Family
In 1740 Cooke married Hannah, the daughter of Hezekiah Sabin, with whom he had 12 children. One of his descendants was the Honorable George L. Cooke of Providence. His son Joseph S. Cooke (b. 1746) captained a ship on a number of trading voyages to Africa and the West Indes. His daughter Sarah (1755–1843) married Continental Army Colonel Jeremiah Olney on 26 April 1780. The couple had one child, Mary T. Olney (1799–1878).
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