Wells CHASE was born on 4 Oct 1710 in West Newbury, Essex, , Massachusetts. He died on 2 Dec 1783 in Concord, Merrimack Co, NH. He has reference number 9QJC-D2. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. Parents: Moses CHASE and Elizabeth WELLS.

Elinor CHENEY was born in 1626 in Beverly, England. ^(507)(508) The newer NEHGR source, "The Heath Connectin," gives here as being born about 1620, with no birth or baptism area. She died on 28 Sep 1678 in Hingham, MA. ^(507)(509) Parents: Margaret UNKNOWN. Parents: William CHENEY and Margaret UNKNOWN.

She was married to Humphrey JOHNSON Sergeant on 20 Mar 1642 in Roxbury, MA.^{(510) (511)(512)} Other children include: Mehitable, Martha, Deborah, John (drown at Hingham ) Margaret, Deborah (again) Mary, Nathaniel, Isaac, Joseph, Benjamin as children of his first wife Elinor. Children of second wife include John, John (again) and Deborah, again.

[A dau. Mehatebal is born in Roxbury, (4) 1643: Early Records of Boston, NEHG 6:183. A son John is born (7) 1640.]

His daughter Mehitable lived a rather unfortunate life, her first husband being killed by the Indians on the same day as the Battle at Bloody Brook, and her second husband also killed by the Indians. John, another of his sons, drown at Hingham Mass. Children were: Isaac JOHNSON Esq .

William CHENEY was born about 1604 in England?.⁽⁵¹³⁾ He died in 1667 in Roxbury, MA.⁽⁵¹⁴⁾ The Cheney family in America
Additional information on the immigrant family is found in The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton 1878-1908: Part I The Ancestry of Warren Francis Kempton 1817-1879, by Dean Crawford Smith and edited by Melinde Lutz Sanborn (Boston, 1996), pages 224-233.

William and Margaret Cheney
William CHENEY - b. about 1604, England; d. Jun. 30, 1667, Roxbury, MA. His will was dated Apr. 30, 1667 and proved Jul. 30, 1667. Although some suggestions have been made, there has been no evidence found for the CHENEY ancestry in England. Resided at Roxbury before 1640, owning 24 1/5 acres of land; freeman 1666; militia member 1647; constable; selectman 1656-7. Ensign in the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Society. He was a founder of the Roxbury Free School in 1664. Married about 1625, England.

Margaret - b. England; d. Jul. 3, 1686. In his will of 1667, William CHENEY called Margaret his 'deare and Afflicted wife," and Rev. John ELIOT wrote in 1674 that she had been released from being "under a melancholick distemper, (above 10 or 11 years) wch made her wholly neglect her Calling & live mopishly." As Widow CHENEY, she married second in late 1676 Mr. BURGE (d. before Mar. 15, 1679/80). Her will, dated May 15, 1686 and proved Sep. 23, 1686, names son Joseph, daughter Mehitable, and three grandsons, the sons of William.

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Children of William and Margaret Cheney
Elinor (or Ellen) - b. about 1626, England; d. night of Sep. 28/29, 1678, Hingham, MA. Resided at Roxbury and Scituate, MA. Married Mar. 20, 1642/3 at Roxbury, MA, Sgt. Humphrey JOHNSON, son of Capt. John JOHNSON and Mary HEATH. Refer to JOHNSON line for children and additional information.
Margaret - b. Nov. 20, 1628, England. Married Thomas HASTINGS.
Thomas - b. about 1631; died in infancy.

Thomas - b. about 1633, Roxbury, MA; d. 1693/5, Cambridge, MA. His will was dated Oct. 23, 1693 and proved Mar. 4, 1694/5. Constable 1659, freeman, 1666. Served in Capt. JOHNSON's company in 1675. Married Jan. 11, 1656, Roxbury, MA Jane ATKINSON (d. Jul. 1724), and lived at Brighton and Cambridge. Children: Margaret; Thomas; Mehitable; John; William; Mary; Jane; Joseph; Hannah; Benjamin; and Ebenezer.

William - b. 1635, Roxbury, MA; d. Sep. 21, 1681 (hanged), Dorchester, MA. Married Deborah WISWALL (bap. Mar. 30, 1641), daughter of John of Dorchester. While married to Deborah, William became father of son William (b. Aug. 3, 1666 and probably surnamed DANIELS) by Sarah DANIELS, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth DANIELS. William was found guilty and sentenced to be hanged for rape, although his wife Deborah called Experience HOLBROOK (daughter of Capt. Joseph and Elizabeth HOLBROOK) a "lying wench." Deborah married second Ebenezer WILLIAMS. Son of William and Sarah: William. Children of William and Deborah: an infant; Deborah died as infant; William died as infant; Deborah; William; John; Benjamin; and a child born after William's execution.

 
John - b. Sep. 20, 1639; d. Oct. 12, 1671. He drowned "as he was catching of eales."

Mehitable - b. Jun. 1, 1643; d. 1693/4, probably at Medfield, MA. Married by 1663 Thomas WIGHT, Jr. (b. 1635; inv. Sep. 25, 1690), son of Thomas and Alice. The WIGHTs were burned out of their home by Indians in 1676. Children: Mehitable; Thomas; Mary (or Marie) married Joseph CLARK; Eleazer; and Joshua.

Joseph - b. Jun. 6, 1647, Roxbury, MA; d. Sep. 16, 1704, Medfield, MA. Married first Mar. 12, 1667/8 at Medfield, MA, Hannah THURSTON (b. Apr. 28, 1650, Dedham, MA; d. Dec. 29, 1690, Medfield, MA), daughter of John and Margaret THURSTON. Joseph married second Jul. 21, 1691 at Medfield, MA, Mehitable (PLIMPTON) HINSDALE, daughter of John PLIMPTON and Jane DAMON, and widow of Ephraim HINSDALE. Mehitable married third Dec. 12, 1717 Jonathan ADAMS. Children of Joseph and Hannah: Hannah; Margaret married Joseph BULLARD; Prudence died young; Joseph died young; Susannah died young; Mehitable married Jeremiah MORSE; Mary married first Benjamin CHENEY (her first cousin and son of Thomas CHENEY and Jane ATKINSON), and second Micahel FELSHAW;

Josiah married first Hannah, and second Hannah MASON, widow of Samuel SMITH who was great grandson of Rev. Henry SMITH (Josiah, by his second wife, became ancestor of Pres. William TAFT); Prudence married Gershom LAKE; and Melatiah married Henry AMIDOWN. Children of Joseph and Mehitable: Hannah died as infant; Joseph died unmarried; Ephraim married Ann CLARK; and Hannah died young.

666. William CHENEY [AWFK, see also Stephen Lawson's page], b. Abt 1604; d. 30 Jun 1667, Roxbury, MA

AWFK, p. 225; b. England, abt 1604; d. Roxbury, MA, 30 Jun 1667; m. likely in England, bef. 1623, Margaret -----

William is noted in the Johnson genealogy as being the ancestor of President Taft.

He was married to Margaret UNKNOWN c1625 in Roxbury, MA.^{(515) (516)(517)} Children were: Elinor CHENEY.

Alice CHETLEBOROW

She was married to James FISKE on 24 May 1613 in Fessingfield, Suffolk, England. ⁽⁵¹⁸⁾

Sybil CHILD (SHATTUCK) Widow of Jonas Child was born on 15 Apr 1724. She died in Brimfield, Hampden Co, MA.

Children were: Antipas BRUCE.

James CHILTON^{(519) (235)} was born before 1563 in Canterbury, Kent, Eng (Prob). ⁽⁵¹⁹⁾ He died about 18 Dec 1620 in Cape Cod Harbor, MA. ⁽²⁹⁾ aboard the Mayflower in Cape Cod Harbor (now Provincetown). xxx —James Chilton has been erroneously lumped together with the "Strangers" on the 1620 Mayflower, but he was in fact a Leiden Separatist, as is shown by Jan van Dorsten in "Why the Pilgrims Left Leiden," in Bang's Pilgrims, p. 34. Leiden records reveal that on 28 April 1619 the sixty-three-year-old James Chilton was returning to his house with his daughter when about twenty boys began throwing rocks at them, and James was hit on the head and knocked to the ground. He never saw Plymouth, for he died on 8 December 1620 when the Mayflower was still at Provincetown Harbor. His wife Susanna and daughter Mary came with him, and a daughter Isabella came later. He probably had another daughter, "Engeltgen," who married in Leiden in 1622 (see MF 2 which gives his first five generations in America). He was also known to have had other children in England, but no descendants from them have been traced. James Chilton was the son of Lionel Chilton, and he was a resident of Canterbury, where he worked as a tailor, and of Sandwich, Kent before going to Holland. His English background is given by John G. Hunt, "Origins of the Chiltons of the Mayflower," TAG 38:244. Parents: Lyonell CHYLTON and Isabell.

He was married to Susanna FURNER (?) before 1587 in England. ⁽⁵²⁰⁾ MF5G: She was not the mother of his children, second wife. Pos. dau. of his step-mother. Children were: Mary CHILTON .

Mary CHILTON⁽²³⁵⁾ was born on 31 May 1607 in St Peters Parish, Sandwich, Kent, England.⁽⁵²¹⁾ She died before 1 May 1679.^{(522) (523)} MARY2 CHILTON. Daughter of JAMES. Died at Boston, shortly before 11 May, 1679. She married, at Plymouth, between July, 1623, and 1 June, 1627, John Winslow, who was born at Droitwich, England, 26 April, 1597, and died at Boston, between 22 March and 31 May, 1674. She was buried in King's Chapel, Boston, MA.⁽⁵²³⁾ "Both John and Mary are buried in King's Chapel Burying Ground,
Boston."Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, VOL II, p.6.,
published by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1978.. According to Savage: " In 1650, Bradford says, she had nine ch. of wh.
one was m. and had a ch. She d. 1679, ano. d. of C. was left by him
in Eng. where she m. and came to our country."

Chilton, Mary

—A daughter of James and Susanna Chilton, Mary sailed with them on the 1620 Mayflower, and she has been called the first woman to step on Plymouth Rock (see Charles T. Libby, Mary Chilton's Title to Celebrity, [reprint. Providence, R.I., 1978]). She was baptized at St. Peter's Parish, Sandwich, Kent on 31 May 1607. She married at Plymouth Edward Winslow's brother John Winslow, and they later moved to Boston, where she died before 1 May 1679. Her family is given in MF5G 2. See also Robert M. Sherman, "The Baptism of Mary Chilton," MQ 43:56, and Hunt's article under her father, James Chilton. Parents: James CHILTON and Susanna FURNER (?).

She was married to John WINSLOW about 22 May 1627 in Plymouth, MA.⁽⁵²⁴⁾ Children were: John WINSLOW, Susanna WINSLOW, Mary WINSLOW, Edward(3) WINSLOW, Sarah WINSLOW, Samuel WINSLOW, Joseph WINSLOW, Isaac WINSLOW, Child WINSLOW, Benjamin WINSLOW.

Abasa CHURCHILL was born in 1800 in East Bridgewater, MA. She died on 2 Apr 1875 in East Bridgewater, MA. Parents: Levi CHURCHILL and Cynthia PACKARD.

Levi CHURCHILL was born.

He was married to Cynthia PACKARD . Children were: Abasa CHURCHILL.

Ann CHURCHMAN was born in Plymouth, MA?.⁽⁵²⁵⁾ She died in Plymouth, MA?.⁽⁵²⁶⁾

Children were: Elizabeth (3) ROGERS.

Lyonell CHYLTON^{(29) (29)} signed a will on 7 Sep 1582 in Canterbury, Kent County, England. ⁽⁵²⁷⁾ Will names sons John and James and several daus. Wife Isabell was not Jame's mother. Richard, Member of Parliament from Canterbury, Co. Kent, resided in St. Paul Parish; will mentions his deceased wife Isabell and bequeaths bulk of his estate to his son Lyonell (per Mayflower Quarterly, 8/1977, p. 81). "Dictionary of English Surnames" (1958) states that first Chilton recorded is William de Chilton, 1195. The surname Chilton may mean "child's town", a place where young nobles prepared for knighthood.


Lyonell r. St. Paul Parish, Canterbury, Co. Kent, England; owned considerable property; will 09-07-1582 was proved 02-13-1583 and names children including James and Lyonell's wife Isabell - James rec'd 2 tenements in Canterbury - Isabell was apparently a recent 2nd wife & not mother of James (whose mother is unknown).

12 May 1583 Thomas Chilton = Essabell Bee

He was married to Isabell in Canterbury, Kent County, England.⁽⁵²⁸⁾ Not the mother of James of Mayflower Descent. Apparently a new wife. Children were: James CHILTON.

Sarah CLAPP (LEAVITT).

She was married to Lt. Samuel HOWE on 18 Sep 1685.^{(529) (530)} She was, according to Temple, the widow of Nehemiah Clapp of Hingham. Children were: Daniel HOWE, Nehemiah HOWE, Moses HOWE, Ebenezer HOWE, Micajah HOWE.

Mary CLAPP Mary Clapp Trow died 13 June, 1809.

She was married to Israel TROW on 1 Jan 1761 in Hardwick or Norton, Ma?. ⁽⁵³¹⁾ Children were: Nancy TROW.

Elizabeth CLARK Parents: William CLARK and Margery UNKNOWN.

She was married to George BRUCE on 28 Dec 1659 in Woburn, MA.⁽⁵³²⁾ Sewall: Living Children: Elizabeth, 1663; Mary, 1665, m. Walter Cranston; William, 1667; John, 18 June, 1670; Elizabeth, 1672; Joseph, 1676; Samuel, 1680; Margery, 1684, m. Isaac Walker; Lydia, 1687.

There are two John's--John and John Jr. as well as two Thomas's, fau and son who served in the revolutionary war in woburn, 1775-1783.(Sewall)

History of Woburn from the Town Records (sic): " At a generall meetting 27: 12 mo: 1665
Gorge Brush, John Craggen and Increase Winne were admited Inhabitance and propriety of comoneg" [commonage]. Woburn Records, Vol I, p. 31. According to Sewalll, no one was allowed to become an inhabitant of the town, nor attain any privileges, without first obtaining the approbation of the Selectmen or consent of the town.

P. 92 Sewall speaks of the year 1680 "There, too, were to be seen the Brushes, now turned into Bruces . . ."

Children were: William (Son of George) BRUCE, John (Of Woburn) BRUCE, Elizabeth (Of Woburn) BRUCE , George (Of Woburn) BRUCE.

Nancy CLARK⁽⁵³³⁾ was born in Plymouth, MA?.

Sarah CLARK.

Children were: Sarah HISKET.

Sarah CLARK. Parents: William CLARK and Ellie GARTEN.

She was married to Patrick Cooke MADDOX in Jul 1994. Children were: Joshua Patrick MADDOX, Ian MADDOX.

William CLARK resided at in 1631 in Watertown, MA. ⁽⁵³⁴⁾ Sewall has him as "William, a weaver by occupation, was of Watertown,
1631, made freeman 1639; removed to Woburn not far from 1654.
Children in addition to Elizabeth who married George Bruce were Mary,
Hannah, Lydia He died on 15 Mar 1682 in Woburn, MA. ⁽⁵³⁵⁾

He was married to Margery UNKNOWN in England.⁽⁵³⁶⁾ Children were: Elizabeth CLARK.

William CLARK was born in Maryland. Need to gather additional information. Believe both parents are of Maryland--Silver Spring, Bethesda, Suburbs.

He was married to Ellie GARTEN. Bethesda, Silver Spring, Maryland, or one of surrounding suburbs. Children were: Sarah CLARK .

John COBB died 18 NOV 16_9 ? in Taunton, Bristol, MA. ⁽⁵³⁷⁾ He was born in Of Swanage, Dorset, England. ⁽⁵³⁸⁾ UA Record #:440-369

Source: Automated Archives, Inc. CD #100

He was married to Jane GODFREY on 7 May 1629 in Swanage, Dorset Co, England. ⁽⁵³⁹⁾ Children were: Morgan COBB, John COBB, Mary COBB.

John COBB was born on 31 Mar 1678 in Taunton, Bristol, MA. ⁽⁵⁴⁰⁾ He died ADM 15 SEP 172 in Norton, Ma. ⁽⁵⁴¹⁾ UA Record #:713-447

Source: Automated Archives, Inc. CD #100 Parents: John COBB and Jane GODFREY.

Mary COBB was born about 1684 in Taunton, Bristol, MA. ⁽⁵⁴²⁾ UA Record #:906-532

Source: Automated Archives, Inc. CD #100 Parents: John COBB and Jane GODFREY.

Morgan COBB was born in 1680 in Taunton, Bristol, MA. ⁽⁵⁴³⁾ UA Record #:745-586

Source: Automated Archives, Inc. CD #100 Parents: John COBB and Jane GODFREY.

Elizabeth COCHRAN

Children were: John Thomas SUTPHEN, Ruth Jane SUTPHEN, Francis SUTPHEN, Carlton Waldo SUTPHEN, Deborah SUTPHEN.

Catherine COLE was born about 1742 in Plymouth, MA.⁽⁵⁴⁴⁾ She died in 1820. UA Record #:309-151

Source: Automated Archives, Inc. CD #100

She was married to Daniel LITTLEFIELD on 11 Feb 1762 in Brockton, Plymouth Co, MA. ⁽⁵⁴⁵⁾

Edmonde Colbyson COLLIYSON has reference number 1BS2-F24. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.

He was married to Agnes (Anne) PERKINS on 29 Jun 1618.

Bethiah CONANT

Lot CONANT ⁽⁵³⁾.

He was married to Elizabeth HOMES. Children were: Lydia CONANT, Sarah CONANT.

Lydia CONANT was born on 2 Sep 1746 in Bridgewater, MA. ⁽⁵³³⁾ She died in 1778.^{(533) (546)} Parents: Lot CONANT and Elizabeth HOMES.

She was married to Calvin EDSON on 6 Feb 1766 in Bridgewater, MA. Children were: Betsey NYE (EDSON).

Lydia CONANT

Sarah CONANT died in 1743.⁽⁵⁴⁷⁾ Parents: Lot CONANT and Elizabeth HOMES .

Sarah CONANT

She was married to John2 LEACH before 1652 in Salem, MA.⁽⁵⁴⁸⁾ Estimated: Date of first born child. Torrey is unsure about her surname (p. 457). Her surname comes from the Salem, MA, history by Sidney Perley I:118. Children were: Sarah LEACH, Remember LEACH, Hannah LEACH.

Caleb COOK was born on 29 Mar 1651 in Plymouth, MA. ⁽⁵⁴⁹⁾ He died on 13 Feb 1721/22 in Plymouth, MA. ⁽⁵⁵⁰⁾ Of Smallpox in his 70th year. Nine children born in Plymouth. Parents: Jacob COOKE and Damaris HOPKINS Mayflower.

He was married to Jane about 1682.^{(551) (552)} Children were: Jane COOK.

Jane COOK was born on 16 Mar 1688/89 in Plymouth, MA. ⁽⁵⁵³⁾ She died on 8 Feb 1716/17 in Bridgewater Ma. ⁽⁵⁵⁴⁾ Parents: Caleb COOK and Jane.

She was married to Isaac (3) HARRIS on 27 Mar 1707 in Scituate, MA.^{(555) (556)} He married second July 22, 1717: Elizabeth Shaw Washburn, dau. of Joseph and Judith Whitmarsh Shaw and Widow of Noah Washburn by whom she had a child Isaac. Children were: Arthur HARRIS.

Child COOKE died on 20 May 1608 in Leyden, Holland. ⁽⁵⁵⁷⁾ He (or she) was born prob early 1608 in prob Leyden, Holland. ⁽⁵⁵⁸⁾ Parents: Francis COOKE Mayflower and Hester LE MAHIEU.

Damaris COOKE was born on 23 May 1703 in Plymouth, MA. ⁽⁵⁵⁹⁾ Parents: Jacob, COOKE and Lydia MILLER.

Elizabeth COOKE was born on 18 Jan 1647/48 in Plymouth, MA. ⁽⁵⁶⁰⁾ She died on 21 Nov 1692 in Plymouth, MA. ⁽⁵⁶¹⁾ Parents: Jacob COOKE and Damaris HOPKINS Mayflower.

She was married to John DOTEY in 1667.⁽⁵⁶²⁾

Elizabeth COOKE was born in 1691.

Elizabeth COOKE was born about 1611 in prob Leyden, Holland. ⁽⁵⁶³⁾ She died before 22 May 1627 in Plymouth Colony. ⁽⁵⁶⁴⁾ Parents: Francis COOKE Mayflower and Hester LE MAHIEU.

Elizabeth COOKE was born about 1641 in Plymouth, MA. ⁽⁵⁶⁵⁾ She died on 6 Dec 1715 in Tiverton RI. ⁽⁵⁶⁶⁾ Parents: John COOKE and Sarah WARREN.

She was married to Daniel WILCOX on 28 Nov 1661 in Plymouth, MA.⁽⁵⁶⁷⁾ MFIP: As his second wife.

Francis COOKE Mayflower⁽⁵⁶⁸⁾ emigrated in 1620 from Plymouth Colony, MA.⁽⁵⁶⁹⁾ He died on 7 Apr 1663 in Plymouth, MA.⁽⁵⁷⁰⁾ His will is made 7/10/1659. He makes his wife Hester and son John executors. It is witnessed by Howland and Alden. Inventory was taken 1663 by Eph. Tuckham and Wm Crowe. He was born prob after 1582 in Probably England. ^{(571)(572) (573)(574)} As a Mayflower ancestor, Francis Cooke is documented rather thoroughly in numerous volumes; thus, we leave it to those studies for in-depth information. The recent volume "Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol 12, Francis Cooke, Ralph V. Wood, et all, Picton Press, 1996, is probably the most comprehensive abstract to date on this Mayflower Family. This line is principally interested in the Experience Mitchell, Jane Cooke descendancy through Elizabeth Mitchell and John Washburn.

Background:

—A 1620 Mayflower passenger, Francis Cooke married Hester Mayhieu at Leiden 30 June 1603, the records there describing him as a woolcomber, unmarried, from England (MD 8:48). Thus he was in Holland before the arrival of the Clyfton/Robinson Separatists. He was probably born no earlier than 1583, for he must have been under sixty in 1643 when he was on the ATBA for Plymouth, and yet not much after 1583 if he married in 1603. He appears frequently in Plymouth records on grand and trial juries, as a surveyor of the highways, on various ad hoc committees, and in a number of land transactions. (See Bowman's "Francis Cooke and His Descendants," MD 3:95.) He came to Plymouth with son John, and Francis's wife and their daughter Jane and son Jacob arrived on the Anne in 1623. Two more children, Hester and Mary, were born at Plymouth. Jane married Experience Mitchell; Hester married Richard Wright; and Mary married John Thompson. Francis's son Jacob married Damaris Hopkins, daughter of Stephen. Dawes-Gates, 2:239-57 gives a good account of both father Francis Cooke and son Jacob Cooke. Another good account of the Francis Cooke family can be found in Small Descendants, 2:601. Francis died 7 April 1663 (PCR 8:23). Son John Cooke has a separate entry below. See also Walter J. Harrison, "New Light on Francis Cooke and His Wife Hester Mayhieu and Their Son John," MD 27:145. Some confusion about the marriage of Francis Cooke's son Jacob's daughter Mary Cooke, is cleared up by Stratton, "Which John Rickard Married Mary Cooke?," MQ 49:122. BACKGROUND:

Suffice it to say, Francis Cooke, born, probably in England after 1582, arrived on the Mayflower and was among those signing the Mayflower Compact. His early life abroad is virtually unknown to us. He married Hester Mahieu, intention in Leyden, Holland, 30, June 1603. probably about the age of 19 or 20. He was was called a "woolcomber." He and his son John were the first to arrive, with Hester and the other children following later.



Francis Cooke died 7 April 1663, having labored in this new land for some 43 years and receiving various additional land grants. His will and inventory enumerates his belongings and his bequests. He and his wife Hester had eight children. By 1666, of these children, John, Jacob, Hester and Mary were living, as was the widow Hester. Hester died after 8 June 1666.

He was married to Hester LE MAHIEU on 30 Jun 1603 in prob Leyden, Holland.^{(575) (576)} Intentions were recorded in Leyden. Children were: Jane COOKE, John COOKE, Child COOKE, Elizabeth COOKE, Jacob COOKE, Hester COOKE, Mary COOKE.

Francis COOKE was born on 5 Jan 1662/63 in Plymouth, MA. ^{(577)(578) (579)} He died between 15 May 1736 and 18 Sep 1746 in Kingston, MA. ⁽⁵⁸⁰⁾ Parents: Jacob COOKE and Damaris HOPKINS Mayflower.

He was married to Elizabeth LATHAM on 2 Aug 1687 in Plymouth, MA. ^(581)(582)

Hester COOKE was born between May 1624 and 22 May 1627 in Plymouth or Leyden, Holland. ⁽⁵⁸³⁾ Wood gives various scenarios for her birthplace, but feels it more likely she was born in Plymouth. She died after 9 May 1669 in prob Plymouth, MA.⁽⁵⁸⁴⁾ She died between May 9, 1669 when she releases her dower rights in a deed and June 8, 1691, when she is not mentioned in her husband's will. They had a total of six children: Adam, John (died unmarried), Esther, Isaac (died unmarried), Samuel (died unmarried), Mary. Parents: Francis COOKE Mayflower and Hester LE MAHIEU.

She was married to Richard WRIGHT in Nov 1644 in Plymouth, MA. ^(585)(586) Children were: Adam WRIGHT, John WRIGHT , Esther WRIGHT, Isaac WRIGHT , Samuel WRIGHT, Mary WRIGHT .

Hester/Esther COOKE was born on 16 Aug 1650.⁽⁵⁸⁷⁾ She died after 17 Apr 1671 in Dartmouth, MA. ⁽⁵⁸⁸⁾ Parents: John COOKE and Sarah WARREN.

She was married to Thomas TABER about 1667 in prob Dartmouth, MA.⁽⁵⁸⁹⁾

Jacob COOKE was born about 1618 in Leyden,Holland. ^(590)(591) Rosser: by deposition, MD 2:45 He emigrated in 1623 from Plymouth, MA. Came with mother Hester in the Anne. He died Bet 11-18 Dec 1675 in Plymouth, MA. ⁽⁵⁹²⁾ Will of son, John, Rosser MB&D, Vol 1, p. 316 Two additonal children are Sarah (possible) born about 1671, and Rebecca (probably) living 11 December 1675. [Wood P. 55] Parents: Francis COOKE Mayflower and Hester LE MAHIEU.

He was married to Damaris HOPKINS Mayflower in 1646.^{(593) (594)} Children were: Elizabeth COOKE, Caleb COOK, Jacob, COOKE, Mary COOKE, Martha COOKE, Francis COOKE, Ruth COOKE.

He was married to Elizabeth SHURTLEFF on 18 Nov 1669.^{(595) (596)}

Jacob COOKE was born on 16 Jun 1691.⁽⁵⁹⁷⁾ Parents: Jacob, COOKE and Lydia MILLER.

Jacob, COOKE was born on 26 Mar 1653 in Plymouth, MA. ⁽⁵⁹⁸⁾ He died on 24 Apr 1747 in Kingston, MA. ⁽⁵⁹⁹⁾ Parents: Jacob COOKE and Damaris HOPKINS Mayflower.

He was married to Lydia MILLER on 29 Dec 1681.⁽⁶⁰⁰⁾ Children were: William COOKE, Lydia COOKE , Rebecca COOKE, Jacob COOKE , Margaret COOKE, Josiah COOKE , John COOKE, Damaris COOKE .

Jane COOKE was born abt 1604 (probably) in Probably Leyden,Holland. ^{(601)(602) (603)} No absolute birth or death records have yet been found for Jane, and as can be seen there are some prior discrepancies on her birth date. The most recent and exhaustive Cooke study suggests a 1604 date, and the rationale for this date assumption. She died after 1631, prior to 1640 in Plymouth, MA. ^{(604)(605) (606)} Her latest suggested death date as Experience remarries in this year, though it is noted that she was certainly dead before Bradford prepared his accounting of Mayflower families Parents: Francis COOKE Mayflower and Hester LE MAHIEU.

She was married to Experience (1) MITCHELL after 22 May 1627 in Plymouth Colony, MA.^{(607) (608)} Notes:

Rosser, Mayflower Increasings: "m. aft. 22 May 1627, Plymouth, Experience Mitchell . . ."

This date reflects that she was still single in the May 22, 1627 Division of Land.

Rosser: There is much controversy over the children of the two marriages of Experience Mitchell: "MFIP (Mayflower Families In Progress) , Cook:3 states Elizabeth Mitchell was b. 1628 and Thomas Mitchell c 1631. These two have been accepted by the General Society of Mayflower Descendants as Jane Cooke's. Since Thomas was the only Mitchell child known to have received land from grandfather Francis Cook, doubt is cast on the remaining Mitchell children who were born later than Thomas."

Ralph Wood takes exception, however, in his MF5G:12 volume, 1996, and includes Mary "presumed, quite safely, as a daughter of Jane, based on Mary's approximate date of birth.". Mary is born about 1632, presuming Jane married about 20. There is then a near 10-year span before the rest of Experience's children are born, presumably, by his second wife, Mary,.

Another observation is that if Jane died very early in their marriage, Experience was left with near infant children--quite a hardship in any event, and especially so in those days. Many such men would hasten to find a new wife and mother for such small children, and female companionship for themselves, however, Experience doesn't remarry until 1640/1. Children were: Elizabeth (3) MITCHELL, Thomas[3] MITCHELL, Mary MITCHELL.

John COOKE died on 23 Nov 1695 in Dartmouth, MA. ⁽⁶⁰⁹⁾ John Cooke Will:
34 The Will and Inventory of John2 Cooke (Francis1)

Transcribed from the original records,
BY GEORGE ERNEST BOWMAN.

John2 Cooke (Francis1) died at Dartmouth, Mass., 23 November (3 December, new style), 1695, and his will and inventory are found in the Bristol County, Mass., Probate Records, Volume 1, pages 139 and 140. But one original paper remains in the probate files-the bond of the executrix, Sarah Cooke, daughter of Richard Warren. The date of this bond, 15 July, 1696 (25 July, N. S.), is the latest on which I have found any mention of the widow Sarah.


36 Yarmouth, Mass., Vital Records.
The Condition of this present obligation is such that whereas the above Bound Sarah Cooke is made Executrix of the Last will & Testament of John Cook of Dartmouth aforesd Deceasd Bearing Date the Ninth Day of Novemb, 1694 & hath Never Legally proved the same, Iff therefore the sd Executrix shall with all Conveinient Speed bring into the Registrs Office for the County of Bristoll afforesd A true & perfect Inventory of the Estate of the Estate of the said Decd And shall well & truely Administr upon & Duely Dispose of all & Singular the Goods Chattels, Credits & Estate left by the said Decd according to the Tennor & true meaneing of his sd will. & as the Law directs And also shall Render a true & plaine account of her Administcon and Doings therein to the said office at or before the Sixteenth Day of Aprill 1697 without ffraud or farther Delay then this Obligation to be voyde & of None Effect or Els to stand abide and Remaine in full force strength & Vertue

Signed sealed & Delivered the mark of Sarah S Cook
in the presence of
Thomas Delano Thomas Taber
the mark of + Hannah Savery Jonathan Delano
enteth and fourth day of feburary: He was born prob late 1606 in prob Leyden, Holland.⁽⁶¹⁰⁾ Wood: Babtized in Leyden between 1 January and 31 March 1607. John came with his father on the Mayflower. Parents: Francis COOKE Mayflower and Hester LE MAHIEU.

He was married to Sarah WARREN on 28 Mar 1634.^{(585) (611)} Children were: Sarah COOKE, Elizabeth COOKE, Hester/Esther COOKE, Mary COOKE, Mercy COOKE.

John COOKE was born on 23 May 1703 in Plymouth, MA. ⁽⁶¹²⁾ Twin to Damaris. Parents: Jacob, COOKE and Lydia MILLER.

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