Sarah Cooke

Sarah Warren

• Born 1614 in Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands
• Died 15 Jul 1696 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Colony
• Daughter of Richard Warren and Elizabeth (Walker) Warren
• Sister of Mary (Warren) Bartlett, Anna (Warren) Little, Elizabeth (Warren) Church, Abigail (Warren) Snow, Nathaniel Warren and Joseph Warren Sr
• Wife of John Cooke — married 28 Mar 1634 in Plymouth, New England
• Mother of Sarah (Cooke) Hathaway, Elizabeth (Cooke) Wilcox, Hester (Cooke) Taber, Mary (Cooke) Taber and Mercy (Cooke) West

MAYFLOWER DESCENDANT - her father was Pilgrim Richard Warren -tcd

Biography

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Warren-65

Sarah Warren was born about 1614 in Leiden, South-Holland, Netherlands[1]. Sarah at about 10 years of age arrived, in Plymouth, on the ship "Anne." Sarah Warren married John Cooke on March 28, 1634 in Plymouth. She was the mother of 5 daughters; Sarah, Elizabeth, Hester, Mary and Mercy. Sarah died after 15 July 1696.

In 1623 she immigrated on the ship "Anne." The Ann(e) and the Little James arrived together in July (10), 1623 - "The Planters". "The vessels parted company at sea; the Ann arrived the latter part of June, and the Little James some week or ten days later; part of the number were the wives and children of persons already in the Colony." - "Hotten's Lists"[2]

Her Husband's Will

Bond of Executrix.

Know all men by these presents that we Sarah Cooke of Dartmouth in the County of Bristoll in the Province of the Masachusett Bay in New England widow & Relect of John Cooke late of said Dartmouth Decd and Thomas Taber & Jonathan Delono Both of said Dartmouth Yeomen Do stand & are firmely bound and oliged unto John Saffin Esqr Judge of Probat of wills &ca within sd County, in the Sum of five Hundred Ninety four pounds To be payd unto the sd John Saffin or his Successor in sd office To the which payment well and truely to be Made we Bind Or selves & Either of us by himselfjoyntly & Severally for & in the whole Our & Every & Either of our heires Executors & Administrs firmely by these presents sealed with our seales Dated in Dartmouth the fifteenth Day of July 1696 in the Eighth Year of his Majesties Reign

The Condition of this present obligation is such that whereas the above Bound Sarah Cooke is made Executrix of the Last

36 Yarmouth, Mass., Vital Records

will & Testament of John Cook of Dartmouth aforesd Deceasd Bearing Date the Ninth Day of Novemb, 1694 & hath Never Legally proved the same, Iff therefore the sd Executrix shall with all Conveinient Speed bring into the Registrs Office for the County of Bristoll afforesd A true & perfect Inventory of the Estate of the Estate of the said Decd And shall well & truely Admñiistr upon & Duely Dispose of all & Singular the Goods Chattels, Credits & Estate left by the said Decd according to the Tennor & true meaneing of his sd will. & as the Law directs And also shall Render a true & plaine account of her Administcon and Doings therein to the said office at or before the Sixteenth Day of Aprill 1697 without fltaud or farther Delay then this Obligation to be voyde & of None Effect or Els to stand abide and Remaine in fill force strength & Vertue

the mark of Sarah (S) Cook
Signed sealed & Delivered in the presence of Thomas Delano the mark of+ :Hannah Savery Thomas Taber Jonathan Delano

Source: "Mayflower Descendant Legacy CD-ROM"

Family

Sarah Warren married John Cooke on March 28, 1634 in Plymouth.

John Cooke and his wife, Sarah Warren, had 5 daughters, and no sons:

1. Sarah (b. abt. 1635, d. 1713). She married on November 20/1652, Arthur Hathaway, born 1631, died 1712 at Marshfield, Mass. 6 children,
2. Elizabeth (b. abt. 1635, d. 6 December 1715). She married on November 28/1661, Daniel Wilcox, who died July 2/1702, son of Edward Wilcox, and they had ten children. She was a direct ancestor of Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of England.
3. Hester (Esther) (b. 16 August 1650, d. 1672). She married in 1667, Thomas Taber, born February 1645, died November 11/1730, son of Philip and Lydia (Masters) Taber, see subject 336. She was a direct ancestor of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
4. Mary (b. abt 1652, d. between 26 April 1708 and 25 January 1714/15): She married in 1667-8, Philip Taber, born 1644, died 1693, brother of her sister Hester's husband.
5. Mercy (b. 25 July 1654, d. 21 November 1733). She married in 1682, Stephen West, born 1654, died 1748, son of Bartholomew and Catherine (Almy) West.

References

• http://mayflowerhistory.com/cooke-john
• [Kellogg, Lucy Mary, Edna W. Townsend, and Robert S. Wakefield. Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975.]
• Robert S. Wakefield, compiler, Mayflower Families through five-generations: Family of Richard Warren, Judith H. Swan, Revisor, third edition (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendents, 2004), p. 5.
• Richard & Elizabeth Warren, Pilgrim Hall Museum.
• Robert S. Wakefield, Mayflower Families in Progress: Richard Warren for Four Generations (Plymouth: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1991).
• Ruth Berg Walsh, "The Search for Pilgrim Richard Warren's Parentage," Mayflower Quarterly, 51:109-112.
• Eugene Aubrey Stratton, Plymouth Colony, Its History and Its People, 1620-1691 (Salt Lake City: Ancestor Publishers, 1986).
• Nathaniel Morton, New England's Memorial (Cambridge, 1669).
• William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation, ed. Samuel Morison (New York: Random House, 1952).
• Mayflower Web Pages, by Caleb Johnson.mayflowerhistory.com
• Richard & Elizabeth Warren, Pilgrim Hall
• the Mayflower Society and family records.
• FamilySearch AFN: HL5B-CJ
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Apr 10 2018, 17:01:04 UTC
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101869945/sarah-cooke
• Caleb Johnson's Mayflower History
• Richard & Elizabeth Warren, Pilgrim Hall Museum
• The Anne and the Little James on Wikipedia
• https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr02/rr02_391.html#P5612