'Cookson2'
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Families covered: Cookson of Giggleswick, Cookson of Leeds, Cookson of Settle
| As reported on Cookson3, the arms of certain descendants of this family indicate that it was closely connected to the family shown on Cookson1. | |||||||||||||||
| Bryan Cookson in Giggleswick, Yorkshire (bur 28.11.1592) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Robert Cookson of Settle, Yorkshire | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Bryan Cookson in Giggleswick (bur 03.10.1603) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (11.06.1579) Elizabeth Preston (bur 02.04.1610) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Robert Cookson of Giggleswick (bpt 04.09.1572) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (c1608) ?? | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Brian Cookson (bpt 11.01.1609/10, d 1685/6) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Robert Cookson of Settle (bpt 1638, bur 04.07.1702) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary (a 08.1702) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Robert Cookson of Giggleswick (2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (19.02.1759) Frances Scott | |||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue - Brian (b 1663), Nathaniel (bpt 29.12.1686) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | William Cookson of Biggate, Leeds (bpt 1639, d 28.01.1715/6, alderman of Leeds) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.11.1665) Hannah Greathead of Leeds (d 12.02.1739/40) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Cookson, Mayor of Leeds (b 17.10.1669, d 22.07.1743, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.06.1701) Susanna Idle (b 07.02.1679/80, d 12.02.1740/1, dau of Michael Idle of Leeds) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Arthur Cookson (b 05.09.1720, a 1755, Rector of Newton in Lincolnshire, youngest son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1756) Anne de Charreau (widow of Colonel Rambouillet) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Thomas Cookson of Leeds (b 02.09.1607, d 20.08.1773, alderman of Leeds) | ||||||||||||||
| m.(1749) Margaret Dawson (dau of William Dawson of Langcliffe Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | William Cookson, Sheriff then Mayor of Hull (b 09.09.1710, d 27.04.1779) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c05.1741) Eleanor Stockton of Hull (b c1722) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv)+ | other issue - William (b 20.04.1702), Michael (b 02.04.1703, d infant), John (b 24.05.1706, d 01.02.1783, of the Middle Temple), Charles (b 30.06.1713, d 1760), James (b/d 11.05.1715), Susanna (b 03.04.1704), Frances (b 04.06.1709), Elizabeth (b 09.12.1711, d 23.10.1781) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Samuel Cookson (b 23.07.1676, d 1711, 6th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Hindley (a 1711, dau of Thomas Hindley) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Joseph Cookson (b 24.09.1678, d 20.02.1745/6, Vicar of Leeds) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.08.1710) Elizabeth Smith (b 1685-6, d 23.04.1761, dau of Rev. John Smith of Hendon) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Edward Cookson (b 19.08.1712, d 27.08.1757) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (21.07.1742) Mary Marsden (dau of Henry Marsden of Wennington) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sarah Harrison of Leeds (d 10.1791) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Betty Cookson (b 07.04.1724) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.05.1752) James Kennion of Heddingley (d 29.04.1753) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii)+ | other issue - Joseph (b 11.1718), Susanna (b 10.06.1711), Hannah (b 03.06.1714), Elizabeth (b 07.09.1715), Sarah (b 19.04.1717, a 1761), Ann (b 28.01.1720/1), Mary (b 31.05.1722, a 1761) | ||||||||||||||
| (D) | John Cookson (b 22.09.1680) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.01.1705) Elizabeth Denison (b 10.03.1684/5, dau of Thomas Denison of Leeds) | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Timothy Cookson (d before 10.03.1762/3) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.12.1721) Mercy Asquith (b 31.03.1691, dau of Caleb Asquith) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | James Cookson (b 10.01.1723/4, d 28.04.1761) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.05.1749) Mary Lowry (b c1723, d 27.12.1788, dau of John Lowry) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Timothy Cookson (b 08.10.1727, Vicar of Stillington) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | Margaret Cookson possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Benjamin Kitchingham | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Judith Cookson | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Turner of Leeds | |||||||||||||||
| (iv)+ | other issue - Caleb (b 16.08.1730), Ann (b 08.11.1722) | ||||||||||||||
| (F)+ | other issue - John (b 15.01.1666/7, bur 02.07.1667), Joshua (b 25.10.1670, bur 01.11.1670), Timothy (b 13.08.1672, bur 15.03.16758/6), Thomas (b 20.08.1674, bur 04.06.1676), Hannah (b 14.02.1667/8, bur 12.05.1668), Tabitha (b 03.09.1677, bur 03.01.1678/9) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Timothy Cookson (bpt 05.10.1654, a 1683, curate in Leeds) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.05.1684) Ann Norton (b 21.06.1659, dau of Joseph Norton of Briggate) | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue - Margaret (b 24.03.1684/5), Judith (b 12.10.1686), Anne (b 08.06.1688), Bridget (b 12.04.1690) | ||||||||||||||
| (4) | Ann Cookson (bpt 1646) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1668) Samuel Greathead of Leeds | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Robert Cookson of Settle (bpt 25.08.1611, bur 03.11.1678) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Maria (bur 25.04.1720) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Brian Cookson of Settle (bpt 06.05.1660, bur 26.09.1710) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1689) Hannah (bur 11.047.1713) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Robert Cookson (bpt 14.01.1691/2, bur 02.03.1776/7, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (30.11.1719) Alice Topping of Preston (bur 15.05.1755) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Craven Cookson of Rathmelmoor (bpt 28.05.1723, bur 27.07.1789, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Susanna | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Susanna Cookson (bur 21.02.1762) | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | Susanna Cookson (bur 17.07.1796) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.04.1794) William Ayrton (b 1769) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (before 16.02.1764) Elizabeth Swinglehurst (b c1729, bur 12.02.1805) | |||||||||||||||
| (c)+ | other issue - Craven Joah (b 1767, bur 17.07.1796), Christopher Dawson (b 14770, bur 19.07.1781) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii)+ | other issue - William (bpt 23.02.1719/20, bur 01.11.1726), Robert (bpt 09.04.1730), Dawson (bpt 22.08.1736), Hannah (bpt 13.11.1726) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (1756) Elizabeth | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Alice Cookson (bur 14.09.1757) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Maria Cookson (bpt 21.04.1702) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1724) Thomas Norris | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (20.06.1738) George Carr | |||||||||||||||
| (C)+ | other issue - Dawson (bpt 29.03.1690), William (bpt 19.12.1695), Brian (bpt 08.12.1696), John (bpt 26.01.1698/9, bur 22.10.1712) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Maria Cookson (bpt 01.11.1665, d 03.01.1701/2) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.10.1699) William Paley | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Isabella Cookson (bpt 19.02.1673/4) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.09.1698) Robert Austwick | |||||||||||||||
| (4)+ | other issue - Catherine (bpt 28.08.1655), Agnes (bpt 16.06.01656), Elizabeth (bpt 05.1662), Esther (bpt 29.04.1671) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Elizabeth Cookson (bpt 21.12.1614) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (18.09.1639) Alexander Metcalfe | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Catherine Cookson (bpt 02.08.1617, bur 25.08.1674) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (09.11.1620) Catherine Knowles (bur 25.08.1674) | |||||||||||||||
| e.+ | other issue - Nathaniel (bur 12.03.1632/3), Margaret (bpt 02.10.1621), Isabella (bur 19.02.1673/4), Elizabeth (bpt 19.04.1624, d infant|?), Elizabeth (bpt 30.04.1626) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Bryan Cookson (bpt 13.04.1591, bur 10.05.1669) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne (bur 27.08.1673) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Judith Cookson (bpt 18.05.1617, bur 17.11.1619) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Matilda Cookson (bpt 22.09.1577) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): Visitation (Frederick Arthur Crisp, England & Wales, Notes, vol 5 (1903), 'Pedigree of Cookson', p30+)
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