Abraham Cooke & Martha Clayton of Virginia
TIMELINE (not complete):
1661, Dec Born on Barbados [NEED TO PROVE IT IS OUR ABRAHAM]
1680's In Old Rappahannock County [present-day Richmond County] on Totasky Creek with wife Martha
1683/84 Witness to deed from Fauntleroy to Lloyd [Old Rappa County]
1690's St Peter's Parish, New Kent County - 3 children baptized: Matthew, Hannah, Abraham, jr (St Peters Vestry Book)
1701 Charles Fleming of K&Q claims an "Abraham Cook" as a headright
1704 Listed as "of New Kent" in Power-of-Attorney from Hannah McAlester, King William Court Records
1704 "Rent Rolls", Parish of St. Peters and St. Paul
1706 2 May Nicholas Fulgham of Isle of Wight County claims an "Abraham Cook" as headright
1707, Nov 28 Surveyor of Bridle Rd from Meriwhether's Mill to Chickahominy Swamp, New Kent [lower Hanover]
1709, 26 Apr Ordered to send Tithables for bridge to be built over Crump's Creek and Deep Swamp, St Paul's Psh [lower Hanover]
1708/9, 14 Mar Precinct 7: Procession of land of Cooke et als returned, St Paul's Psh
1711/12, 26 Feb Precinct 27: Procession of land of Cooke et als returned; Cooke and Merriwether overseers of said precinct procession.
1718, 14 Jul Land grant, 300 acs, west bank Pamunkey River, Hanover County, VA, near present-day Verdon, Va. [upper Hanover]
1718, 14 Jul Land grant, 204 acs, west bank Pamunkey River, Hanover County, VA, adjoining Garland, near present-day Verdon, Hanover
1719, 10 Oct: Precinct of Abraham Cooke, Wm Cooke, created & ordered processed; Abr Cooke & Edw Garland, overseers - St Paul's Psh
1722, 18 Feb Land grant, 400 acs, west bank Pamunkey River, Hanover County, VA, near present-day Verdon, Va. [upper Hanover]
1722, 18 Feb Land grant, 400 acs, ridge b/w NorthAnna & Little River, to Abraham Cook "JUNIOR" [upper Hanover]
1720, 18 Mar Report of procession of Cooke & Garland returned.
1730 (approx) Deceased in Hanover County, VA [Death-date NOT proved]
by 1731 Western portion of Abraham Cooke's 1722 400 acre grant owned by Robert Harris.