The son of Sir George Rooke - George Rooke (1702-1739)

[CaroleW]

FH  = Family History

[maddys52]

Related thread here:
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=846220.0

[Calpe 1704]

Related thread here:
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=846220.0

A thread by me but was only for the father Sir George Rooke, Admiral of the fleet.

What I would like to find is some sort of document that states the cause of George Rooke's death

[Calpe 1704]

May i ask the experts if they can suggest any sources?

[spendlove]

Hi

Not an expert, however in London  “Bills of Mortality” were produced by Parish Clerks, giving cause of death but not individual names. 

You can see the figures for 1739, when 194 people died of Apoplexy/sudden death in London Parishes.

https://archive.org/details/collectionyearl00hebegoog/page/n219/mode/1up

This is a map of Bills of Mortality area

http://www.histpop.org/resources/pngs/0011/00150/00001_24bit_50.png

So you can see why you would be very fortunate to discover documentation as to cause of death.  In some instances it may be noted in the parish register but not in the case of Rooke Jnr.

Spendlove

[Calpe 1704]

Hi,
Not an expert, however in London  “Bills of Mortality” were produced by Parish Clerks, giving cause of death but not individual names. 
You can see the figures for 1739, when 194 people died of Apoplexy/sudden death in London Parishes.
https://archive.org/details/collectionyearl00hebegoog/page/n219/mode/1up
This is a map of Bills of Mortality area
http://www.histpop.org/resources/pngs/0011/00150/00001_24bit_50.png
So you can see why you would be very fortunate to discover documentation as to cause of death.  In some instances it may be noted in the parish register but not in the case of Rooke Jnr.
Spendlove

Spendlove, thank you kindly for that information, i will have a look now.
I've had a look at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk using 3 free searches and only found one entry stating that he had been buried. Nothing else.

Appears to be strange though that sudden deaths occurred and from Apoplexy.
Any known reasons?

Perhaps i'm stubborn, but being the son of such an important Admiral of the Fleet, there doesn't appear to be much information.
Cheers

[garstonite]

Hiya Calpe - I see you are online
have a look at this - no mention of a son George ?? but a son John Charles -
the tree gives Sir Georges parents and grandparents

https://gw.geneanet.org/dclanton?n=rooke&oc=&p=admiral+sir+george

https://gw.geneanet.org/wernervols?n=rooke&oc=&p=sir+william+sheriff+of+kent

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Obviously something wrong there - as Spendloves newspaper article states - George "ONLY SON " of George - so who id John Charles ?  unless he died young ...
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Do we presume this tree to be wrong ??

Family Tree Preview
Ancestry Chart Descendancy Chart Printable Family Tree
Colonel Sir William Rooke       Jane Finch       
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Admiral Sir George Rooke 1650-1709             Henrietta Moore 1684-1755   
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John Charles Rook 1705-1781   

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  I think you are lucky to have even that much information at such an early date!

[Calpe 1704]

Hiya Calpe - I see you are online
have a look at this - no mention of a son George ?? but a son John Charles -
the tree gives Sir Georges parents and grandparents

https://gw.geneanet.org/dclanton?n=rooke&oc=&p=admiral+sir+george

https://gw.geneanet.org/wernervols?n=rooke&oc=&p=sir+william+sheriff+of+kent

I have been checking the family tree too, before i posted here. The father Admiral of the Fleet, Sir George Rooke actually married 3 times, but had only 1 son, George. This George married, but had no children.