Mary Cooke

- 1737

• Name	Mary Cooke  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	Christ Church, Middlesex, Virginia
  Gender	Female
  Death	1737	, Essex, VA   [2, 5]
  Person ID	I9138	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Rev. John Cook,   b. 9 Mar 1654, Berwick on Tweed, Cumberland, England d. 20 Jun 1727, Essex County, Virginia, USA (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Susanna Pell, *,   b. Aft 1660, Old, Rappahannock, Virginia, United States d. 1731, Essex, Virginia, United States (Age < 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1679	Rappahannock, Virginia, United States
  Family ID	F2793	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	William Halbert,   b. 1681, Essex County, Virginia, United States of America d. 18 Oct 1718, Caret, Essex County, Virginia, United States of America (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	25 Jul 1709	Richmond and Essex, Virginia, USA
  Children	1. William Halbert,   b. 1714, Essex County, Virginia, USA d. 2 Apr 1761, , Essex, VA (Age 47 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Joel Halbert,   b. 1712, Essex, Virginia, USA d. Aft 1754, , Caroline, VA (Age > 43 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Sarah Halbert,   b. 1716, Essex, Virginia, United States d. 1742, USA (Age 26 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. James Halbert   d. 1811, Virginia, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2150	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Thomas Wood, *,   b. 1680, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England d. Essex Co., VA, Virginia
  Marriage	Between 1694 and 1708	Essex, Virginia, United States
  Children	1. Thomas Wood, *,   b. 1708, Bedford, Bedford Co, Virginia, (West Virgina) United States d. 6 Sep 1764, Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Elizabeth Wood,   b. 8 Apr 1694, Rowley, Massachusetts d. 17 Oct 1728, Windsor, Middlesex, New Jersey Colony, Colonial America (Age 34 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Sarah Wood,   c. 11 Jun 1708, Armley, St Bartholomew, Yorkshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2154	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  The will of Mary Wood Halbert Taylor, Wife of (1) Thos. Wood; (2) William Halbert I and (3) William Taylor can be found at http://www.geocities.com/janet_ariciu/Halbert.html transcribed by Grace Thomas."Transcribed from original Old Englisolonial style handwritten will.ESSEX CO.,VA. Will Bk 6, p. 69IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I Mary Taylor of Essex County in the Colony of Virginia being sick and weak in body but of perfect Sense and Sound memory thanks be to Almighty God for it I do make and ordain this my Last will and Testament in manner and form following: that is to say first and principally I Commend my Soul unto God that gave it And my body to the Earth to be buried with Christian decensie at the discretion of my Exutors hereafter named and of my worldly goods I dispose of as followeth;ITEM I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elisabeth Heeley my side sadle and one shilling sterling.ITEM I give and bequeath unto my son William Halbert my gold ring.ITEM I give and bequeath unto my Grand Daughter Sarah Halbart my trunk.ITEM I give and bequeath unto my grandson Thomas Heeley five Shillings.ITEM I will, give and bequeath unto my Grand Daughter Molly Heeley five Shillings.ITEM I will, give and bequeath unto my two sons Joel Halbart and William Halbart (after my just debts paid funeral charges defraid and above legacies Satisfied and paid) All the remaining part of my estate to be Equally divided among them. And I do appoint my said sons Joel Halbart and William Halbart Executors of this my Last will and Testament (carried forward)WITNESS my hand and seal this ninth day of April in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand Seven Hundred and thirty seven./s/ Mary Taylor (Seal)In prescence of Stephen Chenault, Elias NewmanAT A COURT held for Essex County at Tappahannock on the xxjst (21st) day of June Anno Dom MDCCXXXVIJ (1737)Joel Halbert and William Halbert the Executors within named presented this last will and Testament of Mary Taylor dec'ed and made oath thereto as the law directs and the said will was also proved in due form by the oaths of Stephen Chenault and Elias Newman the witnesses thereto and then the said will was ordered to be recorded.TEST W Beverly CCur(?)

  
  

• Sources

  [S1648] Ancestry.com, Alabama, U.S., Surname Files Expanded, 1702, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Place:Provo, UT, USA;), Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, AL; Alabama Surname Files; Box or Film Number: M85.0021, 1,61266::0. [S909] Cooke, Mary, Will of Mary Cooke transcribed by Grace Thomas (http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/HOLBERT/2000-02/0951261245). [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Tree, 1,1030::0. [S2210] Ancestry.com, Essex County, Virginia, Marriage Index, 1655-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:1999 Place:Provo, UT, USA;), Book: D&C 13,; Page: 296, 1,4033::0. [S2207] Beard Family Tree (www.ancestry.com, c2011).