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Sir Walter Cooke 1570 – 1642 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 Nov 1570

Birth Location: Great Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England

Death Date: 08 Sep 1642

Death Location: Leeds, Kent, England

Father: Sir Cooke

Mother: Lady Maskerall

Spouse(s): Lady Atwood

Children(s): Sir Cooke

In 1570, Sir Walter Cooke entered the world in Great Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England, born to Sir Stephen Cooke and Lady Anne Maskerall. Sir Walter Cooke married Lady Dorothy Atwood, and had children including Sir Walter Thomas Cooke. Sir Walter Cooke passed away in 1642 in Leeds, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • In 1570, Sir Walter Cooke entered the world in Great Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England, born to Sir Stephen Cooke and Lady Anne Maskerall.
  • Sir Walter Cooke married Lady Dorothy Atwood, and had children including Sir Walter Thomas Cooke.
  • Sir Walter Cooke passed away in 1642 in Leeds, Kent, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sir Cooke's Ancestors

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Sir Cooke
1570 – 1642
Birth Place: Great Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England
Parents
Sir Stephen Cooke
1570 – 1642
Leeds, Kent, England
Lady (Anne) Maskerall
1592 – 1634
England
Grandparents
Sir (John) Cooke
1553 – 1625
Westhorpe, Suffolk, England
Lady (Alice) Buttlar
1554 – 1625
Earl-Stoke, Wiltshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Cooke
1515 – 1565
Lady Carter
1519 – 1554
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Cooke
1485 – 1545
Lady Carewe
1501 – 1515

Sir Cooke's Descendants

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Sir (Walter) Cooke (23 Nov 1570 – 08 Sep 1642) m. Lady (Dorothy) Atwood (June 1592 – 1634)
  1. 1. Sir (Walter Thomas) Cooke (Apr 1592 – 5 Jan 1695) m. Lady (Dorothy) Atwood (1595 – 1618)
    1. 1. Walter (Thomas) Cooke (10 Sep 1657 – 5 Jan 1695) m. Catherine Brenton (1628 – 5 Jan 1695)
      1. 1. John Cooke (1653 – 1718) m. Naomi Thayer (28 Nov 1662 – 1718)
        1. 1. Jonathan Cooke (27 January 1684 – 12 Apr 1753) m. Mehitable Staples (20 Mar 1692 – 7 Apr 1753)

Sir Cooke's Timeline

4 Records

1570
23 Nov 1570
Birth of Sir Walter Cooke in Great Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England
Great Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England
1592
Apr 1592
Age 22
Birth of Sir Walter Cooke in Leeds, Kent, England
Leeds, Kent, England
1642
08 Sep 1642
Age 72
Death of Sir Walter Cooke in Leeds, Kent, England
Leeds, Kent, England
1668
5 Jan 1668
Age 98
Death of Sir Walter Cooke in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Apr 1592
    Event Place: Leeds, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 Nov 1570
    Event Place: Great Berkhampstead, Hertfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 Jan 1668
    Event Place: Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 08 Sep 1642
    Event Place: Leeds, Kent, England

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