COOKE, SMITH of Cumberland County, VA & Related Familes

COOKE:
Searching the Cook(e) Family of Cumberland County, Virginia, before John Cooke(died 1775) and after, through his children: Stephen; John, jr; James; Sarah; Mary; Anne; Elizabeth; Frances; Agatha "Agathy"; Agnes "Aggy".
John's parents were likely Abraham Cooke & Martha Clayton of Old Rappahannock/New Kent/Hanover. Believed siblings: Frances (debated), William, Benjamin, Abe, jr., Hannah, & Matthew. John patented land in present-day Cumberland County, VA in 1740, and had located there by 1747.
Other Lines: Richardson, Edwards, Coleman, Hooper, Branch, Clayton, Baldwin, Ford, Chiles, Smith, Henderson, Crutchfield, Meredith, Burch, Booker, Butler, Chambers, Bostick, McAllister, Sandefur, and many others, in Gloucester, New Kent, Hanover, Louisa, Buckingham, Amelia, Orange, Spotsylvania, Mecklenburg et als Counties in Virginia, Surry & Stokes, North Carolina, & Rutherford, TN. among others.
Additional interests: FamilyTreeDNA website. Cook/Cooke/Koch project; see "John Cooke Cumberland(1740's)", Kit #7221 under results, for possible matches. Descendant of Clayton Cook(e) proved related to this line, as well as a Terry, a Williams, and a Boatright.
NOTE: New evidence indicates that Stephen Cooke of Buckingham(d1810) married Mary Sandefur, dau of Abraham & Joanna[Branch] Sandefur, not Mary Branch, as earlier believed.
MORE NEW: also related via DNA tests: Rupert Cooke line of Texas; Beauchamp/Beacham of UK & Maryland; Offley of Colwich, Staffordshire, UK.
ALSO, we have found a marriage record and birth record in Barbados in 1654 & 1661, respectively, which may prove to be Abraham's parents: John Cooke to Mary HILL, 1654; Abraham Cooke, son of John, born 1661.
FURTHER: evidence appears to indicate a connection to the Cookes of West Sussex, UK: "Rustington", "West Grinstead", "Broadwater" (Cookes of the 3 Crescents).

SMITH:
Line of Robert SMITH (ca1725-1776: will written 1771, probated after his death on 25 NOV 1776) who married twice? (Mary? then Elizabeth) and had the following issue: ROBERT, jr; GEORGE; MARY; LARKIN; BYRD; ELIZABETH.
There were a number of ROBERT Smiths in Cumberland prior to 1777 (formation date of Powhatan). OUR Robert Smith was NOT the Robert Smith (son of William Smith of "Montrose", Powhatan) who married in 1763 Elizabeth James: The Montrose Bible and Chancery Records prove that; nor was OUR Robert the "Robert Smith" that married Ann Burton. See More Below.

GEDCOM Trees (viewing trees requires 4.0 or later)

• Clayton Cooke line of Cmbrland, Buck'm, & Point SW (24 KB)
  This line begins with Clayton's grandfather, Abraham. His father was William Cooke (proved by accounts from the store of Thomas Partridge, 1730's)
• Cook(e)s of Pr. Edward, VA & On (52 KB)
  Begins with John Cooke "jr" of Prince Edward County, VA & his wife Mary Baldwin
• Nearby Cookes: Cookes of Nottoway CO., VA (14 KB)
  The family of James Cooke lived in Nottoway, not far from Cumberland & Prince Edward Counties. It is not yet known if they were related. [Ancestry before James Cooke is NOT proven].
• SMITH of "Montrose", Powhatan, VA (11 KB)
  This tree is based on the Montrose Bible (house at the VA State Library; chancery records, orders, deeds, wills, marriage bonds
• SMITH of Buckingham, VA (12 KB)
  Based on Bible records & correspondence
• SMITH (ours) of Cumberland Co, VA (48 KB)
  This tree is JUST this Smith line. This line is also available in the "Cooke, Smith..." tree on this site.

Family Photos

• James Harris Cooke & Family, Ca 1920 (5517 KB)
  James Harris Cooke at his home near Cartersville VA, with his family at a reunion, circa 1920.
• Arthur John, s/o John Milton Smith & Lucy J. Gills (185 KB)
  Arthur John attended Randolph Macon in Ashland, VA, presumably to become preacher. He returned home, on his father's death(?), and became a mail carrier for the County. He married twice: (i)Nina Baughan; (ii) Maude Cawthorne

Related Links

• World Connect Page
• FamilyTreeDNA Cook(e) Project