Isaac COOK, *^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]}

1743 - 1820  (77 years)

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• Name	Isaac COOK
  Suffix	*
  Born	1743	, Chester, PA, USA   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	15 Jan 1820	Silvercreek M.M., , IN, USA
  Buried	Abt 18 Jan 1820	Silvercreek M.M., , IN, USA
  Person ID	I558	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Thomas COOK, *,   b. 29 Aug 1704, Norwich, Cheshire, ENG ,   d. 1752, Warrington M.M., Warrington Twp., York, PA, USA  (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Mary UNDERWOOD, *,   b. Abt 1710, , Chester, PA, USA ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	28 Sep 1731	London Grove, Chester, PA, USA
  Family ID	F6777	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Charity WRIGHT, Minister,   b. 13 Nov 1742, , Prince George, MD, USA ,   d. 13 Nov 1822, , Warren, OH, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Married	Abt 1763	, Newberry, SC, USA
  Children	1. Joseph COOK,   b. 23 Dec 1763, Bush River M.M., Newberry, SC, USA ,   d. Aft 1822  (Age 59 years)   2. Sarah COOK,   b. 22 Aug 1766, Bush River M.M., Newberry, SC, USA ,   d. 1827, , Miami, OH, USA  (Age 60 years)   3. Rachel COOK,   b. 29 Feb 1768, Bush River M.M., Newberry, SC, USA ,   d. Aft 1822  (Age 54 years)   4. Thomas COOK,   b. 3 Jan 1770, Bush River M.M., Newberry, SC, USA ,   d. Aft 1822  (Age 52 years)   5. Mary COOK,   b. 3 Jan 1772, Bush River M.M., Newberry, SC, USA ,   d. Aft 1822  (Age 50 years)   6. Charity COOK,   b. 24 Feb 1774, Bush River M.M., Newberry, SC, USA ,   d. Aft 1822  (Age 48 years)   7. Ruth COOK,   b. 25 Aug 1776, Bush River M.M., Newberry, SC, USA ,   d. Aft 1822  (Age 46 years)   8. Wright COOK,   b. 27 Aug 1778, Bush River M.M., Newberry, SC, USA ,   d. Aft 1822  (Age 44 years)   9. Isaac COOK,   b. 22 Mar 1781, Bush River M.M., Newberry, SC, USA ,   d. Aft 1822  (Age 41 years)   10. Susannah COOK,   b. 13 Oct 1783, Bush River M.M., Newberry, SC, USA ,   d. 17 Jun 1842, Silvercreek M.M., , IN, USA  (Age 58 years)   11. Keturah COOK,   b. 1786, Bush River M.M., Newberry, SC, USA ,   d. Aft 1822  (Age 37 years)
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F5901	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Isaac Cook appears to have first purchased 150 acres on May 6, 1766 in Berkley Co. on the north side of the Saludy River. (C-947) He next purchased land from Daniel Mote on October 19, 1774 in Beaverdam Creek in the Fork of the Broad and Saluda Rivers. (C-894) He sold 4 acres of land to (Big) John Coate on Beaverdam in a branch of the Saluda River on Feb. 11, 1788. The following book contains detailed information on Charity Cook and her husband Isaac: Newlin, Algie I., CHARITY COOK, A LIBERATED WOMAN, (Friends United Press, 1981). Charity Wright and Isaac Cook were both born in the back country quarterly meeting area of Monacy, Maryland and Western Chester Co., Pennsylvania Both their families moved to the same Quarterly Meeting area in Cane Creek, North Carolina. It is very likely that they knew of each other if not each other as children. Charity Cook was a significant person in Quaker history. Surprisingly she was disowned at age 14 "for having carnal knowledge of Jehu Stewart," only to end up being a Quaker Minister within the following ten years. She did appeal the judgment of the Quaker Church on her disownment. Her family moved to South Carolina within a couple months after the appeal failed. She was apparently married outside of the church to Isaac Cook. He had lived in the same settlement where she had been disowned and surely knew of her trials. He taught Charity to read and supported his wife's talents as a Quaker minister by looking after the family while she would travel. Her ministry took her away from home approximately one month per year, excluding her 5 year, 5 month trip abroad as a dedicated minister when her youngest daughter was age 11. Travel in those days took a great deal of fortitude. She often went by horseback in the face of many dangers, ex: Indians, Wars (Revolutionary War), etc. Her travels took her all over the South, East Coast and Midwest in America and through England, France, Germany and Ireland during times of great political turmoil in these areas. Her last travels as a minister took place when she was 75 years old after the death of her husband by cancer and just two years before her death at age 77 and 9 months. She must have been a very fulfilled and strong woman to have endured and given so much. Quotes in writings by other Quakers include "Charity Cook (is) a minister in esteem amongst us" and she was "favored in (her) public testimonies with a degree of animating life and power." This is but a short summary of the very fine book mentioned above about a most honorable woman. As for Isaac and Charity's children, none of them appeared in the death records of South Carolina. Isaac and family received a certificate of removal on Oct 26, 1805 to go to Miami MM, in Ohio. (C-820) There is an Isaac Cook who made land transactions in the Guilford Co, NC land records in 1797. It is not know if he is this Isaac, his son or another Isaac. (C-1099-2000)

  
  

• Sources

  [S3041] Rev. Silas E. Lucas, Quakers in South Carolina. [S550] CD 102 (Automated Archives). [S2866] William Medlin, Quaker Families of S.C. & Georgia (1983) (Ben Franklin Press). [S2883] Eileen Davis and Judith Ireton, comps, Quaker Records of the Miami Valley of Ohio (McDowell Publications, 1980). [S2343] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. [S516] Thomas Cook and Mary Underwood Family Group Sheet Prepared Aug. 15, 1985 by R. Glenn York Lot 24, 7733 Telegraph Road, Severn, MD 21144. [S559] Algie Newlan, Charity Cook, A Liberated Woman (Friends United Press). [S523] Wilmer L. Kerns, Ph.D., Frederick Co., Virginia Settlement and Some First Families of Back Creek Valley, 1730-1830 (c1995, Gateway Press).