Hezekiah Cock

Brief Life History of Hezekiah

When Hezekiah Cock was born on 28 November 1703, in Matinecock, Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York, United States, his father, John Cock, was 37 and his mother, Dorothy Harcourt, was 33. He married Rosannah Townsend about 1738, in Oyster Bay, Oyster Bay, Nassau, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 4 April 1768, in United States, at the age of 64.

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Family Time Line

Hezekiah Cock
1703–1768
Rosannah Townsend
1712–1780
Marriage: about 1738
Penn Cock
1733–1784
Violetta Cock
1737–1768
Dorothy Cock
1742–1781
John L. Cocks or Cox
1761–
John Cock
1735–1819
Sarah Cock
1750–1807
Gabriel Cocke
1753–

Sources (2)

  • Hezekiah Cock, U.S., Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol I–VI, 1607-1943
  • Hezekiah Cock New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999

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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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