Sergeant Robert Cook

1773 - 1812  (39 years)

• Name	Robert Cook
  Prefix	Sergeant
  Born	1773  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Land	1810	Waterloo Township - Beasley's Lower Block Conc. 1 Lot 10, Waterloo County, Ontario   [2]
  Land	1810	Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 128, Waterloo County, Ontario   [2]
  	5 acres of swamp
  Military	1812  [1, 3]
  	War of 1812
  	Robert served as a sergeant in the flank company of the 2nd York Regiment under Captain Hector McKay.
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-109144
  Died	5 Dec 1812	Niagara, Welland Co., Ontario   [4, 5]
  Person ID	I109144	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Maria "Polly" "Mary" Cress,   b. 29 Apr 1790, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 15 Mar 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 61 years)
  Children	1. Joseph Cook,   b. CALC 22 Jun 1805, , Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 26 Dec 1889, Sullivan Twp, Grey Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 84 years)   2. Thomas Cook,   b. CALC 26 Mar 1812, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Mar 1842, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 29 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F56733	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2758] Militia Muster Rolls and Pay Lists and Defence, RG9, 1B7, "D113" as cited by Fred Blair aged 38 on 4 Jun 1812. [S2759] Land - Waterloo County Land Registry Office Records, Waterloo Township General Register, p. 219, deed #419; LDS microfilm 1722626. Henry Moore to Robert Cook, 15 May 1810 [S2757] York's Sacrifice: Militia Casualties of the War of 1812. [S2760] Militia Muster Rolls and Pay Lists, vol. 1 p. 200; vol. 16, p. 220 and "D113," "D216" cited by Fred Blair. [S2761] Ontario Register, Orphan Pensioners of the War of 1812 Vol. 4, Pg 79, J. R. Meachem.

  
  

• Event Map

  Land - 5 acres of swamp - 1810 - Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 128, Waterloo County, Ontario Died - 5 Dec 1812 - Niagara, Welland Co., Ontario  = Link to Google Earth