Thomas "Butcher" COOKE, Jr.
1600 - Abt 1677 (~ 77 years)-
Name Thomas "Butcher" COOKE Suffix Jr. Born Apr 1600 Netherbury, Dorset, England 
[1] Christened 13 Apr 1600 St. Mary's, Netherbury, Dorset, England Gender Male Died Abt May 1677 Portsmouth, RI [1] Person ID I05061 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Father Thomas "Butcher" COOKE, b. Abt 1570, Netherbury, Dorset, England , d. May 1614, England (Age ~ 44 years) Mother Joanna Unknown Married 1599 England Family ID F01928 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Mary Unknown, b. Abt 1605, d. Abt 1670 (Age ~ 65 years) Married Abt 1625 England Children 1. Thomas Cooke, III, b. Abt 1626, Dorset, England , d. Between 1669 and 1670, Portsmouth, RI (Age ~ 43 years)2. John "Butcher" COOKE, b. 30 Mar 1630, Dorset, England , d. 16 May 1691, Portsmouth, RI (Age 61 years)3. George Cooke, b. Abt 1647, Portsmouth, RI Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F01572 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Mary (2) Shearman, b. May 1645, Portsmouth, RI , d. Aft 9 Oct 1691 (Age ~ 46 years) Married Aft 1670 Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F01929 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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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.
- 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.
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Sources - [S012554] Thomas Cooke of Rhode Island, Vol. I, Jane Fletcher Fiske, (Boxford, MA; 1987), 13.
- [S012554] Thomas Cooke of Rhode Island, Vol. I, Jane Fletcher Fiske, (Boxford, MA; 1987), 13.