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Francis "Mayflower, Passenger" Cooke 1577 – 1663 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Apr 1577

Birth Location: Nottinghamshire, England

Death Date: 1663

Death Location: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Sir served

Mother: Lady Caunton

Spouse(s): Hester Mahieu

Children(s): John (Mayflower)

According to available records, Francis "Mayflower Passenger" Cooke was born in 1577 in Nottinghamshire, England, the child of Sir Richard Edward Woodstocke Cooke of Gidea Hall (Followed his Father to court and served and Lady Alice Anne Caunton. Following those early years, Francis "Mayflower Passenger" Cooke married Hester Mahieu, and their family grew to include John Cooke (Mayflower). In the later years of life, Francis "Mayflower Passenger" Cooke died in 1663 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA.

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Parents

Sir served
1521 – 1579
Birth Location: Gidea Hall, Romford, London Borough of Havering, Greater London, England
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Lady Caunton
1526 – 1618
Birth Location: Romford, London Borough of Havering, Greater London, England
LC

Spouses(s)

Hester Mahieu
1582 – 1666
Birth Location: Lille, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
HM

Children(s)

John (Mayflower)
1607 – 1695
Birth Location: Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 25 Apr 1577
    Event Place: Nottinghamshire, England
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1620
    Event Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Plymouth, Massachusetts; Year: 1620; Page Number: 467

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1620
    Record Source: New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1643
    Event Place: Arm Bearers, Plymouth, Massachusetts
    Record Source: Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Engelant
    Record Source: Netherlands, Marriage Index, 1524-1972, Erfgoed Leiden; Den Haag, Nederland; Trouwen

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: History and genealogy of the Mayflower planters and first comers to ye olde colonie

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: New England
    Record Source: Mayflower Deeds and Probates, 1600-1850

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: New England, The Great Migration and The Great Migration Begins, 1620-1635

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 7 Apr 1663
    Event Place: Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1663
    Record Source: U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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