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Mary Cooke

Female Abt 1680 - 1733  (~ 53 years)


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  • Name Mary Cooke  [1, 2] 
    Born Abt 1680  Essex, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Name Mary Cook 
    Reference Number 3237 
    Died 1733  Essex, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I3237  Thompson-Milligan
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2018 

    Father John Cooke,   b. 1654, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jun 1727, Essex, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Susanna Pell,   b. 1666, Rappahannock, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Feb 1731, Essex, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 28 Oct 1685  Rappahannock, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2153  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 William Halbert,   b. 1681, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1718, Essex, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
    Married Abt 1709  Essex, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Joel Halbert, I,   b. 1712, Essex, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1762, Caroline, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)  [natural]
     2. William Halbert,   b. Abt 1714, Essex, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Apr 1761, Essex, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 47 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2018 
    Family ID F1360  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Thomas Wood 
    Married Abt 1700  Rappahannock, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Wood,   b. 1701, Rappahannock, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2018 
    Family ID F1361  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 William Taylor 
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2018 
    Family ID F1362  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt 1680 - Essex, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Abt 1700 - Rappahannock, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - Abt 1709 - Essex, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1733 - Essex, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I Mary Taylor of Essex County in the Colony of Virginia being sick and weak in body but of perfect Sense and Sound memory thanks be to Almighty God for it I do make and ordain this my Last will and Testament in manner and form following: that is to say first and principally I Commend my Soul unto God that gave it And my body to the Earth to be buried with Christian decensie?? at the discretion of my Exutors hereafter named and of my worldly goods I dispose of as followeth

      ITEM I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elisabeth Heeley my side sadle and one shilling sterling~

      ITEM I give and bequeath unto my son William Halbert my gold ring ~

      ITEM I give and bequeath unto my Grand Daughter Sarah Halbart my trunk

      ITEM I give and bequeath unto my grandson Thomas Heeley five Shillings

      ITEM I will, give and bequeath unto my Grand Daughter Molly Heeley five Shillings

      ITEM I will, give and bequeath unto my two ~~~sons Joel Halbart and William Halbart (after my just debts paid funeral charges defraid and above legacies Satisfied and paid) All the remaining part of my estate to be Equally divided among them.

      And I do appoint my said sons Joel Halbart and William Halbart Executors of this my Last will and Testament (carried forward)

      WITNESS my hand and seal this ninth day of April in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand Seven Hundred and thirty seven.

      /s/ Mary Taylor (Seal)

      In prescence of Stephen Chenault } Elias Newman }

      AT A COURT held for Essex County at Tapp- ) on the xxjst (21st) day of June Anno Dom MDCCXXXVIJ (1737)

      Joel Halbert and William Halbert the Executors within named presented this last will and Testament of Mary Taylor dec'ed and made oath thereto as the law directs and the said will was also proved in due form by the oaths of Stephen Chenault and Elias Newman the witnesses thereto and then the said will was ordered to be recorded.

      TEST W Beverly CCur(?)

      (Court Clerk)

  • Sources 
    1. [S187] Virginia Marriages, 1851-1929, Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp., (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;), Database online.
      Record for Mary Wood

    2. [S259] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Edmund West, comp., (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.;), Birth year: 1712; Birth city: Essex County; Birth state: VA.
      Record for Joel Halbert

    3. [S22] OneWorldTree, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA;;), Database online.
      Record for John Cook