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Thomas Cook

Birth
Alderholt, North Dorset District, Dorset, England
Death
6 Feb 1677 (aged 76)
Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA
Burial
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Baptised 13 Apr 1600 in Netherbury, Dorset, Eng. to Thomas & Joane Cooke. Married Rebecca Westcott of Boston before 1630. Buried 6 Feb 1677/78 in Portsmouth. Their child: John Cook.Thomas Cooke was the son of Thomas Cooke and Joanna. He married Mary at Taunton, England.

Thomas Cooke was born in Netherbury, Dorsetshire, England ca. 1603. He was an early proprietor of Taunton, Massachusetts, soon removed to Portsmouth, Rhode Island, where he was often mentioned in the earliest town records. He had a wife, Mary who died. A second wife, Mary, who must have been much younger, survived him and married again and bore several children, the last in 1688. Thomas Cooke died at Portsmouth, Rhode Island in 1677. His will is among the earliest filed there. He had three children:

Capt. Thomas Cooke who married Thomasin about 1648 in Taunton/Salem, MA.

John Cooke who married Mary Borden, daughter of Richard Borden and Joan Fowler, Abt. 1652 in Portsmouth, R.I./Providence

George Cooke who married Ann.
Baptised 13 Apr 1600 in Netherbury, Dorset, Eng. to Thomas & Joane Cooke. Married Rebecca Westcott of Boston before 1630. Buried 6 Feb 1677/78 in Portsmouth. Their child: John Cook.Thomas Cooke was the son of Thomas Cooke and Joanna. He married Mary at Taunton, England.

Thomas Cooke was born in Netherbury, Dorsetshire, England ca. 1603. He was an early proprietor of Taunton, Massachusetts, soon removed to Portsmouth, Rhode Island, where he was often mentioned in the earliest town records. He had a wife, Mary who died. A second wife, Mary, who must have been much younger, survived him and married again and bore several children, the last in 1688. Thomas Cooke died at Portsmouth, Rhode Island in 1677. His will is among the earliest filed there. He had three children:

Capt. Thomas Cooke who married Thomasin about 1648 in Taunton/Salem, MA.

John Cooke who married Mary Borden, daughter of Richard Borden and Joan Fowler, Abt. 1652 in Portsmouth, R.I./Providence

George Cooke who married Ann.


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