Josiah Cooke Jr. (1643 - 1731)

Born 31 Jan 1643 in Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Deborah (Hopkins) Cooke — married 27 Jul 1668 in Eastham, Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died 31 Jan 1731 at age 88 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

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Biography

Josiah Cooke was born on January 31, 1645, in Eastham, Massachusetts to Josiah and Elizabeth (Ring) Cooke.

He married Deborah Hopkins on July 27, 1668, in Eastham, Plymouth Colony.^[1][2]

On 31 May 1687, the Probate Court created and agreement that Josiah Cook was to pay to his sister Bethiah, wife of Joseph Harding of Eastham, 50 shillings. Josiah Cook and Bethiah (Cook) Harding were to each have the choice of 50 shillings from their father and mother's estate, and then Meriam Deane to have the next choice of £5 of goods from the estate. Then Josiah and Bethiah each to have the next choice of 50 shillings more of the estate, and Meiram the next £4 3s. Then the rest to be equally divided between Josiah and Bethia. The parties acknowledged their agreement on 01 June 1687.^[3]

Josiah died on January 31, 1731/2, in Eastham, Massachusetts,^[4] having lived a long life of 87 years.

The children of Josiah and Elizabeth (Hopkins) Cooke were:

1. Elizabeth Cooke 1, b. 20 Oct 1669; d. Apr 1670^[5]
2. JOSIAH COOKE III, 1670–1727
3. Richard Cooke, 1672–1754
4. Elizabeth Cooke 2, b. Jun 1674^[6]
5. Caleb Cooke, 1674–
6. Deborah Cooke, 1678–1745
7. Joshua Cooke, 1682–1746
8. Benjamin Cooke, b. 23 Feb 1686^[7]

Some internet trees include a Martha Cooke b. in 1688. Martha is not listed among the births of the other children and not named in Josiah's 1727 will. Please do not add a Martha to this profile.

Will

In the name of God amen this Seventh day of december in ... Anno Domini One Thousand Seven hundred twenty Seven I Josiah Cooke of Eastham ... yeoman being now arrivid to old Age ... Last Will and Testament ... Commit my Soul to God ... my body to the Earth ... and having already taken Care for the Support of my Life in my old age and haveing already given to my Children Considerable in Lands money and ... after my Just Debts and funeral Charges are paid ... bequeath unto the South Church of Christ In Easthan were of I was a member The full & Juste Sum of Fourty Shillings ... to the Reverend Mr Samuel Osborn Pastor of Said Church ... Twenty Shillings ... Item I give to my Son Josiah Cooke my Silver headed Cane & no more of my Estate & Twenty Shillings of passable money

Item I Give to my Son Richard Cooke Twenty Shillings Passable money and no more of my Estate

Item I give to my Son Joshua Cooke Twenty Shillings passable money and no more of my estate

Item I give to my Son Caleb Cooke Twenty Shillings passable money and no more of my estate

Item I Give to my Loving Daughter Deborah Godfrey Twenty pounds in money or in things Valued at money price whereof in part of the Twenty pounds She hath Receivid already by a Note of Particulars the Sum of Ten pounds Six Shillings The remainder of the Twenty pound being paid She Shall have no more of my Estate

Item I Give to my Daughter Elizabeth Newcomb Twenty Shillings passable money and no more of my estate

... my Son Benjamin Cooke my Sole Executor ...

Witnessed in court the 5 of July 1732 and approved 30 Aug 1732.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Births, marriages, deaths, 1649-ca.1840; intentions of marriage, 1700-ca.1905, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G979-9FW7  : 2 October 2022), FHL microfilm 007009735, image 143, Eastham, Massachusetts, Volume 2, Births, & Deaths, 1654-1797, Page 78.
2. ↑ Massachusetts Town and Vital Records 1620-1988 (original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Vital and Town Records), published by Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, Provo, UT 2011. Record cites: Josiah Cook m. 27 Jul 1668 Deborah Hopkins, Orleans, Massachusetts. Josiah Cook discovered in Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 - https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/17978946?h=94ccca
3. ↑ Barnstable County Probate Records, Vol. 1:17
4. ↑ Births, marriages, deaths, 1649-ca.1840; intentions of marriage, 1700-ca.1905, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G979-9FW7  : 2 October 2022), FHL microfilm 007009735, image 143, Eastham, Massachusetts, Volume 2, Births, & Deaths, 1654-1797, Page 77a.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-WZX : 10 February 2018), Josiah Cook in entry for Elizaleth Cook, 20 Oct 1669; citing EASTHAM,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 907,350.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-WZJ : 10 February 2018), Josiah Cook in entry for Elizaleth Cook, Jun 1674; citing EASTHAM,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 907,350
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQDD-87D : 10 February 2018), Josiah Cook in entry for Benjamin Cook, 23 Feb 1686; citing EASTHAM,BARNSTABLE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0907350 IT 2-6, 905406.
8. ↑ Probate and Guardianship Records, 1674-1950 (Barnstable County, Massachusetts); Author: Barnstable County (Massachusetts). Register of Probate; Probate Place: Barnstable, Massachusetts Notes: Probate and Guardianship Records, Vol 3-6, 1720-1747 Clerk's copy.

Sources listed below are linked to a public tree on Ancestry.com [1]

• Massachusetts, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890
• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
• Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991
• Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2
• Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2
• New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635
• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
• The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011
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• Find A Grave Memorial 121469323 [2]

• Caleb H. Johnson, The Mayflower and her passengers (Indiana:Xlibris Corp., Caleb Johnson, 2006)

• "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations", Volume six, "Hopkins", Published by General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1992.

• Source: Robert Charles Anderson, "Josias Cooke",The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol I, Boston, New England Historic Genelogical Society 1995 p. 472 - 475

• The Chrisman Pedigree, website created by Lonnie Chrisman

• Smith Jr., Leonard H. and Norma H. Smith. Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans: An authorized facsimile reproduction of records published serially 1901-1935 in The Mayflower Descendant, With an added index of persons, published online by Ancestry.com, The Generations Network, Inc., Provo, UT, 2007. Original publisher: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1993.

• Town records, 1654-1863 [Eastham, Massachusetts], database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-QJ7X : 27 September 2022), , FHL microfilm 007009743, image 331, Eastham, Massachusetts, Volume 2, Transcribed by order of the Town in 1856 by, H. Doane 2d, Town Clerk, Marriages, Births, & Deaths, 1654-1797, Page 4.