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Samuel Gaskill Cook

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Penn Jillette — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 52 
  • Father:
  • Esek Cook 
  • Mother:
  • Hannah Estes   
  • Birth Date:
  • 20 Sep 1792 
  • Birth Location:
  • Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island 
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  • Death Date:
  • 2 Oct 1886 
  • Death Location:
  • Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Green River Cemetery, Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Salyndo Cook
  • Marriage Date:
  • 16 Sep 1810 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Child:

  Lafayette Cook (Ahnentafel No:26 )

• Sources for Samuel Gaskill Cook

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 11/15/2023).
  • ² Greenfield, MA: Records, 1775-1911, Greenfield, MA: Church Records, p. 304, Death record for Samuel G Cook.
  • ³ Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Death record for Samuel G Cook.
  • ⁴ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1911-1915, 1915/30 Death, p. 257, Death certificate for son Lafayette Cook.
  • ⁵ Rhode Island, U.S., Vital Extracts, 1636-1899, Birth record for Samuel Gaskill Cook.
  • ⁶ Estes, Charles, Estes Genealogies, 1097-1893, Salem, Massachusetts: Eben Putnam, Publisher (1894), 232.

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