one barton family.net's Genealogy Project: Josias Cook b. Abt 1610 England d. 17 Oct 1673 Eastham, Plymouth, British America

Abt 1610 - 1673 (~ 63 years)

Name	Josias Cook
Birth	Abt 1610	England [12, 14, 17]
Gender	Male
Emigration	1633 [14]
Court	24 Mar 1633/4 [14]
	and was fined 6s. 8d. for an altercation
	Doty "drew blood from the said Josias".
Property	7 Nov 1636 [14]
	was granted six acres, for the purpose of building in Plymouth
	"These lands to belong to their dwelling houses there, & not to be sold from their houses."
Freeman	3 Jan 1636/7 [14]
Property	5 Mar 1637/8 [14]
	was granted forty acres of land
Grand Jury	5 Jun 1638 [14]
Jury Duty	5 Jun 1638 [14]
	(coroner's)
Property	3 Sep 1638 [14]
	was granted twenty-five acres
	This was "for Steephen Deane's children (in consideration of a lot they had on Duxburrow side)."
Property	30 Nov 1638	Plymouth, British America [14, 19]
	"all those his six acres of land lying on the south side of the Town Brook"
	*Stephen Hopkins*, seller
	It was described as "all those his six acres of land lying on the south side of the Town Brook of Plymouth".
Court	4 Feb 1638/9 [14]
	for £4 debt and won a judgment of £3
Property	4 Mar 1638/9 [14]
	was granted "a little parcel of meadow ground"
Appointed	3 Mar 1639/40	Plymouth, British America [14]
	highway surveyor
	Also 2 June 1640.
Property	2 Nov 1640 [14]
	was granted ten acres "in the South Meddows towards Aggawam, Colebrook Meddowes"
Court	1 Dec 1640 [14]
	, with other Eastham surveyors of highways, for not mending the roads in a number of places
Appointed	2 Mar 1640/1	Plymouth, British America [14]
	constable
	And again 3 May 1641.
Property	7 May 1642 [14, 20]
	"all those his two acres of marsh meadow lying at the Wood Island"
Member	Aug 1643	Plymouth, Plymouth, British America [21, 22]
	the *List of Those Able to Bear Arms*
	Role: Member
Property	Abt 1644 [14]
	his barn and garden
Property	26 Sep 1645 [14]
	nine acres of upland, six acres of it purchased from "Mr. Steeven Hopkins," and three acres purchased from "Samuell Fuller"
Removed to	Aft 1646	Nauset, Plymouth, British America [14]
	From: Plymouth
Court	7 Oct 1651 [14]
	to sue John Smith, Sr., of Plymouth for slander
	Smith confessed that he had "much wronged the plaintiff by his unbridled tongue in these base and false charges he had charged him withall, by a letter, and otherwise".
Grand Jury	3 Jun 1656 [14]
Property	25 May 1657	Plymouth, Plymouth, British America [14]
	six acres in the New Field
Appointed	5 Jun 1666 [14]
	to the committee to purchase land from the Indians
Court	6 Jul 1669 [14]
	to deliver the letter of William "Nicarson" complaining about defamation by several Indians
	Parties Involved: *William Nickerson Sr.*, plaintiff
Will	22 Sep 1673	Eastham, Plymouth, British America [8, 9, 14]
	"Josias Cooke senior aged about 63 years" bequeathed to "my loving wife Elizabeth" during her life, and after her decease to "my natural son Josias Cooke all my abovesaid upland and meadow, orchard, house and housing ... excepting my share of the land at Pochett Island and about two or three acres lying without the fence"; after wife's decease all moveables "to be equally divided betwixt my son Josias Cooke and my daughter Bethyah Harding, or her children after her," except the following legacies: to "my grandchild Joseph Harding all my share of land at Pochet Island"; to "my grandchildren Josiah and Maaziah Harding forty acres of upland and five or six acres of meadow in the township of Plymouth adjoining to a place called Cook's Pond"; to "my grandchild Anna Snow" several head of livestock; to "my grandchild Steven Twining a musket which was formerly his grandfather Deane's"; to "my daughter Merriam Deane" a cow and £5; to "my son Josias" wearing clothes; to "grandchild Josias Cooke my rapier, belt and musket"; to "my other grandchildren Richard Cooke and Maaziah Harding my proportion of land at Saconett"; and to "my grandchild Richard Cooke after my wife's decease my Great Bible".
Death	17 Oct 1673	Eastham, Plymouth, British America [5, 6, 14, 17, 23, 24, 25]
Inventory	20 Oct 1673 [14]
	It totalled £104 17s. 4d., with no real estate included.
Administration	29 Oct 1673 [14]
	to "Elizabeth Cook" on the estate of "Josias Cook," deceased
Probate	29 Oct 1673 [14]
Court	1 Nov 1679 [14]
	unsuccessfully sued "Josiah Cooke Sr. of Eastham" for taking a pair of andirons and one silver dram cup, saying that "said Cooke did under color of his office, for he said he was constable of Eastham, and showed him ... his black staff; and his demand was 6s. 7 1/2d., which was the first part of the rate he demanded"
	Parties Involved: *William Nickerson Sr.*
	Role: Defendant
Alternate Name	Josiah Cooke [26]
Occupation	tavern keeper [14]
Burial	Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States [17]
	Cemetery: Cove Burying Ground
Person ID	I9334	Duane's Ancestors
Last Modified	22 Dec 2019

Family Elizabeth Ring, b. Abt 1609, England d. 3 May 1687, Eastham, Plymouth, British America (Age ~ 78 years) [9, 26, 27, 28, 29]

Marriage 16 Sep 1635 Plymouth, British America [1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 16, 17, 29, 30, 31, 32]

Children

+	1. Anna Cook, b. Abt 1636 d. 24 Jul 1656, Eastham, Plymouth, British America (Age ~ 20 years)
+	2. Bethia Cook, b. Abt 1639/40, Plymouth, British America d. 31 May 1687, Eastham, Plymouth, British America (Age ~ 47 years)
+	3. Josiah Cooke, Sr., b. Abt 1645, Nauset, Plymouth, British America d. 31 Jan 1731/2, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay, British America (Age ~ 87 years)

Family ID F3605 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 13 Apr 2020

Event Map

	Birth - Abt 1610 - England
	Marriage - 16 Sep 1635 - Plymouth, British America
	Property - "all those his six acres of land lying on the south side of the Town Brook",*Stephen Hopkins*, seller - 30 Nov 1638 - Plymouth, British America
	Appointed - highway surveyor - 3 Mar 1639/40 - Plymouth, British America
	Appointed - constable - 2 Mar 1640/1 - Plymouth, British America
	Member - the *List of Those Able to Bear Arms* - Aug 1643 - Plymouth, Plymouth, British America
	Removed to - From: Plymouth - Aft 1646 - Nauset, Plymouth, British America
	Property - six acres in the New Field - 25 May 1657 - Plymouth, Plymouth, British America
	Will - 22 Sep 1673 - Eastham, Plymouth, British America
	Death - 17 Oct 1673 - Eastham, Plymouth, British America
	Burial - Cemetery: Cove Burying Ground - - Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States