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son, Brainshaugh ; to Richard^" the 5th son, a burgage in 

 Warkworth ; to Benjamia^^ the 7th son, the north side of 

 Newton-on-the-Moor [i.e. Low Newton] ; and to Thomas*- and 

 Joseph'^ the 6th and 8th sons, and to Sarah and Jane, the 

 unmarried daughters, money portions. 



John Cook,^^ who succeeded his father to the New-hall, 

 married first Barbara Brown of Monkwearmouth, and second 

 Ann Martin of Seaham : he died 1710, leaving 4 sons and 



5 daughters. By his will, dated 1709, he devised 



the New-hall and Togstou to his eldest son, Edward ; to 

 his 2nd son, John,^^ the estate he had recently purchased in. 



'" Eichard Cook, bap. lOfch October 1672, died s.p. 1740, and is 

 baried at Warkworth. 



^^ Benjamin Cook, bap. 22nd August 1680, a merchant in Newcastle, 

 retired to, and died at, Warkworth. In 1748 Benjamin Cook of 

 Warkworth voted for Hazelrigg. His will, dated 26th February 1757, 

 devises "to my niece, Sarah Cook of Warkworth, the Warkworth house 

 and £25 per annum out of Cresswell for life — lands at Cresswell and 

 Hazelrigg to trustees to the use of Thomas Cook, son of my late nephew, 

 Wm. Cook of Tweedmouth — remainder to his brother Wm.— to Edward 

 Cook of Alnmouth, son of my late nephew, Edward Cook of Amble 

 West Hall, £900— to my nephew, Geo. Cook of Inner Temple, £500— 

 to John Lawson, son of my nephew, Wm. Lawson of Longhirst, £150 — 

 to my nephew, Edw. Wilson of Ulgham, £150 — to poor of Warkworth 

 £10." 



'^ Thomas Cook, bap. 31st January 1676, said to have been a 

 merchant in Newcastle, acquired lands in Cresswell and Hazelrigg, 

 which he devised to his brother Benjamin. 



^^ Joseph Cook, bap. 25th September 1684, to whom his father left 

 a money portion, and his brother Samuel his lands at Newton. He 

 married Elizabeth, daughter of John Lawson of Warkworth Barns, 

 and widow of Wm. Smith of Togston : from him descend the Cooks 

 of Newton-on-the-Moor, now represented by Mr Widdrington. 



^* John Cook bap. 19th December 1658. Barbara Brown of Monkwear- 

 mouthshore, by will, dated 26th August 1710, devised legacies to her eight 

 grandchildi-eu, John, Christopher, and Richard Cook, and their five 

 sisters ; and the residue of her estate to her grandson, Edw. Cook. 



Bond of marriage, 28th November 1707. 'John Cook of Togston, 

 yeoman, and Ann Martin of Seaham.' He was buried at Warkworth 

 12th March 1709-10. 



^ John Cook, born 20th September 1692, married Deborah Whitehead 

 of Boulmer. Bond of marriage dated 22nd April 1718. He was 

 buried at Warkworth 1764. From him the Cooks of Easttield. — 

 See Proc, of B.N. Club, Vol. xii., p. 143. 



