'Cookson3'
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Families covered: Cookson of Leeds
| The Visitations below identify the arms of the branches as "Per pale, argent and gules, two legs armed and couped at the thigh, counter-changed". That indicates that this family was closely connected to the family shown on Cookson1. | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Cookson of Leeds (b 02.09.1607, d 20.08.1773, alderman of Leeds) | |||||||||||||||
| m. (1749) Margaret Dawson (b 02.01.1720/1, d 24.10.1803, dau of William Dawson of Langcliffe Hall by Jane, dau of Ambrose Pudsey) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Cookson, Mayor of Leeds (b 30.10.1749, d 01.02.1811) | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from Visitation (Howard & Crisp, England & Wales, vol 8 (1900), 'Cookson', p48+). | |||||||||||||||
| m. (22.11.1779) Mary Scott (dau of Rev. James Scott of Lees by Annabella) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Francis Thomas Cookson (b 05.03.1786, d 20.12.1859, youngest son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.03.1820) Mary Ellen Fawcett (b 01.03.1792, d 21.04.1874, dau of Rev. Richard Fawcett of Leeds) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Mary Elizabeth Cookson (b 18.01.1781, dsp 11.12.1866) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1807) Edward Gibbons of Castor | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Alicia Margaret Cookson (b 03.08.1783) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.05.1807) Robert Morrit of Rokeby (Rector of Castlehaven) | |||||||||||||||
| D.+ | other issue - William (b 23.02.1782), James (b 02.9.1783) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Thomas Cookson of Leeds (b 18.05.1754, d 15.01.1833, alderman of Leeds, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Mary Elizabeth Child (dsp 04.09.1798) | |||||||||||||||
| The following comes from Visitation (Howard & Crisp, England & Wales, vol 9 (1900), 'Cookson', p145.). | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (01.06.1802) Philadelphia McMurdo (b 01.01.1779, dau of Captain Robert McMurdo) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Dawson Cookson of Lincoln (b 13.03.1803, d 12.04.1844) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.11.1824) Charlotte Pugh Cookson (b 20.02.1804, d 25.04.1848, dau of John Cookson by Sarah Power) @@ below | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Ambrose Dawson Cookson (b 22.10.1809, d 08.05.1870, surgeon, youngest son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.06.1840) Harriet Ellis (dau of William Joseph Ellis of Fulford) | |||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other issue Thomas Charles (b 05.12.1804, d 27.10.1819), John Douglas (b 15.07.1807, d in Jamaica) | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | John Cookson (b 19.02.1756, d 09.01.1809, alderman of Leeds) | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from Visitation (Howard & Crisp, England & Wales, vol 3 (1895), 'Cookson of Leeds', p129+). It was originally shown as a lower section of Cookson1 on 05.08.24. It was moved here for combination with the rest of this family. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (16.02.1789) Sarah Power (b 28.07.1765, d 17.01.1846, dau of William Power of Clapham (by Susanna Shed), m2. Robert Culverwell of London) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Henry Cookson (b 01.12.1793, d 01.07.17851, Surgeon-Major, 3rd son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.05.1826) Mary Ann Robinson (b 16.09.1803, d 204.09.1878, dau of John Robinson by Mary) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Charles Turner Cookson (b 31.07.1795, d 16.04.1881, Vicar of Maxey) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.10.1821) Sarah Nesfield (b 01.06.1800, d 29.01.1872, dau of Rev. William Nesfield of Brancepeth by Elizabeth Andrews) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Edward Cookson (b 21.10.1802, d 28.01.1862, Vicar in Leeds) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.07.1832) Elizabeth Chorley (b 14.12.1806, d 12.07.1881, dau of Thomas Chorley of Leeds by Mary, dau of Thomas Hill of Leeds) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Frederick Cookson (b 14.03.1808, d 20.07.1872, Curate at Wilby) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.05.1832) Elizabeth Nesfield (b 27.02.1808, d 27.06.1880, dau of Rev. William Nesfield of Brancepeth by Elizabeth Andrews) | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Sophia Cookson ( b 01.06.1797, d 17.02.1876) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.06.1818) John Peter Henderson of London | |||||||||||||||
| F. | Eliza Cookson (b 17.03.1800, d 16.11.1839) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.04.1821) Richard Clewen Griffith of London (surgeon) | |||||||||||||||
| G. | Harriet Cookson (b 25.08.1802, d 04.11.1875) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.04.1832) John Hicks of London (b 10.01.1798, d 01.10.1859, son of John of London by Susannah, dau of William Power of Clapham) | |||||||||||||||
| H . | Charlotte Pugh Cookson (b 20.02.1804, d 25.04.1848) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.11.1824) William Dawson Cookson (son of Thomas of Leeds by Phildephia McMurdo) @@ above | |||||||||||||||
| I.+ | other issue - William Power (b 13.04.1791, bur 28.04.1809), John of London (b 14.06.1792, d unm 26.03.1869), Sarah (b 05.04.1790, d 09.03.1808) | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | Ambrose Cookson (b 17.06.1757, d 05.05.1816, MD) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.01.21799) Judith Hutton (dau of Thomas Hutton of Gate Burton) | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Christopher Cookson of Stamford, Licolnshire (b 19.05.1759, d 12.09.1844, Vicar in Stampford) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28/.04.1818) Martha Foster (dau of Rev. T. Foster of Dowsby) | |||||||||||||||
| 6.+ | other issue - Thomas (b 24.02.1752, d infant), John (b 30.03.1753, d 19.10.1773), Arthur (d 23.05.1765) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): Visitation (Frederick Arthur Crisp, England & Wales, Notes, vol 5 (1903), 'Pedigree of Cookson', p33+) with input as reported above
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