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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
- Elinor Cook -- --, 1706 December 0, 1784
- Mary Jane Cook -- --, 1836 August 30, 1901 Ohio
- Abram Cook -- --, 1898 May 0, 1948 Pennsylvania
- John Williams Cook -- --, 1895 April 10, 1975 Missouri
- Joseph Cook -- --, 1654 March 21, 1746 Rhode Island
Cook Death Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- John Dorris Cook -- --, 1825 April 18, 1912 Kentucky
- Chester Cook -- --, 1762 June 11, 1764 Rhode Island
- Mary Flora Cook -- --, 1857 December 0, 1919 New York
- Dorothy Cook -- --, 1671 March 31, 1671
- Mary Flora Cook -- --, 1857 December 0, 1919 New York
