Susannah Susie Cook

Notes:

Susannah's name as wife of Thomas is found in Scituate land evidence (see notes for Thomas). Her gravestone is pictured at findagrave.com and gives her name as Susie.

I have estimated her birth year based on the birth years of her siblings. There is a photo of her gravestone at findagrave.com but I can't see if it has her age on it.

In the book "The Story of Hartford: A History" by Mrs. Isabella Brayton (1929) the following information is given: Thomas Hill married Susan Cook, daughter of the famous navigator.

The following Cook family births are recorded in Scituate: a son Joshua to Peter & Elizabeth Cook, 7 June 1744; and a son Charles to Peter & Mercy Cook, 24 Sep 1747. Susannah could be a daughter of one of these couples. According to findagrave.com she is d/o Peter Cooke and Mercy Wanton. I have made an assumption that this information is correct, based on my own additional, although inconclusive, research.

The surname is spelled as both Cook and Cooke in the records.

Susannah married Thomas Hill Abt 1772. Thomas (son of Thomas Hill, Jr. and Alse "Ales" Unknown) was born 29 Dec 1747, North Kingstown, RI; died 6 Jan 1834, Washington Co., NY; was buried , Old Hartford Cemetery, Washington Co., NY. [Group Sheet]

1. Alice Hill was born Abt 1772, Scituate, Providence Co., RI.
2. Henry Hill was born Abt 1774, Scituate, Providence Co., RI.
3. Jesse Hill was born Abt 1776, Scituate, Providence Co., RI.
4. Marcy Hill was born Abt Jun 1777, Scituate, Providence Co., RI.
5. Jonathan Hill was born Abt 1778, Scituate, Providence Co., RI.
6. Charles Hill was born Abt 1780, Scituate, Providence Co., RI.
7. Elizabeth Hill was born Abt 1782, Foster, Providence Co., RI.
8. Daniel Hill was born Abt 1784, RI or NY.
9. Thomas Hill was born Abt 1787, RI or NY.
10. Susannah Hill was born Abt 1792, NY.
11. Allen Hill was born Abt 1797, NY.

Notes:

This information is from findagrave.com:
Peter Cook was a "Licensed Innkeeper" in Scituate, RI from 1755 onward. He was Captain of the 1st Scituate Company of the Providence Regiment, in June 1769; and in 1770, he was Captain of the Scituate Troop of Horse of the Second Providence Company. He is mentioned in the "Records of the Colony of Rhode Island", Vol. VII, pg 283; and in "Colonial Families of the United States", Vol 2, page 213.

From James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Providence newspapers:
COOKE Peter, at Coventry, in 91st year, Dec. 22, 1810
COOKE Capt. Peter, at Foster, aged 91 years. He has left 400 descendants. Phenix of Jan. 5, 1811

Peter married Mercy Wanton Abt 1746. Mercy (daughter of John Wanton and Ann Redwood) was born 1725, RI; died Abt Feb 1789, Foster, Providence Co., RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Note from findagrave.com:
She is known to be a grandchild of Governor John Wanton of Rhode Island, but there is no certainty of who her parents were. She received a legacy of 420 pounds in her grandfather's will [I have not been able to verify that]. There is a brief newspaper account of her death, listing her as "Marcy Cook, wife of Captain Peter of Foster."

The bequest of 450 pounds to granddaughter Mary Wanton is found in the will of Edward Wanton, not Gov. John Wanton (see the Genealogical Dictionary of RI by John Osborne Austin p 215 at Google Books).

I have made an assumption that she is d/o John Wanton (s/o John) and Ann Redwood (d/o Abraham). They had a daughter Ann b c 1727? who married Job Randall in Scituate. (see Supplement to Descendants to Roger Williams Book I Waterman Line, compiled by Dorothy Higson White, Roger Williams Family Assoc. 2003, p 9.)

There is a family connection to Scituate, and also Peter and Mercy named a son John Wanton Cook.

From James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI:
COOKE Mrs. Marcy, wife of Capt. Peter, in 61st year, at Foster. She has had 99 children and grandchildren, 78 of whom are now living. [Note. We think there must be a mistake in the age given here. J. N. A.] Feb. 20, 1789; Town Page Detail: Providence (newspaper report).

Findagrave.com lists five children for Peter & Marcy but I think there may have been at least three more, births recorded at Providence: Rhoda 1749, Elizabeth 1751, and Christopher 1753.

The children listed at findagrave.com are: Susanna, Charles 1747, Constant 1758, John 1762, and Hope 1764. The above three children recorded in Provdience fit into this list. Note that Mary, Marcy, and Mercy are sometimes interchangeable in the old records.

John married Ann Redwood 10 Jun 1718, Newport, Newport Co., RI. Ann (daughter of Abraham Redwood and Mehitable Langford) was born Abt 1700. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

REDWOOD Ann, of Abraham and Mehitable, to John Wanton, of John, Newport, June 10, 1718; Town Page Detail: Marriage (Vol. Unknown Original Volume & Page : Pg. 32634).

Notes:

As was his brother William, John served RI as Governor. He also served in many other civic roles.

John married Mary Stafford Abt 1696. Mary was born Abt 1675. [Group Sheet]

Abraham married Mehitable Langford Abt 1695. Mehitable (daughter of Jonas Langford) was born Abt 1670; died 30 Jun 1715, Newport, Newport Co., RI. [Group Sheet]