Gazlay Family History

Family History - James N. Cook

Key:	1.	“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
	2.	“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.

This family history features James N. Cook and his immediate family.

First Generation

1. James N. Cook,¹ born ca. 1855 in Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island, the son of Nathaniel H. Cook and Jane Dunbar.^{1, 2, 3}

U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Rhode Island, Washington County, Hopkinton, Page 30, Nathaniel H. Cook, 41, New York, stonecutter; Jane Cook, 39, Connecticut; Gurdon Cook, 11, Connecticut; William A. Cook, 10, Connecticut; James N. Cook, 5, Rhode Island; Aaron Church, 58, Rhode Island, day laborer; James Dunbar, 69, Connecticut, day laborer.
Rhode Island State Census 1865, Washington County, Hopkinton, Page 149, Nathaniel H. Cook, 46, Connecticut, farmer; Jane Cook, 43, Connecticut; Gurdon Cook, 16, Connecticut, asst. farmer; William A. Cook, 14, Connecticut; James N. Cook, 10, Hopkinton; Mary A. Lock, 16, Connecticut, asst. housekeeper.
U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Rhode Island, Washington County, Hopkinton, Image 22 of 68, Nathaniel Cook, 53, Connecticut, farmer; Jane Cook, 47, Connecticut; James N. Cook, 15, Rhode Island; Gurdon Cook, 21, Rhode Island, farmer; Mary E. Cook, 2/12, Rhode Island; Lorinda Cook [? this is probably Lucina Eddy, wife of Gurdon; she shows as the mother of Mary Elizabeth Cook in the latter’s birth record], 15 [? could be 5, the notation “keeping house” suggests this is not a five year old], Rhode Island.