MAHIEU Esther b. 1582 Lille, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France d. 08 Jun 1666 Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA: Freeman-Smith Family Tree

1582 - 1666 (84 years)

Name	MAHIEU Esther
Birth	1582	Lille, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Gender	Female
Death	08 Jun 1666	Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA
	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16220034/hester-cooke
Notes	Bio: Came to America on the ship Anne in 1623. She was of Walloon (French Protestant) stock but came to Leyden, Holland from Canterbury, England where there was a Walloon church, in the records of which the name of Mahieu was common. The marriage intentions state Hester Mahieu was from Canterbury, England and she was accompanied by her mother, Jennie Mahieu and her sister Jennie Mahieu. In his book "Hypocrisie Unmasked", Edward Winslow stated she was a "Walloone" and came from the French "Mayflower Descendant" 27:145 shows she was admitted to the French Reformed Church in Leiden in 1603. "Take notice of our practie at Leyden, viz. that one Samuel Terry was received from the French Church there, into communion with us; also the wife of Francis Cooke being a Walloone, holds communion with the Church at Plymouth , as she came from the French, to this day, by virtue of communion of churches." [Winslow's "Hypocrisie Unmasked" in "Mayflower Descendant" 27:64] Daughter of Jacques an d Jenne/Jeanne (___) Mahieu, Walloon refugees from the area around Lille (now in France). If 19 at marriage and 42 at the birth of her last known child about late 1626, then Hester was born about 1584 and thus was about two years younger than her husband. As Hester was about 82 in 1666, it seems likely she died closer to 1666 than to 1675. Hester Mahie was admited to communion in the Walloon church by confession of faith on June 1, 1603, about a month and a half before her marriage. Half Siblings: Marie Mahieu De Lannoy Maire Le Mahieu DeLannoy 1580-1650
Person ID	I57091	Freeman-Smith
Last Modified	10 Apr 2024

Father	Le MAHIEU Jacques
Relationship	natural
Mother	LEMAN Jeanne "Jennie", b. 1563 d. 1609 (Age 46 years)
Relationship	natural
Family ID	F25519	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family COOKE Francis, b. Aug 1583, England d. 07 Apr 1663, Plymouth, Plymouth Co., MA (Age 79 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]

Family ID F25518 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 10 Apr 2024