Nathaniel Cook

Notes:

Notes from History of Saratoga County, NY: p. 92:

Nathaniel Cook , Ensign, 32nd Regiment, March 24, 1804, "From the Revolution to the War of 1812."

Notes from Web Site (updated 6/26/1998) by notes from Jonathan Cook:
"Nathaniel Cook is buried in the Fairland Cemetery, on Cemetery Road near West Fulton, NY. His gravestone lists him as dying March 14, 1852, age 70 years, 4 months, 22 days. The road to the cemetery is a one-lane, unpaved road, up a hill that can be steep in spots -- 4 wheel drive is recommended for visitors. He resided in Charlton, NY and 'Sap Bush Hill', West Fulton, NY, which has also been known as 'Sapbush Hollow' and 'Byrneville.' The 'sapbushes' were maple trees along the streams which form the valley. The hills around are steep and rocky, not particularly attractive to farmers. The area wasn't much settled until around 1800, and even then it was attractive only mainly for timber used in making shingles. Much of Fulton Hill (Fairland Cemetery is near the juncture of Cemetery Road and Fulton Hill Road, both bad) is now a state forest. He married Huldah (or Hilda) Sprague (born June 4, 1783), whose gravestone, near his but broken in two, says she died June 29, 1865, aged 82 years and 25 days."

They had 9 children including two sets of twins.

Nathaniel married Hulda Sprague on 06 Jan 1804. Hulda (daughter of Reuben Sprague and Mary Bacon) was born on 04 Jun 1783; died on 29 Jun 1865 in West Fulton,,NY; was buried in Jun 1865 in Fairland Cem., Cem. Rd, West Fulton, NY. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Asher Cook was in Upper Freehold, NJ prior to moving to Saratoga County, NY. He was born in Imlaystown, Monmouth County, NJ, 5 Oct 1756.

Source: History of Saratoga County, New York.

Page 315 - (See comments for Nathaniel Cook), Asher, the eldest son, was married before coming north...

Page 363 - "The pastors of the (Baptist) Church have been... Asher Cook, 1867,.... The pulpit is now supplied by Rev. Asher Cook, who is located at Hagedorn's Mills."

Page 498 - Township Officers - 1874 & 1875 Asher Cook, Jr, Town Clerk. (son of Asher Cook).

Page 499 - IV. Churches -- Baptist Church of Providence. (There is a graphic of Rev. Asher Cook.) "The present officers of the church are: pastor, Rev. Asher Cook;..."


Died:
Sweetman Cemetery

Asher married Helena Barkalow before 1778 in Monmouth County, NJ. Helena (daughter of William Derrick Barcalow and Aeltje Williamsen) was born on 09 Sep 1759 in Upper Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA; died on 02 Sep 1819 in Charlton, Saratoga, New York, USA; was buried on 02 Sep 1819 in Sweetman Cemetery. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Notes from Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Vol 25, pub. 1950.

Page 91-93: Barkelow information not yet connected in:

EARLY DUTCH SETTLERS OF MONMOUTH. PAGES 105-7, THE BARKALOW FAMILY. -THIS INFO IS FILED IN "Barkelow" and has not been used as of 10-6-03.

1752 Aug. 11

ASHER COOK'S TRANSCRIBED WILL - ABSTRACT (copied from SAMPUBCO copy).
New York Volume 5, page 394.
...at the village of Stillwater in the county of Saratoga, on the 16th day of February 1822, before George Palmer, Esquire Surrogate of said county, the last will & testament of Asher Cook, late of Charlton, .. will was proved and allowed by us...administration of his will granted unto John Cook, William Powers & Samuel Beldin - the executors ...
First, I give and bequeath unto my son John Cook all my real estate lying in the town of Charlton aforesaid... and more land (see my hard copy Cook file).
Secondly I will that my son John shall pay yearly and every year on the first day of May unto my son Zebulon thirty five dollars from the day of my decease during the natural life of my said son Zebulon, and at the decease of my said son Zebulon, I will that my son John shall pay or cause to be paid unto the heirs of the said Zebulon Cook the sum of $500 for the use and benefit of said Zebulon's heirs.
I further will that my said son John shall pay within one year after my decease to Arthur Cook my son the sum of $200, to my son Nathaniel Cook $12.50 and to my son William Cook $12.50 .
I also will that my said son John Cook shall pay to my following named grand children as soon as they shall respectively arrive to lawful age, the several sums as follow, that is to
Asher Paren, son of the late Michel Parent, $200, to Asher Cook, son of Nathaniel Cook, $100, to Alenah B. Cook, daughter of Anthony Tappin,$50, and to Alenah Olmstead, daughter of Eben Olmsted, $100.
I further will that my said son John Cook shall be at the one fifth part of the expense of keeping and supporting my brother, Thomas Cook, during his natural life after first expending the property for his support which was left to him by his parents.
Next I will that my son Zebulon shall have the full use and occupancy of 30 acres of land... during the natural life of said Zebulon and at the decease of the said Zebulon, I will that the said 30 acres of land go to the heirs of the said Zebulon for their use and benefit for ever.
Next I will and bequeath unto my daughter Sally Olmsted 15 acres of the aforsaid Pepinger lot,....reserving nevertheless for the use and benefit of my son John a sufficient quantity or strip of the said Pepinger lot..for a road or lane, two yards wide, from the old farm to the watering place, the most convenient route on said Pepinger lot which is to be reserved for the benefit of the old farm as a watering place for ever.
And lastly, I will and bequeath unto my three daughters, Anna Tappin, Peggy Sanders and Sally Olmsted, the 30 acre lot lying in said town of Charlton on the east side of the highway leading from Galway to Charlton and is nearly opposite to my new dwelling house, to be equally divided between my said three daughters...
In witness thereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in Charlton,this 17th day of August 1821...in the presence of the testator. Sylvester Harmon, Rockwell Harmaon, Lydia Wicks.


Died:
Sweetman Cemetery

Notes:

Reference source: SPRAGUE FAMILIES IN AMERICA, 1913, by Warren Vincent Sprague, M.D., Chauncey, Ohio, Additional Families 1940-1941 By the Author; (The book is in the Daughters of the American Revolution library in Washington, DC (12/2000). This book was published as a supplement to the original book. Numbers noted in the text refer to the family connection in the 1913 publication.)

110. REUBEN (3) SPRAGUE (Eleazer-2, John-1), of Lanesborough, MA and Charlton.NY, baptized April 11, 1756 at Lights Corner's, NY, died about 1816. Will dated Aug. 22, 1816, proved Jan. 29, 1818, (Saratoga Co, NY, Probate Record) names wife Mary (Bacon) and children named below except Ann. He did not own land in Lanesborough. Was admitted to church in Lanesborough in 1779. 1790 Census - Ballston, Saratoga Co,NY (data 1-2-4).

1800 Feb 13, Residence was in Charlotte, VT. Sold his land there
NJ Marriages: 1665 - 1800, by William Nelson, 1967, Genalogical Publishing Co., Baltimore:
-- Abiel Cook, Jr. Monmouth, married Mary Thomson, 6/17/1765
-- Asher Cook, Monmouth, married Elizabeth Green, 3/31/1764 to Nathaniel Newell for $1666.60. Took notes for this amount which were due at Ballston,NY.

Children:
i. Amy
ii HULDA bap. 1784
iii. Ruth
iv. Desire
v. Reuben, bap 1782
v. Ezra
vi David
vii Ann, bap 1779

NOTE: Sprague is a Mayflower related name.

NOTE: Salt Lake City, Family History Library, 2-12-1999: Descendants of Enos Sprague, p. 5, lists: Reuben Sprague, b. 13 Sept. 1742, Providence, RI, son of #16, Daniel Sprague.

Source: History of Saratoga County, New York 1609-1878, pub. 1878.

(p. 84)

Reuben Sprague was appointed a Justice of the Peace, on April 6, 1808 for Charlton. He was reappointed 1809 and 1813.

Reuben married Mary Bacon in Lanesborough, Berksh,MA ??. Mary (daughter of Nathaniel Bacon and Ann Latimer) was born on 03 Nov 1757 in Middletown, Middlesex, CT; died in in (alive 29 Jan 1818). [Group Sheet]

Notes:

NOTE: CT Barbour Records- Middletown, VR: Bacon, Mary, dau. of Benjamin and Rhoda, b. May 1, 1753;
Mary, dau of Zacheus and Marcy, b. Feb. 9, 1755
NOTE: Bacon is a Mayflower related name.

Notes:

Source: Web Site (updated 6/26/1998) from notes by Jonathan Cook:
"According to Jonathan Cook's notes, Nathaniel may have served as a corporal in Van Veghtens regiment and lived near Albany, NY -- in Charleston, Saratoga County, NY."

Source: History of Saratoga County, New York,

page 315: "Nathaniel and Margaret Cook, with their family of eight sons and one daughter, moved from their home in northern New Jersey, May 18, 1778, and one month after, as their record reads, they 'got into ougher (our) new house.' They settled in the eastern part of the town. On another page we find the quaint record of their first seed-time, which reads, 'Now sode (sowed) wheat, Aug. 12, 1778;' and again, Sept. 5, 1778. Asher, the oldest son, was married before coming north, and bought one hundred acres about two miles north of Charlton, on which farm David W. Cook, on of his grandchildren, now lives. Several other great-grandchildren of Nathaniel Cook are living in town."

Nathaniel married Margrett Robbins in 1752 in Imlaystown, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA. Margrett (daughter of Joseph Robbins and Sarah Leah Clayton) was born on 10 Dec 1732 in Imlaystown, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA; died on 27 Jul 1815 in Charlton, Saratoga, New York, USA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Died:
Sweetman Cemetery

Other Events:

• Baptism: 16 Jan 1713/14, Dutch Reformed Church, Freehold & Middltetown, Upperfreehold, NJ

William married Aeltje Williamsen on 02 Dec 1737 in Marlboro, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA. Aeltje was born in 1714. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Reference source: SPRAGUE FAMILIES IN AMERICA, 1913, by Warren Vincent Sprague, M.D., Chauncey, Ohio, Additional Families 1940-41 By the Author. (Book is in the DAR Library in Washington, DC 12/2000.) (Numbers refer to the family connection in the 1913 publication.)

page 48:
108. JOHN (1) SPRAGUE, b. May 4, 1708, Lebanon, CT,; m. there (1) Sept. 7, 1726, Hepibeth Hartwell, b. Sept. 2, 1709. He settled before 1745 at Southeast, a town in Carmel, now Putman Co., NY. He was a Justice of the Peace and an influential member of the Congregational Church. He m. (2) Hannah Holly of Dutchess Co., who was living in Pawling,NY in 1790.

Three children by first wife and one by second and perhaps others.

109. i. ELEAZER (2) SPRAGUE, b. March 23, 1727 in Lebanon
ii. Sarah; m. John Ryder, b. 1732
iii. Hepsibeth; m. Nov. 3, 1756, Michael Evans. (Knibloe's record)
iv. Deborah. She was the 2nd wife of Pardon (6) Slocum, b. July 8, 1751, Dartmouth, MA, buried at Pawling, NY, son of John (5) and
Deborah (Allen) Slocum. (Slocum History, 1882) Putnam Co. was set off from Dutchess Co. in 1812.

109. ELEAZER (2) SPRAGUE (John-1), of Lights Corners in the town of Carmel, NY, Lanesborough, MA, and Hinesburg, VT.; b. March
23, 1727, Lebanon, CT., d. Aug. 25, 1806, age 80 years, Hinesburg, VT; m. Desire _____, b. 1730, d. Aug. 21, 1806, at Hinesburg,
VT; both buried in Mead Cemetery.
1756, April 11, Bap. at Gilead Presbyterian Church, Carmel, NY, by Rev. Knibloe.
1768. Bought land in Lanesborough, MA
1769. Eleazer and Desire were admitted to St. Lukes Church in Lanesborough, MA.
1771. Bought land in Lanesborough. (Berkshire Co. MA Deeds.)
Served in Capt. Asa Barnes' Company., Col. Benjamin Simon's Regiment, Service 5 days on an alarm at the northward.
Company marched from Lanesborough, Oct. 26, 1780. (MA Soldiers and Sailors Record Volumes.)
1781. One of the first settlers in Hinesburg, VT and came with his wife from Lanesboro. (VT History Magazine, 1, 194.)

These children - there may have been others.

110. i. REUBEN (3), bap. April 11, 1756, Gilead Presbyterian Church, Carmel, NY.
111. ii. John
112. iii. Eleazer
113. iv. Peter
v. Trifena, bap. 1769, Lanesboro, MA
vi. Desire, bap. 1771, Lanesboro, MA
vii. Asa, (probably), Admitted St. Lukes Church, Lanesborough, 1779.

Eleazer married Desire (unknown). Desire was born about 1730; died on 21 Aug 1806 in Hinesburg,,VT; was buried in Mead Cemetery, Hinesburg, VT. [Group Sheet]

Nathaniel married Ann Latimer on 20 Mar 1755 in Cromwell, 2nd book, New Haven 2nd Ch. Ann (daughter of David Latimer and Mary) was born on 11 Mar 1727 in Middletown, Middlesex, CT; died on 25 Apr 1808 in Ballston, Saratoga, New York. [Group Sheet]