Sarah (Warren) Cooke (abt. 1613 - 1696)

Born about 1613 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Jean Cooke — married 28 Mar 1634 in Plymouth, New England

Descendants

Died 15 Jul 1696 at about age 83 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Sarah Warren, was was probably born in England about 1613, the daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Walker) Warren.She was baptised on 3 October 1613 in Sidmouth, Devon, England.^[1][2]. Sarah at about 10 years of age arrived, in Plymouth, on the ship "Anne."

• 1623, immigrated on the ship "Anne." The Ann(e) and the Little James arrived together in July (10), 1623 - "The Planters". "The vessels parted company at sea; the Ann arrived the latter part of June, and the Little James some week or ten days later; part of the number were the wives and children of persons already in the Colony." - "Hotten's Lists"^[3]

Sarah married John Cooke March 28,1634 in Plymouth.^[4] She was the mother of five daughters: Sarah, Elizabeth, Hester, Mary and Mercy.

Sarah died on 25 July 1696 and was buried in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.^[5] Her husband died on November 23, 1695, in Dartmouth.^[6]

Her Husband's Will

Bond of Executrix.

Know all men by these presents that we Sarah Cooke of Dartmouth in the County of Bristoll in the Province of the Masachusett Bay in New England widow & Relect of John Cooke late of said Dartmouth Decd and Thomas Taber & Jonathan Delono Both of said Dartmouth Yeomen Do stand & are firmely bound and oliged unto John Saffin Esqr Judge of Probat of wills &ca within sd County, in the Sum of five Hundred Ninety four pounds To be payd unto the sd John Saffin or his Successor in sd office To the which payment well and truely to be Made we Bind Or selves & Either of us by himselfjoyntly & Severally for & in the whole Our & Every & Either of our heires Executors & Administrs firmely by these presents sealed with our seales Dated in Dartmouth the fifteenth Day of July 1696 in the Eighth Year of his Majesties Reign

The Condition of this present obligation is such that whereas the above Bound Sarah Cooke is made Executrix of the Last

36 Yarmouth, Mass., Vital Records

will & Testament of John Cook of Dartmouth aforesd Deceasd Bearing Date the Ninth Day of Novemb, 1694 & hath Never Legally proved the same, Iff therefore the sd Executrix shall with all Conveinient Speed bring into the Registrs Office for the County of Bristoll afforesd A true & perfect Inventory of the Estate of the Estate of the said Decd And shall well & truely Admñiistr upon & Duely Dispose of all & Singular the Goods Chattels, Credits & Estate left by the said Decd according to the Tennor & true meaneing of his sd will. & as the Law directs And also shall Render a true & plaine account of her Administcon and Doings therein to the said office at or before the Sixteenth Day of Aprill 1697 without fltaud or farther Delay then this Obligation to be voyde & of None Effect or Els to stand abide and Remaine in fill force strength & Vertue

the mark of Sarah (S) Cook

Signed sealed & Delivered in the presence of Thomas Delano the mark of+ :Hannah Savery

Thomas Taber

Jonathan Delano

Source: "Mayflower Descendant Legacy CD-ROM"

Family

Sarah Warren married John Cooke on March 28, 1634 in Plymouth.

Children:

1. Sarah (b. abt. 1635, d. 1713)
2. Elizabeth (b. abt. 1635, d. 6 December 1715)
3. Hester (Esther) (b. 16 August 1650, d. 1672)
4. Mary (b. abt 1652, d. between 26 April 1708 and 25 January 1714/15)
5. Mercy (b. 25 July 1654, d. 21 November 1733)^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "Devon, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812"
   Indexes created from Anglican Parish Registers held at South West Heritage Trust; Taunton, Somerset, England
   Ancestry Record 62250 #1272299 (accessed 5 March 2024)
   Sara Warren baptism on 3 Oct 1613, child of Richard Warren, in Sidmouth, Devon, England.
2. ↑ Robert S. Wakefield, compiler, Mayflower Families through five-generations: Family of Richard Warren, Judith H. Swan, Revisor, third edition (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendents, 2004), p. 5.
3. ↑ Richard & Elizabeth Warren, Pilgrim Hall Museum.
4. ↑ Marriage: "U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900"
   Source number: 488.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: MEW
   Ancestry Record 7836 #1285116 (accessed 5 March 2024)
   Sarah Warren marriage to John Cooke in 1634 in MA.
5. ↑ Burial: "Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current"
   Find A Grave: Memorial #101869945
   Ancestry Record 60541 #1602594 (accessed 5 March 2024)
   Sarah Cooke burial (died on 25 Jul 1696). Born in 1614.
6. ↑ Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Richard Warren. (c1613- 15 July 1696) married John Cooke, who, along with his father, Francis Cooke were Mayflower passengers." Mayflower Web Pages, by Caleb Johnson.
7. ↑ Kellogg, Lucy Mary, Edna W. Townsend, and Robert S. Wakefield. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975.

• Passenger List: "U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s"
  Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts; Year: 1623; Page Number: 450
  Ancestry Record 7486 #3504821 (accessed 5 March 2024)
  Name: Sarah Warren; Arrival Year: 1623; Arrival Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts; Primary Immigrant: Warren, Elizabeth March; Source Publication Code: 9810; Annotation: Pages 437-453 entitled, "The Pilgrim Company," have passenger lists from the Mayflower, 1620 and 1629; Fortune, 1621; Shallop, 1622, and other vessels. Names of immigrants are scattered throughout the book. For references to the Mayflower, see the index.; Source Bibliography: WILLISON, GEORGE F. Saints and Strangers, Being the Lives of the Pilgrim Fathers and Their Families.... New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1945. 513p. Reprinted by New Englandia, North Adams, Mass., 1973.;
  Household Members (Name):
  Elizabeth March Warren
  Elizabeth Warren
  Ann Warren
  Abigail Warren
  Mary Warren
  Sarah Warren.

• Death: "Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2"
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 3718 #75497 (accessed 5 March 2024)
  Sarah Warren death.

• Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families in Progress: Richard Warren for Four Generations (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1991).

• Ruth Berg Walsh, "The Search for Pilgrim Richard Warren's Parentage," Mayflower Quarterly, 51:109-112.

• Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Plymouth Colony, Its History and Its People, 1620-1691 (Salt Lake City: Ancestor Publishers, 1986).

• Nathaniel Morton, New England's Memorial (Cambridge, 1669).

• William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation, ed. Samuel Morison (New York: Random House, 1952).

• Caleb Johnson's Mayflower History

• Richard & Elizabeth Warren, Pilgrim Hall Museum

• The Anne and the Little James on Wikipedia

• The Great Migration Begins: "New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635"
  Original data: Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3; The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-6. Boston: New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2011
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2496 #71802 (accessed 5 March 2024)
  Name: Sarah Warren; Gender: Female;
  Household Members (Name):
  Sarah Warren.