Biography

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COOKE, Francis, a Clerk from Philadelphia County; born in Little Hallam, Derbyshire, England; yeoman; dry goods merchant; proprietary rent collector, Pennsylvania (1689-1690); Deputy Master of the Rolls, Philadelphia County (1690); appointed, Chief Clerk, Pennsylvania Colonial Assembly (September 10, 1695-October 25, 1696); commissioner of streets, Philadelphia (1701); appointed, common council, Philadelphia (1701-1714); tax assessor, Philadelphia County (1703, 1705); elected, Pennsylvania Colonial Assembly (1706-1709); died, November of 1714 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.


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