Samuel Cooke (1723-1795)
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This white person has 2 related events in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-02017
- Given Name
- Samuel
- Family Name
- Cooke
- Birth Date
- 1723
- Death Date
- 1795
- Sex
- Male
- Occupation
- Religious
- Biographical Description
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The Rev. Samuel Cooke was an Anglican clergyman who pastored the Christ Church in Shrewsbury for over two decades before start of the American Revolution. Samuel Cooke performed numerous baptisms of enslaved children and adults at his church in Shrewsbury.
The 1771 tax list for Monmouth County listed him as the owner of four human beings.
His wife was Graham Kearney Cooke (1736-1773), daughter of Sarah Morris and Michale Kearney, and granddaughter (on her mother's side) of New Jersey Governor Lewis Morris (1671-1746). - Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- clergy
- Places
- Shrewsbury
- Spouse of
- Graham Kearney Cooke (1736-1771)
- Related Person
- Isabella Kearney (1716-1806)
- Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Events
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Additional Participant in:
- 1756-05-06 Baptism: Rachel, Mary, Margaret, Robert Johnson, Bella (Role: Clergy)
- 1766-08 Baptism: Dinah, Daniel, Chloe, Phillis (Role: Clergy)
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