Elizabeth Cock

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Cock was born on 14 December 1715, in Long Island, Cumberland, Maine, United States, her father, Henry Cock, was 37 and her mother, Mary Feake, was 37. She married William Townsend about 1741, in Oyster Bay Town, Queens, New York Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Oyster Bay, Oyster Bay, Queens, New York, United States in 1790. She died on 30 November 1794, in Covert, Seneca, New York, United States, at the age of 78.

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William Townsend
1715–1777
Elizabeth Cock
1715–1794
Marriage: about 1741
James Townsend
1742–1798
Rosannah Townsend
1751–1831

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  • Elizabeth Cock, "United States Census, 1790"
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1760

Historical Boundaries: 1760: Cumberland, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Cumberland, Maine, United States

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

New York is the 11th state.

Name Meaning

1 English: (i) occupational name from Middle English cok ‘cook’, a possible variant of Cook if shortening of the vowel of Old English cōc ‘cook’ occurred before it developed to Middle English coke, couk, cook. In examples of Coc and Cok below, the vowel may be short or long, so they could alternatively be cited under Cook . (ii) nickname from Middle English cok (Old English and Old French coc) ‘male bird, cock’ (especially the male of the domestic fowl), perhaps used humorously of a leader or chief man in a social group, though this sense is not recorded before the 16th century in OED . Some of the following early bearers may alternatively belong under other senses below.

2 English: relationship name occasionally perhaps from the Middle English personal name Cok, of uncertain origin. For possible early bearers of the surname see examples without the definite article in (1) above.

3 English: (i) locative name from Middle English cok (Old English cocc) ‘hillock, haycock, heap’, denoting someone who lived by a hillock or mound. (ii) occupational name from Middle English cok, cok(k)e ‘ship’s boat’, and used for a boatman. Compare Barge . (iii) locative name, occupational name for someone who lived or worked or at a house or inn distinguished by a sign depicting a haycock or mound, a boat, or a cock bird (see the senses above).

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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