Brief Life History of Ambrose Philip
When Ambrose Philip Cook was born on 14 October 1775, in Culpeper, Virginia, United States, his father, George Johann Cook, was 52 and his mother, Anna Maria Huffman, was 20. He married Susannah Fleischmann on 20 September 1803, in Madison, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter.
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Sources (7)
- Ambrose Cook in entry for Frances E Cook, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Ambrose Cook, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"
- Ambrose Cook in entry for Frances E. Cook, "Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912"
Spouse and Children
1775– Male
1770–1840 Female
Children (3)
1796–1870 Female
1804– Male
1807– Male
Parents and Siblings
1723–1802 Male
1756– Female
Siblings (8)
1775–1865 Male
1775– Male
1776–1857 Male
1777–1883 Female
1779–1856 Female
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World Events (8)
1776
Age 1
1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital
Age 5
1808
Age 33
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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