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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
- Sarah Ellen Cook -- --, 1849 August 17, 1923
- Effie Marshall Cook -- --, 1879 October 13, 1952 Maryland
- John Cook -- --, 1882 March 0, 1956
- Isabel Cook -- --, 1826 August 23, 1888
- Mary Ann Cook -- --, 1760 February 26, 1803 North Carolina
Cook Death Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Christina Cook -- --, 1876 October 7, 1918 New Brunswick
- Ann Cook -- --, 1747 December 10, 1815
- Ann Cook -- --, 1681 May 0, 1744
- Martha Cook -- --, 1779 April 28, 1832
- Sarah Cook -- --, 1744 December 0, 1827 Virginia
