Genealogy Notes for the Village of Carlton, Cambridgeshire (including Willingham Green and Carlton Green)
A miscellany of pictures and data arising out of research into the KIRBY's family trees (but not all linked to them). This is a work in progress so please treat the data with appropriate caution. For related information see www.the-kirbys.org.uk, Ancestor List, Place Index and Wills Index

Location and general description

A small village set amidst the gently undulating arable land about five miles south of Newmarket and seven miles ESE of Cambridge.

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Buildings 

No buildings identified yet that had, or might have had, connections with this family. 

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People

The COOK family

For at least two centuries the Cook family lived in the Carlton area of Cambridgeshire. Below is a summary of my understanding of it (shown using generation numbers).

1-Abraham Cook b. 1665, Cambridgeshire
+Hannah b. 1665
|--2-Abraham Cook b. 11 Mar 1689/90, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, England
| +Elizabeth Bensted b. 1690, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, England
| |--3-Joseph Cooke b. 10 Feb 1721/22, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, 
| | England
| | +Elizabeth Day b. 1720, Cambridgeshire
| | |--4-Abraham Cooke b. 27 Nov 1757, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, 
| | | England, bur. 6 Sep 1836, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, England
| | | +Elizabeth Bye b. 1766, Cambridgeshire, bur. 21st May 1847, Carlton 
| | | Cum Willingham, Cambridge, England
| | | |--5-James Cook b. 9 Oct 1803, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, 
| | | | England
| | | | +Ann Prickett b. Abt 1807, Carlton, Cambridge, England
| | | | |--6-John Cook b. Abt 1828, Cambridgeshire
| | | | |--6-Emma Cook b. Abt 1830, Cambridgeshire, bur. 9 Nov 1846, 
| | | | | Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, England
| | | | |--6-Joseph Cook b. Abt 1836, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, 
| | | | | England
| | | | |--6-Elizabeth Cook b. Abt 1837, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, 
| | | | | England
| | | | | +Alfred Green b. Jun 1840, Reading, Berkshire
| | | | | |--7-Annie Green b. 1871
| | | | |--6-Abraham Cook b. Abt 1838, Carlton Green, Radfield, 
| | | | | Cambrigeshire
| | | | | +Emma Parr b. Abt 1840, Exning, Suffolk
| | | | | |--7-George Cook b. Abt 1860, Carlton, Cambridgeshire, d. 
| | | | | | 1900 ?
| | | | | |--7-Alfred Cook b. Abt 1865, Bromley, Middlesex
| | | | | |--7-Annie Cook b. Abt 1868, Bromley, Middlesex
| | | | | |--7-Elizabeth Cook b. Abt 1870, Bromley, Middlesex
| | | | | |--7-Ellen Cook b. Abt 1873, Bromley, Middlesex
| | | | | |--7-Maud Cook b. Abt 1878, Bromley, Middlesex
| | | | | |--7-Minnie Cook b. Abt 1876, Bromley, Middlesex
| | | | | |--7-Priscilla Cook b. Abt 1863, Bromley, Middlesex
| | | | |--6-James Cook b. Abt 1841, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, 
| | | | | England
| | | | |--6-Charles Cook b. Abt 1843, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, 
| | | | | England
| | | | |--6-Eliza Cook b. Abt 1845, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, 
| | | | | England
| | | | | +William Pearson b. Abt 1845
| | | | |--6-Sophia Tabitha Cook b. Abt 1850, Carlton Cum Willingham, 
| | | | | Cambridge, England
| | | | | +Thomas Dawes b. Abt 1849
| | | | |--6-George Cook b. Abt 1848, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, 
| | | | | England, bur. 28 Nov 1849, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, 
| | | | | England
| | | |--5-Abraham Cook b. 12 Jul 1788, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, 
| | | | England
| | | |--5-Joseph Cook b. 23 May 1790
| | | | +Sophia Smith b. 1791
| | | | |--6-Ann Cook b. 2 Apr 1815, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, 
| | | | | England
| | | | |--6-Hannah Cook b. 30 Mar 1817, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, 
| | | | | England
| | | | |--6-Eliza Cook b. 19 Sep 1819, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, 
| | | | | England
| | | | |--6-Charles Cook b. 14 Apr 1822, Carlton Cum Willingham, 
| | | | | Cambridge, England, bur. 7 Jun 1905, Carlton Cum Willingham, 
| | | | | Cambridge, England
| | | | | +Hannah Diss b. 29 Apr 1825, Horseheath, Cambridgeshire, bur. 7 
| | | | | Jan 1910, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, England
| | | | | |--7-Hannah Cook b. Abt 1845, Carlton, Cambridge, England
| | | | | |--7-Ellen Cook b. Abt 1849, Carlton, Cambridge, England
| | | | | |--7-George Cook b. Abt 1852, Carlton, Cambridge, England
| | | | | |--7-Elizabeth Cook b. Abt 1853, Carlton, Cambridge, England
| | | | | |--7-Susan Cook b. Abt 1856, Carlton, Cambridge, England
| | | | | |--7-Emily Cook b. Abt 1860, Carlton, Cambridge, England
| | | | | |--7-Fanny Cook b. Abt 1869, Carlton, Cambridge, England
| | | | |--6-Elizabeth Cook b. 13 Feb 1825, Carlton Cum Willingham, 
| | | | | Cambridge, England
| | | | |--6-Ann Cook b. 11 Nov 1827, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, 
| | | | | England
| | | | |--6-Susan Cook b. 20 Dec 1829, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, 
| | | | | England
| | | | |--6-Ann Cook b. 12 Aug 1832, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, 
| | | | | England
| | | | +William Westley b. Abt 1830, Carlton, Cambridge, England
| | | | |--7-Eliza Westley b. Abt 1857, Carlton, Cambridge, England
| | | |--5-Anne Cook b. 15 Jul 1792, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, 
| | | | England
| | | |--5-Thomas Cook b. 25 Feb 1795, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, 
| | | | England
| | | |--5-Sarah Cook b. 12 Nov 1797, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, 
| | | | England
| | | |--5-Charles Cook b. 3 Nov 1805, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, 
| | | | England
| | | +Eliza Clarke b. 27 Nov 1803, Westley Waterless, Cambridgeshire
| | |--4-Elizabeth Cooke b. 15 Nov 1752, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, 
| | | England
| | |--4-Joseph Cooke b. 21 Jan 1756, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, 
| | | England
| | |--4-Ann Cooke b. 4 May 1760, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, England
| | |--4-James Cooke b. 30 Jun 1761, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, 
| | | England
| | |--4-Thomas Cooke b. 25 Dec 1763, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, 
| | | England
| | |--4-Hannah Cooke b. 30 Jul 1769, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, 
| | | England
| |--3-James Cook b. 6 Oct 1724, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, England
| |--3-Isaac Cooke b. 4 Feb 1726/27, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, England
| | | |--3-Elizabeth Cooke b. 12 Apr 1730, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, 
| | England
| |--3-Mary Cooke b. 12 Apr 1730, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, England
| |--3-Thomas Cook b. 14 Nov 1731, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, England
| |--3-Thomas Cooke b. 26 Jan 1733/34, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, 
| | England
| |--3-Elizabeth Cook b. 4 Nov 1736
|--2-Isaac Cook b. 7 May 1693, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, England
|--2-Elizabeth Cook b. 21 Nov 1697, Carlton Cum Willingham, Cambridge, England

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Related links

A selection of links to other sites with information about this place

• There is a Carlton-Cum-Willingham Web Site covering this area.

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Bibliography

• None at present.

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