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John "Butcher" COOKE

Male 1630 - 1691  (61 years)


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  • Name John "Butcher" COOKE 
    Born 30 Mar 1630  Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 16 May 1691  Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I01830  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Thomas "Butcher" COOKE, Jr.,   b. Apr 1600, Netherbury, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt May 1677, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 77 years) 
    Mother Mary Unknown,   b. Abt 1605,   d. Abt 1670  (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Married Abt 1625  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F01572  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary BORDEN,   b. Abt Jan 1632/33, Cranbrook, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 1690, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 57 years) 
    Married Abt 1652  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth COOK,   b. Abt 1653
     2. Mary COOK,   b. Abt 1654, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft Jul 1725, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years)
     3. John Cook,   b. Abt 1657
     4. Sarah Cook,   b. Abt 1659
     5. Hannah COOK,   b. Abt 1661
     6. Joseph Cook,   b. Abt 1663
     7. Thomas Cook,   b. Abt 1665
     8. Deborah COOK,   b. Abt 1667
     9. Martha Cook,   b. Abt 1669
     10. Amy Cook,   b. Abt 1671
     11. Samuel Cook,   b. Abt 1674
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F00653  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • "John Cooke alias Butcher" was made a freeman of Portsmouth, RI, on 10 July 1648 at the age of 18. In March 1656/57 he signed as one of the purchasers of Conanicut Island (Jamestown). On 14 May 1660 his parents deeded to him 60 acres of land in Portsmouth. He was a grand juryman at the Court of Trials in 1667, 1669, and 1673. His name appears in many official records of the time period.

      See his will dated at Portsmouth on 15 May 1691, proved 25 May 1691. The will describes John as aged. He names four sons and seven daughters, plus one granddaughter: John, Joseph, Thomas (probably the one who married Mary Cory, b. 1669), Samuel, Mary (Mrs. William Manchester; these are our ancesters), Elizabeth (Mrs. William Briggs), Sarah (Mrs. Thomas Wait), Hannah (Mrs. Daniel Wilcox), Martha (Mrs. William Cory), Deborah (Mrs. William Almy), Amy (Mrs. David Clayton), and granddaughter Sarah Manchester, plus six other unnamed daughters (or granddaughters, or daughters-in-law).

      According to the book "Thomas Cooke of Rhode Island," he died of smallpox.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012554] Thomas Cooke of Rhode Island, Vol. I, Jane Fletcher Fiske, (Boxford, MA; 1987), 25.