COOKE OF DONCASTER
The
marriage of Christopher Ingham and Dorothy Hague took place on 8 July 1729 at
Campsall.[1]
The parish register entry describes Dorothy as being of the parish of Arksey
and the marriage bond states that she was a widow aged thirty, so she would
have been born about 1698 or 1699.[2]
Matthew
Hague of Bentley in the parish of Arksey, butcher, was buried at Arksey on 17
May 1727.[3]
Christopher Ingham was also a butcher.[4]
The Arksey bishop’s transcripts show the baptism of Mary, daughter of Matthew
Hague of Bentley, butcher, lately deceased, on 25 July 1727, and the burial of
Mary, daughter of Dorothy Hague of Bentley, widow, on 28 May 1729.
The
will of Matthew Hague of Bentley was dated 13 May 1727. It names, among others,
his wife Dorothy, and mentions that she was with child. Administration was
granted in June 1727 to Dorothy Hague of Bentley, the widow, the other party
being Mary Crosby of Fenwick, widow.[5]
A
search for the marriage of Matthew Hague and Dorothy reveals that Mathew Haigh
of Doncaster and Dorithy Cook of Whitgift were married at Whitgift in September
1726.[6]
It
appears that the wife of Matthew Hague of Bentley was a daughter of William and
Mary (Wells) Cooke of Doncaster.
As
noted above, Mary Crosby of Fenwick, widow, was mentioned in the administration
records of Matthew Hague, along with Matthew’s widow Dorothy. The will of
Thomas Crosby of Bentley, written in 1700, mentions his wife Mary and “her
Children by William Cooke her former Decd” [sic] and later names the children
as John, Sarah, Mary, Ann and Dorothy Cooke.[7]
From this, it seems that Mary Crosby was the mother of Dorothy (Cooke) Hague.
The
will of Dorothy Wells of Doncaster, written in 1699, names her grandchildren
Sara Cooke, Mary Cooke, John Cooke, Anne Cooke and Dorothy Cooke, along with
her daughter Mary, wife of Thomas Crosby.[8]
Parish
register entries show that William Cooke was a butcher. He appears to have been
prosperous, his estate being valued
at well over £500, even after accounting for his debts. He was evidently the
William Cooke baptised on 9 October 1656 at Doncaster, son of Thomas Cooke who
was also a butcher. Another William Cooke was baptised at Doncaster on 22 June
1646, son of Alexander Cooke, clerk, but he was buried
there on 19 September the same year, so could not have been the William who
married Mary Wells.[9]
Another William Cooke was baptised at Doncaster on 8 June 1647, son of John
Cooke, but John seems to have been a porter without an obvious connection to
the prominent family of butchers. There was a William, son of William Cooke,
butcher, but he was baptised
in 1637. The 1656 baptism of William, son of Thomas, seems much more likely to
relate to the William who married Mary Wells as he would be far closer in age
to Mary who was baptised in 1660/61, and the date would be consistent with
William Cooke, butcher, being made a freeman
or “true
townsman” of Doncaster a few days before his marriage in 1679.
The
will of the Hugh Cooke who heads the account below mentions his “sister
Chadwicke”. Hugh was apparently the one of that name mentioned as a brother in
the 1591/92 will of Bryan Cooke of Kirk Sandall.[10]
They are said to have been sons of William Cooke, son of Edward Cooke who was
mayor of Doncaster in 1504-08.[11]
The 1653 will of Bryan’s namesake son mentions “Brian Cooke the sonne of
William Cooke and Brian Cooke the sonne of Thomas Cooke of Doncaster”.[12]
George Cooke, a son of the Bryan who died in 1653, was created a baronet in
1661.[13]
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COOKE
1 HUGH COOKE of Doncaster, Yorkshire,
butcher, was buried on 19 October 1602 at Doncaster.[14]
He married on 16 November 1572 at Doncaster, ANN HODGKIN,[15]
daughter of Thomas Hodgkin (see here). She was
buried on 22 July 1591 at Doncaster.
Children of Hugh and Ann (Hodgkin) Cooke:
2 i SIMON COOKE (1573-1653); m
BARBARA CAYTON.
ii JOAN COOKE, bap 25 Sep 1575,
Doncaster,[16] bur
30 Aug 1576, Doncaster.[17]
iii MICHAEL COOKE, bap 29 Sep 1577,
Doncaster,[18]
bur 25 Jan 1581/82, Doncaster.[19]
iv ELIZABETH COOKE, bap 7 Feb 1579/80,
Doncaster.[20]
v ISABEL COOKE, bap 4 Dec 1581,
Doncaster,[21]
bur 8 Mar 1593/94, Doncaster.[22]
vi GEORGE COOKE, bap 17 May 1584,
Doncaster.[23]
vii BENNET COOKE, bap 5 Jan 1586/87,
Doncaster.[24]
2 SIMON COOKE of Doncaster, butcher, was
baptised on 28 October 1573 at Doncaster[25]
and buried on 20 April 1653 at Doncaster.[26]
He married on 3 October 1596 at Doncaster, BARBARA CAYTON,[27]
daughter of William and Agnes (Burgon) Cayton (see here). Barbara was
baptised on 2 March 1577/78 at Doncaster and buried on 4 June 1618 at
Doncaster.
Children of Simon and Barbara (Cayton)
Cooke:
i MATTHEW COOKE, bur 26 Oct 1597,
Doncaster.[28]
ii WILLIAM COOKE of Doncaster,
butcher,[29]
bap 10 Apr 1599, Doncaster,[30]
bur 12 Feb 1664/65, Doncaster;[31]
m 26 Nov 1622, Doncaster, ALICE ARMITAGE.[32]
iii FRANCIS COOKE, bap 14 Dec 1600,
Doncaster.[33]
iv GEORGE COOKE, bap 15 Aug 1602,
Doncaster,[34]
bur 22 Oct 1603, Doncaster.[35]
v ANN COOKE, bap 11 Dec 1603,
Doncaster.[36]
vi RICHARD COOKE, bap 3 Nov 1605,
Doncaster.[37]
vii ALICE COOKE, bap 2 Jun 1607,
Doncaster.[38]
viii RICHARD COOKE, bap 29 Jun 1609,
Doncaster.[39]
ix HUGH COOKE, bap 29 Jun 1613,
Doncaster,[40]
bur 4 Oct 1613, Doncaster.[41]
x ELIZABETH COOKE, bap 7 Aug 1614,
Doncaster,[42]
bur 28 Jun 1616, Doncaster.[43]
3 xi THOMAS COOKE (1616-1686); m(1) JANE
ROBERTS; m(2) SARAH BURROWES.
3 THOMAS COOKE of Doncaster, butcher,
was baptised on 18 August 1616 at Doncaster[44]
and buried on 28 May 1686 at Doncaster.[45]
He married first, on 22 October 1645 at Doncaster, JANE ROBERTS.[46]
She was buried on 5 December 1646 at Doncaster.[47]
Thomas married second, SARAH BURROWES,[48]
daughter of John and Ellen (Thornton) Burrowes (see here). Sarah was
baptised on 15 August 1621 at Whiston and buried on 31 December 1679 at
Doncaster.
Child of Thomas and Jane (Roberts) Cooke:
i MARY COOKE, bap 15 Jul 1646,
Doncaster.[49]
Children of Thomas and Sarah (Burrowes)
Cooke:
ii BRYAN COOKE, bap 22 Nov 1649,
Doncaster.[50]
iii JOHN COOKE, bap 25 Feb 1651/52,
Doncaster,[51]
bur 5 Dec 1660, Doncaster.[52]
iv THOMAS COOKE, bap 27 Jan 1653/54,
Doncaster,[53]
bur 7 Nov 1660, Doncaster.[54]
4 v WILLIAM COOKE (1656-1698); m MARY
WELLS.
vi RICHARD COOKE, bap 10 Jun 1659,
Doncaster,[55]
bur 7 Sep 1673, Doncaster.[56]
vii JOHN COOKE, bap 18 Sep 1662,
Doncaster,[57]
bur 18 Sep 1662, Doncaster.[58]
viii SARAH COOKE, bap 6 May 1664,
Doncaster,[59]
bur 27 Feb 1679/80, Doncaster.[60]
4 WILLIAM COOKE of Doncaster, butcher,
was baptised on 9 October 1656 at Doncaster[61]
and buried on 16 July 1698 at Doncaster.[62]
He married on 5 August 1679 at Doncaster, MARY WELLS,[63]
daughter of Robert and Dorothy (Wood) Wells (see here). Mary was
baptised on 13 February 1660/61 at Doncaster and buried on 2 June 1729 at
Arksey. She married second, on 22 December 1698 at Doncaster, Thomas Crosby.
Children of William and Mary (Wells)
Cooke:[64]
i ROBERT COOKE, bap 9 May 1680,
Doncaster,[65]
bur 29 Jan 1681/82, Doncaster.[66]
ii SARAH COOKE, bap 30 Apr 1682,
Doncaster.[67]
iii MARY COOKE, bap 20 Feb 1683/84,
Doncaster.[68]
iv JOHN COOKE,[69]
bap 20 Apr 1686, Doncaster.[70]
v ANN COOKE,[71]
bap 23 Oct 1688, Doncaster.[72]
vi WILLIAM COOKE, bap 24 Aug 1691,
Doncaster,[73]
bur 11 Mar 1691/92, Doncaster.[74]
vii FRANCES COOKE, bap 17 Apr 1693,
Doncaster.[75]
viii DOROTHY COOKE, b ca 1698,[76]
bur 7 Jun 1753, Ledsham;[77]
m(1) 24 Sep 1726, Whitgift, MATTHEW HAGUE;[78]
m(2) 8 Jul 1729, Campsall, CHRISTOPHER INGHAM[79]
(see here).
[1] Campsall parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[2] Marriage bond, 15 May 1729 (Borthwick Institute, Mf 1449).
[3] Arksey parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[4]
See the baptism entry for his son Christopher in 1732 in the Badsworth parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[5] Borthwick Institute.
[6] Whitgift bishop’s transcripts (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[7] Borthwick Institute.
[8] Borthwick Institute.
[9] For Alexander Cooke, see John Bargrave, Pope Alexander the Seventh and the College of Cardinals, ed. James Craigie Robertson (Westminster, 1867), xxviii, 140.
[10] John Edward Jackson, The History and Description of St. George’s Church at Doncaster (London, 1855), lxviii; J.W. Clay, ed., Dugdale’s Visiation of Yorkshire, with Additions, 3 vols (Exeter, 1899-1917), 3:199.
[11] Joseph Foster, Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire, vol. 1 (London, 1874), pedigree of Cooke.
[12] National Archives, PROB 11/240/3.
[14] Doncaster parish registers. Will dated 5 Oct 1602, proved 19 Nov 1602 (Borthwick Institute).
[15] Doncaster parish registers.
[16] Doncaster parish registers.
[17] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[18] Doncaster parish registers.
[19] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[20] Doncaster parish registers.
[21] Doncaster parish registers.
[22] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[23] Doncaster parish registers. He was apprenticed to in 1598 to Edward Banes of the Butchers’ Company, London: London Apprenticeship Abstracts, 1442-1850 (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[24] Doncaster parish registers.
[25] Doncaster parish registers.
[26] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[27] Doncaster parish registers.
[28] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[29] Doncaster Archives, catalogue entry for CWM/2/4/59, confirms that Simon’s son William Cooke was a butcher of Doncaster.
[30] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[31] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk). Will dated 1 Feb 1664, proved 24 Apr 1665 (Borthwick Institute).
[32] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk). Alice, wife of William Cooke, butcher, was buried on 6 Jan 1664/65 at Doncaster.
[33] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[34] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[35] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[36] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[37] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[38] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[39] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[40] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[41] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[42] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[43] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[44] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[45] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[46] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[47] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[48] Will of Margaret Burrowes of Rotherham, dated 26 Jun 1660, proved 20 Jun 1661 (Borthwick Institute).
[49] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[50] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[51] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[52] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[53] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[54] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[55] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[56] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[57] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[58] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[59] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[60] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[61] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[62] Doncaster parish registers (Society of Genealogists, Mf 3990). Administration granted 1698 (Borthwick Institute).
[63] Doncaster parish registers (Society of Genealogists, Mf 3984); E.K. Blumhardt, ed., Yorkshire Marriage Registers: West Riding, 3(London, 1915):79.
[64] See the wills of Dorothy Wells and Thomas Crosby.
[65] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[66] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[67] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[68] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[69] Perhaps the John Cooke who married in 1709 at Arksey, Ann Foster.
[70] Doncaster parish registers (Society of Genealogists, Mf 3981).
[71] Perhaps the Ann Cooke who married in 1710 at Arksey, Matthew Watson.
[72] Doncaster parish registers (Society of Genealogists, Mf 3981).
[73] Doncaster parish registers (Society of Genealogists, Mf 3981).
[74] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[75] Doncaster parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[76] Marriage bond for Christopher Ingham and Dorothy Hague, 15 May 1729 (Borthwick Institute, Mf 1449).
[77] Ledsham parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[78] Whitgift bishop’s transcripts (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[79] Campsall parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).