Thomas Cocke^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1638 - 1696  (58 years)

• Name	Thomas Cocke
  Birth	1638	Henrico, Virginia, United States
  Gender	Male
  Will	10 Dec 1691
  Death	10 Dec 1696	Henrico, Virginia, United States
  	Address: Malvern Hills plantation
  	Some sources say he died in 1685, but since he wrote his will in 1691, this can't be correct.
  Probate	1 Apr 1697
  _AMTID	162485315867:1030:191555462
  _FSFTID	GM7V-C77
  _UID	1637A3003768445CAFC0F330F376D6A9A950
  Burial	Henrico, Virginia, United States   [6]
  	Address: Malvern Hills Cemetery
  	FINDAGRAVE: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5557700
  Person ID	I1948	Scott Dickson
  Last Modified	3 Jun 2012

  
  

  Father	Richard Cocke,   b. 13 Dec 1597, Sidbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom d. 4 Oct 1665, Henrico, Virginia, United States (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Temperance Bailey,   b. 1617, Virginia, United States d. 10 Oct 1652, Henrico, Virginia, United States (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1633	Charles City, Charles City, Virginia, United States   [4]
  Family ID	F701	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Agnes Powell   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Virginia, United States
  Children	+ 1. Capt. Thomas Cocke,   b. Abt 1662, Henrico, Virginia, United States d. 1707, Henrico, Virginia, United States (Age ~ 45 years) + 2. Stephen Cocke,   b. Abt 1664, Henrico, Virginia, United States d. Bef 14 Aug 1711, Henrico, Virginia, United States (Age ~ 47 years) + 3. James Cocke,   b. Abt 1666, Henrico, Virginia, United States d. 1721, Henrico, Virginia, United States (Age ~ 55 years) + 4. Temperance Cocke,   b. Abt 1670, Henrico, Virginia, United States d. Henrico, Virginia, United States + 5. Agnes Cocke,   b. 1672, Henrico, Virginia, United States d. Yes, date unknown + 6. William Cocke,   b. 1674, Henrico, Virginia, United States d. 1717, Henrico, Virginia, United States (Age 43 years)
  Family ID	F1368	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Wood   d. Abt 1718, Virginia, United States
  Marriage	1663	Henrico, Virginia, United States
  Family ID	F599	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1638 - Henrico, Virginia, United States Marriage - 1663 - Henrico, Virginia, United States Death - Address: Malvern Hills plantation - 10 Dec 1696 - Henrico, Virginia, United States Burial - Address: Malvern Hills Cemetery - - Henrico, Virginia, United States Marriage - - Virginia, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Thomas served as justice of Henrico (1678), sheriff (1680, 1688),coroner (1680), and Burgess (1677). Connie Lapallo notes his spouse as Margaret Powell and notes that she was the mother of William. This could be a composite of the two spouses or just a different name. She also notes Thomas death as 1697. Notes from findagrave.com Son of Lt. Col. Richard Cocke and Temperance (Baley) Cocke. Married to Agnes Margaret Powell in 1663. Their children were James, William, Stephen, Thomas, John, Stephen, Temperance, and Agnes. Also married to Margaret (Wood) Cocke. Of Bremo, and Malvern Hills; known as Captain Thomas Cocke, Sr., of Henrico; Sheriff, 1680-1688; member of County Court at various times, and otherwise prominent in the affairs of the colony; his will dated, 1689; probably died soon after. The Genealogy of the Cocke Family in Virginia source shows that he died 1696, page 106. It appears that he lived at "Malvern Hills," (His father had lived at Bremo (probably an Indian name), which his brother, Richard, inherited.) Of "Pickthorn Farm" and "Malvern Hills," Henrico Co., Virginia. Thomas Cocke, so far as extant records reveal, was the first child bearing the name Cocke to be born in Colonial Virginia. Father: Richard Cocke Mother: Temperance Bailey Married to Margaret Wood 1662 in Virginia •Note: The Genealogy of the Cocke Family in Virginia source shows that he married Margaret Jones Wood, 1663, widow, and mother of Major Peter Jones, founder of Petersburg, page 106. Children 1. John Cocke 2. Thomas Cocke b: 1664 3. Stephen Cocke b: BET 1666 AND 1668 in Of Richmond, Henrico, Virginia 4. James Cocke b: 1667 5. Temperance Cocke b: ABT 1668 6. William Cocke b: ABT 1670 7. Agnes Cocke b: 1672 End of notes from findagrave.com

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] Genealogy of the Cocke Family in Virginia Virginia. [S207] Descendants of Thomas & Cicily Reynolds Baley/Bail. [S276] Genealogy of the Cocke Family in Virginia Virginia. [S451] Adventurers of Purse and Person, Vol. 1. [S442] Dark Enough to See the Stars in a Jamestown Sky. [S641] Find A Grave, 3 June 2012; Thomas Cocke; 5557700; Candice xo.