Thomas Cocke of Ipswich

Thomas COCKE was born WFT Est 1515-1555 in Ipswich, England.

He died WFT Est 1555-1636. He owned a Bible which was hidden in straw during Queen Mary's day. The Bible is at the Seventh Day Baptist Historical Society, Janesville Wis.

Thomas COCKE and ___ were married WFT Est 1540-1592.

Thomas COCKE and ____ had the following children:

Naomi COCKE.

"Ancestors of Justin Tanner KNULL"

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Thomas COCKE

Birth Ipswich, -, -, England [216]

Misc. Notes

..."he was also a suspect, but escaped persecution. His testament, printed in 1549, which he hid in his bedstraw lest it should be found and burned in Queen Mary's days was brought to this country by Samuel Hubbard [his grandson], and is probably in the library at Alfred University, Alfred Centre, NY." [748]

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note: in the 1500s it was illegal to translate the Bible from Latin into "vulgar" languages or to own such a translation. See the story of William Tyndale, http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/previous_seasons/case_bible/index.html