Bridget (Cocke) Busby (abt. 1584 - abt. 1660)

Born about 1584 in St Mary Coslany Parish, Norwich, Norfolk, England

Wife of Nicholas Busby — married 24 Jun 1605 in St. Mary Coslany, Norwich, Norfolk, England

Descendants

Died about 1 Jul 1660 at about age 76 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Bridget Cocke was born the daughter of Christopher Cocke, a carpenter, and Margaret (Unknown) (Allen) Cocke, in the parish of St Mary Coslany, Norwich, Norfolk, England, about 1584.^[1] Christopher and Margaret were both bereaved of their first spouses in the great plague year of 1579, and married each other 25 Jan 1580 at St Mary Coslany, Norwich, Norfolk, England.^[1] Bridget had seven older half brothers and sisters.^[1]

Marriage

Bridget Cocke married Nicholas Busby, a worsted weaver,^[2] on 24 June 1605 at St Mary Coslany, Norwich, Norfolk, England - the same church where her parents were married twenty-five years earlier.^[1]

Bridget and Nicholas Busby had at least ten children while living in Norwich, five of which lived to adulthood, and four of which journeyed with Bridget and NIcholas to New England.^[3][1][4] Bridget's husband Nicholas predeceased her, dying at Boston, Massachusetts, 28 Aug 1657.^[1]

Death

Bridget (Cocke) Busby died at Boston, Massachusetts, between July 1 and the date of inventory of her estate on July 3, 1660.^[1][5][6]

WILL OF BRIDGETT COCKE BUSBY

Bridget conveyed her property by Deed of 14 May 1659. Superior Court of Judicature No 392, and Suffolk Deeds, v. 3, p 383

Preamble

"To all christian people to whom this present writing shall Come Bridgett Busby of Boston in the County of Suffolke in New England widdow Sendeth Greeting in our Lord God euerlasting Know yee that the said Bridgett Busby being of Good and perfect memory and wthout fraud or deceipt for & in Consideration of the naturall affetion that I beare vnto my Sonns & daughters and also for other good Causes and Considerations me a present especially mooving Haue Giuen & Graunted

John Busby

and by these presents Doe Giue Graunt and Confirme vnto my sonne John Busby the sume of twenty pounds sterling to be paid vnto him in New England or to his Assignes by the value thereof out of my estate in Boods & debts (wch to that end) I leaue in the hands and custody of my sonne Abraham Busby

Katherine Sauvery

Also I giue and Graunt vnto my daughter Katherine Sauery the summe of tenn pounds sterling to be pajd vunto hir or hir Assignes in New England by the value thereof out of my estate in Goods & debts wch to that end I leaue in the hands & Custody of my Sonne Abraham Busbey both of the above namned Guifts to be pajd wthin thiry moneths after the date of these presents

Anna Nickerson

Also I Giue vnto my Daughter Anna Nickerson a truncke & the one half deale of all my smale linnen cloaths, and one paier of sheets and fower djaper napkins and two Couerd stooles and one Wrought Cushin and two platters the one to be bigg and the other lesse and two silver spoones and one pillow beere and one great Iron pott and one long table board wch is now in hir husbands Custody by way of loane

Sarah Grout

Also I Giue vnto my daughter Sarah Grout the other half deale of all my smale Linnen Cloathes and one Joinct chest, and one paire of sheetes and fower diaper napkins and two Couerd stooles and one wrought Cushen and two platters the one bigg and the other lesse and two siluer spoones and one pillow beere and one feather bed which is in the chamber.....

Anna Nickerson

I giue vnto the children of my daughter Anna Nickerson the some of Twenty & fower pounds to be divided amongst them and payd by the value there of out of my Estate in Goods & Debts wch to that end I leaue in the Custody of my Sonne Abraham Busby

Sarah Grout

Also I giue vnto the children of my daughter Sarah Grout the Summe of Twenty pounds to be divided amongst them and pajd by the Value thereof out of my estate in Goods & Debts wch to that end I leaue in the Custody of my Sonne Abraham Busby to be pajd vnto theire parents for the particular vse & behooffe of each of them wthin sixe moneths after the decease of me the sajd Bridgett,

Abraham Busby

And also I the sajd bridgett by these prsents doe Giue Graunt & Confirme vnto my Sonne Abraham Busby all and singular the Remajnder of my goods estate debts and propertjes of what nature kind Condition quallity & quantity soeuer the same are be or may be and in what place or places soeuer the same be or shall or maybe found to be as well in my owne Custody and possession as in the possession hands power & Custody of any person or persons whatsoeuer and wheresoeuer....provided alwajes that the full & free liberty of vse and disbursement of this Remayning part of my estate Given & graunted vnto my sajd sonne Abraham Busbey is reserved by me to my vse & for my maintenance during my naturall life, And a power also to giue graunt & Confirme other guifts if I shall please so to doe and after that so much as my discharge the Costs of my funerall to be performed in a decent manner

William Nickerson

Also I giue & graunt vnto my tow sonnes in law willjam Nickerson and john groutt to each of them a peece of Gold of twenty shillings to be deliuered & pajd vunto them by my sajd Sonne Abraham on the day of my funerall Provided by me also that if any of my sajd sonnes or daughters Doe dye before me that then the guifts so Giuen as is aboue expressed shall be Vnto the children of him her or them so dying.

Date

And I the sajd Bridget Busbey haue putt my sajd Sonnes and daughters in full & peaceable possession of all and euery the premised Graunts and Guifts warranting it to be pajd vnto them at the tjmes & places sett by deliuering vp vnto the hands of my loving freind Mr Robert Saunderson for theire perticular vse a peice of money of money Called sixe penc fixed in the Seale hereof In witness whereof I hare herevnto put my hand & seale the fowerteenth day of may in the yeare of our lord one thousand sixe hundred fiffty and nine" Bridget Busby signed the deeby by her mark and the witnesses were Robert Saunderson, John Hull and William Pearse.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} The English ancestry of William and Anne (Busby) Nickerson of Chatham, Massachusetts, and of Nicholas and Bridget (Cocke) Busby of Boston, by Richard L. Bush, TAG Vol 85 (Oct 2011), pp 244, 251-252
2. ↑ Great Migration 1634-1635, I-L, by Robert Charles Anderson, page 10
3. ↑ The New England Ancestry of Dorothy Chandler Stuart, by Stuart Bloom, page 124
4. ↑ The Planters of the Commonwealth in Massachusetts, 1620-1640, by Charles Edward Banks, page 184
5. ↑ The New England Ancestry of Dorothy Chandler Stuart (link via Wayback Machine, capture date 31 Jan 2017), copyright (c) 2005 by Stuart Bloom, page 123
6. ↑ Prindle, Crosby Ancestors 1:6, cited by Richard L. Bush, The English ancestry of William and Anne (Busby) Nickerson of Chatham, Massachusetts, and of Nicholas and Bridget (Cocke) Busby of Boston, page 251 footnote #43
7. ↑ The Busbee Busby and Variations Database Will Records; All Rights Reserved Copyright 2002 Busbee Busby Administrators added 2013 Nov 24 by Michelle

• The English ancestry of William and Anne (Busby) Nickerson of Chatham, Massachusetts, and of Nicholas and Bridget (Cocke) Busby of Boston, by Richard L. Bush, TAG Vol 85 (Oct 2011), pp 242 - 253

• The Busbee Busby and Variations Database Will Records; All Rights Reserved Copyright 2002 Busbee Busby Administrators

• Great Migration 1634-1635, I-L. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume IV, I-L, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2005. Page 10. Nicholas Busbie was a worsted weaver.

• The New England Ancestry of Dorothy Chandler Stuart (link via Wayback Machine, capture date 31 Jan 2017), copyright (c) 2005 by Stuart Bloom, PO Box 487, Earlville, IL, stubloom [at] earlvillepost.com. All rights are reserved. Permission is hereby granted to link to any of these pages. You may not, however, reproduce these pages in any form without express written permission from the copyright holder. Such permission will normally be granted if the reproduction is for non-commercial purposes.

• The Planters of the Commonwealth in Massachusetts, 1620-1640, by Charles Edward Banks (1930), which contains data on 3,600 passengers who sailed on 213 ships, extracted from the Custom House records of English ports, database online at Ancestry.com. Busby's family on page 184

• Kingsbury, Anna C.. A Historical Sketch of Nicholas Busby, the Emigrant (privately printed, 1924) Page 5

• Hotten, John Camden, The Original Lists Of Persons Of Quality (John Camden Hotten, 1874) Page 289