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John Cooke, II

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America
Death: May 16, 1737 (84-85)
Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America
Immediate Family:

Son of John Cooke, alias Butcher and Mary Cooke
Husband of Ruth Cook
Father of Ruth Fish; Thomas Cook; Deborah Howland; Mary Howland; Samuel Cook and 3 others
Brother of Sarah Waite; Mary Manchester; Hannah [Wilcox] Briggs; Martha Sherman; Joseph Cooke, II and 4 others

Date if birth: 1652
Managed by: Private User
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Immediate Family

About John Cooke II

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cooke-2026

John Cooke (abt. 1656 - 1737)

John Cooke aka Cook

Born about 1656 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island

Son of John Cooke and Mary (Borden) Cooke

Brother of Sarah Cooke, Hannah (Cook) Briggs, Elizabeth (Cooke) Briggs, Mary (Cook) Manchester, Joseph Cooke, Deborah (Cooke) Almy, Thomas Cooke, Annie Cooke, Martha (Cook) Corey and Samuel Cook [half]

Husband of Ruth (Shaw) Cooke — married [date unknown] in Tiverton, Nwprt, RI

Father of Ruth (Cooke) Fish, John Cook, Thomas Cook, Deborah (Cook) Howland, Mary (Cook) Howland and Anna (Cooke) Tripp

Died 20 Jul 1737 at about age 81 in Tiverton, Massachusetts Bay

Profile last modified 5 Aug 2021 | Created 6 Jul 2013

Biography

John Cooke, Jr. was born after 1656 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island [1] [2] and was the son of Mary (Borden) and John Cooke, Sr. [3] (1630-1691).

John Cooke, Jr. married about 1680 in Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island to Ruth Shaw.

He resided in Portsmouth and Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island. He was known as John Cook of Puncatest, distingushing him from his cousin John Cook who lived in North Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island.

He died on 20 Jul 1737 in Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island. [4]

Children

Ruth (Cooke) Fish
John Cook
Thomas Cook
Mary (Cook) Howland
Deborah (Cook) Howland
Anna (Cooke) Tripp.
Parents Marriage

Marriage: bef.1655
Husband: John Cooke, Sr.
Child: Elizabeth Cooke, b: 1653; d: aft.1716
Child: Hannah Cooke, b: bef.1655
Child: John Cooke, Jr., b: aft.1656
Child: Sarah Cooke, b: aft.1658
Child: Joseph Cooke, b: c1662
Child: Martha Cooke, b: c1663; d: 1704; m: 1681 William Corey
Child: Deborah Cooke, b: c1666
Child: Thomas Cooke, b: c1668; d: c1726
Child: Amy Cooke, b: c1670; d: 1729.

Sources

↑ Little Compton Families by Benjamin Franklin Wilbour; v1 published 1967; page 206
↑ Genealogy Report by David Joyce citing "Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island" by John Osborne Austin & Genealogical Publishing Company of Baltimore, MD in 1968 (edition#1 in 1887)
↑ English Origins of New England Families 1985 v2; series#1; p311; b: 1652 Salem; father: John Cooke, alias Butcher
↑ "Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records" by H. L. Peter Rounds in "Massachusetts Town, Probate and Vital Records" on Broderbund cd-rom in 1999; v8 p262; Text: "Will of John Cook of Tiverton, yeoman; dated: 23 Jan 1736/7; probate: 01 Aug 1737; wife: Ruth; sons: John & Thomas Cook; daughters: Ruth Fish, Mary Howland, Deborah Howland & Ann Tripp; sons-in-law: Preserved Fish, John Howland, James Howland & James Tripp to be executors; incl. negro woman Phillis given to wife, Ruth; witnesses: Peleg Shearman, Richard Sisson & Giles Slocum [8:503/4]"
Massachusetts Town, Probate and Vital Records
"Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts Probate Records"
"Thomas Cooke of Rhode Island" by Jane Fletcher Fiske p63
World Family Tree#1129 customer pedigree on Family Archive CD by Broderbund Software Inc.; v1; edition#1; released: 29 Nov 1995; imported: 27 Oct 1997
RootsWeb's WorldConnect Family Tree - They Came To Milton ID:I12015
Acknowledgements

WikiTree profile Cook-652 was created on 13 Dec 2010 through the import of Les Ancestors.ged
WikiTree profile Cook-6246 was created on 29 Apr 2013 by Cara (Brooks) Johnson through the import of Brooks-Sherman.ged
WikiTree profile Cooke-2026 was created on 23 Jun 2013 by Gordon Ralls through the import of TheCoreyFile0512.GED

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John Cooke II's Timeline

1652
1652
Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America
1682
November 30, 1682
Tiverton, (Present Newport County), Plymouth Colony (Present Rhode Island), (Present USA)
1689
1689
Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America
1692
May 5, 1692
Portsmouth, Newport County, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
1693
1693
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1696
April 14, 1696
Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
1701
1701
Tiverton, Newport, RI
1737
May 16, 1737
Age 85
Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America
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Ttiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States