Walter Cocke

Abt 1655 - 1738  (~ 83 years)

• Name	Walter Cocke  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1655	Cornwall, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Mar 1738	Surry County, Virginia
  Person ID	I47099	Tree1
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Family Cocke
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F21196	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Mason,   b. 1656, Lower Norfolk County, Virginia d. Surry County, Virginia
  Marriage	15 Jul 1693	Surry County, Virginia
  Children	1. Thomas Cocke,   b. 1694, Surry County, Virginia d. 2 Dec 1750, Surry County, Virginia (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F28044	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Contributed by: James Hughes URL: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2556218&id=I44 0 URL title: Shaffer & Call 2003 Note: ID: I440 Name: Mary MASON Sex: F Birth: 1656 Change Date: 29 NOV 2002 at 00:08:58 Father: Lemuel MASON Mother: Anne SEAWELL Marriage 1 William Flood COCKE b: 1655 in England Married: 15 JUL 1693 in Virginia Children Thomas COCKE b: 1694 in Surry Co.,VA ID: I437 Name: Thomas COCKE Sex: M Birth: 1694 in Surry Co.,VA Death: 2 DEC 1750 in Parish of Southwark,Surry Co.,VA Note: BIOGRAPHY: Note: Will of Thomas Cocke: Leg. Daughter, Elizabeth Cocke, 400 pounds, 3 Negroes, bed, etc. To son, Lemuel Cocke, Negroes at decease of his mother. To son, Thomas Cocke, all my land at Wintico and Mecherrin in Brunswick County, stock, cattle, Negroes, etc. If my son, John, dies before he comes of age, then the land at Wintico to son, Lemuel Cocke and son, Thomas, land where I live. To son, John, where I now live with several tracts adjoining same. Wife, Hannah Cocke. 7 June 1750 Change Date: 29 NOV 2002 at 00:06:30 Father: William Flood COCKE b: 1655 in England Mother: Mary MASON b: 1656 Marriage 1 Hannah M HAMLIN b: 1698 Children Lemuel COCKE ID: I435 Name: Lemuel COCKE Sex: M Death: 17 AUG 1756 in Surry Co.,VA Note: BIOGRAPHY: Will: 13 APR 1756 Surry County, Virginia, Recorded Aug. 17, 1756; Mentions sons: Henry, Richard, Lemuel & Thomas. Dau: Betty, Anne & Sally Cocke. Wife, Jane; Brothers: John & Thomas and "land my father gave me in Brunswick Co. Note: Lemuel and Jane Browne Cocke owned a plantation, "Wintico", that bordered the plantation, "Arnols", which was owned by her cousin, Mary Jordan, daughter of Mary Brown and George Jordan, and her husband, James Anderson. These plantations were along the Blackwater River in Prince George County, Virginia, next to Surry Co. Father: Thomas COCKE b: 1694 in Surry Co.,VA Mother: Hannah M HAMLIN b: 1698 Marriage 1 Jane BROWNE Children Henry COCKE b: 1741 in Surry Co.,VA ID: I436 Name: Jane BROWNE Sex: F Death: 13 NOV 1765 in Surry Co.,VA Note: BIOGRAPHY: According to "Royalty to America" is a direct descendent of Louis VII of France Change Date: 29 NOV 2002 at 00:05:13 Father: Henry BROWNE Mother: Elizabeth Marriage 1 Lemuel COCKE Children Henry COCKE b: 1741 in Surry Co.,VA ID: I459 Name: Henry BROWNE Sex: M Death: 1734/1735 Change Date: 29 NOV 2002 at 00:20:37 Father: William Jr. BROWNE b: 1671 in Surry Co.,VA Mother: Jane MERIWETHER Marriage 1 Elizabeth Married: 1727 Children Jane BROWNE ID: I461 Name: William Jr. BROWNE NPFX: Capt. Sex: M Birth: 1671 in Surry Co.,VA Death: 1746 in Surry Co.,VA Note: BIOGRAPHY: Occupation: 15 SEP 1693 Justice of Surry County, Virginia. Court Note: Named first on the commission of the Governor of VA Note: Vestryman of Southwark Parish Event: Will Dated 3 JUL 1746 Surry County, Virginia Will: 19 JAN 1746/47 Surry County, Virginia Will presented in court by Henry Browne and proved by witness: Patrick Adams, Richard Cocke & Petter Warren Will: 19 JAN 1744/45 Others mentioned in Will: Daughter-in-law, Mary Browne; Great-grandsons: Henry Cocke (s/o Lemuel). Will: 19 JAN 1745/46 Granddaughter's mentioned: Jane, Rebecca & Mary Edloe; Anne Browne (dau of Henry); Anne Browne (dau of William); Rebecca, Elizabeth & Mary Browne; Lucy Gray (daughter of William); Mary Eaton Will: 19 JAN 1745/46 Mentions land where his grandson, Henry Browne's, father lived. Land in Isle of Wight & Brunswick Counties Will: 19 JAN 1746/47 Surry County, Virginia. Mentions grandson; Henry & William Browne (Wm not yet 18); Philip, William & John Eldoe; Henry Edloe, dec'd. Note: Per his deposition in Surry Co, Virginia court records, William Browne was 24 years old in 1695. He married Jane Meriwether, daughter of Nicholas Meriwether and Elizabeth. Elizabeth Meriwether was the second wife of his father, Lt. Col. William Browne, Sr. This made Jane his step-sister. Change Date: 29 NOV 2002 at 00:22:18 Father: William Sr. BROWNE b: 1640 in England Mother: Mary BROWNE Marriage 1 Jane MERIWETHER Children Henry BROWNE ID: I463 Name: William Sr. BROWNE NPFX: Lt. Col. Sex: M Birth: 1640 in England Change Date: 29 NOV 2002 at 00:24:09 Father: ? BROWNE Marriage 1 Mary BROWNE Children William Jr. BROWNE b: 1671 in Surry Co.,VA === 1695-1706 Cavaliers and Pioneers, Patent Book No. 9; [Nell Marion Nugent]; Page 69 WALTER COCKE (Cock), 350 acs., upon the main brs. of Up. Chippoakes Cr; along land late of Mr. Edward Bland; 24 Apr. 1703, Page 523. Granted Thomas Senior, 6 Apr. 1664, deserted, & now granted by order, &c. Trans. of 7 pers.* Note: 7 rights paid for to Wm. Byrd, Esqr., Auditor.

  
  

• Sources

  [S75] Genealogies of Virginia Families Vol. II, from the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. [S247] The Virginia Genealogist Volume 44, 2000, 41.