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Annis COOKE

Annis COOKE

Female 1800 - 1851  (50 years)

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  • Name Annis COOKE 
    Born 16 Sep 1800  New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Census 1840  Burlington, Otsego Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1850  Pittsfield, Otsego Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 27 Jun 1851  [3
    Buried Cook-Cooke Family Cemetery, Morris, Otsego Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Inscription:

      ANNIS
      wife of
      Ammi T. Brown
      Died June 27, 1851
      Age 50 yr 9 mo 11 da
    Notes 
    • The name Annis is a medieval (both English and Scottish) form of Agnes much used by some Colonial families. It is often misread as ‘Annie,’ a diminutive not used as a formal name much before the nineteenth century.
    Person ID I52161  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 15 Apr 2019 

    Father Elias COOKE,   b. 14 Aug 1770, Preston, New London Co, CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Dec 1849, Morris, Otsego Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Lucy HAWLEY,   b. 21 Jan 1778, Cornish, Sullivan Co, NH Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Aug 1840, Otsego Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Family ID F53462  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ammi Tufts BROWN,   b. 22 Nov 1799, Brooklyn, Windham Co, CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. BTWN 1870 - 1874, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Notes 
    • 1840 Census, Burlington, Otsego Co, New York:
      Household of Ammi T. Brown
      1 male age 40-50 (i.e., Ammi T. Brown, who we know from his birth record was born in 1799)
      1 male age 10-15 (i.e., son Ammi A. Brown, b. 1829)
      1 male age 5-10 (i.e., son Andrew Brown, who we know from the 1900 Census was born Sep 1834)
      1 female age 40-50 (i.e., wife Annis Brown, who we know from the 1850 Census was born about 1801)
      NOTE: Daughter Julia, b. 1831, is not accounted for.

      1850 Census, Pittsfield, Otsego Co, New York, enumerated on Sep 6 1850:
      Amina Brown, male, 50, b. Connecticut, occup house joiner; Annis Brown, female, 49, b. New York; Andrew Brown, male, 15, b. New York, farmer.

      1870 Census, town of Guilford, Chenango Co, NY:
      Ami Brown, 39, b. Massachusetts, occup house carpenter; Almira Brown, 28, b. New York; Edwin Brown, 11, b. Wisconsin; Ami Brown, female, 71, b. Connecticut, occup carpenter & joiner.
      Ami is clearly a misspelling of Ammi, and labeling the elder Ami (Ammi) a female is considered to be a clerical error, especially in view of the listed occupation.

      No record of this Ammi Brown was found in any 1860 or 1880 Census.

      The 1830 Census of Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, had the following entry:
      Household of Arnum Brown
      1 male age 30-40
      1 male under 5
      2 females age 20-30
      1 female under 5
      Despite the name variance, the handwriting is not entirely clear, and the possibility cannot be discounted that this is the household of Ammi T. Brown.

      "Gazetteer and Business Directory of Chenango County, N.Y. for 1869-70," compiled & published by Hamilton Child in 1869, p. 205, has the following consecutive entries for the town of New Berlin, showing that father and son were in the same line of work:
      "BROWN, AMMI A., (South New Berlin), carpenter and joiner.
      Brown, Ammi T., (South New Berlin), lot 41, T. 16, house joiner and farmer."
      The preface to the publication states "Name set in CAPITALS indicates subscribers to this work." It also states "Post Office Addresses in Parentheses" and explains that "T." stands for Township.
      http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nychenan/69nbrlin.htm

      A similar publication five years later, "Boyd's Elmira and Corning Directory" for 1874-75, published by Andrew Boyd and W. Harry Boyd, contains the following entry on page 58: "Brown Ammi A., carpenter, h 258 W Hudson." The key to abbreviations indicates that the "h" stands for house.
      Since there was no entry for Ammi T. Brown, we can only speculate that he may have died in the intervening five years. He also was not found in the 1880 Census.
      http://www.joycetice.com/director/1874p058.htm

      We have found no record of Ammit T. Brown after the 1870 Census, making it likely that he died sometime between 1870 and 1874. [2, 5]
    Children 
    +1. Ammi Almanzia BROWN,   b. 13 Sep 1829, Boston, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jun 1899, Orting, Pierce Co, WA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     2. Julia A. BROWN,   b. 1831,   d. 1919  (Age 88 years)
    +3. Andrew J. BROWN,   b. Sep 1834, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Mar 1919, Otego, Otsego Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 84 years)
    Family ID F21523  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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    52161_BROWN_AnnisCooke_1800-1851_Cook-CookeFamilyCem_Morris_OtsegoCoNY.jpg

    Documents
    52160_BROWN_Amina_1850Census_Pittsfield_OtsegoCoNY_6Sep1850.jpg
    52160_BROWN_Amina_1850Census_Pittsfield_OtsegoCoNY_6Sep1850.jpg
    1840 Census, Burlington, Otsego Co NY
    1840 Census, Burlington, Otsego Co NY

  • Sources 
    1. [S1838] Headstone - Date calculated from age at death.

    2. [S184] 1850 Census.

    3. [S5] Headstone.

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    5. [S1761] Daughters of the American Revolution Lineage Book.