Cooke/Cook

Name origin: occupational surname.

• Robert Cooke (1392-1422)
• Thomas Cooke (1423-1478)
• Philip Cooke (1454-1497)
• John Cooke (1473-1516)
• Anthony Cooke (1504-1576)
• _______ Cooke (1531-1586)
• ______ Cooke (1551- )
• Francis Cooke (1584-1663)

Robert Cooke

b.abt.1392 of Lavenham, Suffolk, England; parents ukn
m.abt.1422; Katherine ______
b.abt.1396; d/o parents ukn

CHILDREN included:

1. Thomas Cooke b.abt.1423 d.1478

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Thomas Cooke

b.abt.1423 Romford, Essex, England; s/o Robert and Katherine Cooke
d.1478
m.abt.1453 of London, Middlesex, England; Elizabeth Malpas
b.abt.1435; d/o Philip and Julian (Machyn) Malpas
d.abt.1484

CHILDREN included:

1. Philip Cooke b.abt.1454 d.aft.June 17, 1497
   
2. William Cooke b.abt.1456 d.1500
3. Thomas b.abt.1458 d.bef.1478
4. Joan Cooke b.abt.1460 d.Oct. 15, 1515
5. John Cooke b.abt.1462 d.Aug. 20, 1485

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Philip Cooke

b.abt.1454 Romford, Essex, England; s/o Thomas and Elizabeth (Malpas) Cooke
d.aft.June 17, 1497
m.abt.1472; Elizabeth Belnap
b.abt.1452; d/o Henry and Margaret (Knolles) Cooke
d.bef.1517

CHILDREN included:

1. John Cooke b.abt.1473 d.Oct. 10, 1516
   
2. Beatrix Cooke b.abt.1475 d.Jan. 14, 1554
   
3. Richard Cooke b.abt.1477 d.aft.1517
4. Mary Cooke b.abt.1479 d.aft.1517
5. Anthony Cooke b.abt.1481 d.aft.1517

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John Cooke

b.abt.1473 of Essex, England s/o Phillip and Elizabeth (Belnap) Cooke
d.Oct. 10, 1516
m.abt.1500 Alice Saunders
b.1478 Banbury, Oxford, England d/o William and Jane (Spencer) Saunders
d.aft.1517

CHILDREN included:

1. Beatrix Cooke b.abt.1501
2. Catherine Cooke b.abt.1503
3. Mary Cooke b.abt.1507
4. Anthony Cooke b.ca.1504/05 d.June 11, 1576 England

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Anthony Cooke

b.ca.1504/1505 Romford, Essex, England; s/o John and Alice (Saunders) Cooke
d.June 11, 1576 England
m.1523 Romford, Essex, England; Anne Fitzwilliam
b.1504/1510; d/o William and Anne (Hawes) Fitzwilliam
d.June 5, 1588

CHILDREN included:

1. Mildred Cooke b.Aug. 24, 1524 d.April 5, 1589 Burghley House, Strand, Middlesex, England
   
2. Katherine b.bet.1526-1530
3. Elizabeth Cooke b.1528 d.June 2, 1609
4. ______ Cooke b.1531 d.Oct. 3, 1586
   
5. Margaret Cooke b.abt.1532 d.Dec. 8, 1551
6. dau. Cooke b.1533 d.Aug. 1610
7. William Cooke b.1537 d.May 14, 1589
8. Edward Cooke b.1539 d.bef.1576
9. Margaret Cooke b.1541
10. Anthony Cooke b.abt.1568 d.1555

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______ Cooke

b.1531 Gides Hall, Essex, England; s/o Anthony and Anne (Fitzwilliam) Cooke
d.Oct. 3, 1586 Gobrons, Essex, England
m.Alice Caunton
b.1548 Essex, England; d/o Richard and Jennie Caunton

CHILDREN included:

1. Anthony Cooke b.1568
2. Phillppa Cooke b.1570
3. Ann Cooke b.1572
4. Mildred Cooke b.1573
5. John Cooke b.1575
6. Francis Cooke b.Nov. 26, 1584 d.April 7, 1663

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______ Cooke

b.abt.1551 of Drayton, Somersetshire, England; s/o parents ukn
m.abt.1579; Philipa A. Staples
b.abt.1558; d/o parents ukn
d.aft.Nov. 2, 1620

CHILDREN included:

1. Maudlin (Magdaline) Cooke b.1583 of Drayton, Somersetshire, England d.Aug. 23, 1641 Drayont, Somersetshire, England m.Nov. 16, 1601 Drayton, Somerset, England; Richard West

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Francis Cooke

b.Nov. 26, 1584 England; s/o Mr. and Alice (Caunton) Cooke
d.April 7, 1663 Plymouth, MA
m.June 30, 1603 Leyden, Holland; Hester Mahieu
b.bet.1579/1585 Leyden, Holland; d/o Jacques Jan Le Mahieu and Jeanne ______
d.June 18, 1666 Plymouth, MA

CHILDREN included:

1. John Cooke b.1607 Leyden, Holland d.Nov. 9, 1694 Plymouth, MA
   
2. Jane Cooke b.bet.1604/1616 Zuid, Leiden, Holland d.June 8, 1666 Bridgewater, MA m.June 1, 1627 Experience Mitchell
3. son Cooke b.bef.May 20, 1608 Leiden, Holland d.May 20, 1608 Leiden, Holland
4. Elizabeth Cooke b.Dec. 26, 1611 Leiden, Holland d.bef.May 22, 1627
5. Henry Cooke b.June 1615 d.Dec. 25, 1661 Salem, MA
6. Jacob Cooke (Cook) b.1618 Leiden, Holland d.July 7, 1676 Plymouth, MA
   
7. Josiah (or Josias) Cooke b.1622 Plymouth, MA d.May 21, 1666 Eastham, MA
8. Hester Cook b.1622 d.June 8, 1666 Plymouth, MA
9. Mary Cooke b.March 1624 Salem, MA d.Nov. 23, 1695 prob.Plymouth, MA

NOTE: Frances Cook was one of the Mayflower company.

From Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families 1620-1700 by Holmes: Francis, "Mayflower" passenger, one of the first purchasers at Dartmouth, Mass., 1652, and of Middleboro, Mass., 1662.

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