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I have set up a password secure site for the descendants of Francis Cooke. If you can verify your lineage and would like to share information with other cousins, please e-mail me and I will be happy to include you in our growing community. The only stipulations that we have are that everyone agree to maintain the confidentiality of living members and a preference that everyone include source documentation or an explanation of their theory with any information that they provide. If you think that you may be descended from the above individual, please feel free to e-mail pertinent information and we will be happy to review our information to see if we might be able to help you.
Francis Cooke was the grandson of Sir Anthony Cooke. He married Hester Mahieu June 30, 1603 in Leiden, Holland. Francis and his son John immigrated aboard the "Mayflower" landing November 11, 1620. Hester, along with Jane and Jacob, immigrated aboard the "Anne" in 1623. Francis Cooke was given six shares in the division of lands in 1624. He was one of the 'Purchasers' who in 1627 bought all the rights of the 'Adventurers,' and in the division of cattle made Tuesday, 22 May/1 June, 1627, the first lot, the smallest of the four black heifers and two shee goats, fell to his company of thirteen, composed of himself, his wife Hester, his sons John and Jacob, and daughters Jane, Hester, and Mary; along with Experience Mitchell. In 1633-34 he was appointed referee in the settlement of various affairs between different member of the colony; and surveyor for laying out the highways about Plymouth, etc. In 1636 he received an apprentice, John Harmon, son of Edward Harmon of London, tailor, for 7 years. His pay at the end of service was to be a double suit of clothing and 7 bushels of corn.from 1636-1640 his name constantly appears in some capacity or other, performing important duties for his government. John became a deacon of the Plymouth Church in the 1630s, but he was excommunicated from the church about 1657, around which time he became a Baptist. In 1664 he was granted fifteen acres of land near Dartmouth and served as Deputy to Plymouth General Court in 1666. He was an adviser for the defense of Dartmouth against the Indians and became a magistrate authorized to marry, to administer oaths, and to issue warrants for court trials at Plymouth. On January 7, 1659 Francis prepared his will: I being at ye present weak and infirm in body yett in perfect memory thro mercy doe comt my soul unto god that gave it, and my body to the earth which my will is should be intered in a decent and comely manner. As for such goods and land as i stand possessed of i doe will and bequeath as followeth: "1. My will is that Hester my dear and loving wife shall have all my moveable goods and all my cattle of all kinds viz. Meat cattle horse kind sheep and swine to be at her dispose. "2. My will is that Hester my wife shall have and occupy my lands both uplands and meadow lands which at present I possess during her lifetime. Francis died April 07, 1663 in Dartmouth, MA (age 86). Hester Mahieu, died Aft. June 18, 1666. They had 6 children: John, Elizabeth, Hester, Jacob, Jane, and Mary.
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