James Cooke, Esq.

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Husband James Cooke, Esq. ¹

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           Died: Aug 1818 1
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Wife

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Children

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1 M David Cooke ¹

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           Died: 1806 1
 Cause of Death: Accident
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         Spouse: [Unk] Speer (      -      ) 2

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2 F Margaret Cooke ¹

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           Born: Abt 1776
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           Died: 9 Sep 1841 - near Spring Mills, Gregg Twp, Centre Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Andrew Hanna (      -      ) 1

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3 F Martha Cooke ³

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           Born: Abt 1782
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           Died: 13 Feb 1847 3
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         Spouse: [Unk] Craig (      -      ) 1

         Spouse: Robert McClelland (      -      ) 1

         Spouse: James Duncan (1758-1843) 3 4 5

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General Notes: Husband - James Cooke, Esq.

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He came to Penn's valley, Pennsylvania, in 1790, and in 1792 erected a saw-mill, and in 1793 built a grist-mill at Spring Mills, the mill standing on the old line between Northumberland and Mifflin Counties. He came from Lancaster County, and was a man of large means, owning slaves. He was a tall, slender, and dignified gentleman, a Federalist in politics.

1 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 289.

2 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 294.

3 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 289, 302.

4 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 744.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 114.