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Cook Family History
Cook Genealogy & Family TreeCook is an English name from Essex, England, where the first recorded Cook was Aelfsige Coc in 1066. It was a professional name referring to someone who worked as a cook, an innkeeper, or a seller of cooked meats. It comes from the Old English word coc, meaning “cook.” Roots for this name can also be found in Italy, France, and the Philippines. It is the 60th most common surname in the United States. The family motto is Omnia vincit labor which means “Labor conquers all things.”
Other spellings include “Cooke” and “Cocus.” Notable people with the surname include American screenwriter T.S. Cook (The China Syndrome), Canadian actress A.J. Cook (Criminal Minds, The Virgin Suicides, Final Destination 2), American comedian Dane Cook (Dan in Real Life, My Best Friend's Gal, Employee of the Month), and American actress Rachel Leigh Cook (She's All That, Josie and the Pussycats, Perception). The first Cook to come to America was James Cook in Maine in 1622.
Cook Birth Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Elizabeth Cook -- --, 1724 June 29, 1724
- George Cook -- --, 1664 October 14, 1712
- William Cook -- --, 1633 December 8, 1638 England
- Sarah Cook -- --, 1744 December 0, 1827 Virginia
- Steven Cook -- --, 1656 March 7, 1712 Rhode Island
Cook Death Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Phebe Cook -- --, 1664 September 13, 1732 Rhode Island
- Mary Cook -- --, 1683 February 4, 1720 Rhode Island
- James Cook -- --, 1758 December 0, 1812
- Catherine Cook -- --, 1773 June 30, 1859 Scotland
- William Cook -- --, 1726 December 0, 1790
