John COOK

Notes:

CENSUS RECORDS

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: John Cook
Age in 1860: 10
Birth Year: abt 1850
Birthplace: Maine
Home in 1860: Shapleigh, York, Maine
Gender: Male
Post Office: Acton
Household Members:
Stephen S Cook 51
Rosamond Cook 47
Benjamin F Cook 23 [brother]
John Cook 10
Charles R Cook 26 [brother]
Sarah A Cook 24 [sister-in-law]
Sarah D Cook 4 [niece]
Rosette Cook 2 months [niece]

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• _UID: 191BCDB34CCF49239E8140A67C25FC3411BC

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CENSUS RECORDS

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Stephen S Cook
Age: 41
Birth Year: abt 1809
Birthplace: Maine
Home in 1850: Shapleigh, York, Maine
Gender: Male
Family Number: 223
Household Members:
Stephen S Cook 41
Rosamond Cook 37
Charles R Cook 16
Joseph Cook 14
Benja F Cook 12
Nath J Cook 0
Eliza J Patch 15

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Stephen S Cook
Age in 1860: 51
Birth Year: abt 1809
Birthplace: Maine
Home in 1860: Shapleigh, York, Maine
Gender: Male
Post Office: Acton
Household Members:
Stephen S Cook 51
Rosamond Cook 47
Benjamin F Cook 23
John Cook 10
Charles R Cook 26
Sarah A Cook 24
Sarah D Cook 4
Rosette Cook 2 months

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Stephen S. Cook
Age: 71
Birth Year: abt 1809
Birthplace: Maine
Home in 1880: Shapleigh, York, Maine
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Father's Birthplace: Maine
Mother's Birthplace: Maine
Occupation: Carpenter
Household Members:
Stephen S. Cook 71
Rosamond Cook 67
John Cook 30
Sadilla Cook 24

Stephen married Rosamond RUSSELL 07 Sep 1832, Shapleigh, York Co. ME. Rosamond (daughter of Benjamin RUSSELL and Eunice WARREN) was born 21 Oct 1812, Shapleigh, York Co. ME; died 28 Mar 1892, Shapleigh, York Co. ME. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• _UID: B87D6D6478E14EACB2D60B785C87B7706E27

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CENSUS RECORDS

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Rosamond Cook
Age: 37
Birth Year: abt 1813
Birthplace: Maine
Home in 1850: Shapleigh, York, Maine
Gender: Female
Household Members:
Stephen S Cook 41
Rosamond Cook 37
Charles R Cook 16
Joseph Cook 14
Benja F Cook 12
Nath J Cook 0
Eliza J Patch 15

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Rosamond Cook
Age in 1860: 47
Birth Year: abt 1813
Birthplace: Maine
Home in 1860: Shapleigh, York, Maine
Gender: Female
Post Office: Acton
Household Members:
Stephen S Cook 51
Rosamond Cook 47
Benjamin F Cook 23
John Cook 10
Charles R Cook 26
Sarah A Cook 24
Sarah D Cook 4
Rosette Cook 2 months

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Rosamond Cook
Age: 67
Birth Year: abt 1813
Birthplace: Maine
Home in 1880: Shapleigh, York, Maine
Race: White
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Father's Birthplace: Maine
Mother's Birthplace: Maine
Occupation: Keeping House
Household Members:
Stephen S. Cook 71
Rosamond Cook 67
John Cook 30
Sadilla Cook 24

Other Events:

• _UID: B9EBB5D2083E40D3916D831E96A259D286C7

Notes:

Military records give an approximate birth date for son Benjamin, who died August 30, 1814,in consequence of sickness,in Plattsburg, New York at the age of 20.

Sources: Early Families of Shapleigh and Acton, ME by Fred R. Boyle

Eaton, P. and Boyle, F.R. The American Genealogist Vol 79(2004), p. 149.

A soldier in the War of 1812, he is listed as a carpenter of Waterborough. Benjamin served as a private in Captain Densmore's Company in the 33rd Regiment of the United States Infantry.

His son, also called Benjamin, was born two weeks after his death, 11 Sept 1814. His widow, Eunice Warren Russell, and two children lived with her parents, Aaron and Kezia Warren. Aaron applied for a Revolutionary War pension in 1818 (No. 10, 433) in which he noted his daughter, Eunice Russell, age 26, whose husband was killed in the late war, granddaughter Rosamond, age 7, and grandson Benjamin, age 5.

Title: Maine Pensioners page 177 County York Name: Benjamin Russell Rank: Private Description of service: 33rd regiment infantry Time of decease: 30 Aug 1814 Names of Heirs: Benjamin and Rosamond Russell (his children) Placed on pension roll: 21 Aug 1817 Commencement of Pension: 17 Feb 1815 Ending of Pension: 17 Feb 1820; Sums Received: 240 00.

Bladensburg, 17 - 29 August 1814. After the surrender of Napoleon the British dispatched Maj. Gen. Robert Ross from France on 27 June 1814 with 4,000 veterans to raid key points on the American coast. Ross landed at the mouth of the Patuxent River in Maryland with Washington as his objective on 19 August and marched as far as Upper Marlboro (22 August) without meeting resistance. Meanwhile, Brig. Gen. William Winder, in command of the Potomac District, had assembled a mixed force of about 5,000 men near Bladensburg, including militia, regulars, and some 400 sailors from Commodore Joshua Barney's gunboat flotilla, which had been destroyed to avoid capture by the British fleet. In spite of a considerable advantage in numbers and position, the Americans were easily routed by Ross' force. British losses were about 249 killed and wounded; the Americans lost about 100 killed and wounded, and 100 captured. British detachments entered the city and burned the Capitol and other public buildings (24-25 August) in what was later announced as retaliation for the American destruction at York.

Benjamin married Eunice WARREN 4 May 1812, Waterboro, York Co, ME. Eunice (daughter of Aaron WARREN and Keziah HUNTRESS) was born 16 Jun 1794, Shapleigh, York Co. ME; died 08 Apr 1862, Shapleigh, York Co. ME; was buried , Pitts Cemetery, Shapleigh York Co. ME. [Group Sheet]

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• _UID: 58693743D6ED4B848C6E2A8F6A1329DD0312

Notes:

Was sister to Nancy Warren, who married Clement Russell.

The widow Eunice Russell married John Pitts on 11 Nov 18 28 (Shapleigh Vital Records). She died 8 Apr 1862, aged 68 years, nine months, 15 days, which would make her birth date 23 June 1794.

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• _UID: 4FC987EE50D44149B9073DA06B38AA7DA2D2

Notes:

Marriage intentions of Joseph Russell and Apphia Moody filed Sanford, ME 13 April 1776 where the bride was recorded as "Effies" Moody. The marriage record of Joseph Russell to APPHIA MOODY was found in the records of the First Parish Church of Kennebunk.

LAND RECORDS

JOSEPH Russell, Jr. was the Massabesic (Waterborough, Sanford, Alfred areas of Maine) soldier who enlisted in Captain John Smith's Company which reported to Col. Cutts Aug ye 20th 1778 Maine Historical and Gen.Recorder 8 (1895):84 (Massabesick was the old name for Waterboro and N. Alfred)

In 1791, Joseph and Abigail conveyed additional land in Waterborough to their son "Joseph Russell, Junr York Deeds 56:40.

Deed in York Co. Court House, 30 Apr 1793 Abigail Russell of Sanford, ME sold to Joseph Russell of Waterboro, 1 and 1/2 acres of land for 6 pounds.

1816: Nine acres of land in Waterboro by the Shapleigh line conveyed to Joseph Russell by Timothy Pike (York County Deedbook 94:186)

An 1872 map of Alfred shows that the Russell property was located on the narrow northern strip of Alfred that lay between Waterboro and Shapleigh. Lots 31 and 32 were adjacent to the northernmost tip of what would become the town of Alfred and what is now called Alfred Gore. Alfred was a part of the town of Sanford, Maine, until 1794, when it became a separate town. The shape of Alfred was then pointed at the north and even called a "triangle" in early deeds. We know that the Russells owned land in Massabesick "by the highway and land of John Bean," as this land was described in Joseph, Sr. and Abigail's deed to their daughter, Sarah in 1783. (YD, 50:224).

By 4 January 1845, Joshua Russell, a son of Joseph, Jr. and grandson of Joseph, Sr. and Abigail Russell, gathered signatures to a petition to annex his land to the town of Alfred. Basically the petitioners described the difficulties of being citizens of Waterboro, given their location and the lack of roads to the center of Waterboro. The petition requested a new boundary, using part of the middle branch of the Mousam River to separate the towns. The petition was also signed by Mary Russell, the widow of Joshua's brother, David, and four others. It was unsuccessful until the following year the petitioners returned with 47 signatures and in 1847, the new boundary line was established and the Russell homesteads became a part of Alfred. (Research by Edward Cook of Shapleigh and his brother John of Alfred who now in 2004 lives in the original home of Joseph and Abigail Towle Russell),
Eaton, P. and Boyle F.R., TAG Vol 79, pp. 141-44


CENSUS RECORDS

State: ME Year: 1790 County: York Roll: M637_2 Township: Waterboro Page: 68 Image: 0192

1790 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph Russull, Jr.
Home in 1790: Waterboro, York, Maine
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 4
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females: 3
Number of Household Members: 8

Joseph, Sr.'s household, consisting of himself and presumably his wife is placed just above his Jr's on the census. Both surnames are mispelled Russull

1800 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph Russell, Jr.
Home in 1800: Waterboro, York, Maine
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3
Free White Persons - Males -10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 6
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 10

Mary's father, Joseph Russell would have been turning 45 in 1755 and Aphia, 43. Mary had already married in 1794 and was in the James Bean household in Alfred. It appears possible that by 1810 the elder Joseph had moved to Alfred too and the Joseph Russell in 1810 Waterboro was Mary's brother, since there is no mark for a female over 45 in the Joseph Russell household of 1810.

1810 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph Russell
Home in 1810: Waterboro, York, Maine
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 : 1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 2
Number of Household Members Over 25: 3
Number of Household Members: 5

Clement Russell, his son, is listed just below Joseph.

1820 United States Federal Census
Name: Joseph Russell
Home in 1820: Waterboro, York, Maine
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 2
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 4
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 4



Buried:
Grave location
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=russell&GSiman=1&GScid=89862&GRid=62335482&

Joseph married Aphia MOODY 14 May 1776, First Parish Church, Kennebunk, York Co., ME. Aphia (daughter of Samuel MOODY and Hannah SEVERANCE) was born Abt 1757, Brentwood, Rockingham Co., NH; died 12 May 1847, Alfred, York Co., ME; was buried , Evergreen Cemetery, Alfred, York Co. Maine. [Group Sheet]

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Buried:
Grave location:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=62335549

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• Occupation: Shapleigh, York Co, Maine
• Reference Number: 511
• _UID: 74B51F3AB72B4F00AD43830A1FA3D4874D17
• Will: 5 Mar 1821, York Co. ME

Notes:

of Shapleigh, farmer, age 60 petitioned for a supplementary military pension for service in the Revolutionary War as a private in the company commanded by Captain Silas Burbank, in the regiment commanded by Colonel Samuel Brewer, in the line of the State of Massachusetts.

In his family were Kezia Warren, wife, age 60, Eunice Russel, daughter, 26, her husband killed in the late War, and her two children Rosamond, 7, and Benjamin, 5. He declared among other things to own about 60 acres of land in Shapleigh, a small hut thereon, and no barn or other building, four small steers and a cow.

Another source related his service in Capt. Grant's Company 1778. Rev. War Pension W25913

New will 5 Mar 1821. 14 Apr 1821 wife Keziah, son William, daughters Eunice (Russell), Nancy (Russell), Ada (Rogers) and Sarah (Wentworth) and grandsons James Warren and Benjamin Russell, both under 21.

1790 Census, Shapleigh, York Co, Maine, Warren one male over 16 years of age (Aaron), one under (William), and four females (Keziah, Nancy, Ada and Sarah) Source: Aaron Warren household, Location: York Co, ME, Record Info:, Shapleigh, page 239, Film: Series M6

1800 US Census Shapleigh, York Co, Maine "Warrin" In his family were one male 10-16 (William), one 26-45 (Aaron), one female 0-10 (Eunice), two 10-16 (Sarah and Ada), one 16-26 (Nancy), and one 26-45 (Keziah) Source: Aaron Warrin household, 1800 U.S. Census, population schedule, York Co,, ME, Shapleigh, page 941, National Archives Series M32, Roll 8<, [CD]>. Record Type: U.S. Census, population schedule, Household: Aaron Warrin, household, Location: York Co, ME, Re

Birth:
(calculated from 1840 Census)

Occupation:
a yeoman and physician

Will:
14 Apr 1821 His will mentions his wife Keziah, son William, daughters Eunice (wife of Benjamin Russell), Nancy (wife of Clement Russell), Ada (Rogers) and Sarah (Wentworth) and grandsons James Warren and Benjamin Russell, both under 21

Aaron married Keziah HUNTRESS 4 Mar 1782, Second Church, Berwick, York Co, Maine. Keziah (daughter of Darling HUNTRESS and Love HEARL) was born 13 Apr 1760, Berwick, York Co, Maine; died Aft 1840. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Reference Number: 510
• _UID: 66EC83477C0A4B069F3FB0E80E30DC8306B7

Notes:

Keziah Warren, 1840 ME 1840 Pensioners List, York Co, ME, Wells, page, 003, Record Type: ME 1840 Pensioners List, Household: Keziah Warren,, Location: York Co, ME, Record Info: Wells, page 003, Film: Index,1840, National Archives, Washington. 1 Jun 1840, her age is given as 81.

Baptism
20 Apr 1760
First Church, Berwick, York Co, Maine

Notes:

Aaron was the brother of Keziah's brother Darling's
wife Mary, and Aaron was the brother of Keziah's brother William's wife Elizabeth, and brother of Keziah's cousin George's wife Jane. So there were multiple marriages between the Huntress and Warren families.

Married:
both were of Berwick ME. The ceremony performed by Rev. Matthew Merriam.