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WILLIAM Edmund Cocke 1520–1582 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1520

Birth Location: Pickthorn, Stottesden, Shropshire, England

Death Date: NOV 1582

Death Location: Stottesdon, Shropshire, England

Father: William Cooke

Mother: Johan Robinson

Spouse(s): Welthyan Merycke, Elizabeth Carter

Children(s): Thomas Cocke, William Cocke, Elizabeth Cocke, Richard Cocke, Agnes Cocke, Elizabeth Cocke

WILLIAM Edmund Cocke was born in 1520 in Pickthorn, Stottesden, Shropshire, England, the child of William Thomas Cockecook Cooke And Johan Joan Robinson. WILLIAM Edmund Cocke married Elizabeth Carter, Welthyan Merycke, and had children including Agnes Cocke, Elizabeth Cocke, Margery Cocke, Richard Cocke, Thomas Cocke, William Cocke. WILLIAM Edmund Cocke passed away in 1582 in Stottesdon, Shropshire, England.

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  • WILLIAM Edmund Cocke was born in 1520 in Pickthorn, Stottesden, Shropshire, England, the child of William Thomas Cockecook Cooke And Johan Joan Robinson.
  • WILLIAM Edmund Cocke married Elizabeth Carter, Welthyan Merycke, and had children including Agnes Cocke, Elizabeth Cocke, Margery Cocke, Richard Cocke, Thomas Cocke, William Cocke.
  • WILLIAM Edmund Cocke passed away in 1582 in Stottesdon, Shropshire, England.

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WILLIAM Cocke's Ancestors

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WILLIAM Cocke
1520–1582
Birth Place: Pickthorn, Stottesden, Shropshire, England
Parents
William Thomas CockeCook Cooke
1500–1559
Belenden, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, EN
Johan ((Joan)) Robinson
1502–1550
Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England
Grandparents
William Cocke
1456–1500
Giddy Hall, Essex, England
Elizabeth Nicholas
1460–1569
Hope, Essex, England
Thomas Robinson
1477–1526
Buckinghamshire, England
Elizabeth Lumley
1484–1518
Lumley, Durham, England
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WILLIAM Cocke's Descendants

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WILLIAM (Edmund) Cocke (1520–NOV 1582) m. Welthyan Merycke (1523–1565) m. Elizabeth Carter (1519–28 DEC 1596)
  1. 1. Thomas Cocke 1543–1630
  2. 2. William Cocke 1543–1558
  3. 3. Elizabeth Cocke 1547–1585
  4. 4. Richard Cocke –1583
  5. 5. Agnes Cocke 1532–1558
  6. 6. Elizabeth Cocke 1547–1596 m. Robert Poythress 1540–1565
    1. 1. WILLIAM POYTHRESS 1565–1588
      1. 1. Joshua Poythress 1588–1618 m. Peachy Poythress 1592–1618 m. Hipzibah Peachy 1592–1618
        1. 1. Francis Poythress 1614–1661 m. Mary Sloman 1624–1675
        2. 2. Rebecca Poythres 1618–1705 m. Edmund Arrington 1615–1692
        3. 3. Rebecca (Poythres) Arrington 1618–1705 m. Edward (Thomas) Arrington 1620–1660

WILLIAM Cocke's Timeline

2 Records

1520
1520
Birth of WILLIAM Edmund Cocke in Pickthorn, Stottesden, Shropshire, England
Pickthorn, Stottesden, Shropshire, England
1582
NOV 1582
Age 62
Death of WILLIAM Edmund Cocke in Stottesdon, Shropshire, England
Stottesdon, Shropshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1520
    Event Place: Pickthorn, Stottesden, Shropshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and Other Select Burial Locations

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: NOV 1582
    Event Place: Stottesdon, Shropshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and Other Select Burial Locations

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