Individual Details

Jane COOK

(1 Oct 1784 - 17 Oct 1821)



Jinny Cook married Robert Briggs on 21 Dec 1801 in Warren Co KY.

Warren Co DB B, p.385 John Cook to Robert Briggs for $1000. 250 acres where Briggs lives and Negroes. Wit: Charles Burch, Josiah Wright, Thompson Briggs. 29 Nov 1807.

Warren Co DB F, p.406 26 Sep 1814 Chas. M. Ransdell sold to Robert Briggs and Benj. Hampton, for $150, part of lot on Spring Allen in Bowling Green. Wit: Wm. P. Neale and John Maxey.

Warren Co DB G, p. 317 29 Aug 1815 Robt Briggs and Benj. Hampton sold to Samuel J. McDowell, for $300, 50 feet of Lot No. 68 in bowling Green.

Warren Co Deed Book H, p.132. 15 Mar 1817 John Cook and Margaret his wife to Robert Briggs & Jane his wife and Daniel Myers for $233. 43 acres on Gasper River begin Jacob Myers' house to Jacob Grubb's corner. 180 acres adjacent, part of Cook's headright. Robert Briggs releases his right to Myers.
p.200 6 Jun 1817 Francis Johnson and Jinsey M. his wife, sold to Robert Briggs for $54.50, 18 acres, corner of survey of James Brown, Jr.

On Ancestry.com
History of the Briggs-Bridge Family, c. 1960; p.30
"Robert Briggs (2) born October 27, 1777; married 1st Mary Jane Cook (called "Jinny") the mother of all his children. Mary Jane Cook was the daughter of Margaret and John Cook. Robert and Mary Jane were married on December 21, 1801. Mary died in 1821 and Robert and the family moved to Ralls County, Missouri in 1822 between Christmas and New Year's Day. They traveled in a light wagon called a "dearborn". Robert married Mrs. Rebecca (Duncan) Stone on May 18, 1823. Rebecca died on April 14, 1850 and Robert died on February 1, 1851."


Events

Birth1 Oct 1784
Death17 Oct 1821Warren County, Kentucky

Families

FatherJOHN COOK (1756 - 1819)
MotherMARGARET P. CALDWELL (1755 - 1844)
SiblingMARY COOK (1777 - 1847)
SiblingIsaac COOK (1779 - 1855)
SiblingHannah COOK (1785 - 1845)
SiblingMargaret P. COOK (1790 - )
SiblingMariah COOK (1792 - 1876)
SiblingElizabeth COOK (1802 - 1878)
SiblingJohn L. COOK (1798 - )

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