Eastham, Wellfleet and beyond


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picture Apphia Cook 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1817 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 22 Aug 1833 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Cemetery #2, Provincetown
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Ephraim Cook (1779-1833)
         Mother: Rebecca Lombard (1784-1858) 1



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Apphia Cook 
      Sex: F
AKA: Apphiah Cook 2
Individual Information 
          Birth: 16 Sep 1765 - Eastham, Massachusetts 3 4
        Baptism: 
          Death: 22 Mar 1810 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 5
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Richard Cook (1718-      )
         Mother: Rebecca Mayo (1725-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Captain John Atwood (11 Oct 1765 - 25 Sep 1860) 6 
       Marriage: 16 Nov 1788 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 7
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Hitte Mayo Atwood (1789-1793) 5
                2. Nathan Atwood (1792-1817) 5
                3. Zenas Cook Atwood (1794-      )
                4. Hitte Mayo Atwood (1796-1798) 5
                5. Apphia Atwood (1799-1800) 5
                6. John Atwood (1801-Cir 1850)
                7. Moses Lewis Atwood (1804-      )
                8. Timothy Atwood (1808-1865)



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Apphia D Cook 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 12 Jan 1825 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 9
        Baptism: 
          Death: 3 Jan 1892 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Gifford cemetery, Provincetown
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Joshua Cook (1799-1867) 10
         Mother: Joanna (1803-1865) 1
Spouses and Children 
1. *Hatsuld Freeman (3 Oct 1816 - 2 Feb 1892) 11 
       Marriage: 31 Dec 1848 - (Provincetown, Massachusetts)
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Charles R Freeman (1852-1914)
                2. Flora M Freeman (1861-1864) 11



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Apphia L Cook 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 4 May 1840 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 9
        Baptism: 
          Death: 7 Jul 1842 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 9
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Captain Lemuel Cook (1804-1869)
         Mother: Belinda (1806-1889)



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Apphia L Cook 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 17 Sep 1831 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 9
        Baptism: 
          Death: 2 Jan 1833 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 9
         Burial: in Cemetery #2, Provincetown
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Captain Lemuel Cook (1804-1869)
         Mother: Belinda (1806-1889)



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Arthur Richmond Cook 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 13 Apr 1869 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 13
        Baptism: 
          Death: 16 Sep 1961 - Taunton, Massachusetts 14
         Burial: in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wellfleet
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Edwin P Cook (1843-1925)
         Mother: Eliza Franklin Hopkins (1844-1910) 12 15 16
Notes
General:
patient at Taunton Hospital for 28 years - before that held odd jobs in Wellfleet
survivors included brother Ralph Cook of Dorchester, nieces Mrs Andrew Keblin of Dorchester and Mrs Lawrence Cardinal of South Wellfleet [administrix for his estate] 14

picture Asenath Cook 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 3 May 1726 - Eastham, Massachusetts 17
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Thomas Cook (1697-1774)
         Mother: Dinah Doane (1700-      )
Notes
General:
Marriage 1 Moses LUCAS b: ABT 1725

picture Atkins N Cook 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 11 Mar 1842 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 9
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Captain Isaac Cook (1809-1851)
         Mother: Phebe (1811-1868) 1



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Barnabas Cook 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 25 Dec 1793 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 19
        Baptism: 
          Death: 3 Oct 1841 - Lost At Sea
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Birth, 1791 in Truro, Massachusetts

Parents 
         Father: Barnabas Cook (1742-      )
         Mother: Sarah Whorf (1758-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Dorcas Hinckley Bangs (25 May 1796 - 6 Jun 1865)
       Marriage: 24 Nov 1818 - Truro, Massachusetts 20
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Sally A Cook (1820-1850) 21
                2. Dorcas B Cook (1823-1870) 22
                3. Ann Cook (1825-1895)
                4. Harriet G Cook (1828-      )
                5. Barnabas Cook (1830-Bef 1879)
Notes
General:
Barnabas Cook, aged 50, was the oldest among the 57 men and boys from Truro, in 7 vessels, lost in the October Gale of 1841.

picture Barnabas Cook 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1742 - (Provincetown, Massachusetts)
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children 
1. *Sarah Whorf (16 Sep 1758 -       )
       Marriage: 
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Barnabas Cook (1793-1841) 18



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Barnabas Cook 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 7 May 1695 - Cambridge, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 1757 - Marshfield, Massachusetts
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Spouses and Children 
1. *Mercy Walker (4 Mar 1718 -       ) 23 
       Marriage: 4 Mar 1747 - Eastham, Massachusetts 24
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Mercy Cook (1755-1843)
                2. Saul Cook (1757-1846)



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Barnabas Cook 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 31 Dec 1830 - Truro, Massachusetts 25
        Baptism: 
          Death: Bef 1879 - (Provincetown, Massachusetts)
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Barnabas Cook (1793-1841) 18
         Mother: Dorcas Hinckley Bangs (1796-1865)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Rebecca Smith Pierce (17 Jul 1835 -       ) 26 
       Marriage: 2 Dec 1851 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 27
         Status: 



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Barnabas Cook 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 24 Oct 1802 - Eastham, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: John Cook (1768-1841) 28
         Mother: Rachel Doane (Cir 1771-1841)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Sophronia Doane (20 Jun 1804 -       )
       Marriage: 20 Jul 1826 - Eastham, Massachusetts 29
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Lucretia Cook (1829-      )
                2. Henrietta Cook (1830-      )
                3. Rebecca H Cook (1832-1837) 30
                4. Betty Doane Cook (1835-      )
                5. Sophronia Cook (1837-      )
                6. Rebecca Cook (1839-      )
                7. George Henry Cook (1841-      )



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Barnabas Cook 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Est 1745 - (Eastham, Massachusetts)
        Baptism: 
          Death: 24 Sep 1771 - At Sea 31
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: drowned

Spouses and Children 
1. *Phebe Cook (27 Mar 1745 -       ) 3 
       Marriage: 1 Feb 1770 - Eastham, Massachusetts 31
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Marcy Cook (1770-1774)
Notes
Medical:
"Barnabas Cook was Drowned on the 24 Day of September 1771 Coming from the Banks a whaling" 31

picture Barnabas Cook 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: in Provincetown, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 14 Apr 1771 - Truro, Massachusetts 32
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Solomon Cook (1737-1819)
         Mother: Betty (1738-1808)



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Barzilla S Cook 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1811 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 9 Apr 1812 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
         Burial: in Cemetery #1, Provincetown
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: David Cook (1774-1849)
         Mother: Lydia Smith (1780-1812) 1



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Benjamin Cook 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 28 Feb 1686 - Eastham, Plymouth Colony 33 34
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Josiah Cooke (1645-1732)
         Mother: Deborah Hopkins (1648-Bef 1727)
Spouses and Children 
1. *Mercy Paine (5 Aug 1686 -       )
       Marriage: 23 Nov 1710 - Eastham, Massachusetts 35
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Shuball Cook (1711-      )
                2. Joseph Cook (1710-      )
                3. Nathanael Cook (1717-      )
                4. Richard Cook (1718-      )



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Benjamin Lombard Cook 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 6 Oct 1819 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 36
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: David Newcomb Cook (1776-1856)
         Mother: Salome Lombard (1782-1845)



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Bertha May Cook 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 22 Jul 1880 - Provincetown, Massachusetts
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:

Parents 
         Father: Herbert Levi Cook (1855-1931) 37 38
         Mother: Mary Helen Cobb (1856-1928) 37 38



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Bethiah Cook 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 17 Dec 1741 - Eastham, Massachusetts 3
        Baptism: 
          Death: 
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Birth 4, 17 Dec 1740 in Eastham, Massachusetts

Parents 
         Father: Richard Cook (1718-      )
         Mother: Rebecca Mayo (1725-      )

Sources

1. Robert Paine Carlson, Cape Cod Gravestones, 2003. Eastham MA. CapeCodGravestones.com.

2. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 77 (MD16:74). Col. Leonard H Smith, Jr. and Norma H Smith. Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans. An authorized facsimile reproduction of records published serially 1901-1935 in "The Mayflower Descendant." With an added index of persons.
1980, 1993. Baltimore MD: reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co.

3. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 77 (MD16:74).

4. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 87 (MD16:204).

5. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:45.

6. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:27. the children of Mr. Timothy Atwood and Susannah his wife.

7. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:540. Marriages.

8. Provincetown cemeteries (http://www.provincetowngov.org/historic/cem.htm). badly organized

9. Provincetown Massachusetts. Town records. (Provincetown Massachusetts).

10. George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 15:153.

11. Provincetown cemeteries (http://www.provincetowngov.org/historic/cem.htm).

12. Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 24: Wellfleet (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.), 815.

13. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 13.

14. Provincetown Advocate (Provincetown, Massachusetts [partial archives online]), 21 Sep 1961, p4.

15. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:134. The Children of William H. Hopkins and Betsey his 2d Wife.

16. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 5.

17. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 99 (MD17:146).

18. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 296.

19. George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 22:102.

20. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 227.

21. Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association).

22. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 331.

23. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 20 (MD5:198).

24. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 136 (MD28:83).

25. George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 272.

26. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:164. The children of Thomas and Joanna Pierce.

27. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts, vol.2. Marriages 1843-1856 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 2:67.

28. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 160 (MD32:42).

29. Vernon R. Nickerson, Marriages and Marriage Intentions, 1795-1844. Town of Eastham, Masachusetts (1969. New England Historical & Genealogical Register 123: 117-124, 198-204), by Rev. B. Thatcher. numerous transcription errors

30. Alfred Alder Doane, The Doane Family: I. Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth ; II. Doctor John Done, of Maryland, and Their Descendants, with Notes Upon English Families of the Name. 3rd edition (1976. Boston: Doane Family Association of America (1st edition 1902) [online]), 163.

31. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, MD32:173.

32. John Harvey Treat, rearranged by Kathryn Rich, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Vital Statistics. Section Two, Truro Baptisms 1711-1800 (1969. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), 14. has transcription errors

33. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, Records of Plymouth Colony: Births, Marriages, Deaths, Burials and other records: 1633- 1689 (1976. The Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc.)

34. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 40 (MD8:88).

35. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 22 (MD6:14).

36. George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 23:171.

37. Victor Grant Hillard, "Descendants of William Hillard of the Plymouth Colony" (2003. Rootsweb file: 000001_vic
2007. Rootsweb file: hillard_family).

38. Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 21.

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Sources

1 Robert Paine Carlson, Cape Cod Gravestones, 2003. Eastham MA. CapeCodGravestones.com.

2 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 77 (MD16:74). Col. Leonard H Smith, Jr. and Norma H Smith. Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans. An authorized facsimile reproduction of records published serially 1901-1935 in "The Mayflower Descendant." With an added index of persons.
1980, 1993. Baltimore MD: reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co.

3 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 77 (MD16:74).

4 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 87 (MD16:204).

5 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:45.

6 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:27. the children of Mr. Timothy Atwood and Susannah his wife.

7 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:540. Marriages.

8 Provincetown cemeteries (http://www.provincetowngov.org/historic/cem.htm). badly organized

9 Provincetown Massachusetts. Town records. (Provincetown Massachusetts).

10 George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 15:153.

11 Provincetown cemeteries (http://www.provincetowngov.org/historic/cem.htm).

12 Simeon L. Deyo, editor, History of Barnstable County Massachusetts, 1620-1890. Chapter 24: Wellfleet (1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co.), 815.

13 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 13.

14 Provincetown Advocate (Provincetown, Massachusetts [partial archives online]), 21 Sep 1961, p4.

15 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:134. The Children of William H. Hopkins and Betsey his 2d Wife.

16 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1843 - 1858,. in vol. 2 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 5.

17 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 99 (MD17:146).

18 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 296.

19 George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 22:102.

20 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 227.

21 Richard A. Haskell, editor, Truro Cemeteries (2000. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association).

22 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 331.

23 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 20 (MD5:198).

24 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 136 (MD28:83).

25 George Ernest Bowman, compiler, Vital Records of Truro, Massachusetts to the year 1849 (1933. Mass. Society of Mayflower Descendants. republished online), 272.

26 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 1:164. The children of Thomas and Joanna Pierce.

27 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts, vol.2. Marriages 1843-1856 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts), 2:67.

28 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 160 (MD32:42).

29 Vernon R. Nickerson, Marriages and Marriage Intentions, 1795-1844. Town of Eastham, Masachusetts (1969. New England Historical & Genealogical Register 123: 117-124, 198-204), by Rev. B. Thatcher. numerous transcription errors

30 Alfred Alder Doane, The Doane Family: I. Deacon John Doane, of Plymouth ; II. Doctor John Done, of Maryland, and Their Descendants, with Notes Upon English Families of the Name. 3rd edition (1976. Boston: Doane Family Association of America (1st edition 1902) [online]), 163.

31 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, MD32:173.

32 John Harvey Treat, rearranged by Kathryn Rich, Wellfleet, Truro, & Cape Cod Vital Statistics. Section Two, Truro Baptisms 1711-1800 (1969. Wellfleet MA: Rich Family Association), 14. has transcription errors

33 Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, Records of Plymouth Colony: Births, Marriages, Deaths, Burials and other records: 1633- 1689 (1976. The Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc.)

34 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 40 (MD8:88).

35 Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD, 22 (MD6:14).

36 George Ernest Bowman and Ethel A. Richardson, "Provincetown, Massachusetts Vital Records" (Mayflower Descendant), 23:171.

37 Victor Grant Hillard, "Descendants of William Hillard of the Plymouth Colony" (2003. Rootsweb file: 000001_vic
2007. Rootsweb file: hillard_family).

38 Town records of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Births 1858-1910 (Wellfleet, Massachusetts.), 21.

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