'Cooke04'
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Families covered: Cookes of Bentley Pauncefoot, Cookes of Norgrove, Cookes of Powyck
| Commoners reports that "This family came into England with the Conqueror, and has been for centuries seated in the highest respectability in the county of Worcester." | |||||||||||||||
| William Cookes of Belbroughton (Bell Broughton), Worcestershire (a temp Henry VIII who r. 1509-1547) | |||||||||||||||
| William's wife is named Agnes by the Visitation and Isabella by Commoners. BLG1886 does not name her. | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Henry Cookes of Sheltwood or Shiltwood in Tardebigg, Worcestershire | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Underwood or Underhill of Hales Owen | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Cookes of Norgrove in Feckenham, Worcestershire (b 26.07.1567, dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Jennett (dau/coheir of Humphry Jennett or Jennets of Norgrove) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Edward Cookes of Norgrove & Bentley Pauncefoote (d 10.08.1656) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Cotton (dau of Nicholas Cotton of Hornchurch by Winifred, sister of Richard Weston, Earl of Portland) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir William Cookes, Sheriff of Wocestershire, 1st Bart of Norgrove (b c1618, d by 1672) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Ann Cookes (dsp, dau/coheir of John Cookes of Tookey's Farm) @@ below | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (by 1648) Mercy Dineley (dau of Edward Dineley of Charlton (by Joyce Sandys), sister of Sir Edward, m2. Mark Dineley of Norborow) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Thomas Cookes of Norgrove & Bentley Pauncefoot, 2nd Bart (b c1649, dsp 08.06.1701, founder of Worcester College, Oxford) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1672) Mary Windsor (b c1659, d 03.01.1694, dau of Thomas, Earl of Plymouth) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | William Cookes of Powyck (dsp 1673) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Rea (dau/coheir of Posthumous John Rea of Powyck, m2. Basil Fielding of Barnacle) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Mercy Cookes | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1672) Henry Winford of Astley | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Henry Cookes of Barbon, Worcestershire (bpt 29.09.1625, d c1678) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Stanley (dau of Richard Stanley of Stoke Prior) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Cookes of London & Leyton, Sheriff of Essex (bpt 04.08.1658, d 11.11.1720) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Knapp (d 28.02.1683, dau of John Knapp of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Elizabeth Cookes (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (11.02.1685) Elizabeth Russell (d 1734, dau of Sir William Russell, alderman of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | John Cookes (b 18.11.1697, d 1747) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Russell (dau of William Russell) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Henry Cookes (b 26.04.1702) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1720) Jane Magraith (d 1765, dau of Robert Magraith or MacRaith of Loughlougher Castle) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | David Cookes (bpt 21.06.1728, dsp 04.1760, younger son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Orpwood | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Thomas Cookes (b 02.04.1735, rector of Norgrove) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04/14.02.1765) Anne Denham (dau/heir of John Denham of Welling) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Denham James Joseph Cookes (b 12.03.1777, d 23.05.1829, rector of Stanford, vicar of Clifton-on-Terne, 5th son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.08.1803) Maria Henrietta Johnstone (dau of Charles Johnstone, son of Marchioness of Annandale) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Charles Burrell Cookes (b 28.09.1786, d 04.1.1854) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1818) Mary Anne Hayes (dau of Thomas Hayes of Bath) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Alice Maria Cookes | ||||||||||||||
| m. William McClary of Minerabin (Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| (d)+ | other issue - George (b 25.08.1767, d 1795), Thomas (b 12.11.1769, d 1774), Henry (b 18.01.1773, d 1798, Captain), Thomas Secundus (b 16.07.1775, d 1802), Anne Benta (d 1774), Sophia (d 1774) | ||||||||||||||
| (iii)+ | other issue - Henry (bpt 22.08.1726, dsp), others (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (D) | Mary Cookes (b 17.02.1686) | ||||||||||||||
| m. David Petty of Wanstead & London (son of George of Otford) | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Elizabeth Cookes (b23.09.1689) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Stokes | |||||||||||||||
| (F) | Ann Cookes (b 09.07.1703) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.06.1729) John Smith of Stratford | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Smith | ||||||||||||||
| (G) | Henrietta Cookes | ||||||||||||||
| m. Rev. Robert Russell | |||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue - Edward (b c1656, dvp 1677), Thomas (b c1660, a 1683, dvp), Henry (b c1663, dsp), William (b c1665, a 1683?), Elizabeth (d young), Mary (d young), Anne (b 1667, a 1683?) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Edward Cookes of Powyck (b c1623, a 1683) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Boroughes of Northamptonshire | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue - Edward (b c1658), John, Elizabeth (b c1661), Jane, Mary, Sarah | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Thomas Cookes of Biddeford Grange, Warwickshire (d c1670) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Isabel Jones (dau of Edmond Jones of Samborne) | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue - Thomas (b c1665, d 10.1683), Edward (b c1665, d 1681), Robert (b c1669, a 1683) | ||||||||||||||
| e. | Ann Cookes | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Amphlett of Clint | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Alice Cookes | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Arris of Charringworth | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Mary Arris | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Barnesley | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Thomas Cookes of Bentley Pauncefoote (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. ?? | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | John Cookes of Tookey's Farm in Feckenham (of Lincoln's Inn) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice Edmonds (dau of William Edmonds of Wibheath in Tardebig) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Mary Cookes (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Chetle of Wallhouse | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Anne Cookes (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir William Cookes of Norgrove @@ above | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Alice Cookes | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Mathews of Murcot Hall | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Elizabeth Cookes | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Chambers of Tardebig | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Mary Cookes | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Sparry of Clint | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Thomas Cookes of Burcot in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire (a 1618) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Henry Cookes of Burcot | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Amphillis Cookes (b c1617, a 1683) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Sheldon of Burcot | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Margaret Cookes (b c1628, a 1683) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Penn of Bromsgrove | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Edward Cookes of Cobley in Tardebigg, Worcestershire (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Cotton (sister of Nicholas Cotton of Hornchurch) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLG1886 (Cookes of Bentley), Commoners (vol 4, Cookes of Bentley), Visitation (Worcestershire, Cookes of Bentley Pauncefote), BEB1841 (Cookes of Norgrove)
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