The Tooke Family

JOHN TOOKE was born in 1748. He married Mary Burt, who was born in 1750. During the Revolutionary War, John and his family lived in Halifax District, North Carolina. John served in the Continental Army. Mary Burt’s father, William Burt, also served in the Continental Army. About 1800 John and Mary Tooke moved from Northampton County, North Carolina, to Georgia. Mary died in 1784, John in 1799.
John and Mary Tooke had the following children:

1. John Tooke, Jr.
2. William Tooke
3. Allen Tooke
4. Harlowe Tooke
5. Mary Tooke, who married James M. Taylor
6. JAMES J. TOOKE
7. Arthur Tooke, who married Mary Polly Jones
8. Sterling Tooke, who married Polly Coleman

9.   Joseph Tooke
10.   Shibboleth Tooke
JAMES J. TOOKE married Elizabeth Bush in 1805. She was the daughter of John Bush and Susanna Bryan Bush, and was born in 1786. James died in 1849, Elizabeth in 1859. James and Elizabeth Tooke had two sons:

1. THOMAS BLACKSHEAR TOOKE
2. James J. Tooke, Jr.

THOMAS BLACKSHEAR TOOKE was born in 1815. In 1839, he married Ellen Enfield Williams. She was born in 1822. Thomas died in 1883, his wife, Ellen, 1878.
Thomas and Ellen Tooke had seven children:

1. Henry Tooke
2. Augustus Tooke
3. Marcus Aurelius Tooke
4. Mary Frances Tooke
5. GEORGIA TOOKE
6. Ella Hortense Tooke
7. Estella Josephine Tooke

GEORGIA TOOKE was born in 1845.   In 1871, she married Judge Nelson Jackson Scott.  They were married in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana. The Tooke family thus merges with the Scott family.