Temperance Cocke

Temperance Bailey

• Birth: 1617 - Bailey's Point, Henrico County, VA
• Death: 1651 - Bremo, Henrico County, VA
• Parents: Thomas Bailey/Bayley and Cecily Reynolds.
• Husband: John Browne, Richard Cocke
• Children: John Browne? Richard "the elder" Cocke, Thomas Cocke

Temperance was born about 1617 in Charles Cittie, in the British Colony of Virginia, what is now Henrico County, Virginia, USA. Her mother is believed to be Cecily Bailey Jordan Farrar and her father while unconfirmed is thought by many to be Thomas Bailey/Bayley. Her father died young and her mother remarried to Samuel Jordan when Temperance was 2 or 3 years old. Many histories report Temperance as Samuel Jordan's daughter but this is not accurate, she had already been born when Samuel and Cecily married in 1620. Samuel and Cecily Jordan were both Ancient Planters which entitled them to land, on this land they built a fortified plantation they named Beggar's Bush and then Jordan's Journey. Temperance was also an Ancient Planter as she inherited her fathers status upon his death, thus as a small child she was already a property owner.

Temperance was living with her family at Jordan's Journey when on the morning of March 22, 1622 the Indians of the Powhatan Confederacy attacked the entire colony of Virginia in an attempt to kill all the English or drive them from their territory. Luckily Samuel Jordan had fortified their plantation well and they received forewarning of the attack. 347 people were killed, nearly 1/3 of the English colonists, but at Jordan's Journey not one life was lost. After the attack all colonists were withdrawn back to Jamestown and a few other fortified locations, Jordan's Journey was one of the locations. William Farrar is one of the survivors who made his way to Jordan's Journey after the attack.

Temperance's step-father Samuel Jordan died sometime before February 16, 1623 and William Farrar was named executor of his estate. Reverend Greville Pooley presided over the funeral and 2 or 3 days after Samuel's death proposed marriage to Cecily. A pregnant Cecily Jordan refused to marry anyone until after her child was delivered. Months later after the birth, Cecily accepted the proposal of William Farrar. Rev. Pooley sued Cecily for breach of promise, the 1st such lawsuit in the New World. After a long dispute, the case was decided in Cecily's favor and finally in May 1625 Cecily and William Farrar were married, Temperance was about 9.  

Temperance married very young, about age 13. Her 1st husband was John Browne with whom she had two children before he died two years later.

Temperance then married Richard Cocke who was born in Pickthorn, England.

Family

Parents: Thomas Bailey/Bayley and Cecily Reynolds.

Married:

1. John Browne d. abt 1632
2. in 1637 in Baileys Point, Henrico Co., Virginia to Richard Cocke, son of John Cocke and Elizabeth??, as his first wife. He married Mary Aston as second wife. Richard Cocke was 05 Sep 1602, Stottesdon, Shropshire, England and d. 04 Oct 1665, "Bremo", Henrico Co., Virginia

Children of Temperance Bailey and John Browne:

1. It is not clear whether Temperance and John Browne had children. There is one possible son, a John Brown, who died before 1677.

Children of Temperance Bailey and Richard Cocke:

1. Thomas Coxe b. 1639; d. April 01, 1697; m. (1) MARGARET OR AGNES POWELL8, Bef. 1662, Henrico Co., Va.; b. Abt. 1645, Henrico Co., Virginia; m. (2) MARGARET WOOD, Abt. 1663; b. Abt. 1640, Virginia; d. Abt. 1719, Virginia.
2. Richard Coxe (the Elder) b. December 10, 1639, Bremo, Curles, Henrico County, VA; d. November 20, 1706, Bremo, Fluvanna County, VA.

Notes

Cicely Jordan Ferrar's first marriage is inferred from circumstantial evidence. In the census taken in 1623,[2] and also in the 1624/5 Muster, a child, Temperance Baley, is shown living with Cicely Jordan and her family. The 1624 muster provides the additional information that the child was "borne in Virginia" in 1617. Temperance Baley is mentioned as an adjacent landholder in the 1620 patent of Cicely's husband Samuel Jordan,[3] proving that the child had ownership of her land by the time she was three years old, and therefore must have been the sole heir of her (deceased) father. Since she lived with Cicely, and no guardian's record has been found, the conclusion is that Temperance was probably Cicely's daughter by a first marriage to the unknown Baley.

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Temperance Bailey born 1617 and died 1651.

After King James of Scotland mounted the English throne, he gave his approval for attempts to be made to colonize the New World, and granted charters to the newly organized London Company. The London Company offered each subscriber who would pay twelve pounds and twelve shillings the following: "Lord of 200 acres of land which would be given to him and his heirs forever." Several members of the Bailey family held large shares in this company. The fact that Temperance Bailey, at age 3, had 200 acres of land in her name, might have been her inheritance from her deceased father. Patent to Temperance Bailey, Sept. 20, 1620. The land of John Rolfe and Pocahontas, on the south side of the James River, bordered that of Samuel Jordan, Temperance Baley (Bailey), and Capt. Woodlief in 1620.

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Cecily married Thomas Bailey (at the Pierce home). Thomas was a governers guard, and they had a child Temperance (our Temperance) Bailey, she was born in 1617. She was named for the Governers wife George Yardley had a wife named Temperance West". Thomas contracted malaria and died in 1619. He was a landowner recieving 200 which he called Bailey's Point. Temperance inherited this 20 Sept. 1620. Upon Temperances death 10 Oct. 1652 land went to Richard Cocke

From "Early Virginia Ancestors of Our Cox-Cocke Family and Their Colonial Cousins":

Temperance Bailey was born about 1617. She was probably the daughter of Sisley or Ciceley (Reynolds) Jordan by a first husband named Bailey. After King James of Scotland mounted the English Throne, he gave his approval for colonizing the New World and granted charters to the newly organized London Company. 200 acres of land was given to each subscriber, his heirs forever, who would pay twelve pounds and twelve shillings for shares in this Company. Several members of the Bailey Family held large shares and the fact that Temperance Bailey, at age three, had 200 acres of land in her name may suggest that this was her inheritance from her deceased father.

Patent to Temperance Bailey, September 20, 1620. The land of John Rolfe and Pocahontas on the south side of the James River bordered that of Samuel Jordan, Temperance Bailey and Captain Woodlief in 1620. At age 6, Temperance Bailey was living at Jourdan's Journey, Charles City County in 1623 and was listed in the muster of William Farrar and Mistress Sisley Jordan.

About 1632 according to minutes of the Colonial Council, Richard Cocke married the widow of John Browne and was appointed trustee and guardian of the Browne children. On October 10, 1652, a land patent re-issued to Richard Cocke included 100 acres of land due by patent to Temperance Bailey, September 20, 1620. It would seem that Richard Cocke inherited 100 acres due Temperance Bailey because she was his wife, widow of John Browne, deceased.

Notes for THOMAS COCKE:

Thomas was the eldest son of Richard, succeeded to his fathers estate and lived at Bremo. He was one of the members of the Henrico Co. court in 1680 and High Sheriff from that year to 1688.

The original seats of the family were "Bremor" or "Bremo", and Malvern Hills, both belonging to the same estate, and located on the James River, about fifteen miles below Richmond. The manor house, which was probably built by Richard Cocke, and which was occupied by his descendents for nearly two hundred years, is still standing.

References

• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=28912713
• http://wrenacres.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I1390&tree=Sc...
• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/c/o/x/Sharon-L-Cox-britt...
• [S8] Adventurers of Purse and Person - Virginia - 1607-1624/5, Fourth Edition, Volume One, Families A-F, John Frederick Dorman, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, Md., 2004;).
• [S207] Descendants of Thomas & Cicily Reynolds Baley/Bailey including Abraham & Peter Cocke Bailey of Jamestown, VA 1600's, Donna Beers, (Name: Warrensburg, MO: 1998;).
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=marykl&id...
• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=60469399
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