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Bradley, Hazen, and Stricker Family Trees - Francis Cooke, Mayflower Passenger

Francis Cooke - Mayflower Passenger

Family Connections; 10th great-grandfather of Ruth Ann Bradley
                                   8th great-grandfather of Edward Elihu Hazen, Jr.
                                   9th great-grandfather of Roy Ellsworth Stricker

Forefathers Monument - Plymouth Massachusetts

Francis Cooke was born in England, but little is known about his early history. He was likely born around 1583 - he was included on a list of who was eligible to bear arms in Plymouth Colony in 1643 and scholars have calculated his probable birth year from that. 

Cooke appears in the historical record as a witness to a betrothal on April 25, 1603, in Leiden. Holland. He was in Leiden six years before the English Separatists led by Paster John Robinson came to Leiden. 

Cooke married Hester Mahieu in Leiden in 1603. She was a French "Walloon" - a protestant not welcome in France. Francis and Hester joined Robinson's Separatist church sometime around 1612. When the plans were made to form a new colony, Francis and his thirteen-year-old son John decided to go on the Mayflower. Hester and the other children waited and came on the ship "Anne" in 1623, when Plymouth Colony was better established. 

Francis and Hester had seven children:
        Jane Anne           b. 1605    d. 1632
        John                    b. 1607    d. 1695
        Unnamed child   b. 1608    d. 1608
        Elizabeth            b. 1611     no further record exists
        Jacob                  b. 1618    d. 1675
        Hester                 b. 1624    d. 1675
        Mary                   b. 1626    d. 1714


Francis was active in the colony, mostly in roles requiring division of land, setting boundaries, and laying out highways. The historical record does not contain any records of lawsuits, disputes, or unlawful behavior involving him. He was called upon to settle disputes by others involving land boundaries and ownership.  

Francis died on April 7, 1663. He was likely buried on what was known as Burial Hill in Plymouth, now Coles Hill Burial Ground, but the exact location is not known. 

Hester died in 1666. Her burial place is also unknown. 


The base of the monument shown above

In the Bradley tree:

Francis Cooke > John Cooke > Elizabeth Cooke > Daniel Wilcox > Mary Wilcox > Elizabeth Lake > Mary Sanford > Polly Borden > Roxanna Farnum > Simon Stickney Fogg > William Darwin Fogg > 
Bessie Lakin Fogg > Ruth Ann Bradley


In the Hazen tree:

Francis Cooke > Hester Cooke > Adam Wright > Sarah Wright > Archippus Fuller > Seth Fuller > Deborah Fuller > Norman Hazen > John Vose Hazen > Edward Elihu Hazen > Edward Elihu Hazen Jr. 


In the Stricker Tree : 

Francis Cooke > Mary Cooke > Mary Thompson > Sarah Taber > Hannah Hart > Eunice Wilcox > Julia Robinson > Mariah Warner > Eugene Aaron Grover > Lillian May Grover > Gertrude Myra Newland > Roy Ellsworth Stricker

I'm omitting the charts this time - six charts seems a bit excessive. 

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