Sturkie Family 2018B - Person Sheet
Sturkie Family 2018B - Person Sheet
NameCOOK, Benjamine 
Birth3 Apr 1732, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut
DeathDec 1785, Charlestown, Charlestown, SC
FatherCOOK, Capt. David (1701-1766)
MotherWILSON, Rebecca (ca1704-ca1744)
Spouses
Birth31 Dec 1740, Wallingford, New Haven Connecticut
Death18 Sep 1815, Milledgeville, Baldwin, Ga
FatherTYLER, Joseph (1716-1741)
MotherCLARK, Mehitabel (1718-1757)
Marriage28 Aug 1759, Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut
ChildrenStatira (1761-1802)
Obedience (1763-)
Phinehas (1766-1788)
Sybil (1768-)
Benjamin Tyler (1770-1788)
Isaac Newton (1774-1856)
Joseph Tomkins (1779-)
Will notes for Benjamine COOK
Will of Benjamine Cook
In the name of God Amen. I Benjamin Cook of Charlestown in South Carolina, Gentleman, do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following, that is to say, After Payment of my just Debts and funeral charges, I give, devise and bequeath unto my dearly beloved wife Sibble Cook, her Heirs, Executors, Administrators and assigns for ever, All the rest.
Residue and Remainder of my Estate both real and personal whatsoever and wheresoever. And I appoint my said wife sole Executrix of this my last will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this twenty fifth day of March in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty.
Signed, Sealed, Published and Pronounced and Declared by the said Benjamin Cook as and for his last will and Testament in the Presence of us, who in his Presence and in the Presence of each other, here, at his Request, subscribed our Names as Witness thereto.
Stephen Drayton -----Jacob Reed ----- Thomas Winstantly
Proved before Charles Lining Esquire O.C. T. D. January 6th 1786.
Examined
2 Co. Sh C. L.
Recorded in Will Book A 1783-86 page 601
Cook, Benjamine, Rev. Sol., d. Dec., 1785, Charleston, S. C. (son of Captain David Cook and wife, Rebecca Wilson, of Conn.)190
In the name of God Amen. I Benjamin Cook of Charlestown in South Carolina, Gentleman, do make this my last will and testament in manner and form following, that is to say, After Payment of my just Debts and funeral charges, I give, devise and bequeath unto my dearly beloved wife Sibble Cook, her Heirs, Executors, Administrators and assigns for ever, All the rest.
Residue and Remainder of my Estate both real and personal whatsoever and wheresoever. And I appoint my said wife sole Executrix of this my last will and Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this twenty fifth day of March in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty.
Signed, Sealed, Published and Pronounced and Declared by the said Benjamin Cook as and for his last will and Testament in the Presence of us, who in his Presence and in the Presence of each other, here, at his Request, subscribed our Names as Witness thereto.
Stephen Drayton -----Jacob Reed ----- Thomas Winstantly
Proved before Charles Lining Esquire O.C. T. D. January 6th 1786.
Examined
2 Co. Sh C. L.
Recorded in Will Book A 1783-86 page 601
Cook, Benjamine, Rev. Sol., d. Dec., 1785, Charleston, S. C. (son of Captain David Cook and wife, Rebecca Wilson, of Conn.)190
Notes for Sibble (Spouse 1)
Sibble evidently moved south with her son Isaac as he took the Gospel to the Frontier. 26