Daniel Cook and Lydia Churchill

Alicia recently added a comment to the History of Daniel Cook 1798-1875 entry.  I would like to address that comment here since I do not know how to get in touch with her other than the blog. Here is her comment:

Hi Lois:  Daniel Cook.(1798) is my 3rd great grandfather. Do you have his birth certificate or other vital records proving he is the son of Lydia Churchill and Daniel Cook? Do you have proof that Lydia and Daniel married? I have the 1851 Canadian census, but the Mayflower society doesn't use census records as proof unless they show family relationships - in other words, Census records after 1880 .

Daniel Cook 1798 was in Utah in the 1850 Utah Territorial Census.  Also appears in the 1856 Territorial Census, and the Utah 1860 and 1870 Census.  These census state his place of birth but not who his parents are.  His ordination to a High Priest record in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints lists who his parents are.  

Also when he took out his endowment, the record shows that his parents are Daniel and Lydia.

The evidence of Daniel and Lydia's marriage is found in US and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900.

Found on Ancestry.com  

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=daniel&gsfn_x=XO&gsln=cook&gsln_x=NP_NN&msgdy=1796&cpxt=0&catBucket=rstp&uidh=252&msgdp=2&cp=12&mssng0=lydia&mssns0=churchill&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=269700&recoff=3+4+21+22&db=WorldMarr_ga&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1

Here is the transcript of that record:

Daniel Cook in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

Name: Daniel Cook

Gender: Male

Birth Place: CA

Birth Year: 1760

Spouse Name: Lydia Churchill

Spouse

Birth Place: CA

Spouse Birth Year: 1778

Marriage

Year: 1796

Marriage State: ME

Number Pages: 1

Source Citation

Source number: 200.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: GRG

Source Information

Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

I also have a short history of Daniel and Lydia Cook.  I am not sure where this came from or how valid it is but I will include it here any way.

     Daniel Cook was born between 1760 and 1775 of Kingsclear, York, New Brunswick, Canada. He married Lydia Churchill April 1, 1796. He died about 1840. Lydia Churchill was born September 7, 1778 in Gage town, Queens, New Brunswick, Canada. She was still living in 1842.

       In going through the research recorded by the Daniel and Lydia Churchill Cook Family, we find that the Cook's were known as "Loyalists." Their neighbors scorned them, persecuted them and in many instances burned their homes and drove them into the wilderness to the north when the Revolutionary War ended. Because they were loyal to the King of England they were driven from their homes. In their haste to get away from persecution and death many of the Loyalists, whose cause was lost, had to live under conditions more befitting animals. It was reported that the boats going from the New York Harbor to New Brunswick were so overloaded that the passengers "pigged it on board." These were the words used to indicate that the boats were overcrowded and living conditions were deplorable.

       The Cook's got off the boat in St. Johns, New Brunswick. They remained LOYAL and suffered starvation and privation. Crops failed, bleak winters were survived only to pass through another "hungry year."

   

     I hope this is helpful to you, Alicia, and anyone else who may be interested