Born about in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Daughter of John Stedman
and [mother unknown]
Wife of
Joseph Cooke Jr.
— married
4 Dec 1665 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
Martha was born "3 (4) 1646" (third day of the fourth month of 1646, translating to about 3 June 1646), daughter of John Stedman and his wife Alice at Cambridge, MA.[1]
She married at Cambridge on Dec. 4, 1665, Joseph Cooke Jr., son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Haynes) Cooke who was born at Cambridge on Dec. 27, 1643.
Children
John born Jan. 25, 1667-8; died June 3, 1684.
Elizabeth born Feb. 11, 1669-70; died Feb. 2, 1687-8.
Joseph born Sept. 16, 1671; died May 28, 1739 aged 67; married Eunice Sprague. She died May 9, 1718, aged 34 years 1 month, 19 days.
Alice born ___; married first Rev. John Whiting of Lancaster about 1693; he was killed by the Indians in Sept. 1697; she married second Rev. Timothy Stevens of Glastonbury, CT in 1701.
Haynes born Feb. 1, 1677-8; resided in Woburn and Concord. [2]
Cambridge Marriages
STEDMAN, Martha and Joseph Cooke, Dec. 4, 1665.* (p. 370)
Cambridge Births
STEDMAN, Martha, d. John and Alice, June 3, 1646. (p. 667)
COOKE, Joseph, s. Joseph and Elisabeth, Dec. 27, 1643. (p. 157)
Children
John, s. Joseph and Martha, Jan. 25, 1667. (p. 157) Joseph, s. Joseph and Martha, Sept. 16, 1671. (p. 157) Haynes, s. Joseph and Martha, Jan. 1, 1677-8. (p. 157)
Cambridge Deaths - Children
Cook, Joseph, May 28, 1739 (May 27, 1739, a. 68 y. GR1) (p. 512) Cook, Elizabeth, Feb. 2, 1687-8., a. abt 18 y. (p. 512) Cook, Eunice, w. Joseph, May 9, 1718, a. 34 y. 1 m. 19 d. GR1 (p. 512) Cook, John, s. Joseph and Martha, June 3, 1684. (p. 512)[3]
[Note: VR of Woburn, MA : Cook, Joseph, s. Haines and Elizabeth, Nov. 16, 1702; John, s. Haines and Elizabeth, Jan. 10, 1706. (p. 60) ]
[Note: VR of Concord: Cook, Samuel, s. Haines and Elisabeth, Sept. 1, 1711; Thomas, s. Hains and Elizebeth, Jan. 27, 1729-30;Timothy, s. Hains and Elisabeth, Oct. 13, 1714.]
[Note: daughter Alice, m. John Whiting and m. Timothy Stevens see also: [4]
[Note: Eunice Sprague, daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Bunker) Sprague, married Joseph Cook] (p. 149)[5]
[Note: Joseph Cooke 3rd and Eunice (?Sprague)] [6] [7]
FSFTID L4TY-L13.
Sources
- ↑ "Early Records of Boston," in NEHGR, 9:168
- ↑ History of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1630-1877: With a Genealogical Register, Volume 2, by Lucius Robinson Paige, H. O. Houghton, Cambridge, 1877
- ↑ Vital Records of Cambridge Massachusetts to the Year 1850, compiled by NEHGS, Boston, 1914
- ↑ Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University: In Cambridge, Massachusetts, Volume 3, by Massachusetts Historical Society, 1885]
- ↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vols. 37-52 (1883-98) include section: Genealogical gleanings in England, by H. F. Waters, The Society, 1909
- ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 49825331
- ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 35631663
See also:
- "Mary (Cooke) Talcott's Matrilineal Line," in NEHGR, 148:241-242
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha:
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i. [Mr.] Joseph Cooke, married Martha Stedman. They had three sons, John, Jacob, and Haynes, and two daughters, Elizabeth, and Alice (wife of Rev. John Whiting and Rev. Timothy Stevens). Joseph Cooke died about Feb. 1690/1.
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