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    James Cooke

    James Cooke

    Male 1689 -

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    Generation: 1

    1. 1.  James Cooke was born on 23 Jul 1689 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts (son of Stephen Cooke and Rebecca Flagg).

    Generation: 2

    1. 2.  Stephen Cooke was born in 1647 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts (son of Gregory Cooke and Mary White); died on 27 Jul 1738 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

      Stephen married Rebecca Flagg on 19 Nov 1679 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Rebecca (daughter of Thomas Flagg and Marable\Mary Underwood\Gershom) was born on 05 Sep 1660 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 20 Jun 1721 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


    2. 3.  Rebecca Flagg was born on 05 Sep 1660 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts (daughter of Thomas Flagg and Marable\Mary Underwood\Gershom); died on 20 Jun 1721 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

      Notes:

      Birth:
      Listed as Watertown and Newton, both of which are towns in Middlesex county.
      Watertown is 42 deg 22 min 15 sec N and 071 deg 11 min 00 sec W
      Newton is 42 deg 20 min 13 sec N and 071 deg 12 min 35 sec W

      The county was given as Cambridgeville. There is no Cambridgeville, Massachusetts, but there is a Cambridgeville, Vermont.

      Children:
      1. Mary Cooke was born on 02 Dec 1681 in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 21 Nov 1724.
      2. Stephen Cooke was born on 09 Jun 1683 in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died in 1760.
      3. Isaac Cooke was born on 28 Dec 1685 in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
      4. John Cooke was born on 15 Mar 1687 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 22 Aug 1762 in Preston, New London, Connecticut.
      5. 1. James Cooke was born on 23 Jul 1689 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
      6. Samuel Cooke was born on 31 Dec 1690 in Cambridge, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 11 Apr 1745 in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut.
      7. Peter Cooke was born on 10 Aug 1692 in Cambridge, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
      8. Daniel Cooke was born in 1694 in Cambridge, Suffolk, Massachusetts.


    Generation: 3

    1. 4.  Gregory Cooke was born in 1621 in Rattlesden, Suffolk, England; died on 01 Jan 1691.

      Notes:

      These notes were found at: http://aleph0.clarku.edu/*djoyce/gen/bay/; Gregory Cook. Gregory died on 1 Jan 1690/1. (17) Occupation: cordwainer, or shoemaker. Gregory, of Cambridge, was a selectman of Mendon 1669. He owned a farm of 112 acres between Angier's Corner and the Watertown Bridge, situated partly in Watertown and partly in Newton. (17)Gregory lived in that part of Watertown now Newton in 1672; next year was of Watertown, yet had some years been at Mendon, was there selectman 1669; of Watertown again, 1684, and at Cambridge was selectman 1678, and after. (12) Gregory first married Mary [Cook]. Mary died on 17 Aug 1681. (17) They had the following children:
      Stephen (ca1647-1738)
      Susanna (-1674)
      On 1 Nov 1681 Gregory second married Susanna [Goodwin]. (17); (12) Joseph Savage, Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Originally published 1860. (17) Henry Bond, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, NEHGS, Boston, 1860.; Cooke. Gregory, Cambridge, shoemak. by w. Mary, wh. d. 17 Aug. 1681, had Stephen, b. a. 1647; and Susanna, wh. d. 13 Nov. 1674; liv. in that pt. now Newton in 1672; next yr. was of Watertown, yet had some yrs. been at Mendon, was there selectman 1669; of Watertown again, 1684, and at C. was selectman 1678, and aft.; m. 1 Nov. 1681, wid. Susanna Goodwin, and d. 1 Jan 1691, and his wid. m. 15 Sept. foll. Henry Spring.--A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. by James Savage, Former President of the Massachusetts Historical Society and Editor of Winthrop's History of New England. In Four Vo Vol. I. Boston: Little, Brown and Company 1860.; Cooke. Stephen, Watertown or Newton, s. of Gregory, m. 19 Nov. 1679, Rebecca, d. of Thomas Flagg, had Mary, b. 2 Dec. 1681; Stephen, 9 Jan. 1783; Isaac, 28 Apr. 1685; John, 15 Mar 1687; James 23 Jan. 1689; Samuel, 3 Dec. 1690; Peter, 10 Aug. 1692; and Daniel; freem. 1690, deac. and d. 1738. His w. d. 20 June 1721.

      Gregory married Mary White on 25 Sep 1645 in Rattlesden, Suffolk, England. Mary was born on 10 Mar 1624 in of, England; died on 17 Aug 1681 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


    2. 5.  Mary White was born on 10 Mar 1624 in of, England; died on 17 Aug 1681 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

      Notes:

      Died:
      Sometimes recorded as: Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts

      Children:
      1. 2. Stephen Cooke was born in 1647 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 27 Jul 1738 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
      2. Susanna Cooke was born in 1649 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 13 Nov 1674 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was buried on 13 Nov 1674.

    3. 6.  Thomas Flagg was born on 06 May 1620 in Worchester, England (son of Allen Flagg and Nazareth or Elizabeth Devoreys); died on 06 Feb 1698 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

      Thomas married Marable\Mary Underwood\Gershom in 1640 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Marable\Mary was born in 1619 in Hardingham, Norfolk, England; died on 30 Dec 1702 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


    4. 7.  Marable\Mary Underwood\Gershom was born in 1619 in Hardingham, Norfolk, England; died on 30 Dec 1702 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
      Children:
      1. Elizabeth Flagg was born about 1657 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 09 Aug 1729 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.
      2. 3. Rebecca Flagg was born on 05 Sep 1660 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 20 Jun 1721 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.


    Generation: 4

    1. 12.  Allen Flagg was born in 1575 in Shipdham, Norfolk, England (son of John Flagg and Aveline Bennington); died on 21 Apr 1632 in Hardingham, Norfolk, England.

      Allen married Nazareth or Elizabeth Devoreys on 30 Jul 1611 in Hardingham, n, England. Nazareth (daughter of Edmund Devoreys and Ursula Pitcher) was born on 03 Apr 1586 in Hardingham, Norfolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


    2. 13.  Nazareth or Elizabeth Devoreys was born on 03 Apr 1586 in Hardingham, Norfolk, England (daughter of Edmund Devoreys and Ursula Pitcher).
      Children:
      1. 6. Thomas Flagg was born on 06 May 1620 in Worchester, England; died on 06 Feb 1698 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.