Francis Cooke 1583 - 1663

Francis Cooke was born on November 26, 1583 at Gides Hall in Blyth, Nottinghamshire England to John Cooke and Lady Alice Caunton, and had a brother Thomas Cooke. He married Hester "Walloon" (Mahieu) Cooke, and had children Mary Cooke Tobey, John Soule Cooke, Jan Cooke, Josiah Cooke, Baron Henry Cooke, Jacob Cooke, Hester Cooke, Josias Cooke, and Mary (Cooke) Tomson. Francis Cooke died at age 79 years old on April 7, 1663 at Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, and was buried on April 7, 1663 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colony (Present USA).