Thomas Cooksey

1689 - Aft 1759  (~ 71 years)

• Name	Thomas Cooksey
  Birth	Aug 1689	Charles County, Maryland
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 1759	Charles County, Maryland
  Person ID	I43992	Tree1
  Last Modified	25 May 2023

  
  

  Father	Phillip Cooksey,   b. Abt 1639, England d. 28 Jun 1697, Charles County, Maryland - inventory (Age ~ 58 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sarah MNU Cooksey,   b. Abt 1667   d. 26 Apr 1698, Charles County, Maryland - inventory (Age ~ 31 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1683	Charles County, Maryland
  Family ID	F9744	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth MNU Cooksey   d. Bef 1775, Charles County, Maryland
  Marriage	Charles County, Maryland
  Children	1. Phillip Cooksey,   b. Bef 1735, Charles County, Maryland d. 25 Mar 1793, Charles County, Maryland - probate (Age > 58 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Andrew Cooksey,   b. Bef 1738, Charles County, Maryland d. Bef 1825, Shenandoah County, Virginia (Age < 87 years)  [Father: natural]   3. John Cooksey,   b. Bef 1738, Charles County, Maryland d. Aft Jun 1800, Shenandoah County, Virginia (Age > 63 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F26850	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 May 2023

  
  

• Notes

  === Lawson, Thomas, planter, Charles County, 10th Dec., 1716; 12th Mar., 1716/17. To wife Elizabeth, extx., 1/3 of estate, real and personal. To son William, residue of estate. Test: Will. Wilkinson, Thos. Beach, Thos. Cooksey. 14. 271. === Charles County Maryland Circuit Court Records, Liber H#2, Page 390 30 Nov 1720; Recorded at request of Thomas Cooksey, planter: 31 Aug 1720; Indenture from James Graham, cooper, to Thomas Cooksey, planter; for 1,500# tobacco; a tract taken up by sd. James and Thomas jointly called by the name of Thomas and James Adventure; on the east side of Williams Branch near the land where Thomas now dwells; containing 130 acres; /s/ James Graham (mark); wit. Robt. Hanson, Geo. Dent; ack. 31 Aug 1720 by James Graham and Anne his wife === Charles County Maryland Land Record Liber Z#2, 1744-1753; Page 304. At the request of Philip Cooksey, the following bill of sale was recorded on Dec 21, 1748. 1, Thomas Cooksey of CC, planter, for 2000 lbs tobacco, I have sold to Philip Cooksey of CC, 1 gray horse, 1 feather bed and furniture, and 1 iron pot. Signed Dec 12, 1748 - Thomas (T his mark) Cooksey. wit - Thos Oden, John Perryman === Charles County Land Record Book G#3, 1756-1761; Page 341. Mar 19, 1759 from Thomas Cooksey of CC, to Nathaniel Truman Greenfield of St. Mary's County, for 10 £, 100 acres called Cookseys Hope, being formerly in Calvert County but now in CC, and bounded by a fork between the Northern and Western Branch, sd land lying in the branches of Indian Cr about a mile above the head of sd Cr and running up the Northern branch, and by the side of a deep valley, containing about 100 acres- Signed - Thomas (+ his mark) Cooksey. wit - Jno Chesley, Thos Greenfield. St_ Mary's County, Mar 19, 1759. Then came sd Thomas Cooksey before us, two JPs of the county afd, and acknowledged the within deed. Acknowledged before Jno Chesley, Thos Greenfield. St. Mary's County. I certify that John Chesley and Thomas Greenfield are JPs. Signed - Rich Ward Hey, Clerk of St. Mary's County Court. Recorded Jun 4, 1759. === 1642-1753 Rent Rolls Charles County MD Hundred - Nanjemoy or Durham Parish: Rent Roll page/Sequence: 389-82: THOMAS & JAMES ADVENTURE: 130 acres; Possession of - 130 Acres - Reeder, Thomas : Surveyed 17 (?) 1718 for Thomas Cockney, James Grimes on the East side of a small branch called Williams branch beginning at a bounded White Oak standing by the said branch side near the plantation whereon the said Cockney now dwells.: {mm Note; not identified to a specific Hundred. Location identified by watercourse or nearby tract.}, 130 Acres - Thomas Cooksey from James Graham; 31 Aug 1720,130 Acres - Thomas Reeder from Thomas Cooksey; 21 Feb 1742 === http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=thomps oncooksey&id=I379 Estep Family Journal, Vol. 1 No 4, Oct. 1991. "Sixteen year old Richard Eaststopp (Estep), son of John, Dec'd., was bound out for five years as an indentured servant of Thomas Rogers, a merchant, and sailed for St. Mary's, Maryland on 6 Aug. 1684 on the ship "Loyal Subject". He may have married shortly after completing his servitude which would be around 1689. His wife was Rebecca Ramsey. By 1698, his family was living in the area of St. Mary's in Benedict Hundred, Charles County. Thomas Cooksey, son of Philip Cooksey, late of Charles County, was ordered to serve Richard Estep until he became 21 years old. This deed was dated April 19 1698 and Thomas will become 9 years old in August. He was to lodge with Richard who would take care of him and his needs".