Individual Details

John Cooke

(Mar 1607 - 23 Nov 1695)

 JOHN COOKE was among the first English owners of the Town of Dartmouth, and one of the few proprietors to actually move to the land he had bought. He selected as his portion of Dartmouth, the section now known as Oxford in Fairhaven.

Events

BirthMar 1607Leyden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Marriage28 Mar 1634Plymouth Massachusetts - Sarah Warren
Event1664Dartmouth
EventJul 1667Plymouth
Death23 Nov 1695Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts

Families

SpouseSarah Warren (1614 - 1686)
ChildSarah Cooke (1638 - 1715)
ChildElizabeth Cooke (1644 - 1715)
ChildSusanna Cook (1648 - 1704)
ChildEsther Cooke (1650 - 1671)
ChildMercy Cooke (1654 - )
ChildMary Cooke (1657 - 1694)

Notes

Event

In 1664 he was granted 15 acres of land near Dartmouth and he had other significant land dealings in the area, owning 3/34 of the original Dartmouth grant. He was a constant trader in lands at Plymouth and Dartmouth and owned lands at Puncatest.

Event

In July 1667, John Cooke was authorized by the Plymouth Court as His Majesties representative (Magistrate) in Dartmouth to make contracts…administer oaths…commence a suite…issue warrants…and give subpoenas. Few of the shareholders actually lived in Dartmouth.