Family: Maj. Aaron Cooke / Rebecca Foote (F7375)

• Male Maj. Aaron Cooke

  
  

  Birth	Abt 1610	Bridport, Dorset, England
  Death	5 Sep 1690
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  Marriage	2 Oct 1688	Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
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  Female Rebecca Foote

  
  

  Birth	3 Sep 1634	Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Death	6 Apr 1701	Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
  Burial		Old Hadley Cemetery, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
  Other Spouse	Lieut. Philip Smith | F7364
  Marriage	1 Mar 1657	Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut
  Father	Nathaniel Foote | F7376 Group Sheet
  Mother	Elizabeth Deming | F7376 Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Married: On 2 Oct 1688 Rebecca second married Capt. Aaron Cook, son of Aaron Cook (ca 1586-Dec 1615) & Elizabeth Charde (1589-16 Apr 1643), at Hadley, MA.12 Born ca 1613/4 at Bridport, Dorset, Eng. Baptized on 20 Mar 1613/4 at Bridport, Dorset, Eng.4 Aaron died at Northampton, MA, on 5 Sep 1690.172 Buried in Bridge St. Cem., Northampton. Aaron emigrated with his mother and stepfather, Thomas Ford,in 1630 on the Mary & John to Dorchester, MA, where he was made freeman 6 May 1635. He received three acres of land 1 Sep 1634 with additonal grants on 5 Jul 1636. He removed to Windsor in 1653 and was granted 50 acres at Simsbury. He served as juror many times and was made lieutenant and commander-in-chief of 65 soldiers on 21 May 1652 at Windsor. He was chosen captain in 1655. He was granted land at Northampton, MA, 1659/60, and settled there the next year. He was selectman several terms, and a deputy of the General Court many years. He was known as a wolf hunter; kept an ordinary, 1668-72; cdr. garrison at Westfield, 1675; returned to Northampton, 1678. Source: http://babbage.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr02/rr02_444.html