Cook Family

[carol46]

Probably at sea.

[rosie99]

I doubt that he would be in the navy and living in Basingstoke area, Portsea is nearly 50 miles away

[Kay99]

There is this burial transcribed on FindMyPast but no age given


James Cooke
Place    Basingstoke
Burial date    28 Apr 1835
Subcategory    Parish Burials
Burial place    Basingstoke, Hampshire

Sorry found another entry that list him as 21 

[rosie99]

The image is on Ancestry Kay, he is 21

[Kay99]

The image is on Ancestry Kay, he is 21

Thanks - I should have checked pre posting

[rosie99]

Marriage image for James and Elizabeth gives James of the parish of Ellisfield, he was a bachelor.  Elizabeth was of Cliddesden - witnesses John Harfield, Sarah Harfield

[rosie99]

Working from the Cook children listed on the 1841 census, the youngest is Mary Ann. On her baptism 1 April 1836, there is no father listed, just mother Elizabeth. So looks like James is out of the picture by this time.

The transcript mentions that Elizabeth was A Pauper 

[osprey]

likely baptism for Sarah Harfield, witness to the marriage

Cliddesden 17 July 1799 Sarah daughter of John & Ann Harfield
also
Cliddesden 3 July 1803 Elizabeth daughter of John Harfield

[rosie99]

When Elizabeth married William Bowley she stated that she was a Widow, William was a Widower.
Elizabeths father was John Harfield occ Labr and the witnesses were John Harfield and Mary Harfield