Thomas "Butcher" COOKE, Jr.

Male 1600 - Abt 1677  (~ 77 years)


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  • Name Thomas "Butcher" COOKE 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Born Apr 1600  Netherbury, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Christened 13 Apr 1600  St. Mary's, Netherbury, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Abt May 1677  Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I05061  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Thomas "Butcher" COOKE,   b. Abt 1570, Netherbury, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. May 1614, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 44 years) 
    Mother Joanna Unknown 
    Married 1599  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F01928  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Unknown,   b. Abt 1605,   d. Abt 1670  (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Married Abt 1625  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Thomas Cooke, III,   b. Abt 1626, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1669 and 1670, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 43 years)
     2. John "Butcher" COOKE,   b. 30 Mar 1630, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 May 1691, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
     3. George Cooke,   b. Abt 1647, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F01572  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary (2) Shearman,   b. May 1645, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 9 Oct 1691  (Age ~ 46 years) 
    Married Aft 1670 
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F01929  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Thomas Cooke, his wife, and 3 children came to America in 1637, sailing from Weymouth, Dorset, England on the ship Speedwell. They first settled in Taunton, MA (at least by 1639), where in 1643 Thomas took the freeman's oath of fidelity.

      Records seem to indicate that Thomas had two wives, both named Mary. The first Mary was the mother of his children, and signed deeds with a mark, not a signature. By contrast, the second Mary signed deeds with a neat signature, so was likely more educated. It is quite possible that she was Mary Shearman, daughter of Secretary of the Colony of Rhode Island, Philip Shearman (our ancestor). Also, the second Mary was probably much younger than Thomas, since she outlived him and remarried, having many more years in that marriage.

      I have gone along with this assumption and entered her name as Mary Shearman (see "Thomas Cooke of RI" Vol. I, p. 13, by Jane Fletcher Fiske).

      Another source says Thomas was born in 1603 at Karl's Colne, County of Essex, England, and that he came to America in 1635. This other source says his son George was b.1633, and that Thomas also had a daughter Sarah b. 1632.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012554] Thomas Cooke of Rhode Island, Vol. I, Jane Fletcher Fiske, (Boxford, MA; 1987), 13.