Richard COOK
Birth:
Abt 1540
Giddy Hall, Essex, England
Death:
3 Oct 1579
Gobions, Essex, England
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Mother:
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Alice or Anne CAUNTON
Birth:
1548
Gideon Hall, Essex, England
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Children
Marriage
1
Birth:
6 Apr 1583
of Leiden, South Netherland, Holland
Death:
7 Apr 1663
Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Notes:
Francis Cooke of the Mayflower who md Esther Mahieu was not son of Richard Cooke and Anne Crownton, although this connection is set forth in "New Lights on Pilgrim Story Descent" by Rev. Thomas W. Mason of Rayleigh, Essex, England The original entry on pg 12, as 2 oct 1578. Francisca Cooke, Christened. The authors of "New Lights on Pilgrim Story" have alternately ommitted the which proves that the person of quality was a female. On page 135 is the burial entry 20 Nov 1591 of Francisca Cooke, presumably the same individual. Eng. Pub. AC, Vol. 13 Visitation of Essex p. 39 lists pedigree of this Cooke family. Only two children are listed for Richard Cooke and Anne Caunton. Further research is needed to clarify this record. Boston Transcript 1936"Three Hundred Colonial Families" vol 2 p. 239 B12F12 Rixford Mayflower Desc. p. 30 B1334 St Mary Magdalen and St Michael Bassishaw A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New neland Before 1692." Vol. 1 (Basis of Farmers Register) by James Savage Fiche # 6019972. "The Pilgrims and Other English in Leiden Records: Some New Pilgrim Documents" The date of 30 June 1603 was the date that Francis Cooke and Hester Mahieu were betrothed. It was registered in the "kerkelijk ondertrouwregister" or eccesiastical register. Their wedding is not recorded in the Dutch Reformed Church, which are preserved. The marriage was probably soleminized in the Weiden Walloon Reformed Church, whose marriage records before September 1604 are missing. In 1925 Professor Eekhof, who is best known in this country for his book,"Jonas Michaelius", Founder of the Church in New Netherland (Leiden, 1926) carried out research published by Walter James Harrison, which gives some further information on Hester Mahieu connections with the Walloon Church. Edward Winslow had remarked that Hester Mahieu was of the Walloon Church; Eekhof's research produced the information that she was admited to communion by confession of fiath on 1 June 1603, about a month before the marriage). On New Years day, 1608 among those admitted to communion by confession of transfer from another church was "Francois Cooke et Esther sa femme, de Norwich." G.A. Leiden, Archives de L'Eglise Wallonne de Leyde, nr. 16, folio 13v.)
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Richard Cook - Alice or Anne Caunton
Richard Cook
was born at Giddy Hall, Essex, England Abt 1540.
His parents were Anthony Cooke, Knight and Ann Fitz William.
He married Alice or Anne Caunton . Alice or Anne Caunton was born at Gideon Hall, Essex, England 1548 daughter of Richard Caunton and Jennie Geodon Hall .
They were the parents of 1
child:
Francis Cooke
born 6 Apr 1583.
Richard Cook died 3 Oct 1579 at Gobions, Essex, England .