Individual Details
Captain Thomas Cocke Sr
(10 Dec 1639 - Bef 1 Apr 1697)
== Biography ==
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'''Thomas Cocke''' (1639-by 1697)[http://www.jamestowne.org/clarke---cocke.html Jamestowne Society]: Cocke, Thomas - A9540; born 1639, died by 1697, Henrico Co.: 1677 (Burgess). ''accessed 5 June 2020''
Sheriff: Of Bremo, and Malvern Hills; known as Captain Thomas Cocke, Sr., of Henrico; Sheriff, 1680-1688; member of County Court at various times, and otherwise prominent in the affairs of the colony; his will dated, 1689; probably died soon after.[http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cw4peterk&id=I001825&style=TABLE Thomas Cockes in thCockes and Cousins, Vol. II] Author: Leonie Doss Cocke and Virginia Webb Cocke Publication: Edwards Brothers, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1967 Repository: Note: College of William and Mary, The Earl Gregg Swem Library Media: Book Page: p. 1, 2
=== Death & Legacy ===The will of Thomas Cocke was entered for probate on 1 April 1697 in Henrico County, Virginia. Some biographers state he died at the end of 1696, perhaps December, but his death more likely ocurred closer to the April probate date. I have not yet located a copy of his will online, but one history of the Cocke family gives a list of some of the bequests in it:[https://archive.org/details/jstor-4241922/page/n3/mode/2up "Genealogy of the Cocke Family of Virginia."] ''The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography,'' published Quarterly by The Virginia Historical Society,1 April 1896; Volume 3, p 407, 408. Richmond, VA: House of the Society
* Thomas owned two tanneries and he leaves one of his tanners to son James
* He leaves to his son Stephen a mechanic, Jack Long, whom he owned* To daughter Agnes Harwood, he leaves a mulatto girl with a weaving loom
* Left 1000 pounds of tobacco to purchase a bell for the church
* His wife and son James are named executors
=== Research Notes ===1 Jan 1687, Thomas Cocke Sr of county and parish of Henrico to his son Thomas Cocke Jr of same. Love and affection, 200A part of a dividend at Malvern Hills, where sd Thomas Jr now lives, next to Turkey Island Crk, sd Thomas Jr, Stephen Cocke, second son of Thomas Jr, next to John Lewis and Thomas Cocke Sr, John Aust the shallop landing on creek. recorded 1 Jun 1687. Wife Margaret relinquishes dower. Henrico Co VA Deeds, 1677-1705, Weisiger, p 42.
"Thomas Cocke (1639-97) built the first house at Malvern Hill. Rebuilt entirely of brick around 1690-1700, the house was sold in the late 18th century to Robert Nelson, brother of Thomas Nelson of Yorktown, signer of the Declaration of Independence. The house burned in 1905."
== Sources ==
* [http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cw4peterk&id=I001825&style=TABLE Thomas Cocke(1638-1697) on Rootsweb]
* http://www.haywoodcountyline.com/booth.html* ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=P53IPAAACAAJ Marriages of Henrico County, Virginia, 1680-1808]'' complied by Joyce H. Lindsay, Richmond, Virginia, 1960.
* https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5557700[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/112941 FHL Collection]. Quote from page 20: 2 December 1695. [[Cocke-191 | William COCKE]] and [[Perrin-749 | Sarah Perrin]]. Sur. [[Cocke-70 | Thomas Cocke, Sr.]] Deeds, Wills, 1688-1697. p 631.
*Name:
*Thomas Cocke
*Spouse:
*Mary Brashear Brasse
*Parents:
*Thomas Cocke
*Birth Place:
*Henrico Co, VA
*Birth Date:
*1661
*Death Date:
*1706
https://archive.org/stream/coxfamilyinamer00coxgoog#page/n41/mode/1up
http://www.henricohistoricalsociety.org/lostarchitecture.malvernhill.html
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'''Thomas Cocke''' (1639-by 1697)[http://www.jamestowne.org/clarke---cocke.html Jamestowne Society]: Cocke, Thomas - A9540; born 1639, died by 1697, Henrico Co.: 1677 (Burgess). ''accessed 5 June 2020''
Sheriff: Of Bremo, and Malvern Hills; known as Captain Thomas Cocke, Sr., of Henrico; Sheriff, 1680-1688; member of County Court at various times, and otherwise prominent in the affairs of the colony; his will dated, 1689; probably died soon after.[http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cw4peterk&id=I001825&style=TABLE Thomas Cockes in thCockes and Cousins, Vol. II] Author: Leonie Doss Cocke and Virginia Webb Cocke Publication: Edwards Brothers, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1967 Repository: Note: College of William and Mary, The Earl Gregg Swem Library Media: Book Page: p. 1, 2
=== Death & Legacy ===The will of Thomas Cocke was entered for probate on 1 April 1697 in Henrico County, Virginia. Some biographers state he died at the end of 1696, perhaps December, but his death more likely ocurred closer to the April probate date. I have not yet located a copy of his will online, but one history of the Cocke family gives a list of some of the bequests in it:[https://archive.org/details/jstor-4241922/page/n3/mode/2up "Genealogy of the Cocke Family of Virginia."] ''The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography,'' published Quarterly by The Virginia Historical Society,1 April 1896; Volume 3, p 407, 408. Richmond, VA: House of the Society
* Thomas owned two tanneries and he leaves one of his tanners to son James
* He leaves to his son Stephen a mechanic, Jack Long, whom he owned* To daughter Agnes Harwood, he leaves a mulatto girl with a weaving loom
* Left 1000 pounds of tobacco to purchase a bell for the church
* His wife and son James are named executors
=== Research Notes ===1 Jan 1687, Thomas Cocke Sr of county and parish of Henrico to his son Thomas Cocke Jr of same. Love and affection, 200A part of a dividend at Malvern Hills, where sd Thomas Jr now lives, next to Turkey Island Crk, sd Thomas Jr, Stephen Cocke, second son of Thomas Jr, next to John Lewis and Thomas Cocke Sr, John Aust the shallop landing on creek. recorded 1 Jun 1687. Wife Margaret relinquishes dower. Henrico Co VA Deeds, 1677-1705, Weisiger, p 42.
"Thomas Cocke (1639-97) built the first house at Malvern Hill. Rebuilt entirely of brick around 1690-1700, the house was sold in the late 18th century to Robert Nelson, brother of Thomas Nelson of Yorktown, signer of the Declaration of Independence. The house burned in 1905."
== Sources ==
* [http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=cw4peterk&id=I001825&style=TABLE Thomas Cocke(1638-1697) on Rootsweb]
* http://www.haywoodcountyline.com/booth.html* ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=P53IPAAACAAJ Marriages of Henrico County, Virginia, 1680-1808]'' complied by Joyce H. Lindsay, Richmond, Virginia, 1960.
* https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5557700[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/112941 FHL Collection]. Quote from page 20: 2 December 1695. [[Cocke-191 | William COCKE]] and [[Perrin-749 | Sarah Perrin]]. Sur. [[Cocke-70 | Thomas Cocke, Sr.]] Deeds, Wills, 1688-1697. p 631.
*Name:
*Thomas Cocke
*Spouse:
*Mary Brashear Brasse
*Parents:
*Thomas Cocke
*Birth Place:
*Henrico Co, VA
*Birth Date:
*1661
*Death Date:
*1706
https://archive.org/stream/coxfamilyinamer00coxgoog#page/n41/mode/1up
http://www.henricohistoricalsociety.org/lostarchitecture.malvernhill.html
Events
| Birth | 10 Dec 1639 | Bremo, Henrico, Virginia Colony | |||
| Death | Bef 1 Apr 1697 | Malvern Hill, Charles City County, Virginia Colony | |||
| Reference No | 767057 | ||||
| Reference No | 786644 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Father | Lt Col Richard Cocke (1597 - 1665) |
| Mother | Temperance Baley (1617 - 1652) |
| Sibling | Richard "Richard the Elder" Cocke II (1639 - 1706) |