Sunday, April 23, 2017

Francis Cooke

Going back a bit for this one. My tenth great grandfather Sir Francis Cooke, left England for religious freedom. He was among those that arrived in the "New World" on the Mayflower.
Born in England in August 1582. He died sometime after he was eighty years old in Plymouth, Massachusetts on 7 April 1663. He learned his trade of wool comber before leaving England.
He was married to Hester Le Mahieu, they had at least one child, Jane Cooke.
Not much else is known about him.
Wool Comber: In the manufacture of woolen textiles the wool was carded to lay the fibers into roughly parallel strands so they could be more easily drawn out for spinning.

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