DESCENDANTS of JOSEPH COOK and MINDWELL
           HYDE OF NEWTON, MA & THEIR CHILDREN WHO SETTLED IN
                       BRATTLEBORO, VERMONT

1. JOSEPH1 COOK,born say 1700, died Jan 1748/49 in Newton, Middlesex Co., MA.1 He married on 10 Nov 1726 in Newton, Middlesex Co., MA2, MINDWELL HYDE, born 5 Apr 1703 in Newton, Middlesex Co., MA3; died 13 or 19 Feb 1786, AE 83 in Newton, Middlesex Co., MA, daughter of ELEAZER HYDE and HANNAH HYDE.4 
 
	The parentage of JOSEPH COOK is not known.  It has been said that Joseph was the son of Samuel & Abigail (Griggs) COOK of Cambridge, MA.  They had a son Joseph baptized in Cambridge 23 May 1697.  I have a copy of the settlement of Samuel COOK's estate dated 30 Apr. 1733 and only two sons Samuel & Philip are mentioned .5 He could be the son of Andrew & Phebe (Lovewell) COOKE of Dunstable,
MA but this has not been proven.
 	 
	Joseph COOK was  of Weston , MA before removing to Newton.6
As a resident of Newton he received money from the town poor stock in 1731 and 1735.7
 
	MINDWELL COOK received one half of the movables that belonged to her mother as her portion of her father Eleazer HYDE's estate.8

	Children of JOSEPH COOK and MINDWELL HYDE9 
	2	i	JOSEPH Jr2 COOK, born 26 Aug 1729 in Newton, Middlesex Co., MA; died 4 Aug 1730 in Newton, Middlesex Co., MA10

	3	ii	JOSIAH2 COOK, born 9 Sep 1732 in Newton, Middlesex Co., MA; died 30 Dec 1776 in Newton, Middlesex Co., MA11. He married on 26 Apr 1753 in Newton, MA12, MARY OLDHAM Children13 i. Josiah, ii. Mary, iii. Elizabeth, iv. Joseph, v. John, vi. Samuel 

	4	iii	HANNAH2 COOK, born 5 Mar 1732/33 in Newton, Middlesex Co., MA; died 31 Dec 1748 in Newton, Middlesex Co., MA14.
 
+	5	iv	OLIVER2 COOK, born 1 Jun 1735 in Newton, Middlesex Co., MA. He married (1) BEULAH KNAPP. He married (2) LEAH WEBB. 
	6	v	SOLOMON2 COOK, born 16 Jul 1738 in Newton, Middlesex Co., MA. Solomon married KEZIA HOLTON 29 Nov. 1768 Sutton, MA15 Solomon was warned out of Sutton, MA 2 Nov. 1762.16  He may
have later settled in Brattleboro, VT.- 1810 Windham Co. cn,
Brattleboro 1 male & 1 female over age 45

	7	vi	THOMAS2 COOK, born 17 May 1740 in Newton, Middlesex Co., MA. Thomas, from Newton, with wife (not named)  warned out of Worcester on 2 Nov. 1762.17.  He is probably the Thomas COOK,
blacksmith who lived in Brattleboro, VT.

                         Generation 2

5. OLIVER2 COOK (JOSEPH1), born 1 Jun 1735 in Newton, Middlesex Co., MA; died 4 Jan 1813, AE 78, in Brattleboro, Windham Co., VT; buried  in Meetinghouse Cem,Brattleboro, VT18. He married (1) on 20 Jan 1757 in Newton, Middlesex Co., MA, BEULAH KNAPP, born 9 Jun 1736 in Newton, Middlesex Co., MA;19 died 26 Dec 1782 in Brattleboro, Windham Co., VT, (Gs. op cit, AE 47) daughter of DANIEL KNAPP and
SARAH (---).  He married (2)  LEAH WEBB, born 8 Mar 1738 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA20; christened 28 May 1738 in lst Church, Springfield, Hampden Co., MA21, daughter of CORNELIUS WEBB and MARY OSBORN. 

	Oliver COOK resided in Newton & Sutton, Massachusetts before removing to Brattleboro, VT.  On 14 May 1765 Oliver COOK wife Beulah and children  Joseph, Hannah & Beulah COOK from Worcester were warned out of Sutton, MA.22
  	 
	By June of 1765 Oliver and his family were still in Sutton, MA where three of their children were baptized.
 	 
	The Cook Family removed from Sutton, MA to Brattleboro, VT  by 1771 when Oliver's name appears on the Census of Cumberland County, NY now Windham County Vermont..23
 	 
	In 1771 Oliver COOK served as commissioner for laying out highways and as an assessor in Brattleboro.  On 15 Mar 1781 he was appointed horse brander at a town meeting.  In 1782 he lived in the Fifth School District of the town24 

 	 He was a member of the First Congregational Church where he signed an agreement to call Rev. REEVES to the Church.25  The early records of this church were destroyed by fire and Mr. HELYER, a present day church member found no other record of Oliver Cook of the few records that survive.
 	 
	On 4 Jan. 1776 Oliver was appointed a First Lt. in the Cumberland County Militia for  the Town of Brattleboro.26By 6th Feb. this same year he was  promoted to rank of captain.27 
 	 
	In the Year 1779 Oliver COOK, blacksmith  purchased land in Brattleboro from Samuel DICKERMAN.  The deed was witnessed by William CUNE & William SUMMER.28  In a deed dated 19 Jan. 1787 Oliver COOK,gentleman, purchased more land from DICKERMAN, deed witnessed by Stephen NASH & Frederick BAKER.29 On 28 May 1793 Oliver sold land to Josiah ARMS,deed witnessed by Ephraim NASH & Rutherford HAYES.30  In June of 1793 Capt. Oliver COOK sold land to Oliver COOK Jr., Joseph COOK & Ephraim COOK.These three deeds were witnessed by Ephraim
NASH & Gardner CHANDLER.31 The latter Cooks were probably Oliver's sons.  All of the land transactions involved land located in Brattleboro, VT.
 	 
	The listing for Oliver Cook, Town of Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont in the 1790 & 1800 census are as follows:
 	 
	1790 - Free white males 16 and up   :  3
            Free white males under 16             2
            Free white females                         2
 	 
	1800 - Males of 45 & upward                1
            Females   " "    "                              1

	Leah WEBB owned the covenant at the First Church of Springfield, Mass on 8 Feb. 1756.32
 	 
	Leah's death is not recorded in the Vermont Vital Records.  She is buried in an unknown location perhaps with her second husband Oliver Cook who is buried in Meetinghouse Cemetery in Brattleboro, VT or her first husband Josiah Ward II, burial place unknown.

	Children of OLIVER COOK and BEULAH KNAPP33
 
	8	i	HANNAH3 COOK, born 13 Mar 1758 in Newton, Middlesex Co., MA; buried 5 May 1797 in Meetinghouse Hill, Brattleboro, Windham Co., VT.34 She married 35 JOSEPH DUNKLEE. Joseph was born 15 Sept.1753 Brimfield, MA36 son of JOSEPH DUNKLEE & MARTHA
(--). Joseph m2 say 179837 SABRA WHITMORE ADAMS, widow of
JOEL ADAMS, born 11 July  1769 Marlboro, VT38, died 5 Apr 1821
Brattleboro, VT.39

	9	ii	CALEB3 COOK, born 19 Feb 1759 in Newton, Middlesex Co., MA.
 
+	10	iii	SARAH3 COOK bapt. 2 June 1765 Sutton, MA, married JOSIAH III WARD.
 
	11	iv	BEULAH3 COOK, christened 2 Jun 1765 in Sutton, Worcester Co., MA.
 
	12	v	CALEB II3 COOK, bapt. 13 Sep 1767 in Sutton, Worcester Co., MA40.   May be the same Caleb born in 1759.

	13	vi	JOSEPH3 COOK, born bef. 1765.
 
	14	vii	EPHRAIM3 COOK, died before 23 Sept. 1812 in Brattleboro, Windham Co., VT. He married  MARY (---).   On 23 Sept. 1812 Mary COOK was appointed administrator for the estate of her husband EPHRAIM COOK with LEWIS REDFIELD as surety.  David MILLER
and Enos LAMB took an inventory and the estate was turned over to
the widow.41  This Ephraim COOK was probably Oliver's son.

+	15	viii	OLIVER jr3 COOK, born 12 Aug. 1764,  married ELIZABETH DAVIS. 

                          Generation 3

10. SARAH3 COOK (OLIVER2, JOSEPH1), christened 2 Jun 1765 in Sutton, Worcester Co., MA, died Jun 1802. She married  JOSIAH III WARD, born 20 Apr 1760 in Springfield, Hampden Co., MA, son of JOSIAH II WARD and LEAH WEBB. SEE WARD FAMILY BY COMPILER

	Children of SARAH COOK and JOSIAH III WARD 42

	16	i	JOSIAH IV4 WARD, born 10 Mar 1787 in Brattleboro, Windham Co., VT

      17        ii       SARAH4 WARD, born 28 Feb 1789 in Brattleboro, Windham Co., VT
 
	18	iii	WILLIAM4 WARD, born 8 Apr 1791 in Brattleboro, Windham Co., VT;
 
	19	iv	SABRA4 WARD, born 13 Feb 1793 in Brattleboro, Windham Co., VT

	20	v	ELECTA4 WARD, born 17 Jan 1795 in Brattleboro, Windham Co., VT

       21       vi      LEWIS4 WARD, born 1 Feb 1797 in Brattleboro, Windham Co., VT 

	22	vii	HANNAH4 WARD, born 1 Jan 1799 in Brattleboro, Windham Co., VT

	23	viii	GEORGE W.4 WARD, born 4 Aug 1800 in Brattleboro, Windham Co.,
 
	24	ix	JARED4 WARD, born 12 Jun 1802 in Brattleboro, Windham Co., VT; died Jun 1804 in Brattleboro, Windham Co., VT.
 
                   x.   NELSON died 8 Aug. 1805        

15. OLIVER Jr3 COOK (OLIVER2, JOSEPH1) born 12 Aug. 176443, died 14 Mar.1844, ae 79 Vernon, VT(44) married 26 June 1800 in Dummerston, VT, ELIZABETH DAVIS45. born 05 Mar 1773 and died 14 Oct. 1846.46

	Children of OLIVER Jr COOK and ELIZABETH DAVIS47
 
	25	i	RELIEF4 COOK, born 13 Oct 1800 in Brattleboro, Vt.
 
	26	ii	ROSWELL4 COOK, born 11 Aug 1802, d 20 Dec 1802(48) in Brattleboro, Vt.
 
	27	iii	ELIZABETH4 COOK, born 19 Nov 1803 in Brattleboro, Vt.
 
	28	iv	NELSON4 COOK, born 1 Mar 1806 in Brattleboro, Vt, died 15 Oct. 1822

	29	v	NANCY4 COOK, born 16 Jul 1808 in Brattleboro, Vt. 

	30	vi	EMILY4 COOK, born 24 Dec 1810 in Brattleboro, Vt, died 24 Dec. 1810

END NOTES

1.  Newton, MA printed VR, p.45
2.  Ibid 252
3.  Ibid, 99
4.  Ibid, 45
5.  Middlesex PR #5039
6.  Francis Jackson, History of Newton, Massachusetts  {Boston 1854}, p. 249 hereafter Jackson
7.  P.R. Ritter & T. Fleishman, Newton Massachusetts 1679-1779 A Biographical Directory {Boston NEH&G,  1982}.
8.  NEH&G Register July 1917, 265
9.  Newton Ma printed VR, 42/43
10. Ibid, 435
11. Ibid
12. Ibid, 348
13. Jackson, 250
14. Ibid, 435
15. Sutton, MA printed VR
16. Worcester County Massachusetts Warnings 1737-1788 With An Introduction by Francis E. Blake{Camden ME, Picton Press, reprint 1992} p. 71 hereinafter Worcester Warnings
17.  Ibid, 88
18.  Gravestone 	
19.  Newton MA peinrws CE, 128
20.  Thomas B. Warren, Springfield Familes NEH&G  typescript 1934/35
21.  Church Record
22.  Worcester Warnings 71
23.  Jay Mack Holbrook, Vermont 1771 Census {Oxford, MA,Holbrook Research Institute 1982, p.22
24.  Mary Rogers Cabot Annals of Brattleboro 1681 - 1895 {Brattleboro E.:L. Hildrith & Co., 1922} 2 volumes, Vol. I:103,123;163 hereinafter Cabot
25.  Church Record
26.  John R. Goodrich, Rolls of the Soldiers in the Revolutionary War1775 to 1783 (Vermont) Rutland, VT, Tuttle Co., 1904}, p.82
27,  Ibid, 63
28.  Brattleboro Deeds Bk. A:234
29.  Ibid,  A:226
30.  Ibid, B:556
31.  Ibid B:542, 489
32.  Church Record
33.  1st 2 Newton printed VRS, 41; 3-5 bapt. Sutton MA (printed VRS 45)
34.  Federal Galaxy 12 May 1797 “In this town on Friday last Mrs. Hannah Dunklee, aged 38
35.  Cabot, Vol. 2:1003
36.  VR Brimfield MA
37.  Ephraim Newton, History of Marlborough Vermont {Montpelier, Vermont Historical Society, 1930) p. 31
38.  Ibid
39.  Ibid
40.  Sutton MA printed  VR
41.  Windham Marlboro Dist. PR 343
42.  Charles Martyn, The William Ward Genealogy {NY Artemus Ward, 1925}p. 165 & #x Vermont Journal 27 Aug. 1805 died as a boy as a result of an accident in a grist mill in Dummerston, VT, son of Josiah Ward. 
43.  Records of Michael Stern - Ancestry.com family tree
44.  Ibid 
45. Brattleboro VR, Elizabeth of Dummerston, VT
46. See note 42
47. Brattleboro VT VRS & Michael Stern
48. Ibid