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William Cooke

Dutch: Willem Koeck
Also Known As: "William Couck", "William Cook;Willem Hondt", "Couch", "Cook"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: England
Death: between June 17, 1688 and December 13, 1689 (73-83)
Pearl Street, New York, Province of New York
Immediate Family:

Husband of Sara Cooke
Father of Thomas Kooke

Managed by: David Howerton
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About William Cooke

Marriage

  • 1656 07 Oct; William Couck, van Scharetz-Stryt in Engelt; Sara Pieters, wid Jan Janszen Schepmoes NA DRC marriages 1639-1801

Possible Child

  • 1658 Apr 14; Willem Hondt, Sara Schepmoes; Thomas; Jacob Hay, Hendrick Tamboer, Anna Schepmoes NA DRC Baptisms 1639-1730

From NY Hist. Soc. Abstracts of Wills, Vol 2, p. 398-99 link

"In the name of God, Amen, June 17, 1688: I William Cooke (or Kooke) of New York. I appoint for my sole and universall heir, my son Thomas Kook, procreated by my wife Sara Kook, deceased. 'Signed and sealed at the house of Dirck Janse Woertman within the jurisdiction of Brookland, in Kings County.'" Witnesses, Dirck Janse Woertman, Jan Vandewater.
"Inventory of the estate of William Kooke. Taken December 30, 1689. Houses in Pearl street, according to the Grond Brief. (List small, no value given.) [Note. -- The house of William Kooke was on the south side of Pearl street, west of Whitehall.]


Source: The VAN NORDEN FAMILY Three Hundred Years In America 1 6 2 3 - 1 9 2 3 by Theodore Langdon Van Norden published 1923

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William Cooke's Timeline

1610
1610
England
1658
April 14, 1658
New Amsterdam, New Netherland Colony
1688
June 17, 1688
Age 78
Pearl Street, New York, Province of New York