John Cooke (bef. 1553 - 1625)

Born before 26 Jan 1553 in Westhorpe, Suffolk, England

Ancestors

Husband of Alice (Buttlar) Cooke — married 9 Jun 1577 in St Leonard, Shoreditch, Middlesex, London

Descendants

Died 29 Oct 1625 after age 72 in Erlestoke, Wiltshire, England

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John Cooke was born in England.

Biography

John was the eldest son of John Carewe Cooke and Alice Carter was born and christened at Westhorpe, Suffolk in 1553. He married Alice Buttlar at St. Leonard's, Shoreditch in June, 1577 ^[1]and they had four sons and four daughters and lived at Earlstoke in Wiltshire. John died and was buried there in 1637.^[2].

Abstract of his will:

Archdeaconry Court of Sarum. Will of John Cooke. (Abstract.)

29 Oct. 1625. John Cooke the elder of Earlstoke, Wilts.

To the poore 2 bushels of corne to be baked in bread.

To Alse Cooke my wife my pewter, bed that I lye on, etc., & the p'fect (profit) of my lyving for the deade yere, too bushels of beanes, too bushels of wheat, too bushels of rie, my best pigge, one load of hay.

To my Sonne Samuel Cooke one stock of beade (bees), one brasse pan, one yerlinge heaffer.

To my sonn Henry Cooke, my furnise, best cobord, my wife to have use thereof during widowhoode.

To my Sonne John Cooke, best pan, best gerken Dublet and hoose.

To Edward Huet one pigge and my coat.

To my daughter Elioner Huet 10 s.; to my daughter Joan Munday 5 s; to my daughter Alee nashe 5 s.; to my daughter Agnes Woodrowe 5 s. To my daughter's daughter Grace Edwards, too ewes; to my children's children xii d apeece. To Robert lynkhorn his too children xii d apeece. To Henry Cooke, my Sonne's sonne, best brasse candelsticks. Residue to my son Henry Cooke, executor. My wife to have use of household stuffe w'thin doors, during her widowhoode. Proved 4 Nov. 1625.^[3]

Research Notes

I believe the death date for John's Mother Alice (Carter) Cooke to be incorrect as she died before John's birth. Correct date should be 1570 at Westhorpe Suffolk^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data: Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1812. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives.
2. ↑ Wiltshire and Swindon History Centry; Chippenham, Wiltshire; Wiltshire Church of England Bishop's Transcripts; Reference Number: BT/Erle/Bdl. 1
3. ↑ *Homer Worthington Brainard. "A survey of the Scovils or Scovills in England and America : seven hundred years of history and genealogy". Sprincrfield, Mass, United States: Springfield Printing and Binding Company, 1915. page 93. (https://archive.org/details/surveyofscovilso00brai)
4. ↑ Original data: Find A Grave.

See also:

• Source: S54 Title: New England Historical and Genealogical Register Abbreviation: NEHGR Publication: Boston, MA
• Source: S3 Title: 2523094.ged NOTESource Medium: Other CONT
• Source: S32 Author: Ralph B. Montgomery Title: GEDCOM File : a17574.ged NOTESource Quality: 4288 Holloway Drive CONT Salt Lake City, Utah 84124 CONT 801-277-1014 CONT CONT ABBR GEDCOM File : a17574.ged CONT

Acknowledgements

• This profile has been improved by a member of the England Project's Orphan Trail
• This person was created through the import of Ella Lamoreaux.ged on 28 April 2011.
• WikiTree profile Cooke-1260 created through the import of EBENSTEIN-GRANGER.GED on Aug 19, 2011 by Merryann Palmer.

Thank you to Merilee Burton for creating WikiTree profile Cooke-2278 through the import of burton[1].ged_2013-12-25.ged on Dec 26, 2013.