Thomas Cook

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-202623

Notes:

A-1-138 John Beaty Probate of the Will of John Beaty, late of the Township of Waterloo, Yeoman, deceased, on the petition of Barnabas Devitt and Daniel Snyder , both of the Township of Waterloo, the Executors named in said will…

I, John Beaty of the Township of Waterloo, Farmer…1^st All my honest debts shall be paid first out of my property. 2^nd I give and bequeath to my dear beloved wife Polly, four acres of my farm on either corner where ever she chooses and two cows, two beds and bedsteads, one table, two chairs, one kettle, two belly pots and frying pan, one doz[?] plates, one set knifes and forks, she to have four hundred dollars out of my property for to build her a small comfortable house on her four acres. She is to have thirty bushels of wheat and three hundred pounds of pork yearly out of the farm, and six pound of wool, as long as she remains my widow. 3^rd After my decease all my stock and property is to be sold and the neat proceeds is to be divided equally among my children, except Julyan is to have one hundred dollars more than any of the rest and Thomas Cook is to have equal share with the boys - I nominate and constitute and appoint Mr Barnabas Devitt and Daniel Snyder, both of Waterloo Township, Executors of this my Last Will and Testament…

Wittnessed by [?] and Henry W. Bowman
Will dated 17^th November 1840
Proved 7^th July 1857
Died 27 January 1857
Inventory £32/15/-^1a

Surrogate Court Records Copybook Register A 1853-1871 partial transcript to 1863. Frances Hoffman transcriber

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Thomas is buried beside his mother in the First Mennonite Cemetery in Kitchener

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-109144
• Land: 1810, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 1 Lot 10, Waterloo County, Ontario
• Land: 1810, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 128, Waterloo County, Ontario; 5 acres of swamp
• Military: 1812; War of 1812

Notes:

Robert died of illness while on duty in the War of 1812. Dying without a will his widow Mary released her right to administer of the estate to his nephew Richard Ferguson.

Military:
Robert served as a sergeant in the flank company of the 2nd York Regiment under Captain Hector McKay.

Robert — Maria "Polly" "Mary" Cress. Maria (daughter of Simon Cress and Catharine) was born 29 Apr 1790, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 15 Mar 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Maria "Polly" "Mary" Beaty
• Name: Maria "Polly" "Mary" Cook
• Name: Polly Cress
• Eby ID Number: 00027.2013

Notes:

Mary Cress, "the eldest in family, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, April 29th 1790. She was married to John B. Beaty who was born December 27th, 1779, and died April 29th, 1857. They resided a little west of the town of Waterloo, on the 'Heckedon Farm' where she died march 15th, 1852. To them were born four children"

Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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• Eby ID Number: 00027-2012

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Simon Cress, "the progenitor of this family was a native of Pennsylvania, U. S., where he was born about the year 1764. In 1806 he and his wife and family moved to Canada and located temporarily near Preston, Ontario. A few months later they moved to where they resided for some years. In 1819 he purchased the lot now forming the farms of the late Absalom Martin, Peter Cress, Levi Cress, and others near St. Jacobs, Ontario. Here the old progenitor resided until his death. His family consisted of five children"


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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So far those mentioned have, of with the exception of Capt. Smith, been situated along the road which follows the general course of the river northward. There was only one other spot, so far as can be learned, where a settlement had been made up to the year 1825. Simon Cress and his wife, Rachel, with their two sons and two daughters, came to Waterloo along with Mr. Erb, in 1806. They settled on land upon part of which the village of St. Jacob's stands now. In doing this they followed the rule by going up the Conestogo river. Simon Cress died in October, 1863, and his wife twenty years before him. Those in their family were : Ephraim, the oldest ; Polly, who married John Beatty ; Jacob, died at Port Elgin, and Rachel, the wife of Elisha Hewitt. In the family of Ephraim Cress were: Simon ; Levi, now living retired in St. Jacob's ; John, also in St. Jacob's ; Elizabeth,,. Mrs. Bricker ; Polly, Mrs. John Whiteman ; Rachel, Mrs. Bernard Meyer.

A son of Jacob Cress, who died at, Port Elgin, is Peter Cress, living in St. Jacob's, and a daughter is Mrs. David Puttock, living at Blair, near Preston. Henry, son of Levi, is now on the old Cress farm at St. Jacob's.

The Early History of Elora, Ontario, and Vicinity by John R. Connon

Simon — Catharine. Catharine was born Abt 1764, Of, Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Catharine Cress
• Name: Rachel
• Eby ID Number: 00027-2012.8