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Sir Robert Cooke 1520–1559 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1520

Birth Location: Wickford, Basildon District, Essex, England

Death Date: 1559

Death Location: Pebmarsh, Braintree District, Essex, England

Father: John Cooke

Mother: Mary Cooke

Spouse(s): Joan Sydney

Children(s): Thomas Cooke

Sir Robert Cooke was born in 1520 in Wickford, Basildon District, Essex, England, the child of John Cooke And Mary Matilda Cooke. Sir Robert Cooke married Joan Elizabeth Sydney, and had children including Thomas Cooke. Sir Robert Cooke passed away in 1559 in Pebmarsh, Braintree District, Essex, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Robert Cooke was born in 1520 in Wickford, Basildon District, Essex, England, the child of John Cooke And Mary Matilda Cooke.
  • Sir Robert Cooke married Joan Elizabeth Sydney, and had children including Thomas Cooke.
  • Sir Robert Cooke passed away in 1559 in Pebmarsh, Braintree District, Essex, England.

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Sir Cooke's Ancestors

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Sir Cooke
1520–1559
Birth Place: Wickford, Basildon District, Essex, England
Parents
John Cooke
1500–1539
Essex, England
Mary (Matilda) Cooke
1493–
Essex, England
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Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Cooke's Descendants

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Sir (Robert) Cooke (1520–1559) m. Joan (Elizabeth) Sydney (1522–17 November 1561)
  1. 1. Thomas Cooke 1541–1621 m. Lady (Susan Elizabeth (Cooke)) Brand 1548–1621
    1. 1. Elizabeth Cooke 1578–1638 m. Sir (Edmund) Reade 1563–1623
      1. 1. Lady (Martha Reade) Epps 1602–1662 m. Samuel Symonds 1595–1645
        1. 1. Ruth Symonds 1640–1702 m. Reverend (John) Emerson 1625–1700
        2. 2. Samuel Symonds 1645–1669
        3. 3. Priscilla Symonds 1648–1734
        4. 4. Martha Symonds 1642–1692
      2. 2. Margaret Reade 1598–1672 m. John (Lake) Jr 1590–1661
        1. 1. Martha Harris 1624–1700
        2. 2. Alice West 1615–1652
        3. 3. Hannah (Ann Lake) Gallup 1621–1675 m. John (Gallup) Jr 1619–1675
        4. 4. John Lake 1626–1696

Sir Cooke's Timeline

2 Records

1520
1520
Birth of Sir Robert Cooke in Wickford, Basildon District, Essex, England
Wickford, Basildon District, Essex, England
1559
1559
Age 39
Death of Sir Robert Cooke in Wickford, Basildon District, Essex, England
Wickford, Basildon District, Essex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Wickford, Basildon District, Essex, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1559
    Event Place: Wickford, Basildon District, Essex, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Pebmarsh, Braintree District, Essex, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

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