Josiah Cooke (1670 - aft. 1727)

Born 12 Nov 1670 in Eastham, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Unknown) Cooke — married [date unknown] in Massachusetts [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after 7 Dec 1727 after age 57 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut

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Biography

Josiah Cooke was born on 12 November 1670 in Eastham, Plymouth Colony, the son of Josiah and Deborah (Hopkins) Cooke.^[1]

He married Mary, whose surname may have been Godfrey or Rickard, by 1694 perhaps at Eastham or Provincetown, Massachusetts, though no record of their marriage is extant.^[2][3][4] Her last name of Godfrey has not been found in primary sources; instead she has most often been listed as Mary ________.

He moved to Truro about 1710, where proprietors' records show he shared a lot on 27 February 1711/12 with Jeremy Bickford and Nathaniel Atkins. He was called a resident in Middletown, Connecticut on 26 December 1726 when he bought land from Robert Hubbard. He sold the same tract on 02 May 1727 to Samuel Spencer of Hartford, Connecticut.^[1]

Josiah died sometime after 7 December 1727, the date his father named him in his will, probably in Middletown, Connecticut.^[5][6]

Children of Josiah and Mary Cooke:^[1][7]

1. Desire COOKE b. 14 Jun 1694 in Eastham, Barnstable, Mass^[8]
2. Deborah Cooke b. 12 Apr 1696 in Eastham, Barnstable, Mass^[8]
3. John Cooke b. 9 Apr 1698 in Eastham, Barnstable, Mass^[8]
4. Mary Cooke b. 8 Feb 1699/1700 in Eastham, Barnstable, Mass^[8]
5. (?) Joshua Cooke b. ca. 1702, probably in Eastham, Barnstable, Mass
6. (?) Elizabeth Cooke b. ca. 1704, Of Truro, in 1722 (marriage)
7. (?) Hannah Cooke b. ca. 1707 probably in Truro, Barnstable Co., MA
8. (?) Jacob Cooke b. ca. 1708 probably in Truro, Barnstable Co., MA
9. Solomon Cooke bp. 18 Nov 1711 in Truro, Barnstable, MA

Research Notes

• Wife is Mary, maiden name unknown. (It is suggested-Mary's maiden name was Godfrey as stated in The Doane Family Association of America book dated 1902. Heras they say father was George Godfrey of Eastham, MA) Mary cannot be married to Doane (1669-1757 m-1690) same time as Josiah Cook m)1694, ran across different Mary Godfrey during research
• While four of Josiah and Mary Cooke's children (of 9) are listed in the Hopkins Mayflower Families silver book,^[1] their lines are not continued on, indicating that their descendants are not currently approved for membership. Additional proof will be needed to prove their parents. Here they will be denoted by the notation "(?)" in the above list of children.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Austin, John D., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol 6, Stephen Hopkins, Plymouth, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001 [3rd edition], Pages 25, 96-98.
2. ↑ Austin, Mayflower Families - Hopkins, p. 96, citing unnamed published suggestions.
3. ↑ Ann Reeves and Alice W.A. Westgate, Mayflower Families Through 5 Generations, Thomas Rogers, Vol. 19 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2000), p. 79.
4. ↑ Clarence A. Torrey, New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Reference Volume 1, page 368, {citing: Hall, Grace Fielding, A Mayflower Line: Hopkins-Snow-Cook, Cape Cod Library of Local History and Genealogy #40 (Yarmouthport, Mass.: C. W. Swift, 1914); Park, E. A., Memoir of the Life and Character of Samuel Hopkins, D.D. (Boston: Doctrinal Tract & Book Society, 1854); Mayflower Descendant 7:238; Rich, George, Early Rich History and Ancestry of Jonathan Rich, Jr., Ft. Covington, N.Y. (Cleveland, 1922) 24; Cooke, Rollin H. [probably] Descendants of Josias Cooke of Plymouth & Eastham Mass. (n.p., n.d.) 7, 11; Dawes-Gates 2:504; Torrey, Clarence Almon, “John Young of Eastham, Mass.,” typescript (Boston: 1923) 5; NEHGR 6:43; Stockberger, Maude Nina, Alva Cook and Lydia Cooper, Their Ancestors and Descendants (Washington, D.C.: 1958) 2, 38}
5. ↑ Barnstable County Probate Records, Vol. 5:124-5
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 10 June 2020), memorial page for Josiah Cooke (12 Oct 1670–7 Dec 1727), Find A Grave: Memorial #73410318, ; Maintained by Bushnell (contributor 47234417) Burial Unknown. (NO gravestone or source.)
7. ↑ Cooke Children
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3} Births, marriages, deaths, 1649-ca.1840; intentions of marriage, 1700-ca.1905, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-9XHQ : 1 October 2022), FHL microfilm 007009735, image 136, Eastham, Massachusetts, Volume 2, Births, & Deaths, 1654-1797, Page 70b.

See also:

• McPherson, Gladys Redfield, [https://archive.org/details/ancestryofaddiec00mcph Ancestry of Addie Clark Harding : daughter of Abner Clark Harding, Jr., and Maud McCain.
• Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2, Mayflower Births and Deaths: Volume 2, Original data: Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992. pg 72/551 (shareable view)
• Genealogies of Mayflower Families, Vol. III
• History and Genealogy of the Mayflower Planters
• Caleb H. Johnson, The Mayflower and her passengers (Indiana:Xlibris Corp., Caleb Johnson, 2006)
• The Chrisman Pedigree, website created by Lonnie Chrisman, http://chrisman.org/pedigree/
• Town records, 1654-1863 [Eastham, Massachusetts], database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G979-QNYN  : 27 September 2022), , FHL microfilm 007009743, image 330, Eastham, Massachusetts, Volume 2, Transcribed by order of the Town in 1856 by, H. Doane 2d, Town Clerk, Marriages, Births, & Deaths, 1654-1797, Page 2.