Cooks (6) John Cook And Anna Beal and their many children

 

John Cook, son of Enoch W. Cook and Mary Foster, was born on April 16, 1774, in Groton, Massachusetts.
He married Anna Beal on April 16, 1798 in Cohasset, Massachusetts. (Beal is sometimes spelled “Beals”)

Anna Beal was born in 1778 in Hingham, MA to Abel Beal and Deborah Lambert.

They settled in Winchendon, MA.  There are recorded born to them 4 children who lived to adulthood. John died at 74 in 1848 in Winchendon, Massachusetts.

Anna’s father Abel Beal(s) died in 1805 and bequeathed his daughter Anna $10.  

"to my daughter Anna Cook, ten Dollars;" Abel Beal's will

John Cook and Anna Beal’s children:

John Cook and Anna Beal lived in Winchendon Mass and many of their children married Ashburnham families

1 Anna- B 21 Jul 1798; M.  John lane

2 Tryphenia -  B 9 Sept 1799; M. 1819 Thomas Flint. They moved to New York

3 Mary Foster – B 23 Apr 1801 M. Samuel Baldwin

4  John - B 20 Mar 1803 D. as an infant

5  *John (Jr) - B 15 Mar 1805 (*ancestor)

6 Deborah - B 30 Jul 1806 M. Joel Merriam

7 Martin - B 1 Mar 1808 stayed on homestead, Winchendon

8 Eliza Clara (called “Clara”) - B 26 Jan 1810 M. 27 Nov 1833 Milo Derby

9 Edward - B 12 Jun 1812 D in Saint Louis. Son Lemuel W Cook was a photographer in Boston

10 Ivers - B 21 May 1814 M. Dorothy Miller; moved to Westminster VT

11 Abigail - B 17 May 1816 M. Abner Moore of Sharon NH

12 Eliza - B 26 Mar 1820 M. 1842 Ruben Buzzel. Moved to Rindge, NH in 1862. She D. in 1883, had five children.

13 Johanna - B 15 Aug 1822 M. John N Richardson lived in Winchendon & in Fitzwilliam NH

Anna Beal Cook died 11 Sept 1839 in Winchendon, Mass at 61.

John lived for almost 10 more years, dying in Aug 1848 at 74 in Winchendon, MA. Both John and Anna are both buried in Winchendon, MA.