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The Prerogative Court records of Maryland include the following items on William Cook (or William Cooke ) of Calvert County.
William Cook 18.447 CA £41.0.0 Mar 26 1734 Aug 14 1734
Appraisers: James Weems, John Gray.
Creditors: William Brogden, William Browne.
Next of kin: Isaac Waller, Ann Edmonds.
Administrator: Thomas Atterbury.
William Cooke 13.140 A CA £41.0.0 £16.13.11 Jun 17 1735
Payments to: William Brogden, Henry Broome, Edward Wood, Thomas Sedwick, Thomas Edmonds, John Leach, John Gray, Ann Parker, Gabriell Parker, Benjamin Tasker & Daniel Dulany, Esq.
Administrator: Thomas Atterbury.
The selection of the relatives to designate as "next of kin" could be relatives by birth/blood, or relatives by marriage. My THEORY (needs more evidence) is that NOK Isaac Waller, who was likely the son of Matthew and Margaret Waller, was a nephew of William Cook. That is, I believe Margaret Waller's maiden name might have been Cook, and that she was William's sister. I further propose that Ann Edmonds (more likely than not the wife of William Edmonds of Calvert County) was born a Waller, a sister of Isaac, and so also a niece of William Cook.
It is safe to infer that this William Cook was an adult at the time of his death and so likely born before 1713. Life expectancy in Maryland at that time was not so long, and so my guess is that he was under 60 at death, and so born after 1683. He was possibly childless and possibly never married.
If anyone has any information about this William Cook, or about his possible connection to the Waller family, please contact me directly at duaneaboggs@live.com.
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