Phillip Cooksey

Bef 1757 - 1836  (> 79 years)

• Name	Phillip Cooksey
  Birth	Bef 1757	Charles County, Maryland
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aug 1836	Fauquier County, Virginia
  Person ID	I64863	Tree1
  Last Modified	25 May 2023

  
  

  Father	Phillip Cooksey,   b. Bef 1735, Charles County, Maryland d. 25 Mar 1793, Charles County, Maryland - probate (Age > 58 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Female MNU Cooksey,   b. Bef 1739, Charles County, Maryland d. Aft 1793, Charles County, Maryland (Age > 56 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1755	Charles County, Maryland
  Family ID	F30705	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Adams,   b. Between 1764 and 1769, Charles County, Maryland d. Bef 1816, Fauquier County, Virginia (Age ~ 51 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1785	Charles County, Maryland
  Children	1. Levin Cooksey,   b. Abt 1780, Charles County, Maryland d. 28 Dec 1847, Virginia Twp., Coshocton County, Ohio (Age ~ 67 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Josiah Cooksey,   b. 1782, Fauquier County, Virginia d. 1813, Fauquier County, Virginia (Age 31 years)  [Father: natural]   3. William Cooksey,   b. 1784, Fauquier County, Virginia d. Bef 1844, Perry Township, Coshocton County, Ohio (Age < 59 years)  [Father: natural]   4. Benjamin Cooksey,   b. 2 Nov 1787, Fauquier County, Virginia d. 2 Nov 1865, Merrimac Twp., Dent County, Missouri (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]   5. Sarah Cooksey,   b. Bef 1790, Fauquier County, Virginia  [Father: natural]   6. James Cooksey,   b. 1794, Fauquier County, Virginia d. 23 Jun 1828, Ohio County, Kentucky (Age 34 years)  [Father: natural]   7. Elias Cooksey,   b. 7 Jan 1794, Fauquier County, Virginia d. 11 Mar 1861, Rappahannock County, Virginia - Probate (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]   8. Eleanor Cooksey,   b. Bef 1812, Fauquier County, Virginia  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F34524	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 May 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Hathaway,   b. 19 Nov 1768, Fauquier County, Virginia d. 11 Oct 1854, Vigo County, Indiana (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1813	Fauquier County, Virginia
  Family ID	F34525	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 May 2023

  
  

• Notes

  === Contributed by Ralph D. Smith There are undocumented claims that Philip's wife Mary was Mary Adams. See the Mar. 1785 record below for a discussion of the Adams family. Mar. 1785 - Fauquier Co., Va. Deeds. Thomas Smith and his wife Elizabeth [nee Adams] lease 50 acres to Philip Cooksey for the term of 29 years, beginning at Francis Ash's and Smith's corners to the road called Adams. Philip Cooksey signs his name. Sources: (1) Alcock, John P., "Fauquier Families, 1759-1799," p. 75, and (2) Gott, John K., "Fauquier County, Virginia Deeds, 1778-1785," p. 92. Comment: Alcock (Page 1-2) shows that the land being leased was on Goose Creek and Crooked Run, and had come to Elizabeth from her father John Adams, who d. May 1781 in Fauquier Co., Va. with very large landholdings there. John Adams (wife Sarah Stacey) had formerly lived in Charles Co., Md., and, in addition to dau. Elizabeth who m. Thomas Smith, his children included son John Adams (eldest son and heir at law) who still lived in Charles Co., son Littleton Adams of Fauquier Co, and dau. Susannah Adams of Fauquier Co. who m. Thomas Marshall, Jr. These are the 3 Adams children mentioned in the 1795 record below. The other children of Fauquier Co. John Adams were George, Josias, Thomas, James, and Ann who m. Francis Ash. This is the same Adams family, three members of whom witnessed the Mar. 1791 Charles Co. will of Philip's father. 1795 - Fauquier Co., Va. Deeds. John Adams. of Charles Co. Md. and wife Elizabeth. sell the land inherited by John's sister Susanna Adams Marshall from their father to three different men: (1) Littleton Adams. (2) John Ashby. and (3) Philip Cooksey. Source: Alcock, John P .• "Fauquier Families. 1759-1799," Aug. 1836 - Philip Cooksey, b. before 1757, d. by Aug. 1836 In Va., wife Mary. Source: DAR Patriot Index, Centennial Edition, p. 654. Comment: Several other contributers state that Philip Cooksey died in 1836 in Fauquier Co., Va. (no source given) July 19, 1839 - The Fauquier Co .• Va. Inventory and Appraisement of the estate of Philip Cooksey, deceased. Source: Mel Cooksey. citing Fauquier Co., Va. Estates, Page 219-21 Aug. 5, 1839 - Circuit Superior Court of Law and Chancery of Fauquier Co., Va. In the matter of Philip Cooksey's estate, his son William Cooksey filed suit against the other heirs, that is: --Mary Cooksey, the widow --brother Elias Cooksey --brother Leven Cooksey --brother Benjamin Cooksey --sister Sarah Oden --unnamed minor children of deceased brother James Cooksey --Harriet Bland. wife of Silas Bland, Pierce Brown and Maria his wife, and Eveline Cooksey, surviving heirs of deceased brother Josiah Cooksey. The court, sitting in Chancery, continued the case on Aug. 10, 1839 due to the inattendance of defendants. Source: Mel Cooksey. 1839 - Philip Cooksey's widow Mary was living with their son Elias Cooksey in Rappahannock Co., Va. Source: Agnes Altrup/Pearl Smith. Nov. 1, 1841 - Virginia Ann Earp, wife of Nicholas Earp, of Ohio Co., Ky., gives said Nicholas Earp power of attorney for all matters including the disposition of lands she inherited from her grandfather Philip Cooksey in the State of Virginia. Witnesses: William Daniel, L. D. Earp. Source: Ohio Co., Ky. Deeds, Book I, p. 2.