Urban ROOK Coalway Lane End

by rookancestrybest , United Kingdom, Monday, February 18, 2008, 13:23 (6193 days ago) @ slowhands

I am related to Urban Rook, according to my records he is my first cousin three times removed! I know little of his branch of the family but his father's brother was my great-great grandfather: Thomas Rook. Urban's father being Paul Rook.I know why he had such an unusual name: it's because they were Catholics (he's probably named after Pope Urban)however I also know that he was not a Catholic when an adult and that one of his direct descendants did not know that the family had been R.C. when one of my mother's cousins traced her. In fact they were recusants and there is evidence of this elsewhere as well as the evidence I have of it. He also had a sister called Symphirosa (another saint's name), another sister called Maria and two brothers: Joseph and Charles. I think their mother was called Hannah. The surname is sometimes spelt: Rooke.
If you need more information I can supply it.