 1583 - 1663 (79 years)
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| Name |
COOKE Francis |
| Birth |
Aug 1583 |
England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
07 Apr 1663 |
Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA |
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| Notes |
- Bio: Born in or shortly after 1583. Came from Leiden, Holland to Plymouth in 1620 in the
MAYFLOWER. Died in Plymouth 7 April 1663. Married in Leiden 20 Jul 1603[NS] or shortly thereafter
Hester Mahieu; she died after 8 June 1666.Their 7 children: Jane Mitchell, John, a child buried in
Leiden, Elizabeth, Jacob, Hester Wright, & Mary Thomson.Source: Anderson's Pilgrim Migration.Find
A Grave contributor Mary Wiese found this information in an unidentified source:Francis Cooke was
born about 1583. His origins have not been discovered, but it is probable he was born in England,
perhaps from the Canterbury or Norwich areas. He married Hester le Mahieu on 20 July 1603 in
Leiden, Holland; she was a French Walloon whose parents had initially fled to Canterbury, England;
she left for Leiden sometime before 1603. Francis Cooke and Hester le Mahieu's marriage occurred
in Leiden, Holland six years before the Pilgrim church made its move there, so he was living there
long before their arrival and must have met up with and joined them afterwards. His wife Hester was
a French Walloon. What brought Francis to Holland in the first place is unknown: religious
persecution of Protestants in England did not really begin until after King James took power in 1604.
In 1606, the Cookes left Leiden and went to Norwich, Norfolk for a time (for what reason is not
known), but returned to have their first son, John, baptized at the French church in Leiden, sometime
between January and March, 1607. In Holland, Cooke took up the profession of a
woolcomber.Francis, and his oldest son John, came on the Mayflower to Plymouth in 1620.. He left
behind his wife Hester and his other children Jane, Jacob, Elizabeth and Hester. After the Colony
was founded and better established, he sent for his wife and children, and they came to Plymouth in
1623 on the ship Anne.Francis lived out his life in Plymouth. Although he kept a fairly low profile, he
was on a number of minor committees such as the committee to lay out the highways, and received
some minor appointments by the Court to survey or lay out land. He was a juror on a number of
occasions, and was on the coroner's jury that examined the body of Martha Bishop, the 4-year old
daughter who was murdered by her mother Alice. He received some modest land grants at various
times throughout his life. He lived to be about 80 years old, dying in 1663; his wife Hester survived
him by at least three years and perhaps longer.Find A Grave contributor Donna & Wayne Cain add.
without any source: Father: 71581371Mother: 71581828
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| Person ID |
I57080 |
Freeman-Smith |
| Last Modified |
10 Apr 2024 |
| Family |
MAHIEU Esther, b. 1582, Lille, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France d. 08 Jun 1666, Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA (Age 84 years) |
| Marriage |
20 Jul 1603 |
Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands |
| Children |
| | 1. COOKE John Soule, b. 20 May 1608, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands d. 23 Nov 1695, Dartmouth, Bristol County, MA (Age 87 years) [natural] |
| | 2. COOKE Infant, b. 20 May 1608 d. 20 May 1608 (Age 0 years) [natural] |
| | 3. COOKE Jane, b. Abt 1609, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands d. Bef 1641, Plymouth, MA (Age < 31 years) [natural] |
| | 4. COOKE Elizabeth, b. Bef 16 Dec 1611, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands d. Abt 22 May 1627 (Age > 15 years) [natural] |
| | 5. COOKE Jacob, b. 1618, Leyden, South Holland d. 07 Jul 1676, Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA (Age 58 years) [natural] |
| | 6. COOKE Hester, b. Abt 1620, Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA d. Bef 07 Dec 1675, Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA (Age < 55 years) [natural] |
| | 7. COOKE Mary, b. Abt 22 Mar 1625, Plymouth, MA d. 21 Mar 1714, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., MA (Age 88 years) [natural] |
| | 8. COOKE Mercy, b. Abt 1627, Plymouth, MA d. Abt 1628 (Age 1 year) [natural] |
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| Family ID |
F25518 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
10 Apr 2024 |
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