Brief Life History of Seth
When Seth Cook was born on 28 May 1745, in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Seth Aldrich Cook, was 25 and his mother, Mary Cass, was 26. He married Eunice Cook in 1770, in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He died in 1801, in Danby, Rutland, Vermont, United States, at the age of 56.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- birth record
- Upper Canada Land Petitions (1763-1865): petition of Rebecca Cook Irish
Spouse and Children
1745–1801 Male
1746–1819 Female
Children (5)
1768– Female
1770– Female
1773–1823 Female
1774–1838 Male
1780–1868 Male
Parents and Siblings
1720–1785 Male
1718–1754 Female
Siblings (6)
1740– Female
1741– Female
1742– Female
1745–1801 Male
1747– Female
+1 More Child
World Events (4)
1776
Age 31
1776 · Rhode Island Declares Independence
Age 31
1788 · The First Presidential Election
Age 43
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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