Capt.
William
Ervin
Cocke
Born in Wayne County, Kentucky
Ancestors 
Son of Jester Gwinn Cocke Sr.
and Sarah Ann (Martin) Cocke
Brother of
Ellender (Cocke) Douglass, Elizabeth (Cocke) Strange, Charles Martin Cocke, Lorenzo Dowe Cocke, Jester Guinn Cocke Jr., Sarah Ann (Cocke) Hannah, Mary R. (Cocke) Campbell and Benoni John Cocke [half]
Husband of
Rebecca (Windsor) Cocke
— married
15 Jan 1835 in Johnson County, Missouri
Husband of
Frances S. (Windsor) Cocke
— married
1841 in Johnson County, Missouri
Descendants 
Father of
Sarah Angeline Cocke, Louisa Frances (Cocke) Wooldridge, Rebecca W. (Cocke) Farmer, Mary Ellen (Cocke) Forsythe, Penelope A. (Cocke) Zellner and William Thomas Cocke
Died
at age 73
in Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Apr 2015
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Biography
William was a steamship captain.
Sources
- Find A Grave Memorial# 28601470
- 1850 U. S. Census
- Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery 1854-2020, Burial Listing and Genealogical Information, revised and expanded edition of 2007 listing, Sandra Wright Frary, Raymond L. Owen, published 2021 by Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery Preservation Committee, City of Santa Rosa, Recreation and Parks, 2060 West College Ave, Santa Rosa, CA, 95401
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~1.56%
Gary Tutt
:
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Gary Biermann :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A172149 [compare]
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~1.56%
~12.50%
Judy Fender :
AncestryDNA
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