COOKE FAMILY

July 4, 2016



1.FRANCIS COOKE (1583-1663)
HESTER MAHIEU (1585-1666)

 
Francis Cooke Pilgrim
 FRANCIS COOKE was born 6 April 1583, near Canterbury, Kent, South East, England, to unknown parents. He married Hester Mahieu, 20 July 1603, in Leiden, Holland. He was one of the 26 male Pilgrims known to have descendants and the longest living male Mayflower Pilgrim.

William Bradford wrote in Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-1647:

And seeing it hat pleased Him to give me [William Bradford] to see thirty years completed since these beginnings, and that the great works of His providence are to be observed, I have thought it not unworthy my pains to take a view of the decreasings and increasings of these persons and such changes as hath passed over them and theirs in this thirty yeas.

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.

Early life and family: 
Francis is described in Leiden Walloon church marriage records dating from 1603 as a "woolcomber out of (uyt) England.” However, his origins are unknown. He could have been a refugee from religious persecution elsewhere in continental Europe. In Leiden, sometime after July 20, 1603, as Franchoys Couck, he married Hester le Mahieu, the daughter of Protestant refugees from the Walloon Flanders area. The Mahieus, from Lille, had resided in Canterbury, then London, since the 1570s before moving to Leiden in 1590. Hester le Mahieu's sister was Marie le Mahieu, wife of Jan Lano, another Protestant refugee in Canterbury and then Leiden, whose son, Philippe de Lannoy (anglicized to 'Delano') migrated on the Fortune to join his uncle Francis Cooke and his cousin Robert at Plymouth colony in 1621, having been left behind with twenty others when the Mayflower's sailing mate, the Speedwell, foundered and returned to port in England leaving the Mayflower to sail alone. Philippe is the progenitor of the branch of the Delano family from which Franklin Delano Roosevelt descends. While in Leiden, Francis and Hester were members of the Walloon church. In 1606, they left Leiden briefly for Norwich, England, where they joined another Walloon church, returning to Leiden in 1607, possibly for religious reasons. Between 1611 and 1618, the Cookes were members of the Pilgrim Separatist congregation in Leiden.  The Pilgrim church was not established in Leiden until 1609, so Francis was living there long before their arrival and must have met up with and joined them afterwards.
The Mayflower and Plymouth: 
In 1620, Francis, his son John, and nephew Philippe de Lannoy boarded the Speedwell at Delftshaven. Cooke left wife Hester and their younger children behind to follow when the colony was established. The Leiden Separatists bought the ship in Holland. They then sailed it to Southampton, England to meet the Mayflower, which had been chartered by the merchant investors. In Southampton they joined with other Separatists and the additional colonists hired by the investors.
The two ships began the voyage on August 5, 1620, but the Speedwell leaked badly and had to return to Dartmouth to be refitted at great expense and time. On the second attempt, the two ships sailed about 100 leagues beyond Land's End in Cornwall, but the Speedwell was again found to be leaky. Both vessels returned to Plymouth where the Speedwell was sold. It would later be revealed that there was in fact nothing wrong with the ship. The crew had sabotaged it in order to escape the year-long commitment of their contract.
Eleven people from the Speedwell (including Francis and John Cooke) boarded the Mayflower, leaving 20 people (including Robert Cushman and Philippe de Lannoy) to return to London while a combined company of 103 continued the voyage. For a third time, the Mayflower headed for the New World. She left Plymouth on September 6, 1620, and entered Cape Cod Harbor on November 11, 1620. The Fortune eventually followed, arriving at Plymouth Colony one year later on November 9, 1621.
Arriving at what is now Provincetown, Massachusetts, on November 11 (November 21, new-style calendar), forty-one of the passengers, among them Francis Cooke, signed the Mayflower Compact as the boat lay at anchor.
Francis was active in Plymouth civil affairs in the 1630s and 40s - committees to lay out land grants and highways, petit jury, grand jury, coroner's jury. He appears on the 1643 Plymouth list of those able to bear arms. At some point in 1638 or afterward, he settled at Rocky Nook on Jones River, within the limits of Kingston, a few miles from Plymouth.
From the Will of Francis Cooke, deceased 1663:

Francis’ will was made 10 July 1659. He makes his wife Hester and son John executors. It is witnessed by Howland Alden. Inventory was taken 1663 by Eph. Tuckham and Wm. Crowe, 7 December 1659.

The last Will and Testament of ffrancis Cooke of Plymouth late Deceased exhibited before the Court held att Plymouth aforesaid the fift day of June 1663, on the oaths 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 bring att present weake and infeirme in body yet in prfect memory throw mercy Doe commit 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. As for such goods and lands as I stand possessed of I Doe will and bequeath as followeth: 

1.My will is that hester my Dear and loving wife shall have all my moveable goods and all my Cattle of all kinds; viz: neat Cattle horse kind sheep and swine to be att her Dispose. 
2.My will is that hester my wife shall have and Injoy my lands both upland and meddow lands which att present I possess During her Life.
3.I doe ordaine an appoint my Dear wife and my son John Cook Joynt exequitors of this my said will.

Witnes John Aldin, frrancis Cooke, John holand


The history of the parish of Blyth, York, England, shows that Francis Cook came from that parish adjoining Austerfield, in the vicinity of Scrooby, whence came Brewster, Bradford and Robinson. Cook is supposed to have been allied with Edward Cook, a descendant of Sir Edward Coke, knight, lord chief justice of England, and member of the privy council. The father and grandfather of Francis Cook were silk mercers. Francis Cook appears in the list of those designated as "exiles from Scrooby." His home in Leyden was in the large house of Pastor Robinson, which was used as a place of worship under the restrictions of the Dutch government, which required "new and unusual sects to worship in private houses which were as large as churches." 

Francis Cook was known at Plymouth as a carpenter, but seems to have - had no part in the building of the twenty-one houses erected at Leyden for the Puritans. In the same company of worshippers was Hester, known only as a Walloon from the southern Province of Belgium, and she became the wife of Francis Cook, June 3, 1603. Some of her wonderful cooking recipes are still preserved. The unfortunate experience of the Speedwell, which was forced to put back after starting for America, caused the separation of Francis Cook and his family. Only his son John accompanied him on the Mayflower. Hester and the younger children returned on the Speedwell. 
Francis Cook at once took an important place in the Plymouth colony, and three years later his family came in the Anne, and joined him at Plymouth. Francis Cook occupied a house on Leyden street, adjoining the residence of Edward Winslow and Isaac Allerton. He removed hence to Rocky Nook, on Jones River, within the limits of Kingston. He was made free man in 1633, and in 1634 was referee in settlement of various questions between members of the colony. In 1636 he took an apprentice in the person of John, son of Edward Harmon, of London. Until 1640 he was constantly employed in some capacity of government, and in that year he was associated with Howland and others in deciding the boundaries of lands on Eel River. In the same year, in connection with his son John, he received a large grant of land "adjoining on the North River." He subsequently received another grant by Jones River, and again appears on a committee of arbitration regarding land boundaries in 1659. In 1662, with his son John and others, he settled on a tract of land purchased for a new settlement. This comprised the old town of Dartmouth (now New Bedford), and it is probable that the earliest settlers who were there in 1652, came from the English town of that name. There is no record that Francis Cook lived there. 
He died April 7, 1663, aged eighty-six years, and his death was a severe loss to the colony, where his clear judgment and decisive and just actions largely promoted the public interest. His widow survived him until June 18, 1666. He left sons: Josiah, John and Jacob; a daughter and probably others. (NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES: GENEALOGICAL AND MEMORIAL, Vol. 4, by William Richard Cutler, 1913.)

Wikia Entry for Francis Cooke:

Francis Cooke was born 1583 in England and died 7 April 1663 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, of unspecified causes. He married Hester Mahieu (1582-1666) 1603 in French Walloon Church, Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands.
1620 Mayflower passenger and early settler of Plymouth Colony. One of 26 Mayflower pilgrims known to have descendants. Signer of the Mayflower Compact.
Vital Statistics:
•Born about 1583 in England.
•30-Jun-1603 Married Hester le Mahieu in Leiden Walloon Church
•1606 left Leiden to go to England
•1607 Return Voyage from England to Leiden Holland
•1620 - Voyage to America in Mayflower
•7-Apr-1663 - Died in Plymouth, MA
Early Life:
Francis must have been born no earlier than 1583, for he is listed in the Plymouth Colony ARTA record which only included men age 60 or under. Could not have been born much later than 1583 for he would be under age 20 when he was married in 1603.
He is described in Leiden Walloon church marriage records dating from 1603 as a "woolcomber out of (uyt) England.” He could have been a refugee from religious persecution elsewhere in continental Europe.
In Leiden, sometime after July 20, 1603, as Franchoys Couck, he married Hester le Mahieu, the daughter of Protestant refugees from the Walloon Flanders area. The Mahieus, from Lille, had resided in Canterbury, then London, since the 1570s before moving to Leiden in 1590.
Mayflower Voyage:
In 1620, Francis, his son John, and nephew Philippe de Lannoy boarded Speedwell, at Delftshaven. The ship leaked twice badly and returned to Holland. Francis and John then sailed on the ship Mayflower to Plymouth Colony in the New World.
 
Mayflower at Provincetown Harbor
The Mayflower, originating from London with a group of Adventurers bound for the New World rendezvoused on 22 July with the Speedwell just arriving from Holland with a group of religious refugees from Leiden. Originally intended to sail jointly to the English Colony in Virginia, it soon became evident that Speedwell was not seaworthy. Passengers and cargo were combined onto Mayflower (with many left behind) for the journey, finally departing on September 9.
During the voyage fierce storms blew the ship off course, arriving at Cape Cod on the Eastern Massachusetts coastline on November 9th. For two days they attempted to sail south to Virginia but exhausting supplies and fierce storms caused them to abort this effort and drop anchor at what is now Provincetown Harbor. On November 11th, the group decided to settle here and start their own colony. They wrote a governmental contract called the Mayflower Compact, Francis was the 17th of the 41 signers on this document.
 
Signing the Mayflower Compact 1620, a painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris 1899
About the middle of December 1620, the ship moved and dropped anchor in Plymouth Harbor. All the while the pilgrims were conducting several exploring missions of the area and negotiations with the local natives. Almost half of the passengers died, suffering from an outbreak of a contagious disease described as a mixture of scurvy, pneumonia and tuberculosis. In the spring, they built huts ashore, and on March 21, 1621, the surviving passengers disembarked from the Mayflower into their new settlement at Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Plymouth Colony Affairs: 
Francis was active in Plymouth civil affairs in the 1630s and 40s - where he appears frequently in records of committees to lay out land grants and highways, petit jury, grand jury, coroner’s jury. He appears on the 1643 Plymouth list of those able to bear arms.
At some point in 1638 or afterward, he settled at Rocky Nook on Jones River, within the limits of Kingston, a few miles from Plymouth.
Francis Cooke died in 1663 in Plymouth.
Marriage & Family:
Francis Cooke was betrothed to Hester Mahieu (1582-1666) at the French Walloon Church (Vrouwekerk) in Leiden on June 30, 1603, where she joining the church one month prior to her betrothal. Her family were Protestant (Walloon) refugees from Lille, France to England. She was probably born in the late 1580s with her family coming to Leiden about 1590. Mary Mahieu, a possible sister of Hester, married Jan de Lannoy in Leiden and their child Philip de Lannoy had Francis Cooke as a witness to his baptism in the Vrouwekerk on November 6, 1603. Cooke’s nephew Philip “Delanoy” would later join the Separatist Church in England and arrived in Plymouth in November 1621 on the ship Fortune.
It is known that Francis Cooke and his wife departed Leiden in August 1606 for Norwich in county Norfolk in England, which may have been where he originated but no proof has been found in records of the time. The Leiden congregation had some Separatist members who had fled Norwich, and the Cooke’s may have contacted the Separatists there. The Cookes did not remain in Norwich long as their son John was baptized at the Walloon Church in Leiden between January and March 1607 with the couple receiving communion in Leiden on January 1, 1608. Francis and his wife Hester were identified as “Franchoys Cooke et Esther sa femme” in Leiden after their return from Norwich, taking communion in Leiden’s Walloon church on New Year’s Day, 1608.
In February 1609, members of Pastor John Robinson’s English Separatist church came to Leiden. The Cookes did not then become members of the Walloon church, but did join the Leiden congregation sometime later, after their daughter Elizabeth was baptized on December 26, 1611.
When the English Separatist church in Leiden decided to go to America in 1620, Francis Cooke decided that from his family only he and his thirteen year–old son John would go over. Hester, Jane and Jacob came to Plymouth in 1623 on the Anne. Two more children, Hester and Mary, were born in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Jane Cooke (1604-1666)- came to Plymouth in 1623 on Anne - married to Experience Mitchell
*John Cooke (1607-1695)- Mayflower passenger and oldest son to Francis and Hester
Jacob Cooke (1618-1675)- came to Plymouth in 1623 on Anne - married to Damaris Hopkins, daughter of Mayflower pilgrim Stephen Hopkins (1581-1644)
Hester Cooke (1620-)- Born in Plymouth - married to John Thompson
Mary Cooke (1625-1714)- Born in Plymouth - married to Richard Wright
In 1651, fellow Pilgrim William Bradford wrote of him:
"Francis Cooke, and his sone John. But his wife and other children came afterwards."
"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." (End Wikia  entry.)
Francis Cooke died 7 April 1663, at Plymouth, Massachusetts, age 80.
 HESTER MAHIEU was born 3 July 1582, in Canterbury, Kent, England, to Jacques Mahieu and Jeanne “Jennie” Leman. She married Francis Cooke, 20 July 1603, in Leiden, Holland.

Hester Mahieu’s family came from the area around Lille, in norther France. Lille, also known in Dutch as Rijssel, now lies in northern France. Formerly it was part of Walloon Flanders. Heavily Protestant, the area was captured by Catholic armies under Parma in 1578, and many Wallon Calvinists fled to England directly, while others fled north towards the Protestant cities of Ruges and Antwerp. When those cities fell in 1585, refugees went across to England or north to Zeeland and Holland. We may assume that Hester Mahieu’s parents were among these refugees, taking with them their daughters Marie and Francoise Hester was evidently born in Canterbury, although the Walloon Church records there do not contain references to this family.  With their deep roots in the Wallong refugee experience, Hester Mahieu and Franchoys Cooke appear much less English than their names and birth places originally indicated.

Hester was a French Walloon [French-speaking people who live in Belgium.]  Her parents had initially fled to Canterbury, England. Hester Mahieu was admitted to communion in the Wallon church by confession of faith on 1 June 1603. She left for Leiden sometime before 1603. Francis Cooke and Hester le Mahieu’s marriage occurred in Leiden, Holland, six years before the Pilgrim church made its move there, so he was living there long before their arrival and must have met up with and joined them afterwards.

Hester’s parents, Jaecques and Jenne Mahieu, were received into communion with the Leiden Wallon Church on 10 June 1590. Four sisters of Hester Mahieu are known:

1.Marie Mahieu, widow of Jan de Lannoy, married secondly on 18 Feb 1605 of Leiden to Robert Mannoo, a wool comber from Namur.
2.Francoise Mahie or Bondu (a hamlet near Lille and Armenliers) married on 10 June 1611 before the magistrates in Leiden to Daniel Cricket, a woolcomber from Sandwich, Kent, and a member of the English Separatists.
3.Jenne Mahieu of Armentiers (near Lille), widow of Nicoloa Cordonne, and stepdaughter of Jenne Mahieu and step-sister of Anthonette Mahieu, married on 4 May 1602, at the Leide Wallon Church to Jan de la Roche from Rheims.
4.Anthonette Mahieu of Houpetyne (near Armentiers), widow of Guillaume de Sint Merly, married on 16 May 1605, at Leiden Wallon Church to Guillaume de Renquyre, a woolcomer from Saint Thomas.

The Mahieus, French Waloon Refugees, had fled to Cantebury, England, where Hester was born about 1585. When in Leyden, Holland, from 1603 until the arrival of the Pilgrims, Francis 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 Wallon Church in Leyden. Sometime between 1611 and 1618, the Cookes switched and began communion with the Pilgrims’ Separatist church in Leyden.

Frances and his oldest son, John, came on the Mayflower to Plymouth in 1620. He left behind his wife, Hester, and his other children. After the Colony was founded and better established, he sent for his wife and children, and they came to Plymouth in 1623 on the ship Anne.

The ship Anne arrived in Plymouth in July, 1623, accompanied by the Little James, bringing new settlers along with many of the wives and children that had been left behind in Leyden when the Mayflower departed in 1620. The ship passenger list is reconstructed from the 1623 Division of Land, the passenger list compiled by Charles Banks in Planters of the Coomonwealth, and the research found in Eugene Aubrey Stratton’s Plymouth Colony: Its History and Its People, 1620-1691. 

Hester La Mahieu was christened on 1 June 1603, in Leyden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. She was buried in 1666 in Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts. She died on 18 June 1666, in Plymouth, age 83.

Children of Francis Cooke and Hester Mahieu:

1.Mary Cooke, b. 1605, Leiden; md. Francis Tobey, 23 Nov 1695; d. 1635.
2.John Cooke was born in 1607 in Leyden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, to Francis Cooke (1583-1663) and Hester Mahieu (1585-1666.) He was christened on 1 Jan 1607 in Leyden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was a Mayflower passenger. He married Sarah Warren, on 28 March 1634, in Plymouth, Massachusetts. He died on 9 Nov 1694 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA.
3.Child Cooke, b. 20 May 1608, Leiden; d. Child.
4.Jane Cooke, b. 1609, Leiden; md. Experience Mitchell; d. 11 May 1689.
5.Elizabeth Cooke, b. 26 Dec 1611, Leyden.
6.Jacob Cooke, b. 29 May 1618, Leiden; md. Damaris Hopkins, 18 Dec 1675; d. bef Nov. 1669.
7.Hester Cooke, b. 1620, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony; md. Richard Wright, 21 May 1669; d. 9 June 1691.
8.Mary Cooke, b. 22 May 1626, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony; md. John (Tomson) Thompson, about 1626; d. 16 June 1696.
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2.JOHN COOKE (1612-1695)
SARAH WARREN (1614-1685)
 JOHN COOKE was born in 1607 in Leyden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, to Francis Cooke (1583-1663) and Hester Mahieu (1585-1666.) He was christened on 1 Jan 1607 in Leyden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.  He married Sarah Warren, on 28 March 1634, in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

He died on 9 Nov 1694 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA. He was buried on 18 Dec 1694 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA. 

He was a passenger on the Mayflower. He was called "Junior" to distinguish him from an older John Cooke, who came later.
Events
•1620- Mayflower passenger "Led ashore by his father's hand."
•1637- Served in the Pequot War.
•1657- Excommunicated and became an Anabaptist. Espoused the religious principles of Obadiah Holmes and Roger Williams.

John, son of Francis and Hester Cook, born in Leyden, was, like his father, a prominent man in the colony. He acted ten times as deputy to the general court, and for many years held the office of deacon in the church. His record proves him to have been a man of education. By order of the court he established a ferry between Dartmouth and Rhode Island, or Aquidneck. He was also appointed by the Plymouth colony to attend the Quaker meeting "to endeavor to seduce them from the error of their ways." He became convinced, however, that they were grossly wronged by the authorities, and was a deep sympathizer with them. Because of this he was excommunicated by the church. On the resettlement of Dartmouth in 1676, following Indian depredations, he became religiously associated with Obadiah Holmes, of the Baptist church at Newport, and himself sometimes preached at Dartmouth. Hi
There's an amusing genealogical argument over which wife is the mother of Daniel. This is important because Sir Winston Churchill descends from his line, and if the true mother is Elizabeth Cooke, then Sir Winston is a "Mayflower" descendant. Most authorities, notably Ralph Wood of the "Mayflower" Society, agree that Daniel's mother is the unknown first wife. (See:"The Mayflower Ancestry of the Descendants of Daniel Wilcox.")
Will of John Cooke:
The Last will and Testament of John Cooke of the town of Dartmouth in the County of Bristoll:
I being weake of Body but of sound and Perfect memory, have Disposed of my Estate which God hath been pleased to bestow upon me in manner following: that is to say In the first place I give to my Son in-law Arthur Hathaway & his wife Sarah my Daughter all my land in the point at or Near the Burying place in Dartmouth the which I bought of John Russell to them their heires and Assignes for Ever: And also I give unto my Son in-law Stephen west and his wife Mercey my Daughter one full Third part of a whole Share of lands in the Township of Dartmouth with all my houseing and Orchards "hereunto belonging: with all the priviledges & appurces belonging to the same to them their heires & Assignes for ever They to possess the same after the Decease of my wife Sarah Allso I give unto Jonathan Delano one Third part of a share of meadow Caled the ffreemens Meadow Lyeing within the Township of Rochester to him his heires & assigne for Ever: Allso I give to my Grandson Thomas Taber my little Island Caled & Known by the Name of Ram Island Lying in Cushnat River in Dartmouth with one third part of my Share of Meadow Called the ffreemens Meadow Lyeing in the Township of Rochester. to him his heires & assignee for Ever and I give to my said Grand son my Gun & sword Allso I give to my Grand Daughter Hester Perry One feather Bed & Bolster, All the Rest & Residue of Estate Goods & Chattles of what Sort or Kind so ever I Give & bequeath uto my Loveing wife Sarah to use. & Dispose of the same as she shall see good And I make my said wife Sole Executrix of this my Last will & Testament: In witness whereof I the said John Cooke have hereunto sett my hand & seale this Ninth Day of November 1694 in the presence of
Aaron Savory O his mark John Cooke (seal) Thomas Taber
memorandum that on the 16th of Aprill 1696
Then appeared Aaron Savory & Thomas Taber both of Dartmouth, Before John Saffin Esqr Judge of Probate ot wills &ca and made Oath that they were present & did see John Cooke late of Dartmouth Decd Signe seale & publish this Instrument to be his last will & testiment and yt he was of a Disposeing mind when he so did to the best of their apprehensions
Jno Saffin John Cary Registr Thus Entered & Engrosed may the: 8 th 1696 By Jno Cary Registr December the 7 th 1696 A true Inventory of the Estate Goods & Chattels of John Cooke late of Dartmouth Deceased
Biographical summary
John Cooke was born in late 1606 or early 1607, and was baptized at the French Walloon church in Leiden, Holland between January and March, 1607.
John spent his early years in Leiden, Holland, and came with his father on the Mayflower in 1620 at the age of about 13 or 14. John was then raised in Plymouth; his mother and sisters came over on the ship Anne in 1623, along with his future wife Sarah Warren. He would marry Sarah, the daughter of Mayflower passenger Richard Warren, in 1634 at Plymouth. They would go on to have five children all born in Plymouth over the next twenty years. John would become a deacon in the Plymouth Church, and in 1636, Samuel Eaton (who was still breast-feeding when he came on the Mayflower) was apprenticed to him. He was a freeman 1 January 1634.
At some point, during the late 1640s, John Cooke "fell into the error of Anabaptistry,” and was cast out of the Church. The Plymouth Church records state that "This John Cooke although a shallow man became a cause of trouble and dissention in our Church and gave just occasion of their casting him out; so that Solomon's words proved true in him that one sinner destroyeth much good."
John Cooke removed from Plymouth and took up residence in Dartmouth, where he died in 1695. His wife Sarah was still alive in 1696, called "a very ancient woman"; her exact death date was not recorded but it probably was not long after.

 SARAH WARREN was born about 1614, in London, Middlesex, England, to Richard Warren (Mayflower passenger; 1585-1628) and Elizabeth Walker (1583-1673.) She came with her mother, Elizabeth, and four sisters, to Plymouth on the ship Ann in 1623, at the age of 9.
 On 28 March 1634, Sarah married John Cooke, son of Francis Cook and Hester Mahieu, at Plymouth, Massachusetts. John came to Plymouth on the Mayflower with his father, in 1620.  
Sarah Warren passed away 25 July 1696, at Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, age 82. She was buried 29 July 1696 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Children of John Cooke and Sarah Warren: (5 daughters) 
1.Sarah Cooke, b. 20 Nov 1635, Plymouth, MA; md. Mr. Hathaway.
2.Elizabeth Cooke was born 6 December 1645, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts to John Cooke (1612-1695) and Sarah Warren (1614-1685.) Elizabeth Cooke married Daniel Wilcox, 28 November 1661, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts. Elizabeth Cooke passed away 6 December 1715, at Tiverton, Rhode Island, at age 70.
3.Mary Cooke, b. 12 Jan 1647, Plymouth, MA; md. Mr. Taber
4.Esther Hester Cooke, b. 16 Aug 1650, Plymouth, MA.
5.Mercy Cooke, b. 25 July 1655, Plymouth, MA; md. Mr. West.
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DANIEL WILCOX (1632-1681
3.ELIZABETH COOKE (1645-1715)

 DANIEL WILCOX was born 4 March 1632, in Croft, Lincolnshire, England, to Edward Wilcox (1600-1638) and Susanna Thompson. He married (1) Unknown, 1654; married (2) *Elizabeth Cooke, 28 November 1661, at Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts.

Daniel Wilcox was a yeoman.

Daniel Wilcox immigrated to Rhode Island before 1638.

Daniel, son of Edward Wilcox, was a member of the grand inquest at Newport, Rhode Island, in March, 1643, then residing in Portsmouth. He also resided at Dartmouth, Massachusetts, and Tiverton, then a part of the same colony, now in Rhode Island. He had a grant of fifteen acres in Portsmouth in 1656; purchased land in Dartmouth in 1654, and was an inhabitant of Tiverton at the organization of the town, March 2, 1692. He died July 2, 1702, in Tiverton. 
He married, November 28. 1661, Elizabeth, daughter of John and Sarah (Warren) Cook. The name Cook is very prominently identified with the Plymouth colony. The Mayflower passengers included Francis Cook and his son John. The former was born 1577, in England, and was among those who fled to Holland with Pastor Robinson to escape religious persecution. He came from the vicinity of Gainsborough, a place now occupied by iron works, and described by George Eliot in the "Mill on the Floss," under the name of St. Oggs. The history of the parish of Blyth, York, England, shows that Francis Cook came from that parish adjoining Austerfield, in the vicinity of Scrooby, whence came Brewster, Bradford and Robinson. Cook is supposed to have been allied with Edward Cook, a descendant of Sir Edward Coke, knight, lord chief justice of England, and member of the privy council. The father and grandfather of Francis Cook were silk mercers. Francis Cook appears in the list of those designated as "exiles from Scrooby." His home in Leyden was in the large house of Pastor Robinson, which was used as a place of worship under the restrictions of the Dutch government, which required "new and unusual sects to worship in private houses which were as large as churches." 
There's an amusing genealogical argument over which wife is the mother of Daniel Wilcox, Jr. This is important because Sir Winston Churchill descends from his line, and if the true mother is Elizabeth Cooke, then Sir Winston is a "Mayflower" descendant. Most authorities, notably Ralph Wood of the "Mayflower" Society, agree that Daniel's mother is the unknown first wife. (See:"The Mayflower Ancestry of the Descendants of Daniel Wilcox.")
The will was dated 9 June 1702; probated 25 August 1702.

Daniel Wilcox died 2 July 1702, Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, age 70.

ELIZABETH COOKE was born 6 December 1645, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts to John Cooke (1612-1695) and Sarah Warren (1614-1685.) Elizabeth Cooke married Daniel Wilcox, 28 November 1661, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts.
 
Elizabeth Cooke passed away 6 December 1715, at Tiverton, Rhode Island, at age 70.

Children of Daniel Wilcox and Elizabeth Cooke:

1.Sarah Wilcox, b. 1664, Tiverton, RI; md. Mr. Briggs.
2.Stephen Wilcox, b. 1668, Portsmouth, RI.
3.John Wilcox, 1670, Tiverton, RI.
4.Edward Wilcox, 1678, Tiverton, RI.
5.Thomas Wilcox, b. 1676, Tiverton, RI.
6.Edward Wilcox, b. 1678, Tiverton, RI.
7.Lydia Wilcox, b. 1679, Tiverton, RI; md. Mr. Potter.
8.Susannah Wilcox, b. 1680, Portsmouth, RI; md. Mr. Head.
9.Mary Wilcox was born 5 February 1681, in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, to Daniel Wilcox and Elizabeth Cooke. She was the great-granddaughter of Richard Warren of the Mayflower. She married Ralph Earle about 1686 of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Mary Wilcox passed away about 1735, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, age 94.