The Genealogy of Francis Cooke and Other Families : Together With a List of the Mayflower Passenger

Original settler of Plymouth Colony (1583–1663)

Francis Cooke (c.1583 – April 7, 1663) was a Leiden Separatist, who went to America in 1620 on the Pilgrim send Mayflower, which arrived at Plymouth, Massachusetts. He was a founding fellow member of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and a signer of the Mayflower Meaty.

Early life [edit]

Cooke'south ancestry is unknown, and at that place are no definite records regarding his nascency.^{[notes one] [1]} In Plymouth Colony in 1643, Cooke's name appears on the list of those "Able to Carry Arms". This suggests that he was under the age of lx to be on such a listing, and would probably have been born no earlier than 1583.^[2]

Cooke's first appearance in the historical tape occurs on April 25, 1603, in Leiden, The netherlands, where he is named a witness at Raphael Roelandt's betrothal. Cooke lived in Leiden for about six years earlier the 1609 arrival of the congregation of English Separatists led by Pastor John Robinson. Cooke was betrothed to Hester Mahieu at the French Walloon Church building in Leyden, the Vrouwekerk ("Church of Our Lady"). She had joined the church one month prior. Her family were Protestant (Walloon) refugees who left Lille in the Spanish Netherlands to escape religious disharmonize and persecution, and who so left for England. Co-ordinate to historian Charles Edward Banks, Leiden records show Francis Cooke's betrothal to exist June 9, 1603. In the Leiden church Betrothal Book, Cooke is recorded as "Franchois Couck" and his bride, Hester Mahieu, with the witnesses to the spousal relationship being two Walloons.^[ane] They are identified equally "..from England..." (Francis) and "...from Canterbury..." (Hester).^[three] Cooke and his wife departed Leiden in August 1606 to go to Norwich, England. The Leiden congregation had some Separatist members who had fled from Norwich. The Cooke'southward did not remain in Norwich long, because their son, John, was baptized at the Walloon Church in Leiden between January and March 1607, and then the couple, identified every bit "Franchoys Cooke et Esther sa femme" in the Leiden records, received communion on January 1, 1608.^[4]

In February 1609, members of Robinson'south church came to Leiden. The Cookes did not immediately go members, only did join the Leiden congregation sometime later daughter Elizabeth was baptized on December 26, 1611. When the congregation decided to go to America in 1620, Cooke and his thirteen year–quondam son John committed to the voyage, but his wife, Hester, and the younger children remained in Leiden, waiting until the colony was meliorate established.

The Mayflower Voyage [edit]

The Mayflower departed Plymouth, England, on September 16 [O.S. September 6], 1620. The small, 100-pes send held 102 passengers and a coiffure of nearly xxx-40 in extremely cramped quarters. By the second month at sea, the ship was beingness buffeted by strong westerly gales that caused the ship's timbers to exist badly shaken. The caulking failed to go along out seawater, and the passengers—even in their berths—lay moisture and sick. This, combined with a lack of proper rations and unsanitary weather, contributed to the death of a crew member and a rider.

They spotted Cape Cod Hook (now Provincetown Harbor), on November 19, 1620 [O.S. November 9, 1620] after about ix weeks at ocean. The vessel struggled for two days confronting strong wintertime seas while they tried to head due south to their planned destination of the Virginia Colony. They were forced to abandon the effort, nonetheless, and return to the harbor at Cape Cod Hook. There they anchored on November 21 [O.Southward. November 11]. The Mayflower Compact was signed subsequently that day.^{[5] [6]} Nigh half the passengers perished in the cold, harsh, unfamiliar New England winter that followed—in the infinite of just a few months.^[5]

In Plymouth Colony [edit]

Afterward the Pilgrims' inflow at Cape Cod, Cooke was one of those who signed the Mayflower Meaty on November 11, 1620. William Bradford noted Cooke'southward presence in his journal: "...Francis Cooke and his son John ... but his wife and children came afterwards."^[7]

The plot of land for Cooke's firm in New Plymouth was assigned to them belatedly in 1620. It was located between the plots of Isaac Allerton and Edward Winslow. In the Division of Land in 1623, Cooke received two acres, one for himself and i acre for his son John. He also received four "Akers" for his wife and children who "...came out on the send called Anne." in 1623.^[viii]

In his book, Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-1647, Bradford writes:

Francis Cooke is still living, a very old man, and hath seen his children's children accept children. After his wife came over with other of his children; he hath three still living by her, all married and have 5 children, then their increment is eight. And his son John which came over with him is married and hath four children living.^[ix]

There was an understanding signed in 1626 in which fifty-8 planters, including Cooke and many other "commencement comers", later known as "Purchasers", bought from the Merchant Adventurers from London all their colony stock, shares, and land. Later these Purchasers assigned all shares and debts in the company to viii Plymouth notables, and iv former Merchant Adventurers, then to be known every bit "Undertakers". This was to be an investment organization with profits going largely to the colony.^[10]

In the 1627 Division of Cattle at Plymouth, Cooke and Hester are mentioned: "The first lot roughshod to Francis Cooke & his Companie Joyned to his wife Hester Cooke." [sic] Too named in the 1627 records were their children John, Jacob, Jane, Hester, and Mary as well equally 2 men—Cooke's nephew Phillip Delanoy (Delano) and Experience Mitchell, who married Cooke's daughter, Jane, shortly after.^[11]

On January 3, 1627/8, Cooke was 1 of six men named to lay out the boundaries for the twenty-acre country grants that would exist fabricated to anybody who came every bit a planter, under the use of the joint-stock company. In early on 1633, Cooke was assigned by the court to help resolve a dispute of a fiscal nature betwixt Peter Browne and Dr. Samuel Fuller. These men are believed the men of the aforementioned names who were companions of Cooke on the Mayflower voyage, both dying afterwards in 1633. During the 1630s and 1640s, Cooke held several public sector positions but was never in government or politics. In 1634, he was ane of several Plymouth men tasked with laying out the highways. In 1637 he was appointed, forth with others, to lay highways about the towns of Plymouth, Duxbury, and Eel River. Cooke and the others performed the task and two months later reported back to the Plymouth Courtroom.^[12]

On October 1, 1636, John Harmon, son of Edmund Harmon, tailor, of London, became an amateur to Cooke for seven years.^[13]

Cooke was awarded damages past the court on March 7, 1636/seven in a civil case involving the abuse of his cattle confronting Mr. John Browne the younger, who had previously been an assistant and magistrate. Others also charged, all being in the service of John Browne the elder and Thomas Willet, were Thomas Lettice, James Walker, and Thomas Teley. On June 7, 1637, due to Browne'southward failure to the damages, the court reaffirmed the verdict and ordered John Browne to pay.^[14]

In May 1640, Cooke and his son John were amongst those tasked to compute the number of acres of Edward Doty's meadows and make a report to the next court.^[12]

In Oct 1640, Cooke was appointed to compute the state boundaries between Thomas Prence and Cloudless Briggs at Jones River.^[12]

In 1640/41 he was one of twelve men tasked by the court to designate additional highways, and make a formal survey and marking the boundaries of plots of land in the town of Patently Dealing. The side by side year he was ane of four Plymouth surveyors and was tasked to survey the highway for Jones River. In 1645 he was again highway surveyor for Plymouth. In June 1650, when he was almost seventy, he was even so doing survey piece of work, as when he and twelve others reported to the courtroom that they had marked a new way from Jones River to the Massachusetts Path through John Rogers property. And even in August 1659, in his late 70s, he was again chosen upon by the Plymouth Courtroom to resolve a land boundary dispute between Thomas Pope and William Shurtliff.^[two]

Although he was specially qualified to survey new highways, he did do other public service work, being on several petty and grand juries. He also served on civil instance juries in late 1639, March 1640, mid-and-belatedly 1642, and March 1643 court sessions. Most of the civil cases involved trespass, debts, or slander. He was also on grand juries in 1638, 1640, 1642, and 1643, which involved crimes of a misdemeanor or felony nature.^{[ commendation needed ]}

In 1643, Able to Bear Arms (ATBA) List, Cooke and his sons Jacob and John ("John Cooke, Jnr, his boy") are listed with those from Plymouth.^[15]

In 1651, Bradford recorded his impression of Cooke and his family in his later years: "Francis Cooke is nevertheless living, a very old human, and hath seen his children's children have children; after his wife came over, (with other of his children,) he hath 3 all the same living by her, all married, and have 5 children; and then their increase is 8. And his son John, which came over with him, is married, and hath 4 children living."^[16]

On June 3, 1662, the General Court approved a list of thirty-three names "every bit being the firstborn children of this government," to receive ii tracts of land purchased from the Indians by the colony. The list was wider in scope than simply being for "firstborn" settlers, as it named several of the original Mayflower passengers, including Cooke, simply was presumably for their children.^[17]

Family [edit]

Cooke married Hester Mahieu in Leiden, Holland, on July 20, 1603, or shortly thereafter. They had vii children. Hester died after June viii, 1666, and was buried at Burial Hill in Plymouth, Mass.^[18]

Children of Francis and Hester Cooke [edit]

The birth order of the Cooke children is uncertain.

• John was baptized in Leiden, Holland betwixt January and March 1607 and died in Dartmouth on November 23, 1695. He married Sarah Warren on March 28, 1634, in Plymouth and had v children. She died later on July 15, 1696.
• a child was buried in Leiden on May 20, 1608.
• Jane was born almost 1609 in Leiden. She married Experience Mitchell in Plymouth after May 22, 1627. Her date of death is unknown, every bit is the appointment of his second marriage. Simply his first iii children are more often than not considered to be hers.
• Elizabeth was baptized in Leiden on December 26, 1611, and later married Daniel Wilcox (appointment unknown)^{[xix] [xx]}
• Jacob was born about 1618 and died in Plymouth in December 1675. He was cached at Tyler Point Cemetery, Barrington, R.I.

He married 1. Damaris Hopkins shortly after June 10, 1646, in Plymouth and had vii children. Her begetter was Mayflower rider Stephen Hopkins. 2. Elizabeth (Lettice) Shurtleff on November 18, 1669, in Plymouth and had two children.

• Hester was built-in almost 1620 in Leiden and died between 1669 and 1691. She married Richard Wright in Plymouth in 1644 and had six children. She was cached at Burial Hill in Plymouth, Mass.
• Mary was born in Plymouth nearly 1625 and died in Middleborough on March 21, 1714. She married John Tomson on Dec 26, 1645, in Plymouth.^[20] Both Mary and John were buried at Nemasket Hill Cemetery, Middleborough, Massachusetts.^[21]

Volition, death and burial of Francis Cooke [edit]

Francis Cooke died in Plymouth on Apr vii, 1663, and was buried on Burial Hill in Plymouth.^{[xx] [22]} An inventory of his manor was taken on May 1, 1663. From his manor inventory, it appears that he was involved with sheep and wool every bit he had sixteen sheep and five lambs, a "woolen wheele & scales," three pairs of sheep shears, and xx pounds of wool.^{[ citation needed ]}

Notes [edit]

1. ^ "Writer Charles Edward Banks points out that in that location is at Biddenden, Kent a baptismal tape for a child named Francis, a son of Thomas Cooke, dated April six, 1572. Added to that, at that place was a considerable Walloon, or French–Belgian, colony in nearby Canterbury (Kent). Banks as well speculates that he could have been born in England of foreign parents, who and then returned to The netherlands before April of 1603, when Francis Cooke is recorded witnessing a betrothal in Leiden, The netherlands. This was half-dozen years before the arrival in Leiden of Pastor John Robinson's Pilgrims, who would later be passengers on the Mayflower's voyage to America."

References [edit]

1. ^ ^{a b} Charles Edward Banks, The English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers: who came to Plymouth on the Mayflower in 1620, the Fortune in 1621, and the Anne and the Little James in 1623 (Baltimore, Dr..:Genealogical Publishing Co., 2006) p. 48.
2. ^ ^{a b} Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Plymouth Colony: Its History and People, 1620-1691 (Salt Lake City:Beginnings Publishing 1986) p. 270
3. ^ The Mayflower Quarterly, vol. 78, no. two, June 2012, by Jeremy Dupertius Bangs, Director of the American Pilgrim Museum in Leiden, Holland, p. 140
4. ^ The Mayflower Quarterly, vol. 78, no. ii, June 2012, by Jeremy Dupertius Bangs, Director of the American Pilgrim Museum in Leiden, Holland pp. 140-147
5. ^ ^{a b} Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Plymouth Colony: Its History and People, 1620-1691 (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Publishing 1986) p. 413
6. ^ George Ernest Bowman, The Mayflower Compact and its signers (Boston: Massachusetts Gild of Mayflower Descendants, 1920). Photocopies of the 1612, 1649, and 1699 versions of the document pp. 7-19.
7. ^ Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Plymouth Colony: Its History and People, 1620-1691 (Salt Lake City: Beginnings Publishing, 1986), p. 406
8. ^ Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Plymouth Colony: Its History and People, 1620-1691, (Salt Lake City: Beginnings Publishing, 1986), p. 417
9. ^ William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation 1620-1647, ed. Samuel Eliot Morison (New York: Knopf, 1991), pp. 441-446.
10. ^ Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Plymouth Colony: Its History and People, 1620-1691 (Table salt Lake City: Ancestry Publishing, 1986), p. 419
11. ^ Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Plymouth Colony: Its History and People, 1620-1691 (Salt Lake Metropolis: Ancestry Publishing, 1986) p. 421
12. ^ ^{a b c} Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Plymouth Colony: Its History and People, 1620-1691 (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Publishing, 1986), p. 124
13. ^ Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Plymouth Colony: Its History and People, 1620-1691 (Table salt Lake City: Beginnings Publishing, 1986), p. 298
14. ^ Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Plymouth Colony: Its History and People, 1620-1691 (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Publishing, 1986), pp. 156, 317
15. ^ Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Plymouth Colony: Its History and People, 1620-1691 (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Publishing, 1986), p.440
16. ^ Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Plymouth Colony: Its History and People, 1620-1691, (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Publishing, 1986), p. 409
17. ^ Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Plymouth Colony: Its History and People, 1620-1691 (Salt Lake Urban center: Ancestry Publishing, 1986), p. 173
18. ^ Burial Place of Hester Cooke [1]/
19. ^ [2]
20. ^ ^{a b c} Robert Charles Anderson, Pilgrim Village Family Sketch: Francis Cooke (a collaboration betwixt American Ancestors and New England Historic Genealogical Society) [3]
21. ^ William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation 1620-1647, ed. Samuel Eliot Morison (New York: Knopf, 1991), pp. 442, 446.
22. ^ Memorial for Francis Cooke [four]

Further reading [edit]

• "Mayflower families through five generations:descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620 (Vol. 12: Francis Cooke)"
• Francis Cooke at the Pilgrim Hall Museum
• Francis Cooke at MayflowerHistory.com

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