Re: Franics Cooke/Hannah Cook Connection Help!
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Re: Franics Cooke/Hannah Cook Connection Help!
Frank P. Gill 7/30/12
I am so sorry. I can't believe I didn't add more info. I’ve been at this long enough to know not to make mistakes like that. Sorry this is long.
Hannah Cook was born in 1814 in Pennsylvania (though it might be possible, Ohio) to Eunice (Corwin) Cook and of William Cook, and died in Fairfield, Jefferson Co., Iowa around March 3, 1879.
She married William Francis Black on April 5th (or 11th), 1832 in Richland, Ohio. I am not aware of who William Black’s parents are at this time.
I was recently told that the Will of Eunice (Corwin) Cook and of William Cook (of Richland Co, Ohio) does list Hannah Black (she would have been married at the time the will was made or executed, her married name was Black. I know she is in Eunice's will for sure) as being her daughter. So that is very encouraging. It's the 1st encouraging thing I've found.
I am ordering the Wills, but it has no other information that I am aware of.
*So what I realllly need is:
Something showing that William Cook and Eunice (corwin) Cook's daughter, Hannah Cook, and her Husband William Francis Black, and their children (most of them) moved from Richland Co., Ohio to Troy, Davis Co., Iowa ( and later they moved to Fairfield, Jefferson Co., Iowa) around the fall of 1860.
I don’t know how I will find something (and article in the newspaper as they did at times back then) listing Eunice and William AND Hannah, and telling that Hannah and her family had moved to Iowa. I know here where I live, at times they would list in the newspaper if someone went 15 miles away to see a relative though.
Also, I believe they brought with them 2 of Hannah’s sisters, Julia Ann Cook and Mary E Cook but only as far as Allen Co., Ohio.
*I was given by a distant cousin (recently) a transcribed journal said to be Martha E. Black’s (Hannah and William’s daughter) that she kept as they traveled from Richland, Ohio to Troy, Davis Co., Iowa. It doesn’t list Eunice and William Cook, just that it was hard leaving Grandma and Grampa in Richland Co., as they are old and infirm.It also lists others like Martha’s sister Eunice whom they stopped and stayed with, a few other cook names and William Black’s brother. I will have to go through it again though.
No one is knows where the original journal is to my knowledge.
If I can get proof of their travels from Ohio to Iowa, in a credible form, that proves this was William and Eunice’s daughter, Hannah Cook, that moved, I believe that would prove my Cook connection to William Cook, descendant of Francis Cooke.
I want to apply to the Mayflower society, and they have well documented info on William Cook and Eunice (Corwin) Cook, but not Hannah (Cook) Black. No one has submitted her line yet.
I have put allot of time and effort into this and it's just so frustrating to not find anything, and up until now I had nothing other then word of mouth. Unfortunately I need more proof to know for sure.
I have had researchers look and am trying to see what more I can find in Ohio, but I want to see if anyone out there can help me. I don’t live in Ohio, so that doesn’t help either.
Any help AND/OR sharing of documents or anything else that may help me, appreciated!
Sal
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Re: Franics Cooke/Hannah Cook Connection Help!
Frank P. Gill 7/30/12