Children of Francis and Hester Cooke
The birth order of the Cooke children is uncertain.
- John was baptized in Leiden, Holland between January and March 1607 and died in Dartmouth on November 23, 1695. He married Sarah Warren on March 28, 1634 in Plymouth and had five children. She died after July 15, 1696. He was buried at Cooke Memorial Park, Fairhaven, Mass.
- a child was buried in Leiden on May 20, 1608.
- Jane was born about 1609 in Leiden. She married Experience Mitchell in Plymouth after May 22, 1627. Her date of death is unknown, as is the date of his second marriage. But his first three children are generally considered to be hers.
- Elizabeth was baptized in Leiden on December 26, 1611. There is no further record.
- Jacob was born about 1618 and died in Plymouth in December 1675. He was buried at Tyler Point Cemetery, Barrington, R.I.
- He married 1. Damaris Hopkins shortly after June 10, 1646 in Plymouth and had seven children. Her father was Mayflower passenger Stephen :Hopkins. 2. Elizabeth (Lettice) Shurtleff on November 18, 1669 in Plymouth and had two children.
- Hester was born about 1620 in Leiden and died between 1669 and 1691. She married Richard Wright in Plymouth in 1644 and had six children. She was buried at Burial Hill in Plymouth, Mass.
- Mary was born in Plymouth about 1625 and died in Middleboro on March 21, 1714. He married John Thompson/Tomson on December 26, 1645 in Plymouth. She was buried at Nemasket Hill Cemetery, Middleboro, Massachusetts.
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