Thomas Cooke, the younger

Thomas COOKE Gentleman 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 was born 1564 in Pebmarsh, Essex, England. He died Feb 1639 in Great Yeldham, Essex, England.

• Parents: Thomas Cooke b. 1541 & Margaret Rice.

Married

1. Grace UPSHUR 1, 2, 3 was born 1580 in Fordham, Essex, England. She died 1616 in Pebmarsh, Essex, England. Grace married Thomas COOKE Gentleman on 1603 in Pebmarsh, Essex, England.
2. Susan 1 was born 1580 in Pebmarsh, Essex, England. She died Dec 1645 in Little Yeldham, Essex, England. Susan married Thomas COOKE Gentleman on 1617 in Pebmarsh, Essex, England.

Children of Grace Upshur & Thomas Cooke:

1. Colonel Thomas COOKE Esquire was born 1604 and died Nov 1682.
2. Grace COOKE was born 1606.
3. Joseph COOKE was born 1608 and died May 1699.
4. Col. George Cooke was born 1610 and died April 1652.

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Thomas COOKE Gentleman 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 was born 1564 in Pebmarsh, Essex, England. He died Feb 1639 in Great Yeldham, Essex, England.

Parents: Thomas Cooke b. 1541 & Margaret Rice

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cooke-2209

Birth

Thomas Cooke II (called "Thomas Cooke, the Younger") was born in 1564 in Pebmarsh, Essex, England. He was the oldest son of Thomas Cook, "the Elder," and his first wife, Margaret Rice (1542-1568), who died when young Thomas was still a small boy. His father's family and that of his mother were important independent land-owners in Essex, north-east of London. They were distantly related to the more-prominent Cooke family of Little Stambridge Hall, Essex, about 30 miles away.

Marriage

In 1603, when he was 40 years old, Thomas married Grace Upcher (aka Upshur), about 20 years younger (b. 1580), from the nearby village of Fordham, Essex. Her father was a yeoman farmer named Joseph Upcher[1] and she had an uncle who was a noted cleric in the Church of England at Fordham and London.

Thomas and Grace (Upcher) Cooke had four children:[2]

1. Colonel Thomas COOKE, Esq., born 1604; m(1). Elizabeth DUKE 1630 in Pebmarsh - 4 surviving children; m(2). Judith ST JOHN (Widow Percival) 1645 in Essex and died Nov 1682 in Pebmarsh, Essex.
2. Grace COOKE, born 1606; m. John BENNETT 1632 in Great Yealdham, Essex - 2 children; died after 1641 in Great Yealdham.
3. Joseph COOKE, born 1608; emigrated to Cambridge MA ca. 1635; m. Elizabeth HAYNES 1642 in MA - 1 daughter; died May 1699 in Pebmarsh, Essex
4. Colonel George COOKE, born 1610; emigrated to Cambridge MA ca. 1635; m. Anne [??] - 4 children; died April 1652 (fighting in Ireland = British Army); he was Governor of Wexford, Ireland, under Cromwell(1650-52) .

After his wife Grace died in about 1616, Thomas Cooke, the Younger, married a second time to a local widow, Susan [Robins ??], in about 1617, in Great Yealdham, Essex. They had no children together and lived in Great Yealdham.

Thomas Cooke II died at Great Yealdham, Essex, England, in February 1639. His Will, written September 17, 1638, was proven on February 8, 1639. He named his son Thomas and son-in-law John Bennett as Executors. Here is the transcript:[3]

The will of Thomas Cooke of Great Yeldham, made September 17, 1638, was proved February 8, 1638/9.

• To the poor of Great Yeldham, 40 s.
• To the poor of Pebmarsh, £5.
• To his wife, Susan, copyholds held of the manors of Pebmarsh and Henny Magna or £40 per annum for life, copyholds and freeholds in Lanmarsh; with remainder to his son Thomas, and all his household goods with remainder to his son Thomas and daughter Grace Bennett.
• To second son Joseph, customary tenement in Baisett (Brisett?) Magna, co. Suffolk.
• To son-in-law, John Bennett and daughter Grace, his wife, lands in Tillingham and Dengye, conditional on their joining in a sale of his lands in Mesden and Wickhambrooke.
• To each grandchild, £ 20.
• To daughter Grace, £ 3.
• To Elizabeth Cooke, wife of his son Thomas, £ 3.
• To John Cooke the elder of Pebmarsh, his wife and child £ 3 .
• To kinsmen and kinswomen Robert Cooke, Lawrence Cooke, Mary Scott, Bridget Cooke, and Joane daughter of Thomas Wistowe, late of Pebmarsh, 20 s.
• To servants Johane Gylot, George Warren, William Pearman, Francis Harrington and William Parminter.
• The residue was to be divided among his children, and his son Thomas was named executor and his son-in-law, John Bennett assistant

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References

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hwbradley/aqwg259...  
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cooke-2206 Thomas Cooke and Grace Upcher, his wife, of Pebmarsh, Essex, had 4 known children, named: Thomas (III), Joseph, Grace and George. No others of their children reached adulthood.
• https://www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/14248664940/ Thomas was the son of Thomas Cooke / Coke of Great Yeldham by Grace Upcher of Fordham
• https://gestingthorpehg.co.uk/blog/f/the-great-yeldham-great-oak Great Yeldham is probably best known for its ‘Old Oak’, albeit now you can only see an encased trunk filled with concrete. It is registered on the Ancient Tree Inventory as a tree of 'National Special Interest'.