Samuel Cook

Brief Life History of Samuel

When Samuel Cook was born in 1793, in New Jersey, United States, his father, John Cook, was 20 and his mother, Mary Chave, was 15. He married Mary Ann Vansciver on 30 March 1817, in Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Burlington, Burlington, New Jersey, United States for about 10 years. He died in July 1876, in Burlington, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 83.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Cook
1793–1876
Mary Ann Vansciver
1800–1873
Marriage: 30 March 1817
Jacob Cook
1821–1858
Susan Vansciver Cook
1824–1894
Daniel B. Cook
1829–1859
Anna Cook
1835–
William Cook
1840–
John Cook
1845–1865

Sources (6)

  • Samuel Cook, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Samuel Cook, "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956"
  • Samuel in entry for Daniel Cook, "New Jersey Deaths and Burials, 1720-1988"

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World Events (8)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1804

Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr had been political enemies with intense personal differences for quite some time. Burr accused Hamilton of publicly disparaging his character during the elections of 1800 and 1804. On the morning of July 11, the two politicians went to Weehawken, New Jersey to resolve the disputes with an official duel. Both men were armed with a pistol. Hamilton missed, but Burr's shot fatally wounded Hamilton, who would die by the following day. The duel custom had been outlawed in New York by 1804, resulting in Burr fleeing the state due to an arrest warrant. He would later be accused of treason, but ultimately be acquitted.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for a cook, a seller of cooked meats, or a keeper of an eating house, from Middle English cok, coke, cook, couk, cuk(e) (Old English cōc) ‘cook’ or ‘seller of cooked foods’. See also Kew .

Irish and Scottish: usually identical in origin with the English name (see 1 above), but in some cases a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cúg ‘son of Hugo’ (see McCook ).

Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘cook’, such as German and Jewish Koch , Dutch Kook , Polish Kucharz and Kucharczyk , Slovenian and Croatian Kuhar , North German Kuk .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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