Cook, Cooke Family Ulster Ireland to Canada 1825ish
Hi All
Time for a new post re my Irish Cook(e)s from Belfast or Cavan.
Robert Cook, born 1793, was a gardener on the estate of Richard Griffith, Kilkenny, Maiden Hall Ireland.
He eloped with and fled to Canada with Sarah Jane Griffith, 16 year old daughter of Richard, who immediately disowned her.
CHildren in the records of St Peter's Anglican Church, Brockville, Elizabethtown Ontario:
John 1828 m Sally Clark
Elizabeth 1831 m John Earl
Joseph 1833 m Mary7 Ann White
Sarah Jane 1836 m John McGinn
Catherine 1837.
About 1840, actual date unknown, Robert Cook died young leaving Jane with 5 children destitute. Her appeals to her wealthy Griffith family went unanswered and she had little choice but to farm her kids out to Robert's Cook and Story relatives in the area.
She then took up with an American fellow moved to the USA and married him with more children.
She never saw her 5 Canadian Cook children again.
Her loss of course because they all grew into responsable family people who did well in their community.
One of her American Children, surname unknown to me did visit the Canadian Cook clan and tried to do some research in Ireland on the Griffith connection.
Robert had brothers or cousins Richard Cook and Joseph Cook who also farmed Augusta Tp east of Brockville and he was somehow connected to William Cook ( Rachel Shaver) of Matilda Tp Dundas County further east of Brockville.
Communication with the Griffith family in Ireland never did resume.
Are there still remnants of this Cook family in Ireland? Good question!
Rob McGinn in Thunder Bay Ontario
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