Catherine Brenton

Abt 1628 - 1696

• Name	Catherine Brenton
  Born	Abt 1628	Hammersmith, London, Middlesex, England
  Gender	Female
  Died	02 Jan 1695/96	Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3]
  Person ID	I15372	Bryant
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2004

  
  

  Family	Walter Cooke,   b. Abt 1618, England ,   d. 05 Jan 1696, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts
  Married	Abt 1648
  	Catherine wife of WALTER COOK(E): Walter Cooke Weymouth and later of Mendon, Mass. died in Mendon 5 January 1695/6, having survived his wife Catherine by only three days. Both left wills. Catherine's last name has not been found and some early mixing of facts led to the belief that she was a Second wife and not the mother of Walter's children (see George Chamberlain History of Weymouth, Mass. 1923. 3:174). This, I believe, has been corrected and the supposed first wife Experience shown to belong to someone else (Nora E. Snow, The Snow Estes Ancestry 1939 1939.2:102-V) William Brenton, long a resident of Taunton but with land holdings from the Merrimack to Rhode Island, died in in Newport where his will was proved in 1674. The original official copy of the will has survived and is in the possession of of the Newport Historical Society. It includes the following: "I bequeath unto my sister Katerine Cook's children to be paid within one year and a day after my decease (if demanded) twenty pounds in stock at the currant price that my oversear shall appoint." (see John 0. Austin Dictionary of R.I. 1887 p 254). Any papers which might have indicated the distribution and thus the names sisters children have been lost. Because William Brenton had early land dealings with Thomas Cook of Taunton and Portsmouth, and there was some intermarriages of descendants, a thorough attempt was made to connect Katerine with the family without success. Therefore I submit they she may well have been the wife of Walter Cook of Mendon. Each family named a son Ebenezer, which is hardly proof. It is known however that William Brenton came from Hammersmith, Middlesex, England. It is possible that research there might disclose some evidence. Boxwood, Ma. Apr. 1974 Jane F. Fiske
  Children	1. Hannah Cooke,   b. Abt 1650, Weymouth, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts ,   d. Bef 1717, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts   2. John Cooke,   b. 1654, Weymouth, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts ,   d. 1718, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts   3. Ebenezer Cooke,   b. 30 May 1656, Weymouth, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts   4. Walter Cooke,   b. 10 Sep 1657, Weymouth, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts ,   d. 1730   5. Samuel Cook,   b. Abt 1658, Weymouth, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts ,   d. 1752, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts   6. Nicholas Cooke,   b. 09 Feb 1659/60, Weymouth, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts ,   d. 01 Dec 1730, Bellingham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts   7. Experience Cook,   b. 09 Nov 1662, Weymouth, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts ,   d. After Aug 1723   8. Catherine Cooke,   b. Abt 1663, probably, Weymouth, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts   9. Peter Cooke,   b. Abt 1664, Weymouth, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts   10. Elizabeth Cooke,   b. Abt 1666, Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F610	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1628 - Hammersmith, London, Middlesex, England Died - 02 Jan 1695/96 - Mendon, Worcester Co, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S60] MASS, Vital Rec., Mendon:458. [S155] Benson, Benson Genealogy, (1923). [S292] Genealogies of Rhode Island Families: Vol. 1, Compiler: GPC, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1989), 273.