Francis cooke and his family spent some time in norwich, norfolk between. Francis, and his oldest son john, came on the mayflower to plymouth in 1620. Francis cooke of the mayflower and his descendants for. Descendants of the pilgrims who landed at plymouth, mass. The plymouth colony archive project go to biographical profiles wills probates search archive. One of the original passengers on the mayflower which sailed from plymouth in 1620. From genealogies of mayflower families, hester lemahieu, wife of francis cooke. Francis cooke was one of the more interesting of the mayflower passengers and one of the 1627. Francis cooke was a leiden separatist who came to america in 1620 on the pilgrim ship mayflower and a signer of the mayflower compact. The mayflower originally was destined for the hudson river, north of the 1607 jamestown settlement. On 7 march 16367, francis cooke sued john browne the elder and several others, and, on 7 june 1637, francis cooke, having sued mr.
The item francis cooke of the mayflower and his descendants for four generations, compiled by robert s. In holland, cooke took up the profession of woolcomber. Hester mahieu cooke wife of francis along with jane and jacob their children, immigrated aboard the anne in 1623. The book from which the image was taken contained scant genealogical info but the nehgs has a lot of gifford data and findagrave was useful, too. Roosevelt descended from isaac allerton, francis cooke and john howland. The mayflower compact signed by my ancestors john alden, francis cooke, stephen hopkins, william mullins, and richard warren. The rest of the family came over on the ship ann on july 1623. Francis cooke of the mayflower download ebook pdf, epub. The mayflower set sail on 16th september 1620 from plymouth, uk. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers. The mayflower compact i am descended from francis eaton, francis cooke, edward doty and samuel fuller all from my father vance mitchels mothers side directly the mayflower compact, signed on the mayflower on november 1620 old calendar shortly before the passengers landed on cape cod. His descendants are legion, spanning america from coast to coast. In the leiden church betrothal book he was recorded as franchois couck and his bride being. December 1620 volume i by kellogg, lucy mary ed and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
These small named booklets are handy and small references for your favorite mayflower ancestor. Click download or read online button to get francis cooke of the mayflower book now. He was a signer of the mayflower compact and was an important member of plymouth colony francis cooke lived in england and then in leiden netherlands cooke married hester mahieu at the french walloon church in leiden. The family tree for francis cooke is still in progress. John browne, was granted an execution against him pcr 1. The passengers from the mayflower and their descendants. Book of indian records for their lands, new plymouth colony, massachusetts. The mayflower and plymouth in 1620, francis, his son john, and nephew philippe. Francis cooke mayflower husbands 10x great grandfather. Francis cooke was a 1620 mayflower passenger originally from blythe, yorkshire, england and later of kent county. Additionally, the first internment at burial hill was in the early 1670s after the death of francis cooke. Francis cooke, our 10th great grandfather, a mayflower. Francis cooke 1583 april 7, 1663 plymouth, massachusetts was one of the 102 passengers on the mayflower.
Francis sailed to america in 1620 on the mayflower with is son john cook. For further information on the membership of francis cooke and his wife in the walloon churches at norwich and at leiden. After twenty years of research van wood, already well known for his decades of pilgrim research, brings you the definitive answers on francis cooke and his descendants. Pilgrim hall museum beyond the pilgrim story francis cooke. He, with his wife and son, were passengers on the historic 1620 voyage of the mayflower. He left behind his wife hester and his other children jane, jacob, elizabeth and. His daughter, jane cooke, married johns great grandfather, experience mitchell, but john comes down through the second wife. I too have a francis cooke, born 1577, yorkshire married to hester le mahieu. On 24 december 1636, john harmon contracted to become the apprentice of francis cooke for seven years pcr 1. In his attempt to justify the structure and practice of the plymouth church to an english audience, edward winslow included among his examples the wife of francis cooke being a walloon, who holds communion with the church at plymouth, as she came from the french, to this. The mayflower left england on september 16, 1620 with 102 passengers plus crew, and after a grueling 66 day journey, the ship dropped anchor inside the hook tip of cape cod provincetown harbor on november 11 dates in old style, julian calendar.
Francis cooke died in plymouth, massachusetts on april 7, 1663. Two more daughters, hester and mary, were born to francis and hester cooke in plymouth. She left plymouth england on september 6, 1620 and arrived at cape cod harbor on november 11, 1620. He left behind his wife hester and his other children jane, jacob, elizabeth and hester. Books and articles massachusetts society of mayflower. Swan, former governor general and director, silver books project, seeks to list all known corrections, deletions and additions that have been made known to the silver books project by december 31, 2016. Hester cooke identified herself as being from canterbury in her betrothal registration. Silver books and mfip please contact sylvie carlson, sales manager in the sales office in plymouth. A mayflower families gsmd publication, part of the silver books with an addendum added. The records in holland describe him as a woolcomber and he appeared there before the arrival of the clyftonrobinson separatists.
Find out about francis cookes family tree, family history, ancestry, ancestors, genealogy, relationships and affairs. Francis cooke of the mayflower five generations project volume 12 of mayflower families through five generations. His wife, hester, soon followed on the anne in 1623. This early settler is one of the twentysix male pilgrims known to have descendants. Francis arrived in plymouth in 1620 on the mayflower with his teenage son john. I leave the dispose of my granddaughter mary mitchell with my son edward and joseph bartlett. Francis cooke and his family spent some time in norwich,norfolk between 1606 and 1608,but the purpose is unknown. In 1620 francis cooke and his son john, born in 1607, left holland on the speedwell. Francis cooke added to mayflower families fifth generation.
Francis cooke was given six shares in the division of lands in 1624. Francis cooke came on the mayflower with his eldest son john in 1620 and as such was one of the signers of the mayflower compact. The information they have is that francis cooke was buried at coles hill. Francis cooke project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Cooke took his eldest son john onboard the mayflower to america in 1620. In the leiden church betrothal book he was recorded as franchois couck and his. The family tree for francis cooke is still in the early stages of research. Mayflower families in progress, francis cooke of the mayflower and his descendants for four generations, compiled by robert s.
They immigrated in 1620 to plymouth, massachusetts. Francis was the son of richard cook and ann cawnton. Jeremiah gifford, abiel, peleg, mary wright gifford, adam wright, hester cooke wright, francis cooke of the mayflower. For a third time, the mayflower headed for the new world. Francis is described in leiden walloon church marriage records dating from 1603 as a woolcomber out of uyt england. Francis took his oldest son john with him on mayflower, while hester and the other children followed them to america in 1623 on the ship anne. Francis cooke was one of the more interesting of the mayflower passengers and one of the 1627 purchasers who saved plimoth colony from bankruptcy. Francis cooke was born in england after august 1583, married hester mahieu 4 july 1603 in leyden, holland. Plymouth, massachusetts, was one of the 102 passengers on the mayflower of 1621. John howland of the mayflower volume 1 through desire 2 is permanently out of print. Came from leiden, holland to plymouth in 1620 in the mayflower.
Wakefield, ralph van wood, jr represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in indiana state library. Francis cooke was born in 1583 probably in england. In august 1606 francis cooke and his wife moved to norwich in county norfolk in england. He married hester mahieu in 1603 and had 7 children. Francis and his son john immigrated aboard the mayflower landing november 11, 1620. This is just part of undocumented information that i have collected. Francis cooke he was one of the signers of the mayflower compact. A genealogical profile of francis cooke plimoth plantation. This book references dutch documents in the first years of the separatist. Francis cook biography mayflower heritage and history.
Francis cooke of the mayflower and his descendants for four generations. Buy the specific heritage booklet for your ancestors. In his book hypocrisie unmasked, edward winslow stated she was a walloone and came from the french mayflower descendant 27. Eleven people from the speedwell including our great grandfather francis and john cooke boarded the mayflower. Francis, hester and john cooke of mayflower wikitree g2g. The mission of the massachusetts society of mayflower descendants is to gather together to honor and perpetuate the memory of our mayflower ancestors and the ideals of american freedoms and democracy, which have evolved from the mayflower compact signed by the pilgrim fathers when they reached cape cod shores in november, 1620. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Ancestor charts showing the family relationships of francis cooke c15831663 to other famous people. His descendants through sons thomas and samuel, and daughters desire and elizabeth v. Mayflower families through five generations abebooks. Celebrities who can trace their ancestry to the mayflower. Mayflower passengers massachusetts society of mayflower. The mayflower john howland, signer of the mayflower compact, lived to be the last male pilgrim who had come to plymouth, ma on the mayflower in he was in his at the time.
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