Benjamin Cooke (1687 - aft. 1727)

Born 28 Feb 1687 in Eastham, Barnstable, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mercy (Paine) Cook — married 30 Nov 1710 in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died after 7 Dec 1727 after age 40 in Eastham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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Biography

Benjamin Cooke was born to Josiah Cooke Jr. and Deborah (Hopkins) Cooke on February 28, 1686/7 in Eastham, Massachusetts. He married Mercy Paine, daughter of Samuel and Patience (Freeman) Paine, November 30, 1710 at Eastham, Massachusetts. ^[1]

Benjamin died after December 7, 1727, the date he was named executor of his father's will.^[1]

They had the following children recorded at Eastham:^[1]

1. Shubael Cook, b. Apr 1711; n.f.r. (not to be confused with his nephew, son of Nathaniel)
2. Joseph Cook, b. 12 Ay 1710 [sic], n.f.r.
3. Nathaniel Cook, b. 06 Jul 1717
4. Richard Cook, b. 23 Nov 1718

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Austin, John D., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol 6, Stephen Hopkins, Plymouth, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001 [3rd edition], Pages 25, 103.

See also:

• The Chrisman Pedigree, website created by Lonnie Chrisman, http://chrisman.org/pedigree/
• Smith Jr., Leonard H. and Norma H. Smith. Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans: An authorized facsimile reproduction of records published serially 1901-1935 in The Mayflower Descendant, With an added index of persons, published online by Ancestry.com, The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, 2007. Original publisher: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1993.
• Family Data Collection - Individual Records. Edmund West, comp. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
• Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. APID: 1,3718::0
• Caleb H. Johnson, The Mayflower and her passengers (Indiana:Xlibris Corp., Caleb Johnson, 2006)
• Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2010). Reference Eastham-Orleans Volume 1, MD V.8, p.88
• Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2010). Reference Eastham-Orleans Volume 1, page MD V.6, p.14
• Mary Walton Dawes-Gates ancestral lines. A memorial volume, Published 1943. Reference Volume 2, page 504
• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-878 : 10 February 2018), Benjamin Cook, 23 Feb 1686; citing EASTHAM,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0907350 IT 2-6, 905406.