Donald Colquhoun

1776–

Mary Falconer Colquhoun

1778–

Spouse and Children

John Colquhoun

Male1732–1797Male

Margaret Cook

Female1736–Female

MARRIAGE
11 February 1757
Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland

children

(14)

Archbald Colquhoun

Male1758–Male

Ann Colquhoun

Female1759–Female

Malcolm Calhoun

Male1760–1823Male

Patrick Calhoun

Male1761–Male

Margaret Brisbane Colquhoun

Female1762–Female

+9 More Children

Parents and Siblings

Archbald Cook

Male1694–Male

Elisabeth Bready

Female1699–Female

siblings

(3)

Mary Cook

Female1729–Female

James Cook

Male1735–Male

Margaret Cook

Female1736–Female

World Events (4)

1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.

Age 66

In 1802, John Playfair published the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. His influence was by James Hutton’s knowledge of the earth’s geology.

1815

Age 79

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1830

Age 94

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

Name Meaning

Cook

Margaret

1 English: occupational name for a cook, a seller of cooked meats, or a keeper of an eating house, from Old English cōc (Latin coquus). There has been some confusion with Cocke .2 Irish and Scottish: usually identical in origin with the English name, but in some cases a reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cúg ‘son of Hugo’ ( see McCook ).3 In North America Cook has absorbed examples of cognate and semantically equivalent names from other languages, such as German and Jewish Koch .

Possible Related Names

Cocke

McCook

Koch

Lecuyer

Coke

Cooke

Cookman

Cooks

Cookson

Sources (3)

Margaret Cook in entry for David Colquhoun, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
Margaret Cook in entry for James Colquhoun, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
Margaret Cook in entry for Walter Colquhoun, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"

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