Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts was settled in 1636. The first settlers called it Enon or Salem Village. It was officially set off from the Town of Salem on May 10, 1643.
In 1688, during theGlorious Revolution, the Protestant king and queen,William and Mary, took the English throne from Catholic King James II. The bloodless revolution profoundly impacted the American colonies.
She married John Cook (or Cooke) on September 14, 1688 in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts. John Cook was born on August 3, 1662 in Windsor (now Hartford), Connecticut. He was the son of Nathaniel Cook and Lydia Vore.
Sarah and John's children included:
Sarah Cook Grant (1690, married Josiah Grant),
John Cook (1692, married Hannah Drake and Hannah Loomis)
and Theophilus Cook (1698).
John died on February 27, 1711/12 in Windsor, Connecticut.
Old Style Calendar
Before 1752 the year began on Lady Day, March 25th,. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were at the end of the year. Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) are used to indicate whether the year has been adjusted. Often both dates are used.
Shays's Rebellion was an armed uprising in Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787. Daniel Shays led four thousand rebels (Shaysites) in rising up against perceived economic injustices.
Daniel Shays and Job Shattuck
from Bickerstaff's Boston Almanack
The New Haven Colony was an English colony in what is now the state of Connecticut. The colony was from 1637 to 1664.
Essex County, Massachusetts was created on May 10, 1643 by the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, when it ordered "that the whole plantation within this jurisdiction be divided into four sheires."
