Mary (Cooke) Rickard (1658 - 1712)

Born 12 Jan 1658 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony

Ancestors

Wife of John Rickard Jr. — married about 1678 in Plymouth Colony [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 28 Aug 1712 at age 54 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Mary was a daughter of Jacob Cooke and his wife Damaris (Hopkins) Cooke. According to Plymouth Vital Records, she was born 12 January 1657/8 (i.e., 1658) in Plymouth, Massachusetts. ^[1] In Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines, Mary W. Ferris reported the birthdate as 22 January 1658;^[2] the 10-day difference is apparently due to her accounting for the 10-day date shift when the calendar was changed in 1752.

Mary married John Rickard, son of John Rickard, in Plymouth in about 1678. There has been some uncertainty as to whether Mary Cooke married that John Rickard or his first cousin John Rickard, the son of Giles Rickard. Both men had wives named Mary. In an article entitled "Which John Rickard married Mary Cooke?" in the August 1983 Mayflower Quarterly,^[3] Eugene Stratton presented evidence that Mary Cooke's husband was John the son of John. As described by "jrich" in a personal genealogy page, Stratton based this conclusion primarily on a comparison of signatures.^[4]

Children

John Rickard and Mary Cooke are recorded as the parents of seven children. All but the last two named are listed in Plymouth Vital Records:^[5]

1. John Rickard, born 26 February 1679.^[6] He apparently died before February 1684.
2. Mercy Rickard, born 3 February 1682. ^[7]
3. John Rickard, born 3 February 1684. ^[8]
4. Ester (or Hester) Rickard, born 1 April 1691.
5. James Rickard, born 25 or 26 September 1696.
6. Elizabeth Rickard; not in Vital Records, but named in her father's will.^[9]
7. Mary Rickard; not in Vital Records, but named in her father's will^[9]

Name

Name: Mary /Cooke/ ^[10]

Name: Mary /Cooke Rickard /^{[11][12][13][14][15][16]}

Birth

Birth:

Date: 12 Jan 1657

Place: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States^{[17][18][19][20][21]}

Death

Mary's husband John Rickard made his on 20 April 1711, and his estate was inventoried 20 June 1712. His will provided bequests Mary, sons John and James, and daughters Mercy [married name not legible], Mary Rickard, Hester Rickard, and Elizabeth Rickard. ^[9]

Mary died, not long after her husband, on 28 August 1712. She is buried near him, at Burial Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Her gravestone inscription reads: ^[22]

Here Lyes Buried

Ye Body of

Mary Rickard

Aged 55 Years

Decesd August Ye

28th 1712

Death:

Date: 25 Aug 1712

Place: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States^[23][24][25]

Sources

1. ↑ Plymouth Vital Records, page 662: "Mary, the daughter of Jacob Cooke was born the 12th of Jan 1657/8"
2. ↑ Source: #S109, Vol. 2, Page 246
3. ↑ Stratton, Eugene. "Which John Rickard married Mary Cooke?", Mayflower Quarterly, v. 49, p. 122, August 1983.
4. ↑ jrich, Family:John Rickard and Mary Cooke (2), WeRelate.org, 29 March 2011.
5. ↑ "Vital Records of Plymouth," transcribed at Descendants of Stephen Hopkins - Mary Cooke
6. ↑ Plymouth Vital Records, Page 670. "John Rickard, son of John Rickard Jr. was born on the 26th day of February 1679."
7. ↑ Plymouth Vital Records, Page 671. "Mercye, the daughter of John Ricard, the son of John Rickard deceased was born the 12th of Feb 1682."
8. ↑ Plymouth Vital Records, Page 671. "John Rickard, the son of John Rickard deceased, was born the 12th of Feb 1684."
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2} Will and probate papers of John Rickard, in Plymouth County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1686-1881, from New England Historic Genealogical Society
10. ↑ Source: #S109, Vol. 2, Page 246
11. ↑ Source: #S-997625446 APID: 1,3718::33665
12. ↑ Source: #S-1505933790 Page: Source number: 1615.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LSS APID: 1,7836::271981
13. ↑ Source: #S-1505933790 Page: Source number: 364.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: KHB APID: 1,7836::271980
14. ↑ Source: #S-1486907223 APID: 1,2495::4416294
15. ↑ Source: #S-1505935095 Page: Birth year: 1657; Birth city: Plymouth; Birth state: MA APID: 1,4725::559733
16. ↑ Source: #S-1503832204 APID: 1,3599::2310783
17. ↑ Source: #S-997625446 APID: 1,3718::33665
18. ↑ Source: #S-1505933790 Page: Source number: 1615.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: LSS APID: 1,7836::271981
19. ↑ Source: #S-1505933790 Page: Source number: 364.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: KHB APID: 1,7836::271980
20. ↑ Source: #S-1505935095 Page: Birth year: 1657; Birth city: Plymouth; Birth state: MA APID: 1,4725::559733
21. ↑ Source: #S-1503832204 APID: 1,3599::2310783
22. ↑ Find-A-Grave
23. ↑ Source: #S-997625446 APID: 1,3718::33665
24. ↑ Source: #S-1486907223 APID: 1,2495::4416294
25. ↑ Source: #S-1505935095 Page: Birth year: 1657; Birth city: Plymouth; Birth state: MA APID: 1,4725::559733

• John D. Austin, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol 6, Stephen Hopkins, Plymouth, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001 [3rd edition], Page 11.
• Ralph V. Wood, Jr., Mayflower Families through Five Generations Volume 12, Francis Cooke, Rockland, Maine: Picton Press, 1996 [1st edition], Pages 54, 85-86.
• Source: S-1486907223 Title: Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. APID: 1,2495::0
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• Find-A-Grave Mary Cooke Rickard, Burial Hill, Plymouth, Mass.

• Source S109 Ferris, Mary W. Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines: A Memorial Volume Containing the American Ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes, Volume 1, published online by Ancestry.com, The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, 2005; original book privately printed, 1943.

Acknowledgments

This person was created through the import of Morris_gedcom.ged on 11 June 2010.