When Martha Cook was born on 22 June 1793, in Stephentown, Rensselaer, New York, United States, her father, Abial Cook, was 54 and her mother, Anna Lee, was 36.
Do you know Martha? Do you have a story about her that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account
There are no historical documents attached to Martha.
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Albany became the capital of New York in 1797. Albany is the oldest continuous settlement of the original 13 colonies.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
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.
Possible Related NamesABIAL COOK ( About1740 - September 11, 1807). Abial was born in about 1740 in Tiverton, Massachusetts the son of Job and Ann Bennett Cook. After 1747 and the realignment of state lines, …
As a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.