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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Samuel Cook: Birth: 4 MAR 1776 in Richmond,Berkshire Co,MA.

  2. Augustus Cook: Birth: 25 JAN 1778 in Richmond,Berkshire Co,MA. Death: 1843 in Richmond,Berkshire Co,MA

  3. Erastus Cook: Birth: 18 DEC 1779 in Richmond,Berkshire Co,MA.

  4. Silas Cook: Birth: 22 NOV 1781 in Richmond,Berkshire Co,MA. Death: 24 AUG 1811 in Richmond,Berkshire Co,MA

  5. Gratia Thankful Cook: Birth: 27 OCT 1784 in Richmond,Berkshire Co,MA. Death: 4 OCT 1840 in Richmond,Berkshire Co,MA

  6. Laura Hannah Cook: Birth: 4 JAN 1787 in Richmond,Berkshire Co,MA. Death: 30 OCT 1865 in Nassau Cemetery,Schodack,Rensselaer Co,NY


Notes
a. Note:   Tuttle, printed & published by Tuttle & Co., Rutland, VT, 1883:
 p.528
 ". . . .Philip, son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Pond) Cook, b. Feb. 2, 1752; after married, removed to Richmond, Berkshire Co., Mass., where, during Shay's rebellion he was Deputy Sheriff and at times exposed to much danger; on one occasion, while driving, he was fired at and pursued by the insurgents, and escaped by putting his horse to full speed and lying down in the bottom of his sleigh; in defiance of threats of instant death, he forcibly opened and adjourned the Court at Lenox. He removed 1808 to Nassau, Rensselaer Co., NY, and in 1815 removed a few rods into Schodack, NY where he died Jan. 9, 1816; he was a man of great courage and resolution, exceedingly active temperament, fine personal appearance and an ardent Whig; he dealt largely in real estate; kept a store and hotel, frequently bought droves of cattle and drove them to New York for sale, returning on horseback with the proceeds; the farm where he died was afterwards owned by Dr. McCLELLAN and his wife, and now (1875) by Mrs. BINGHAM, their dau.; children born in Richmond, Mass.:
 1. samuel Cook, b. March 4, 1776; m. 1803 Fanny Fuller; (2) Harriet Cook
 2. Augustus Cook, b. Jan. 25, 1778; deaf mute; d. 1843
 3. Erastus Cook, b. Dec. 18, 1779; m. 1800, Jerusha Hewins
 4. Silas Cook, b. Nov. 22, 1781; d. Aug. 24, 1811; unmarried
 5. Gratia Thankful Cook, b. Oct. 27, 1784; died Oct. 4, 1840; unmarried
 6. Laura Hannah Cook, b. Jan. 4, 1787; m. 1816 Samuel McClellan"
Note:   The Descendants of William & Elizabeth Tuttle, by George Frederick


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