Gazlay Family History
Jane Dunbar
Parents
| Father | James Dunbar (ca. November 1792 - 16 February 1871) |
| Mother | Mary Beebe (10 November 1797 - ) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 22 November 2020; Last Edited: 5 February 2021 |
| Person ID | 10069 |
| Name | Jane Dunbar |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 24 October 1820 in Waterford, New London County, Connecticut1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
| Married | to Nathaniel H. Cook |
| Died | 2 September 1894 in Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island1, 2 |
| Buried | in Nathaniel Cook Lot, Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Nathaniel H. Cook |
| Born | 23 April 1817 in New York |
| Married | to Jane Dunbar |
| Died | 16 March 1884 in Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island |
| Children | of Jane Dunbar and Nathaniel H. Cook: |
| 1. | James Cook |
| Born | 1840 in Connecticut |
| 2. | Josephine Cook |
| Born | 1846 in Connecticut |
| +3. | Gurdon Cook |
| Born | March 1849 in Connecticut |
| Married | to Lucina Eddy |
| Married | 6 July 1875 in Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island to Lydia A. Burdick |
| Died | 18 February 1913 in Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island |
| 4. | William A. Cook |
| Born | ca. 1850 in Connecticut |
| Died | ca. 1865 |
| 5. | James N. Cook |
| Born | ca. 1855 in Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island |
Sources
- Find a Grave (website). Nathaniel Cook Lot, Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island, Jane Dunbar Cook, born: 24 October 1820 in Connecticut; died: 2 September 1894 in Ashaway, Washington County, Rhode Island (from record, which provides the names and links for her husband and one son).
- Rhode Island Historic Cemetery Commission (website: rihistoriccemeteries.org), Jane Cook, maiden name: Dunbar; wife of: Nathaniel; daughter of: James Dunbar and Mary Beeby [sic]; cemetery name: Nathaniel Cook Lot; born: 24 October 1820; died: 2 September 1894; notes: Born Waterford CT; Died Hopkinton, RI.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Connecticut, New London County, North Stonington, Image 2 of 48, Nathaniel Cook, 33, New York, stonecutter; Jane Cook, 29, Connecticut; James Cook, 10, Connecticut; Josephine Cook, 4, Connecticut; Gurdeon Cook, 1, Connecticut.
- 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.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Rhode Island, Washington County, Hopkinton, E.D. 154, Page No. 14B, Nathaniel Cook, 63, N. York, stonemason; wife Jane Cook, 59, Connecticut; granddaughter Mary E. Cook, 10, Rhode Island; grandson William Cook, 4, Rhode Island [the latter two are children of Gurdon Cook, son of Nathaniel and Jane. The children are also enumerated with their parents in a separate 1880 census]; border Henry Palmer, 35, Rhode Island, laborer.