Benjamin Cook
Born: March 16, 1770 Haverhill, Massachusetts
Married: October 25, 1790, Hillsbourough, New Hampshire
Died: After 1825
Father: William Cook b.1742
Mother: Mary Ayer b.1750
Wife: Jane Fifield b.1772
Children:
Peter A. Cook b.1790
Mary Ayer Cook b.1793
Benjamin Cook b.1795
Elisabeth Cook b. 1797 d. 1798
Jonathan Greeley Cook b.1804
Edward Cook b.1806
Jenny Cook b.1808
James Varnum Cook b.1813
Notes:
-Most of the information on the ancestors of Peter Ayers Cook comes from a post in "The Boston transcript" which describes a genealogist meeting Peter Ayers cook in 1864 and writing down what he was told about his family.
-A Book on the Fifield name mentions that Benjamin and his wife
removed to Canada. The adult baptism in the Anglican Church of
Benjamin and Jane (Fifield) Cook and their children of Yamaska
Mountain, St. Hyacinthe, Shefford, Quebec took place 24 March 1822.
Also, The children of Benjamin's son Benjamin and his daughter Mary
Cook Eaton were also baptized this day. These baptism records list the
birthdates of Benjamin and Jane Fifield Cook. A biography of John Eaton states his wife as Mary Ayer Cook from New Hampshire, and the census records indicate that their children were born in Canada, although they later removed to Sprinfield, Illinois. The Church of Latter Day Saints file show some the children of Benjamin Cook and Jane Fifield being married in Shefford, Quebec.
His Birth Record in the Haverhill Town Records only lists his mother,
Mary Ayer, but not his father. There is a notation in the original town
records (but not the published Haverhill Vital Records) that says this
birth record was added later at the desire of Benjamin. Benjamin's
father had died by this time, and his mother remarried to Peter Ayer.
-The Shefford, Quebec Census of 1825 shows Benjamin Cook's family, but
it is believed he returned to New Hampshire before his death, although no
burial or death record has been found.
A list of Dwelling Houses in Haverhill, 1798 lists a Benjamin Cook owning a $400 dwelling.
On Feb 10, 1810 he is listed as a 'joiner' and quitclaimed his
interest in land to his step-father Daniel Lord of Bradford.
Sources:
-Birth Source: Haverhill Records, "Boston Transcript", NEHGL
-Marriage Source: Vital Records
-1800 US Census, Haverhill, MA
-"Early Families of Bradford, NH"