Person Sheet


Name Rachel* COOK, 8G Grandmother
Birth 25 Jul 1645, Salem, Essex, MA572, p43
Death 10 Sep 1740, Enfield, CT Age: 95
Father Henry* COOK (1615-1681)
Mother Judith* BIRDSALL (1619-1689)
Spouses
1 Elisha* KIBBE, 8G Grandfather
Birth 20 Nov 1644, Boston, Suffolk, MA174
Birth Memo ref 48 says 1644 ref 174 says 11/20/1644
Death 3 Apr 1735, Enfield, CT Age: 90
Residence 1662, Salem, Essex, MA176 Age: 17
Residence 1680, Enfield, CT176 Age: 35
Baptism 30 Sep 1645, Boston, Suffolk, MA174
Occupation Joiner176
Father Edward* KIBBE (1611-1694)
Mother Mary* PARTRIDGE (1620-1683)
Misc. Notes
In 1680/82 he removed his family to Enfield, Connecticut, where they were among the earliest settlers. Elisha was active in town affairs, holding various public offices including that of selectman and constable. 174

Above from Kibbe Genealogical Notes on some descendants of Edward Kibbe and his wife, Mary (Partridge) Kibbe compiled by Doreen Potter Hanna 1972 References: vital recorde of Boston, Mass History of Salem, Mass by Ferley History of Enfield, Connecticut, By F.O. Allen Connecticut Vital Records: Enfield, Wallingford, Suffield Hale House and Related Families, by Jacobus and Waterman, 1952 Decendants of William Kelsey, by Claypool The Phelps Family of America, by Oliver S. Phelps and Andrew T. Servin, 1865. Hartford Times Genealogical Page, 12/24/1955:re Bush Sitton

197ELISHA, Salem, m. Rachel Cook. had John, b. 1 Feb. 1668; Edward, 2 Feb. 1670; Elisha, 2 Mar. 1673, d. young; and James, 27 Dec. 1675; rem. to Enfield 1682, then pt. of Springfield, had Isaac, the first male ch. in E. b. 21 Mar 1683; and Rachel, 17 Apr. 1688; and he may have had others bef. He d. 3 Apr. 1735, and tradit. with its aptness to exagger. made him 97; but, in 1693, he calls hims. a "48 yrs." Perhaps he was s. of the preced. or of the foll. 197
Marriage 7 May 1667, Salem, Essex, MA176
Marriage Memo ref 176 says 10/12/1667
Children John (1668-1755)
Edward (1668-1756)
Elisha (1673-1688)
James (1675-)
Mary (ca1678-)
Thomas (1680-)
Isaac (1683-1766)
Rachael* (1688-1786)
Last Modified 23 Jan 2001 Created 26 Jun 2001 by Reunion for Macintosh

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