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Thomas Robert Cookson

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Biography

Slave-owner in Port Royal, Jamaica, in 1817.

  1. Thomas Robert, son of Charles Cookson Esquire Captain R.A. and Mary Margaret his wife, born 26/05/1791 and baptised in Port Royal, 14/07/1791.

  2. Thomas Robert Cookson of the Royal Artillery married Mary Barton of St George at Mount Pleasant, St George, Jamaica, 20/08/1812.

  3. Thomas Robert Cookson of the Royal Artillery was a member of the Phoenix Lodge of Freemasons in Port Royal at some point between 1813 and 1817.

  4. Thomas Robert Cookson became a Captain in the Royal Artillery in 1828.


Sources

See estate information.

  1. Familysearch.org, Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 [database online].

  2. Ibid.

  3. Ancestry.com, England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921 [database online].

  4. A List of the Officers of the Army and of the Corps of Royal Marines (1830) p. 322.

Further Information

Occupation
Soldier

Associated Estates (1)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1817 [EA] - → Owner
Unknown [ Jamaica | Port Royal ]

Relationships (3)

Thomas Robert Cookson
Son → Father
Charles Norris Cookson
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Thomas Robert Cookson
Brother → Sister
Elizabeth Sarah Cookson
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Thomas Robert Cookson
Brother-in-laws
Robert Ballard Yates
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