Brief Life History of Mary
Mary Cook was born in 1671, in Sussex, England, United Kingdom. She married George Cornwall on 26 April 1692, in Warbleton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom. She was buried in Framfield, Sussex, England, United Kingdom.
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Family Time Line
Sources (5)
- Mary Cook, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
- Mary Cornwall, "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991"
- Mary, "England, Sussex, Parish Registers, 1538-1910"
Spouse and Children
1673– Male
1671–1724 Female
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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