William
Cooke
Born about [location unknown]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Anne Hannah (Blount) Cooke
— married
[date unknown] in England
[children unknown]
Died after
after about age 36
in New Kent, New Kent, Virginia
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William was born about 1634 and passed away in 1670.
I moved the following email from the bottom of this profile to here so it would be seen. Fetterly-28 08:05, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
- Jim Cooke Jr.
- All Mgrs of this profile, I reiterate:
- I wonder if you have any proof that Abraham's father was named William? Or that William died in 1650 in New Kent? Please post. I am a direct descendant of Abraham Cooke and Martha Clayton, and am trying to extend my tree back beyond Abraham.
- Might I suggest John Cooke and Mary Hill as possible parents. They were married in 1654 in St Michael's, Barbados. "Margery" was born to them in 1656. An "Abraham" was baptized, "son of John", in St Michaels' in Dec 1661.
- We know that the couple (Abe & Martha) were married by 1689: a deed in Old Rappahannock Co, Va proves that. We know that Abraham was "of New Kent" in 1704: a Power of Attorney in King William, 1704, proves that.
- Parish Processions in the Vestry Book of St Peter's, and of St Paul's, indicates that Abe lived, prior to 1718, in the area just SE of the Hanover Courthouse. By 1718 he had patented land at "Verdon", Hanover County, on the Pamunkey, and by 1722 he had acquired 900+ acres. Abraham Cooke "junior" patented his land, on the ridge b/w Pamunkey and Little Rivers, in 1722.
- Also, Abraham Cooke, Jr died in Lunenburg (now Mecklenburg) on Butcher's Creek in 1748. We now believe that Abraham Cooke SENIOR died at Verdon ca1730.
- Jim Cooke (2034)
- PS: I would also add this: IF this "William Cooke" is the William who married Hannah Blount, and is of the lineage of Francis Cooke of the Mayflower, then NOT related and NOT father of Abraham. YDNA testing has clearly shown that the Mayflowers, the Gloucester County, VA Cookes (Mordecai Cooke) and the lineage of Abraham Cooke of "Verdon", ::Hanover Co, VA, are NOT related.
- posted Dec 12, 2013 by Jim Cooke Jr.
Research Notes
Merging Notice: Francis Cooke and Hester Mahieu Cooke are being removed from this profile. No primary source given to document the relationship. In addition, they migrated to Plymouth Colony (now Massachusetts).
Possible arrival in Virginia:
- Name: William Cooke
- Age: 20
- Birth Year: abt 1615
- Arrival year: 1635
- Arrival Place: Virginia
- Primary Immigrant: Cooke, William
- Source Publication Code: 1219.4
- Source Bibliography: COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. The Complete Book of Emigrants: A Comprehensive Listing Compiled from English Public Records of Those Who Took Ship to the Americas for Political, Religious, and Economic Reasons; of Those Who Were Deported for Vagrancy, Roguery, or Non-Conformity; and of Those Who Were Sold to Labour in the New Colonies. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. 1607-1660. 1988. 600p.
- Household Members:
- Name Relation
- William Cooke
- Source Citation: Place: Virginia; Year: 1635; Page Number: 154. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.
Note that there are a lot of William Cooke records on Ancestry.com. Fetterly-28 12:38, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
Another possible record might be this one: England: Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Original index: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. FamilySearch, 2014.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB543/rd/356646447.
- Name William COOKE
- Birth 1635
- Location Hythe, Kent, England, United Kingdom
- Original Text Hythe, Kent, England
- Father Roger Cooke
- Mother Jane
- Gender Male
- Christening Place Hythe, Kent, England
- Christening Date 01 Feb 1635
- Film No. 1736836
- Page 20281430
Fetterly-28 05:34, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
William may have had 3 wives.[1] Fetterly-28 07:58, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
Sources
- Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data - Family trees submitted by Ancestry members. Original data: Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.
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I wonder if you have any proof that Abraham's father was named William? Or that William died in 1650 in New Kent? Please post. I am a direct descendant of Abraham Cooke and Martha Clayton, and am trying to extend my tree back beyond Abraham.
Might I suggest John Cooke and Mary Hill as possible parents. They were married in 1654 in St Michael's, Barbados. "Margery" was born to them in 1656. An "Abraham" was baptized, "son of John", in St Michaels' in Dec 1661.
We know that the couple (Abe & Martha) were married by 1689: a deed in Old Rappahannock Co, Va proves that. We know that Abraham was "of New Kent" in 1704: a Power of Attorney in King William, 1704, proves that.
Parish Processions in the Vestry Book of St Peter's, and of St Paul's, indicates that Abe lived, prior to 1718, in the area just SE of the Hanover Courthouse. By 1718 he had patented land at "Verdon", Hanover County, on the Pamunkey, and by 1722 he had acquired 900+ acres. Abraham Cooke "junior" patented his land, on the ridge b/w Pamunkey and Little Rivers, in 1722.
Also, Abraham Cooke, Jr died in Lunenburg (now Mecklenburg) on Butcher's Creek in 1748. We now believe that Abraham Cooke SENIOR died at Verdon ca1730.
Jim Cooke (2034)
PS: I would also add this: IF this "William Cooke" is the William who married Hannah Blount, and is of the lineage of Francis Cooke of the Mayflower, then NOT related and NOT father of Abraham. YDNA testing has clearly shown that the Mayflowers, the Gloucester County, VA Cookes (Mordecai Cooke) and the lineage of Abraham Cooke of "Verdon", Hanover Co, VA, are NOT related.