Jane (Cooke) Mitchell (abt. 1605 - bef. 1641)

Born about 1605 in Leiden, Holland, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Experience Mitchell — married after May 1627 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died before 1641 before about age 36 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony [uncertain]

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Biography

Jane Cooke was the daughter of Francis Cooke and Hester Mahieu Cooke. The date of her birth is unsure, but took place during the period from 1604 to 1609. Her parents were living at Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands.^[1][2]

Jane, her mother Hester, and two siblings immigrated on the Anne, which arrived during the summer of 1623. Jane's father Francis Cooke had arrived on the Mayflower in 1620 with her brother John. Jane's future husband Experience Mitchell also sailed on the Anne. Their marriage occurred after the May 22, 1627 Division of Cattle. Experience Mitchell had eight childern. It seems probable that the first three Mitchell children were Jane's: Elizabeth, Thomas, and Mary. A date of 1641 or earlier has been estimated for the death of Jane.^[3]

Experience had eight children total. Their births have been estimated from various facts. There is a nine year gap in the estimates between daughters Mary (b. c. 1632) and Sarah (b. c. 1641), indicating this is the time frame when this wife, Jane, died and he remarried Mary named in his will.

Children:^[4]

1. Elizabeth, b Plymouth abt 1628; m Plymouth 6 Dec 1645 John Washburn, son of John Washburn
2. Thomas, b Plymouth abt 1630. Believed by some to be the same man who appeared on Block Island by 1678.
3. Mary, b Plymouth abt 1632; m1 Plymouth 24 Dec 1652 James Shaw, son of John; m2 John Jenny

This person is an ancestor of President H.W. Bush and President George W. Bush ^[5]

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Sources

1. ↑ See discussion in Mayflower Five Generations on the birth order of the Cooke children
2. ↑ See also Great Migration Begins Vol I pp 469-470
3. ↑ See Great Migration Begins Vol II p 1271-2
4. ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles. The Pilgrim Migration: Immigrants to Plymouth Colony 1620-1633. "Experience Mitchell. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004). pp 324-3290.
5. ↑ Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents

See also:

• Wood, Ralph V., Jr., Mayflower Families through Five Generations Volume 12, Francis Cooke. Rockland, Maine: Picton Press,Revised Edition,2011
• Anderson, Robert Charles, "Francis Cooke",The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol.I. Boston, New England Historic Genelogical Society 1995 pp 25-28
• Anderson, Robert Charles, "Experience Mitchell",The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol.II. Boston, New England Historic Genelogical Society 1995 pp 1270-1273
• Bowman, George Ernest, "The Mayflower Marriage Records at Leyden and Amsterdam," The Mayflower Descendant (Boston, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants)
• Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.
• The division of cattle may be found in Caleb Johnson's Mayflower History
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anne_and_the_Little_James

Additional Reading

• Bradford's History "Of Plymouth Plantation", Wright & Porter Printing Company,Boston, 1898. Also at Caleb Johnson's Mayflower History.
• Willison, George F., Saints and Strangers, The Cornwall Press, Cornwall, NY, 1943, Third Printing

Acknowledgements

Thank you Jamie Swindells for starting the first profile of Jane Mitchell on 14 April 2010. The most recent change was by Morag M. (Replace this last sentence after the next merge into this profile.) A history of contributions may be found by clicking on the changes tab above.