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Richard Cocke, Burgess from Henrico County

7/19/2019

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Malvern Hill
Twenty-fifth in a series of biographical sketches whose descendants belong to the First Mississippi Company: in honor of the 400th anniversary of the July 30, 1619, meeting of the first representative governmental body in America at the 1617 Church on Jamestown Island
Richard Cocke (1597-1665) was born at Pickthorn, Stottesdon, Shropshire, England and was in Virginia by 24 Dec 1627.  On this date, Cocke appeared in court in Jamestown where he testified as the purser of the Thomas and John that four of Mr. Sharples’s men had run away while being transported to Virginia.  He appeared in court again on 10 Feb 1629 as the attorney for Patrick Canada, who was seeking ownership of Thomas Hunter’s estate.

​Although by 1632 Cocke had married the widow (1) Temperance Bailey Browne, Cocke had to pay a fee of 6,397 pounds of tobacco to settle Browne’s estate.  Temperance Baley [Bailey], the mother of Browne’s two daughters Mary and Margaret, was born in VA in 1617 and is listed on the Muster of 1624/25 as a member of Cecily Jordan’s household in Jordan’s Jordan. Cecily Jordan, identified as an ancient planter in a 1620 patent, is thought to be Temperance’s mother by an early marriage to a man named Bailey.  The two sons of Temperance and Richard Cocke were Thomas and Richard, who later became known as Richard the Elder.

After Temperance’s death, Richard Cocke married (2) Mary Aston, daughter of Walter Aston; the couple had another son named Richard (known as Richard the Younger), Elizabeth, John, William, and Edward.

Richard Cocke became an important figure in VA, acquiring 10,916 acres of land, principally in Henrico County but also in Surry County where he first lived in the 1630s.  He named his three homes Bremo, Curles, and Malvern Hill. He also served as a Burgess, first in 1632 representing Weyanoke and then Henrico from 1644 to 1654.  He was a Colonel of the local militia and a court justice.

Among Cocke’s prominent descendants are Robert E. Lee, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush.

  
First Mississippi Company Descendant of Richard Cocke: Charles David Hill
 
 
       
4 Comments
Pamela Smith DIALS
9/23/2020 11:32:24 pm

Is this Richard Cocke (1597-1665) eligible for the Jamestowne Society? The Richard Cocke that is listed as eligible for membership was born 1600 died 1665. Are they one and the same?
Thanks

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Josephine Parra link
4/21/2022 01:01:00 pm

I am related c to Temperance Baily and Richard Cocke

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Ruth Barnett
12/9/2022 02:35:35 pm

Richard Cocke is an approved Jamestowne Member A1712
Temperance Bailey is also an approved Jamestowne Member

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Autumn REDFORD
9/18/2022 10:35:12 pm

Through what line does Thomas Jefferson descend? I can't locate a tree for Jefferson with Cocke on it

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