Persoonlijke gegevens Francis Cooke 

• Hij is geboren op 26 november 1583 in Gides Hall, Essex, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
• Beroepen:
• Wool-comber.
• Wool Comber, Mayflower.
• (AFN-ID: LZ2F-MM7) : Family Search Org..
• (Arrival) in het jaar 1620 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts: Ship the Mayflower.
• Hij is overleden op 7 april 1663 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, hij was toen 79 jaar oud.
• Hij is begraven in May 15 1663, Burial Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

Gezin van Francis Cooke

Hij is getrouwd met Hester Mahieu.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 30 juni 1603 te Leyden, Rhynland (present Zuid-Holland), Holland, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden (Present The Netherlands), hij was toen 19 jaar oud.

Spouse: Francis Cooke, "Mayflower" Passenger

Kind(eren):

1. John Cooke  1607-1695 
2. Child Cooke  ± 1608-± 1608
3. Jane Cooke  ± 1609-< 1666
4. Elizabeth Cooke  ± 1611-± 1627
5. Jacob Cooke  1618-1675 
6. Hester Cooke  ± 1620-1669
7. Mary Cooke  1626-1714

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Francis Cooke (1584-1663) & Hester Mahieu (1579-1666)
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The ancestry of Francis Cooke(Edward, Anthony) is not known. Several ficticious ancestries have been presented, some clearly hoaxes (one can be found in "New Light on the Pilgrim Story", chapter 6. For a discussion of why this is a hoax, see English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers, by Charles Banks.
There is conflicting evidence about the birth of Francis Cooke. A note scribbled in Bradford's Journal says Francis Cooke died above the age of 80, meaning he was born before 1583. However, in August 1643, he was in a list of men of Plymouth between the age of 16 and 60 allowed to bear arms. This means he was born after 1583. Also, he was married in Leyden in 1603, so he probably would have been at least 21 at the time. This means a birth before 1583. The fact that all these records seem to conflict suggests that Francis Cook was probably born in 1583.
Charles Banks mentions a Francis Cooke baptized on 6 April 1572, in Biddenden, Kent, England, son of Thomas. However, this person is about ten years too old for the Francis of the Mayflower. Cooke had been living in Holland about eight years before the arrival of John Robinson and the rest of the Pilgrims. His wife Hester was from Canterbury, England, so perhaps that is where he is from as well. Francis is described as a "Woolcomber from England" in Dutch records dating back as early as 25 April 1603.
Francis' wife Hester Mahieu was the daughter of Jaques and Jenne Mahieu, French Waloon refuges that had fled to Canterbury, England where Hester was born about 1584. When in Leyden, Holland, from 1603 until the arrival of the Pilgrims, Franciapters and Hester were members of the French Waloon church. However, in 1606 Francis and his wife left for a trip to Norwich, and they returned in 1607 to have their son baptized in the Church, and in 1608 they rejoined communion with the Walloon Church in Leyden. Sometime between 1611 and 1618, the Cookes switched and began communion with the Pilgrims' Separatist church in Leyden.
In 1620, Francis and son John embarked on the Mayflower, leaving behind his wife and younger children (who would come later when the Colony was more settled). 
It is believed that Francis Cooke was born in England 25 Nov 1584 in Essex or West Yorks, England and died 1663 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachuettes.. It is known that he married Hester Mahieu (from Canterbury, England) at Leyden, Holland on 4 July 1603.
Francis Cooke was one of the Pilgrim group that embarked from Holland on the SPEEDWELL and transferred to the MAYFLOWER at Southampton. He left his wife and three of his children, Jane, Jacob, and Hester, but was accompanied by his eldest son, John. Hester, his wife, and the other children came over on the ANNE in 1623. One more child, Mary, was born at Plymouth. Descent from Francis Cooke has been proven through all five children.
Francis Cooke was one of the forty-one signers of the Mayflower Compact. He died at Plymouth 7 April 1663. His will and inventory of his estate are on record at Plymouth. Hester, his wife, died after 8 June 1666.
William Bradford recorded his list of passengers that came over in the Mayflower: "Francis Cooke and his son John, but his wife and other children came afterwards". Later in 1651, he writes "Francis Cooke is still living, a very old man, and hath seen his children's children have children. After his wife came over with other of his children; he hath three still living by her, all married and have five children, so their increase is eight. And his son John which came over with him is married, and hath four children living."
Francis and Hester (Mahieu) Cooke had lived in Leyden as early as 1603, about five years before the Pilgrims fled there from England. In 1606, they left Leyden to live at Norwich, England where they joined a French Walloon church; however, they did not stay long in England--probably because of religious persecution--and by 1607 were back in Leyden as members of the French Walloon church there.

Will of Francis Cooke
The last Will and Testament of ffrancis Cooke of Plymouth late Deceased: exhibited before the Court held att Plymouth aforsaid the fift day of June 1663 on the oathes of mr John Aldin and mr John howland;
The Last Will and Testament of ffrancis Cooke made this seaventh of the tenth month 1659
I being att prsent weake and Infeirme in body yett in prfect memory throw mercy Doe comitt my soule unto god that gave it and my body to the earthe; which my will is should bee Intered in a Decent and comly manner;
my Dear and loveing 
my Deare wife and my son John Cooke Joynt exequitors of this my said will
Witnes John Aldin, Francis Cooke, John Howland

In 1620, Francis and son John embarked on the Mayflower, leaving behind his wife and younger children (who would come later when the Colony was more settled).
Most of the Puritans that fled to Leydon, hailed from Scrooby and Gainsborough, the midlands , He was in a secondary Migration. 1607 was the Immigration to the Netherlands; 1620 on the Mayflower enroute to America
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passenger list of the Mayflow by Caleb Johnson
The Great Migration
Mayflower Ancestors and their Descendants p. 409
Guide of American Genealigy Vol 8 p 221
Ancestral records of England Vol 1 p 19
GS Old yellow patron family Group Sheets

According to the Silver Book, Mayflower Families through 5 generations, volume 12, Frances Cooke pages 26 - 27 here are the children Jane, John, child, Elizabeth, Jacob, Hester, and Mary. Frances had no other children. All other PIDs like KGSC-MZP could be misleading. This one is very correct.

 

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Citation

(http://www.mayflowerfamilies.com/cooke/index.htm), 568-576.

Notes

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.568. Susan E. Rosser. Mayflower Births & Deaths, Vol I, II. Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD, 1992. P. 316, p.338: Bridgewater VR, MD 15:168.569. Ralph V. Wood, jr. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Francis Cooke of the Mayflower. Volume 12. Picton Press, Camden, Maine, 1996. p. 4.570. Ibid. p. 1.571. George Ernest Bowman. The Mayflower Descendant, 3:195, 1901. The Mayflower Descendant, 3:195, 1901.572. Mayflower Descendant III: 103, (1901). Mayflower Descendant 3:103, (1901).573. George Ernest Bowman. Boston, Published By The Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants,. P.49: The author again indicates that he was born after August, 1583, as indicated in Vol 3 [p.95].574. Ralph V. Wood, jr. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Francis Cooke of the Mayflower. Volume 12. Picton Press, Camden, Maine, 1996. p. 1.575. George Ernest Bowman. Boston, Published By The Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants,. The Marriage of Francis Cooke at Leyden, in 1603 To Hester Mahieu. Photo of will and commentary, with confirmation that neither had been married before, and mention of later documentation that it was the only marriage of either. He is herein referred to as "woolcomber.".576. Ralph V. Wood, jr. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Francis Cooke of the Mayflower. Volume 12. Picton Press, Camden, Maine, 1996. p. 1. Source: https://familysearch.org/tree/?cid=partner-3Z3L-Z4GK-J7ZS-YT3Z-Q4KY-YN66-ZX5K-176R#view=ancestor§ion=details&person=LHVB-P72

Francis, and his oldest son John, came on the Mayflower to Plymouth in 1620.

 

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Registration of the banns - Francis Cook & Hester Mahieu

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Pilgrim Archives Date: 1603, July 4 Names: Frances Cooke, Hester Mahieu, Jenne Mahieu, Jenne Mahieu, Raphael Roelandt, Philippe Veau Place: Leiden, England, Canterbury Source: Register of Dutch Reformed banns Description: Registration of the banns of Francis Cooke (M), bachelor, woolcomber from England, and Hester Mahieu (ALJ), spinster, from Canterbury, with Philippe Veau and Raphael Roelandt, acquaintances, as witnesses for the groom and Jenne Mahieu, her mother, and Jenne Mahieu, her sister, as witnesses for the bride. Content document: (Aenget. 4 july 1603) Franchoys Couck wolcammer jongman uyt Engelant vergeselschapt met Philippe de Veau ende Raphael Roelandt zyn bekenden met Hester Mahieu jongedochter van Cantelberch in Engelant, vergeselschapt met Jenne Mahieu haer moeder ende Jenne Mahieu haer zuster. Record number: 1004 Sequence number: E Page number: 69 v http://www.pilgrimarchives.nl/

 

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