William COOK 1812-1878, b. Plumstead, Kent, England, son of John COOK and Jane REEVES; d. Minyip (Wimmera), Victoria, Australia; was first married in 1837 at Erith, Kent, England to Rebecca WEEKS 1813-1819, b. Plumstead, Kent, England, d. Plumstead, Kent, England.

William COOK's second marriage was in 1850 at Erith, Kent, England to Mary Ann PRICE 1826-1896, b. Leicestershire, England, d. Minyip (Wimmera), Victoria. William COOK with his second wife Mary Ann PRICE and children arrived as emigrants from England at Portland, Victoria on the "Priam" in 1852.

William COOK & Rebecca WEEKS had the following children...

1. Rebecca COOK 1838-1914, b. Plumstead, Kent, England, d. Minyip, Victoria; m.1 Henry NAYLOR 1822-1860, b. Leeds, Yorkshire, England, d. Mount Gambier, Sourh Australia [2 children]; m.2 George GOODS 1836-1905, b. Cambridgeshire, England, d. Minyip, Victoria, Australia [1 child].

2. William Henry COOK 1839-1898, b. Plumstead, Kent, England, m. 1864 at Limestone Ridge, near Dartmoor, S-W Victoria to Isabella "Sibella" McKINNON 1844-1922, b. Isle of Coll, Scotland to Lachlan McKINNON and Elizabeth "Betsy" McDOUGALL, d Mumbannar, S-W Victoria.
   William Henry COOK and Isabella McKINNON had the following children:
   1. Elizabeth COOK 1865-1934, b. Mumbannar, S-W Victoria, d. Mumbannar, S-W Victoria;
   2. William Henry COOK 1867-1944, b. Mumbannar, S-W Victoria, d. Mount Gambier, SA, m. 1902 to Rachel SPENCER 1881-1971, b. Dartmoor, S-W Victoria to Frederick SPENCER and Mary MORRISON, d. Mount Gambier, SA.
   3. Rebecca COOK c.1870-1954, b. Mumbannar, S-W Victoria, d. Leopold (near Geelong), Victoria.
   4. John Lachlan COOK c.1871-1955, b. Mumbannar, S-W Victoria, d. Mount Gambier, SA; m. 1920 to Esther CLARKE 1883-1966, b. Drik Drik, S-W Victoria, ro Isaac CLARKE and Catherine O'NEIL, d. Portland, S-W Victoria.
   5. Jane COOK, c.1874-1951, b. Mumbannar, S-W Victoria, d. Mount Gambier, SA; m. 1905 at Mount Gambier to Samuel LITTLE 1875-1956, b. Mount Gambier, SA, to George LITTLE and Jane WHITE, d. Mount Gambier, SA>
   6. James Wilson COOK c.1876-1935, b. Mumbannar, S-W Victoria, d. Mumbannar, S-W Victoria.
   7. Thomas Henry COOK c.1879-1901, b. Mumbannar, S-W Victoria, d. Dartmoor, S-W Victoria.
   8. Euphemia COOK 1882-1960, b. Mumbannar, S-W Victoria, d. Hamilton, Victoria; m. 1911 to Robert Alexander COWLAND 1880-1958, b. Greenwald, S-W Victoria to Joseph Henry COWLAND and Margaret McFARLANE, d. Hamilton, Victoria.
   9. Charlotte COOK 1884-1980, b. Mumbannar, S-W Victoria, d. Mumbannar, S-W Victoria, m. 1908 to Henry Charles COWLAND 1879-1962, b. Greenwald, S-W Victoria to Joseph Henry COWLAND and Margaret McFARLANE, d. Mount Gambier, SA.
   10. Annie Margaret COOK 1890-1913, b. Mumbannar, S-W Victoria, d. Hamilton, Victoria; m. 1912 to Thomas COWLAND 1886-1963, b. Greenwald, S-W Victoria to Joseph Henry COWLAND and Mary BATTEN; d. Portland, Victoria.

3. Jane COOK 1841-1924, b. Plumstead, Kent, England, d. Swan Hill, Victoria; m. 1860 Mount Gambier, SA to George JENNINGS 1838-1913, b. Wiltshire, England to Thomas JENNINGS and Jane CROUCH; d. Swan Hill, Victoria; children at Mount Gambier, SA & Casterton, S-W Victoria.

4. Charlotte COOK 1843-1926, b. Plumstead, Kent, England, d. Mount Gambier, SA; m. 1867 to James Wilson McMORRON 1845-1915, b. Dumfries, Scotland to Alexander McMORRON and Margaret HUNTER, d. Mount Gambier, SA; children at Mount Gambier, SA.

5. Elizabeth Hull COOK 1846-1934, b. Plumstead, Kent, England; d. Boolite (Wimmera), Victoria; m. Friedrich Joseph Carl Christian JENZEN c.1844-1909, b. ...?..., d. Monegeeta (near Romsey), Victoria; children at Mount Gambier, SA and Minyip, Victoria.

William COOK's first wife Rebecca (nee WEEKS) died in 1849 in Kent, England and he married again in 1850 at Erith, Kent, England to Mary Ann PRICE b. 1826 Leicestershire, England, d. Minyip, Victoria.

William COOK & Mary Ann PRICE had the following children:

1. Martha COOK 1851-1889, b. Plumstead, Kent, England, d.Sandford, S-W Victoria; m. 1873 to Edwin Portman WOODLAND 1847-1920, b. VDL (Tasmania), Australia to Edwin WOODLAND and Sabina WEBBER, d. Perth, Western Australia; children at Merino and Sandford 1874-1885, S-W Victoria;

2. Sarah Ann COOK b. 1852, d. 1852;

3. Henry COOK b. 1854, d. 1854;

4. John Thomas COOK 1856-1940, b. Dartmoor, S-W Victoria, d. Temora, NSW; m.1 to Mary Jane POTTER 1863-1887, b. Lyndoch, SA, d. Sandford, S-W Victoria, children at Minyip & Sandford, Victoria; m.2 to Elizabeth RAYNOR (nee DOUGLAS) 1857-1910, b. at sea, d. Temora, NSW; children at Sandford, S-W Victoria and Temora, NSW.

5. Thomas COOK 1858-1858, b. and d. 1858, Merino, S-W Victoria.

6. Frances Merino COOK 1858-1961, b. Merino, S-W Victoria, d. "Pleasant Hills" Station (lost in the bush), near Digby, S-W Victoria;

7. Jeanetta COOK 1861-1924, b. Tahara (near Merino), S-W Victoria, d. Minyip, Victoria; m. 1884 to Robert WYLLIE 1855-1928, b. Couth Australia, d. Parwan, Victoria; children at Minyip, Victoria;

8. Samuel COOK 1864-1931, b. Dwyer's Creek (near Merino), S-W Victoria, d. Melbourne, Victoria, m.1 1889 to Mary Ann BLACKLEY 1867-1915, b. Chatsworth, Victoria, d. Geelong, Victoria; children at Minyip and Kyneton, Victoria; m.2 1918 to Lavinia WORLAND c.1872-1948, d. melbourne, Victoria.