Elizabeth (Charde) Ford (abt. 1589 - 1643)

Born about 1589 in Bridport, Dorset, England

Wife of Aaron Cooke Sr — married 2 Sep 1610 in Thornecombe, Dorset, England

Wife of Thomas Ford — married 19 Jun 1616 in Bridport, Dorset, England

Descendants

Died 18 Apr 1643 at about age 54 in Windsor, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Thomas Charde and Elizabeth Bunckom have been removed as unsourced, unverified parents of Elizabeth Charde-1

Elizabeth Charde was born about 1589 (based on bapt. dates of children), probably in Dorsetshire, England, where she was married and had children.

Elizabeth Charde married first Aaron Cooke 2 Sept 1610, at Thorncombe Parish, Dorset, England, and had two children.^[1]

1. Elizabeth da. of Aron Cooke bpt, at Bridport Parish 8 Sep 1611. Elizabeth Cooke was buried 20 July 1615, at Bridport.^[1]
2. Aaron Cooke son of Aaron Cooke bpt. at Bridport Parish 20 Mar 1613/4.^[1]

After Aaron passed away, in 1615, she married Thomas Ford at Bridport on June 19, 1616.^[2][1]The Fords had five children born before emigrating to the new world on "Mary and John": Joanna Ford, Abigail Ford, Thomas Ford, Hepzibah Ford, Hannah Ford ^[2].^[3].

After arriving about 1630 on the Mary & John, the family lived first at Dorchester, Massachusetts, and then at Windsor, Connecticut. ^[3]

Elizabeth Ford died April 18, 1643 at Windsor, Connecticut.^[3] Her widower remarried.^[4]

Merging Corrections

Apparently a bad merge happened about March 2, 2015.
Removing undocumented spouses:

• Edmund Tapp (Tapp-281) .
  
• Thomas Scott (Scott-10557). His daughter Ann was the second wife of Thomas Ford. They married about 1643.
  
• John Lawrence and removed Lawrence children.

Research notes

• FindAGrave gives, without source, her birth as 23 Apr 1589, Bridport, West Dorset District, Dorset, England.
• She may be buried in the Palisado Cemetery in Windsor. Find A Grave: Memorial #34160757

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Torrey, Clarence Almon. "English Origin of Major Aaron Cooke." The American Genealogist. Vol 11: 179/80. Cites the Thorncombe and Bridport Parish Registers.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} TAG Vol 35, pp.1 -6, 151, 180
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Great Migration Begins p 688-691.
4. ↑ Stiles: Windsor p.270

• Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, by Robert Charles Anderson (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995) Vol 1, pp. 464 - 467 ("Aaron Cooke") and pp. 688 - 690("Thomas Ford")

• Stiles, Henry R. The History of Ancient Windsor, The New Hampshire Publishing Company, Somersworth, New Hampshire, 1976. Originally published in 1892. Two Volumes. Vol II, pp. 160 - 161, 270-271.

• "The Early Strongs of Windsor, Conn.", by Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., F.A.S.G., The American Genealogist, Vol 35, January, 1959. 1 - 6. Online at AmericanAncestors.org

• "The Corrector Corrected", by Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., F.A.S.G., The American Genealogist, Vol 35, January, 1959 pp. 151, 180. Online at AmericanAncestors.org

• "Thomas Ford of Dorchester, England and Dorchester, Mass", prepared by Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., F.A.S.G., from information obtained and contributed by Clarence Almon Torrey, Ph.B of Dorchester, Mass. The American Genealogist, Vol 16, p. 41-43. Online at AmericanAncestors.org

• "English Origin of Major Aaron Cooke", by Clarence Almon Torrey, Ph.B, The American Genealogist, Vol 11, p. 179-180 Online at AmericanAncestors.org

• Gary Boyd Roberts, Ancestors of American Presidents, New England Historic Genealogical Society: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA, 2009 p. 479

• COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. The Complete Book of Emigrants: A Comprehensive Listing Compiled from English Public Records of Those Who Took Ship to the Americas for Political, Religious, and Economic Reasons; of Those Who Were Deported for Vagrancy, Roguery, or Non-Conformity; and of Those Who Were Sold to Labour in the New Colonies. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. 1607-1660. 1988. 600p.

• New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Clarence Almon Torrey With a revised Introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts Prepared for Publication by Elizabeth P. Bentley Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Seventh Printing 2004 Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.

• The Strong Family In England