John Cooke

1607 - 1694  (87 years)

• Name	John Cooke
  Birth	1 Jan 1607	Netherlands
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Nov 1694	Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
  Burial	Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
  Person ID	I26424	footsteps | Carroll, Mayflower-FC, Van Loan
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Francis Cooke,   b. 26 Aug 1578, Essex, England d. 17 Apr 1663, Massachusetts, United States (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Hester Le Mahieu,   b. 3 Jul 1585, Kentshire, England d. 21 May 1669, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	4 Jul 1603	Netherlands
  Family ID	F115	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Warren,   b. 1614, London, England d. 25 Jul 1686, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	28 Mar 1634	Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
  Children	+ 1. Richard Cook,   b. 1638, New London, Connecticut, United States d. 4 Dec 1716, New London, Connecticut, United States (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F14706	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1 Jan 1607 - Netherlands Marriage - 28 Mar 1634 - Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Death - 9 Nov 1694 - Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States Burial - - Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  John Cooke was born in late 1606 or early 1607, and was baptized at the French Walloon church in Leiden, Holland between January and March, 1607. John spent his early years in Leiden, Holland, and came with his father on the Mayflower in 1620 at the age of about 13 or 14. John was then raised in Plymouth; his mother and sisters came over on the ship Anne in 1623, along with his future wife Sarah Warren. He would marry Sarah, the daughter of Mayflower passenger Richard Warren, in 1634 at Plymouth. They would go on to have five daughters all born in Plymouth over the next twenty years. John would become a deacon in the Plymouth Church, and in 1636, Samuel Eaton (who was still breast-feeding when he came on the Mayflower) was apprenticed to him. At some point during the late 1640s, John Cooke "fell into the error of Anabaptistry," and was cast out of the Plymouth Church. The Church record states: "This John Cooke although a shallow man became a cause of trouble and dissension in our Church and gave just occasion of their casting him out; so that Solomon's words proved true in him that one sinner destroyeth much good." John Cooke removed from Plymouth and took up residence in Dartmouth, where he died in 1695. His wife Sarah was still alive in 1696, called "a very ancient woman"; her exact death date was not recorded but it was probably not long after.