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John was born about 1761 in York Co., Pensylvannia.1   John's father is Captain Valentine Cook and his mother was Susanna Baughman.  His paternal grandparents are John Hamilton Cook and Elizabeth Eaton; his maternal grandparents were Jacob Baughman and Margaretha Schwizigler. He had six brothers and a sister, named Adam, Rev. Jacob, David, William, Henry, Rev. Valentine and Christina.  He was the third youngest of the eight children.  He died in 1832 in Cooks Station, Lincoln Co., Kentucky.1 


John's family with Margaret Forbes

‌John and Margaret were married in a religious ceremony on January 13th, 1787.1 

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