| Name |
Francis Cooke |
| Birth |
abt 1584, Gides Hall, Essex, England |
| Death |
7 Apr 1663, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA |
| Occupation |
Woolcomber49 |
| Religion |
Roman Catholic49 |
| Ship |
Mayflower49 |
| Father |
Richard Cooke (1531-1579) |
| Mother |
Alice Caunton (1543-1586) |
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| Marriage |
30 Jun 1603, Leyden, South Holland, Holland |
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| Spouse |
Hester Walloon Mahieu49 |
| Birth |
1588, South Holland Province, Holland |
| Death |
18 Jun 1666, Plymouth, Plymouth CO., Mass |
| Religion |
Huguenot, Hester The Walloon49 |
| Ship |
Anne49 |
| Father |
Jan Mahieu (~1559-1603) |
| Mother |
Jenne (~1563-1591) |
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| Children |
| 1 F |
Mary Cooke |
| Birth |
abt 1605, Leiden, South Holland, Holland |
| Death |
23 Nov 1695, Prob. Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts |
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| Spouse |
John Thompson |
| Marriage |
26 Dec 1645, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA |
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| 2 M |
Child Cook |
| Birth |
bef 20 May 1608, Leyden, Holland |
| Death |
1608 |
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| 3 M |
Josiah Cooke |
| Birth |
1610, Leyden, South Holland, Holland |
| Death |
8 Jun 1666, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts |
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| Spouse |
Elizabeth Ring |
| Marriage |
16 Sep 1635, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts |
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| 4 F |
Elizabeth Cook |
| Birth |
26 Dec 1611, Leyden, Plymouth, Holland |
| Death |
Prob. Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts |
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| 5 F |
Jane Cooke |
| Birth |
abt 1616, Leyden, South Holland, Holland |
| Death |
8 Jun 1666, Plymouth, MA |
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| 6 M |
Josias Cooke |
| Birth |
abt 1622, Plymouth, Plymouth, Mass. |
| Death |
21 May 1714, Prob. Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts |
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| Spouse |
Thompson Ms |
| Marriage |
26 Dec 1643, Of Plymouth, Plymouth, MA |
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| 7 F |
Hester Cook |
| Birth |
1622, Leiden, South Holland, Holland |
| Death |
aft 8 Jun 1666 |
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| Spouse |
Richard Wright |
| Marriage |
21 Nov 1644, Of Plymouth, Mass. |
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| 8 F |
Mercy Cooke |
| Birth |
1627, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA |
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| 9 M |
John Cooke REVEREND60,49 |
| Birth |
1613, Leiden, So. Holland, Holland |
| Death |
23 Nov 1695, Dartmouth, Mass. |
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| Spouse |
Sarah Warren |
| Marriage |
28 Mar 1634, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony |
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| Spouse |
Elizabeth Lettice |
| Marriage |
18 Nov 1669, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA |
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| Spouse |
Damarius Hopkins |
| Marriage |
10 Jun 1646, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA |
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| Notes for Francis Cooke |
FRANCIS COOKE WAS OF BAWTRY PARISH OF BLYTH, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND. HIS FATHER AND GRANDFATHER ARE SAID TO HAVE BEEN SILK MERCERS. THE PARISH RECORDS OF BLYTH ATTEST TO THE MANORIAL RIGHTS OF THE FAMILY, ALSO TO THEIR OWNERSHIP OF THE CONVENT OF BLYTH AS EARLY AS 1540.
OF ROMAN CATHOLIC FAMILY, FRANCIS COOKE WON OVER TO THE SEPARATIST BY THE STRONG PRESSURE OF RELIGIOUS CONVICTION WHICH SPREAD ALONG THE LINE OF THE GREAT NORTHERN ROAD LEADING FROM LONDON TO SCOTLAND, AND WAS ONE OF THE "EXILES FROM SCROOBY" TO LEYDEN, HOLLAND, WHERE HE MARRIED HESTER WHO IS KNOWN AS A WALLOON FROM THE SOUTHERN PROVINCE OF BELGIUM.
HE WITH HIS SON JOHN - AFTERWARD KNOWN AS REV. JOHN COOKE - CAME TO PLYMOUTH IN THE "MAYFLOWER", 1620. HESTER HIS WIFE FOLLOWED WITH THE REST OF THE CHILDREN IN THE "ANNE", 1623
THIS PILGRIM WAS ONE OF THE SIGNERS OF THE MAYFLOWER COMPACT. HE WAS MADE FREEMAN IN 1663, IN 1634 REFEREE IN SETTLEMENT OF VARIOUS AFFAIRS BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE COLONY. UNTIL 1640 HIS NAME APPEARS CONSTANTLY IN SOME CAPACITY PERFORMING IMPORTANT DUTIES FOR THE GOVERNMENT. HE DIED APR 7, 1663 AGED ABOUT 86 YEARS. HE IS SPOKEN OF IN THE DEATH RECORDS AS "FRANCIS COOKE THE ANCESTOR", AND BRADFORD THE PILGRIM HISTORIAN STATES THAT "HE LIVED TO SEE HIS CHILDRENS CHILDREN HAVE CHILDREN" HESTER HIS WIFE IS KNOWN TO HAVE SURVIVED HIM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
WILL OF FRANCIS COOKE
THE LAST WIL AND TESTAMENT OF FFRANCIS COOKE, OF PLYMOUTH, LATE DECEASED, EXIBITED BEFORE THE COURT HELD AT PLYMOUTH AFORESAID, THE FIRST DAY OF JUNE 1663, ON THE OATH OF MR. JOHN ALDEN AND MR. JOHN HOWLAND.
"THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF FFRANCIS COOKE MADE THIS SEVENTH OF THE 10th MONTH, 1659
"I BEING AT YE PRESENT WEAK AND INFIRM IN BODY YETT IN PERFECT MEMORY THRO MERCY DOE COMT MY SOUL UNTO GOD THAT GAVE IT, AND MY BODY TO THE EARTH WHICH MY WILL IS SHOULD BE INTERED IN A DECENT AND COMELY MANNER. AS FOR SUCH GOODS AND LAND AS I STAND POSSESSED OF I DOE WILL AND BEQUEATH AS FOLLOWETH:
"1. MY WILL IS THAT HESTER MY DEAR AND LOVING WIFE SHALL HAVE ALL MY MOVEABLE GOODS AND ALL MY CATTLE OF ALL KINDS VIZ. MEAT CATTLE HORSE KIND SHEEP AND SWINE TO BE AT HER DISPOSE.
"2. MY WILL IS THAT HESTER MY WIFE SHALL HAVE AND OCCUPY MY LANDS BOTH UPLANDS AND MEADOW LANDS WHICH AT PRESENT I POSSESS DURING HER LIFETIME.
"3. I DOE ORDAINE AND APPOINT MY DEAR WIFE AND MY SON JOHN COOKE JOYNT EXECUTORS OF THIS MY SAID WILL. FFRANCIS COOKE
WITTNESS, - JOHN ALDEN, JOHN HOWLAND
SOME SOURCES SAY BORN GIDES HALL, ESSEX, ENGLAND49 |
| Misc. Notes |
| date of birth bef 1579 in Blythe, Nottinghamshire, England 49 |
| Notes for Hester Walloon Mahieu |
HESTER (MAHIEU) COOKE CAME ON THE SHIP NAMED THE "ANNE". HESTER WAS AN OLD FREIND OF PRICILLA ALDEN, FROM LEYDEN, THOUGH HESTER WAS NOT OF ENGLISH BIRTH. HESTER HAVING MADE THE ACQUAINTANCE OF ELIZABETH HOWLAND WHILE ON THE SEA VOYAGE. FRANCIS COOKE HAD A COMFORTABLE HOUSE AWAITING HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN WHEN THEY ARRIVED IN AMERICA, AND HESTER NATURALLY QUITE FITTED IN WITH THE NEW COMERS TO THE NEW LAND.
THE WALLOONS WERE A RELIGIOUS SECT, EACH COUNTRY GAVE THEM A DIFFERENT NAME. THEY DENOMINATED THEMSELVES AS GAULOIS; THE DUTCH PLACED THEM AS WALLECKE, AND THE ENGLISH
FROM THEIR LOCATING ON THE RIVER WALL IN HOLLAND, CALLED THEM WALLOONS.
FROM SOUTHERN PROVINCE, BELGIUM
CANTERBURY, ENGLAND
ALTERNATE SPELLING MAHIEN49 |
| Notes for Experience & Jane (Family) |
| 22 May 1627 date of marriage per ewcbob@mail.jps.net49 |
| Notes for John (Child 9) |
JOHN COOKE A MAYFLOWER PASSENGER IN 1620, HE WAS A DEACON OF THE CHURCH AT PLYMOUTH AND SERVED THAT TOWN AS DEPUTY TO THE GENERAL COURT OF PLYMOUTH COLONY IN 1638-1639, 1641-1644, 1647, AND 1653-1656. HOWEVER HE DEFENDED THE QUAKERS IN THE COLONY IN DISAGREEMENT WITH THE PASTOR OF THE PLYMOUTH CHURCH, THE REVEREND JOHN RYNER,
AND MOVED TO DARTMOUTH AS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL PURCHASERS. WHILE IN PLYMOUTH HE HAD BEEN A VOLUNTEER IN THE PEQUOT WAR, SAYING ON 7 JUNE 1637 THAT HE SERVE "IF A PROVISION COULD BE MADE FOR HIS FAMILY." HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE PLYMOUTH MILITARY COMPANY IN AUGUST 1643.
HE SERVED DARTMOUTH AS A SELECTMAN IN 1670, 1672, 1675, AND FROM 1679 - 1683, AND AS A DEPUTY
FROM 1666 T0 1668, 1673 TO 1675, 1679 TO 1682, AND IN 1686. IN 1676 HE JOINED THE BAPTIST CHURCH AT NEWPORT, AND PREACHED AT DARTMOUTH. [DAVIS' ANCIENT LANDMARKS OF PLYMOUTH, 69, 130]
HE WAS ONE OF THE PARTNERS WHO BUILT THE COLONY'S FIRST SHIP, A "FORTY TON LEVIATHIAN OF THE DEEP." HE WAS ALSO OF SERVICE IN DISTRIBUTING IRISH CHARITY IN 1677, AFTER KING PHILLIP'S WAR AND IN 1678. LT. JOHN SMITH AND HE SET THE TOWN RATE. IT IS BELIEVED HE WAS THE OLDEST SURVIVING PASSENGER OF THE MAYFLOWER. |
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