Katherine Clarke

Given name has also been reported to be Catherine.

Date of birth has also been (erroneously?) reported to be:

• February 12, 1541
• February 12, 1542
• February 12, 1543
• February 12, 1544
• February 12, 1545
• February 12, 1546

Date of baptism has also been (erroneously?) reported to be:

• February 12, 1542
• February 12, 1543
• February 12, 1544
• February 12, 1545
• February 12, 1546

Place of death has also been (erroneously?) reported to be St Dunstan-in-the-West, London, Middlesex, England.

• Birth: Before Feb 12 1541 - Westhorpe,,Suffolk,England
• Death: Mar 27 1598 - Finningham,,Suffolk,England
• Parents: John Cooke, Alice Carter
• Husband: John Clarke
• AKA Catherine
• She was christened on 12 Feb 1540/41 in Westhorpe, Suffolk, England.
• She died on 27 Mar 1598 in Finningham, Westhorpe, Suffolk, England.
• She was buried on 30 Mar 1598 in Finningham, Westhorpe, Suffolk, England.

John CLARKE and Catherine COOKE had the following children:

1. John Clarke b 25 Apr 1569, Westhorpe, Suffolk, England.
2. Thomas Clarke b 1 Nov 1570, Westhorpe, Suffolk, England.
3. Carew Clarke b bef 17 Aug 1572, Westhorpe, Suffolk, England.
4. Christopher Clarke b bef 6 Dec 1574, Westhorpe, Suffolk, England.
5. Joan Clarke b bef 17 Mar 1577/78, Westhorpe, Suffolk, England.
6. Margaret Clarke b bef 8 Jun 1579, Westhorpe, Suffolk, England.
7. Mary Clarke b bef 21 Sep 1581.

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Sources:

• The Clarke Families of Rhode Island by George Austin Morrison;
• Colonial Families of the United States of America, Vol 4;
• Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, Vol. 1, page 197;
• Babcock and Allied Families by Louis E. De Forest;
• Ancestry of George P. Clarke of Newport, R.I., by G. Andrews Moriarty;
• C.M. Babcock;
• 160 Allied Families;
• NEHGR, v75, p279 & 289;
• Witter Family History.
• De Forest:
  • Catherine Cooke, daughter of John Cooke, baptized 12 Feb. 1541; buried 30 March 1598.
• C.M. Babcock:
  • Katherine Cooke, married 12 Oct. 1567.
• RI Families:
  • Katherine Cooke, dafter of John Kooke, was baptised ye 12 of February, 33 year, Henry 8, ano dom 1541; my mother Katherine Kooke, was buried the 30th of March, 1598." [Entry written by Thomas Clarke 3 (John 2, John 1).]
• 160 Families:
  • Catherine Cook, daughter of John Cook, born February 1541, died March 1598, buried 30 March 1598.
• NEHGR:
  • Katherine Cooke, baptized at Westhorpe 12 Feb. 1540/1. Buried at Finningham 30 March 1598. Daughter of John and Alice (Carter) Cooke. Married at Westhorpe, 12 Oct. 1567, John Clarke of Finningham. Seven children.
• Witter Family:
  • Catherine Cooke, also seen as Katherine Kooke, baptized 12 Feb. 1540/1. Died 27 March 1598, Westhorpe, Suffolk. Buried at Finningham, Suffolk. Had seven children.

links

• FamilySearch AFNs: 8NR1-51, 8NR5-KM

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Marriage to: John Clarke

• Oct 12 1567
• Stowmarket, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

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Katheryn Cook Clarke

• Birth: 1541 Westhorpe, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England
• Death: Mar., 1598 Finningham, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England
• Katherine Cooke was born in Westhorpe, Suffolk, England in February 1540/1 and
• baptised there on February 12, 1540/1.
• She was the daughter of John Cooke alias Carewe and Alice Carter.
• She married John Clarke on October 12, 1567 at Westhorpe.
• T'hey had Seven children, baptised at Finningham and Westhorpe,
  • where they must have moved about 1576.
• Katherine died in March of 1598 and
• was buried in the churchyard of St. Bartholemew's Church in Finningham on March 30.
• John died within a month. 
• Family links: 
  • Parents:
    • John Cooke (1515 - 1570)
    • Alice Carter Cooke (1515 - 1570) 
  • Spouse:  John Clarke (1541 - 1598) 
  • Children:  
    • Thomas Clarke (1570 - 1627)*
    • Joan Clarke (1573 - 1573)
• Burial: St Bartholemew Church, Finningham, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England

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Source: English Origins of New England Families, Series 1, Volume 1, Clarke-Cooke (alias Carewe)-Kerrich, by G. Andrews Moriarty, pp 648-655, originally published in NEHGR, republished by Genealogical Publishing Company.