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Personal data Christopher Cocke 

  • He was born about 1536 in Coslaney Parish, Norwich, Norfolk, England.
  • He died about May 7, 1610 in Coslany Parish, Norwich, Norfolk, England.

Household of Christopher Cocke

He is married to Margaret Allen.

They got married on January 25, 1580 at St Mary Church, Colsany Parish, Norwich, Norfolk, England.


Child(ren):

  1. Bridget Cocke  ± 1584-± 1660 


Notes about Christopher Cocke

[[Category: Norwich, Norfolk]]

== Biography ==: Christopher Cocke was born about 1536, according to Norwich city records which list Christopher Cocke, a carpenter, age 34, with a wife Ellen age 26 and one child living in St Mary Coslany Parish in 1570.''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 243 - 244 Ellen Cocke was Ellen Wigman, who married Christopher Cocke 27 April 1567 at the Church of St John Timberhill in Norwich, Norfolk, England.
: Christopher Cocke was made a freeman of Norwich 21 Sept 1577.
: Ellen (Wigman) Cocke was buried in the churchyard of St Mary Coslany 20 Sept 1579, the year of the great plague. Christopher was left a widower with four children.
: Christopher Cocke, widower, took for his second wife, Margaret Allen, widow of John Allen, 20 Jan 1580 at St Mary Coslany, Norwich, Norfolk, England. Margaret's husband John Allen, who like Christopher's wife died in the year of the great plague, left Margaret a widow with five children, two of whom were buried shortly after their father John.
: The new combined household of the Christopher Cocke and Margaret (Unknown) (Allen) Cocke held at least seven children, and they added more children to that number, including a daughter Bridget Cocke, who married Nicholas Busby in 1605.
: Christopher Cocke predeceased his wife Margaret, and he was buried in the churchyard of St Mary Coslany 7 May 1610. No will or administration is found in Norwich records.

== Sources ==
* ''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

==Contributors==Those who have contributed to this profile and deserve our thanks for their contribution: [[MacLeod-330 | Alan MacLeod]]

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Christopher Cocke

Christopher Cocke
± 1536-± 1610

1580

Margaret Allen
1546-1620

Bridget Cocke
± 1584-± 1660

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Day of marriage January 25, 1580

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  • In the year 1580: Source: Wikipedia
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