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From: John Blankenbaker <>
Subject: (347)Germanna Colonies, History of
Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 07:37:16 -0400

The three hundred and forty-seventh note in a series on the Germanna Colonies

The children of the two daughters of Michael and Mary (Reiner) Cook, 1717
immigrants to Virginia, are known to a better degree than the children of
Adam Cook. One of the daughters, Dorothy, married John Carpenter, Jr. The
children of John and Dorothy are not given in the Hebron Register because
the first child was born before 1750 and the Register includes no families
whose first child was born before 1750. The children of John and Dorothy are
taken to be:

33. John, III, b. ca 1748, who married Susanna Delph.
34. George, the records are thin for George and the assumption is that he
died young.
35. Michael, b. ca 1755, married Rebecca Delph after 1776. Michael was in
the Rev. War.
36. Mary, b. ca 1761, married her first cousin Peter Cook, the son of Adam Cook.
37. Samuel, b. ca 1761, married Margaret Blankenbaker.
38. Margaret, b. ca 1763, died without marriage.
39. Leah, b. ca 1765, very few records exist for her.
40. Susanna, b. ca 1769, married John Jesse.

In the last note, Mary was given as a child of Adam Cook. Note that the Mary
here married Peter Cook so that, after marriage, she would be a Mary Cook.
It is possible that Adam's Mary and Dorothy's Mary, after marriage, have
been confused.

I have a question in my notes to think about. Adam Barlow, Jr.'s wife was a
Leah. Because the Cook, Reiner, Fleshman, and Barlow families are rather
close, I have wondered if Leah Carpenter could have married Adam Barlow, Jr.
Maybe someone else could comment on this question.

The will of John Carpenter, Jr., who died in 1804, mentions the children
John, Michael, Samuel, Mary Cook, Margaret Carpenter, and Susanna Jesse.
Thus, George and Leah in the list above are not confirmed by the will of
John Carpenter, Jr.

In the Hebron Register, records for the Carpenters are found as both
Zimmerman and as Carpenter. There was another, unrelated, Zimmerman family
who is always found as Zimmerman so that one must ask which family is meant.
John Blankenbaker
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