Mary Clarke

Mary Aston, daughter of Walter Aston, was born before 1629 in Charles City, Virginia Colony, and in 1693 in Henrico County, Virginia Colony.

She married (1) Richard Cocke[1] after 10 October 1652[2][3] and (2) Daniel Clarke.[1]

Children:

• 1. John Cocke (of Old Man's Creek)
• 2. William Cocke (of the Low Ground)
• 3. Richard Cocke (the Younger) b c 1657
• 4. Edward Cocke
• 5. Elizabeth Cocke

Mary was living when her brother wrote his will in 1666.

Origins

Source: Virginia Gleanings in England from The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. Volume 24, No. 1 (Jan 1916)

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Mary Ann Cocke

Source: http://virginiacolonialhouses.com/the-cockes.html

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References

1. GEDCOM Source SSTS-724 Mary Aston Cocke, "Find A Grave Index" "Find A Grave Index," database, <i>FamilySearch</i> (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV28-MMT5 : 11 July 2016), Mary Aston Cocke, ; Burial, Westover, Charles City, Virginia, United States of America, Westover Parish Church Cemetery; citing record I
2. GEDCOM Note https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60507346/mary-cocke
3. Daughter of https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7656547/walter-aston
4. WikiTree contributors, "Mary (Aston) Clarke (bef.1629-1693)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Aston-10 : accessed 13 June 2024). Cites
   1. Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd ed., 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011, vol. I, page 62, ASTON 16. < GoogleBooks >
   2. Find A Grave: Memorial #60507346 for Mary Aston Cocke (1629-1693)
   3. Richard's first wife died 10 October 1652, according to her Find A Grave: Memorial #28912713 (for Temperance Cocke)
   4. Scot Williams, Haywood County Line blog post "Colonists Richard and Temperance Cocke Are Keeping Me Way Too Busy this Weekend", 25 March 2012 (accessed 21 January 2022). < link >
   5. Walter Aston (Jr)'s 1666 will names his sister Mary Cocke and his godsons, John Cocke ("to be paid in 1668") and Edward Cocke ("to be paid in 1669"), sons of Richard Cocke. Source: Byrd's Book of Title Deeds, cited in L.G. Tyler's "Old Tombstones in Charles City County", in The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 4 #3 (Jan 1896). Online at Archive.org, Note #5, pages 148-149 (Walter Aston bio).
   6. https://web.archive.org/web/20101213153817/http://www.charlemagne.o... (accessed 21 January 2022).
   7. "Proof[s]" for son Richard ("the Younger" - his father had another living son named Richard by his first wife, referred to as Richard "the Elder"):
   8. Pedigrees, IBID - Pedigrees of the Order of the Crown of Charlemagne. Nashville, TN, Ambrose Print. Co., for the ORder, 1978. v. 3 p.8
   9. Cocke, op. cit., v. 1 pp. 1-2. - Cocke, Leonie. "Cockes and Cousins." Ann Arbor, MI, Cocke & Cocke, 1967. v. , p. 5.
   10. Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry (2013), volume I, page 181 ASTON 19.
   11. http://genealogytrails.com/vir/landpatents.html
5. Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Feb 17 2021, 0:30:36 UTC
6. https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I6055... cites
   1. [S75] Genealogies of Virginia Families Vol. II, from the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography