Ancestry of
Geena Davis

Movie and TV Actress

James Benjamin Cook

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• • Great-grandfather of Geena Davis — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 12 
  • Father:
  • George Cook 
  • Mother:
  • Ann Curley   
  • Birth Date:
  • 25 Jun 1853 
  • Birth Location:
  • Roxbury (now Boston), Suffolk, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
  • 14 Oct 1853 
  • Christening Location:
  • Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts 
  • Death Date:
  • 14 Dec 1919 
  • Death Location:
  • West Fairlee, Orange, Vermont 
  • Burial Date:
  •  
  • Burial Location:
  • Post Mills Cemetery, Post Mills, Orange, Vermont 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Ada Fisher
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1881 
  • Marriage Location:
  •  
  • Child:

  William Henry Cook (Ahnentafel No:6 )

• Additional marriages for James Benjamin Cook

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  • Spouse:
  • Sarah J. Judd
  • Marriage Date:
  • 22 May 1893
  • Marriage Location:
  • Strafford, Orange, Vermont

• Sources for James Benjamin Cook

  • ¹ Federal Census, VT, Orange County, 1870, Vershire, p. 21, Image 3 of 11.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 10/28/2022).
  • ³ Herald and News (Randolph, Vermont), 18 NOV 1915, p. 5, Wedding of son Dr William H Cook and Florence M Hall.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts, U.S., Boston Archdiocese Roman Catholic Sacramental Records, 1789-1900, Baptism record for James B Cook.
  • ⁵ Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Birth record for James Benjamin Cook.
  • ⁶ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1841-1910, Roxbury, Vol. 73, p. 240, Birth record for James Benjamin Cook.
  • ⁷ The Bethel Courier (Bethel, Vermont), 16 OCT 1930, p. 1, "Killed When Car Left Road".
  • ⁸ Vermont, U.S., Death Records, 1909-2008, Death record for son William Henry Cook.
  • ⁹ Vermont, U.S., Death Records, 1909-2008, Death record for James B Cook.
  • ¹⁰ Vermont, U.S., Marriage Records, 1909-2008, Marriage of son William Henry Cook and Florence Martha Hall, recorded Chelsea, at Taunton.
  • ¹¹ Vermont, U.S., Vital Records, 1720-1908, Marriage record for James B Cook and Sarah J Perkins.

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