'Cocks1'
Index
links to: Lead / LetterFamilies covered: Cocks of Bishop's Cleeve, Cocks of Castleditch, Cocks of Crowie, Cocks of Dumbleton (Dumblaton), Cocks Lords Somers
'Cocks1'Index
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Families covered: Cocks of Bishop's Cleeve, Cocks of Castleditch, Cocks of Crowie, Cocks of Dumbleton (Dumblaton), Cocks Lords Somers
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| This family was originally based in Cocks Hall in Kent but this branch moved to Gloucestershire in the time of King Henry VIII. | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Cocks | |||||||||||||||
| m. _ Dymoke | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Cocks of Bishop's Cleeve, Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||
| BP1934 and BEB1841 start with this generation but, whilst BEB1841 supports Visitation in showing his eldest son Thomas as having a son, BP1934 reports that this Thomas was succeeded by "his 2nd but eldest surviving son" Richard. We follow BEB1841 & Visitation. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Holland | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Cocks of Crowie (a 1634) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Barbara Cotton (dau of George Cotton of Warblington, Hampshire) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir John Cocks of Crowie and Northley " whose issue (failed)" | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Russell (dau of Sir Thomas Russell of Strensham) | |||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - George, Thomas, Christopher, Mary (b c1608, d 02.08.1630), Frances, Katherine, Anne | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Richard Cocks of Castleditch, Herefordshire | ||||||||||||||
| m. Judith Elliot (dau of John Eliot of London) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Cocks of Castleditch | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Elton (dau of Ambrose Elton of Ledbury, Herefordshire) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Cocks of Castleditch (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Thomas Cocks of Castleditch (d 1724, Rev.) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Mary Cocks (d 04.02.1775) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.09.1724) John Cocks (d 24.06.1771) @1@ just below | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Charles Cocks of Worcester (MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Maria Somers (dau of John Somers of Clifton-upon-Severn, sister of John, Lord Somers, the Lord Chancellor) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | James Cocks of Bruckmans, Hertfordshire | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1718, sp) Elizabeth Newport (dau of Richard Newport, Earl of Bradford) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1737) Anne Berkeley (d 1739, dau of William Berkeley, 4th Lord of Stratton) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | James Cocks (d unm 1758) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | John Cocks of Castleditch (d 24.06.1771) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.09.1724) Mary Cocks (d 04.02.1775, dau of Rev. Thomas Cocks of Castleditch) @1@ just above | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Charles Cocks, 1st Lord Somers of Evesham (b 29.06.1725, d 30.01.1806) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (02/8.08.1759) Elizabeth Eliot (b 03.05.1739, d 01.01.1771, dau of Richard Eliot of Port Eliot, sister of Edward, 1st Lord of St. Germans) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Somers Cocks, 1st Earl Somers (b 06.05.1760, d 05.01.1841) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (19.03.1785) Margaret Nash (b 1760-1, d 09.02.1831, dau of Rev. Treadway Russell Nash by Margaret, dau of John Martin of Overbury) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Sommers Cocks, late Somers-Cocks, 2nd Earl Somers (b 19.03.1788, d 05.10.1852) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.02.1815) Caroline Harriet Yorke (d 27.05.1873, Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke) | |||||||||||||||
| (b)+ | other issue - Edward Charles (b 27.07.1786, d unm Burgos 08.10.1812, Major), Jaems Somers (b 09.01.1790, d 05.07.1856, prebendary of Hereford, Canon of Worcester), Margaret Maria (d 10.05.1849) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (03.06.1834) Jane Cocks (b c1786, d 03.11.1868, dau of James Cocks, cousin, relict of Rev. George Waddington) @2@ below | |||||||||||||||
| (ii)+ | other issue (d unm) - Edward Charles (d 1781), Mary Judith, Hariot | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (20.05.1772) Anne Pole (d 1833, dau of Reginald Pole of Stoke) | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Philip James Cocks (b 02.12.1774, d 01.04.1857, Lt. Colonel) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.11.1812) Frances Herbert (d 12.1870, dau of Arthur Herbert of Brewsterneld) | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Reginald Cocks (b 14.01.1777, d 19.11.1805) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.12.1802) Anne Cocks (d 19.03.1810, dau of James Cocks, cousin) @3@ just below | |||||||||||||||
| (vii) | Anna Maria Cocks (d 27.07.1835) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.12.1797) Philip Yorke (d 29.05.1817, prebendary of Ely) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Joseph Cocks (bpt 14.01.1732, d 04.04.1775, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1758) Margaret Thornlioe (dau of John Thorniloe) | |||||||||||||||
| (i)+ | 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | James Cocks (b 22.06.1734) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (05.11.1772) Martha Watson (dau of Rear Admiral Charles Watson) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Anne Cocks (d 19.03.1810) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.12.1802) Reginald Cocks (b 14.01.1777, d 19.11.1805) @3@ just above | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Catherine Cocks (d 03.03.1830) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.11.1800) Joseph Yorke (b 05.05.1765, d 09.12.1830) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Jane Cocks (b c1786, d 03.11.1868, 4th dau) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Rev. George Waddington | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (03.06.1834) John Somers Cocks, 1st Earl Somers (b 06.05.1760, d 05.01.1841) @2@ above | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Thomas Somers Cocks (b 03.12.1737, d 15.11.1796, 7th son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.08.1768) Ann Thistlethwayte (dau of Alexander Thistlethwayte) | |||||||||||||||
| (E)+ | other issue - Thomas (b 1727, d 1779), John (bpt 14.04.1731, d unm, rector of Suckleigh, prebendarry of Bristol), Philip (bpt 25.02.1735, d unm 17.09.1797, rector of Acton, prebendarry of Lincoln), Richard (b 1740, d unm 01.1821), Robert (b 1741, d unm 1765), Timothy (b 1748, d 1757), Mary, Elizabeth (d 1808) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Catherine Cocks (d 13.06.1705/6) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.08.1704) James Harris of The Close, Salisbury (b 17.04.1674, d 26.08.1731) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Elizabeth Cocks (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (5) | Margaret Cocks (d 10.09.1761) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. William Lygon (b 10.04.1691, dvpsp 04.09.1716) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (b 1690, d 06.03.1764) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Dorothy Cocks (d 1685) apparently of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Tracy of Toddington, 2nd Viscount of Rathcoole (b c1593, bur 11.05.1662) | |||||||||||||||
| e.+ | 2 sons and 2 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Sir Richard Cocks, 1st Bart of Dumbleton or Dumblaton, Sheriff of Gloucestershire (b c1602, d 16.09.1684) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1630) Susannah Elton (b 1604-5, d 10.03.1689, dau of Ambrose Elton of the Hasle by Anne, dau of Sir Edward Aston of Tixall) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Richard Cocks (dvp 1669/70) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Cooke (dau of Sir Robert Cooke of Highnam by Dorothy Fleetwood) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Richard Cocks, 2nd Bart of Dumbleton or Dumblaton, Sheriff of Gloucestershire (b c1658, dsp 21.10.1726) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (c10.1688) Frances Nevil (dau of Richard Nevil of Billingbear by Anne Heyden) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Mary Bethel (b 21.08.1691, dau of William Bethell of Swindon, Yorkshire, by Elizabeth, dau of Sir John Brooke) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Sir Robert Cocks, 3rd Bart of Dumbleton or Dumblaton (b c1658, d 09.02.1735-6, rector of Bladon) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne (b c1669, d 05.11.1712, Mrs. Fulks of Oxford) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Robert Cocks, 4th Bart of Dumbleton or Dumblaton (4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.08.1727) Elizabeth Cholmeley (d 30.01.1749, dau of James Cholmeley of Easton) | |||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | several sons (dsp) and 5 daughters | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Susanna Cocks | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Roger Thompson or Thomson of London | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir Edward Fust, 3rd Bart of Hill (b 1667, d 1713) | |||||||||||||||
| (4)+ | other issue - Charles, Dorothy, Mary, Jane | ||||||||||||||
| b. | John Cocks (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Savage (dau of Walter Savage of Broadway) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Elizabeth Cocks (d 1716) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1666) Sir John Fust, 2nd Bart of Hill (b 1637, d 1698) | |||||||||||||||
| d.+ | other issue (d unm) - Charles, Judith | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Peter Cocks (rector of Bishop's Cleeve, Gloucester) | ||||||||||||||
| The following has been supplemented by information from BLG1886 (Lawrence of Sandywell Park). | |||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine Bridges (dau of Charles Bridges of Wilton, son of 1st Lord Chandos by Elizabeth Grey) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Charles Cocks | ||||||||||||||
| Visitation ends showing Charles & Elizabeth as of this generation. BLG1886 jumps from Rev. Peter to his grandson John whom we presume to show as Charles's son. | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Cocks of Woodmancote, Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Mary Cocks (d 1762) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Walter Lawrence of Sevenhampton (d 1764) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Dorothy Cocks | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Hayward | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Mary Hayward (d 18.11.1804, "only surviving child") | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.10.1766) Walter Lawrence of Sevenhampton (d 01.06.1810) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Elizabeth Cocks | ||||||||||||||
| D. | John Cocks (a 1634, 6th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Coningsby of Suffolk | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Anne Cocks | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Barnsley or Barnsly of Barnsley Hall | |||||||||||||||
| F. | Dorothy Cocks | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Edmond Hitchins or Hutchyngs of Dumbledon | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir Charles Percy | |||||||||||||||
| G. | Elizabeth Cocks | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Stanford or Stafford | |||||||||||||||
| H.+ | other issue - Charles of the Middle Temple and Dumbledon (d 1654), James of London (a 1634), 4 sons | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
BP1934 (Somers), BEB1841 (Cocks of Dumblaton) with some support/input from Visitation (Worcestershire, 1634, Cocks)
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