Jacob Cook

Brief Life History of Jacob

When Jacob Cook was born about 1795, in Caernarvon Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Stephen Cook, was 14 and his mother, Mary Ayers, was 29. He died on 18 January 1853, at the age of 59.

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Family Time Line

Stephen Cook
1783–1821
Mary Ayers
1768–1808
Rebecca Cook
1789–
Margaret Cook
1793–
Jacob Cook
1795–1853
James Cook
1791–
Polly Cook
1792–
Eliza Cook
1794–
Stephen Beecher Cook Jr.
1797–1874

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    World Events (7)

    1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

    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.

    1803

    France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

    1812

    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

    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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    Stephen Cook Sr and Miss Ayers Story

    Stephen Cook, Sr., came over from England in a military band, during the Revolution. When he found what the Americans were fighting for, he deserted the English and joined the Americans and became a p …

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