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Cooke Family History
Cooke Genealogy & Family TreeCooke is an English name from Essex, England, where the family held a seat. It comes from the Old English coc which means "cook" and referred to someone with this occupation, to someone who worked as an innkeeper, or to someone who sold cooked meats. The earliest known ancestor--Jocelin Cocus--was recorded in 1178. The family motto is Nihil habere sine labore which means "To have nothing without labor."
Other spellings include "Cook" and "Cocus." Notable people with the surname include English actress Olivia Cooke (The Quiet Ones, Bates Motel, Ouija), American Olympic athlete Emma Cooke (archery), and American baseball player Steve Cooke (Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds). The first Cooke to come to America was Georg Cooke in Virginia in 1617.
Cooke Birth Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Walter Cooke Cooke -- --, 1587 December 0, 1668
- Mary Cooke -- --, 1500 December 0, 1576
- Margaret Cooke -- --, 1518 May 25, 1574
- Hannah EMPTYNUL Cooke -- --, 1671 September 0, 1717 Massachusetts Bay Colony
- Isaac EMPTYNUL Cooke -- --, 1640 Massachusetts
Cooke Death Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Isaac EMPTYNUL Cooke -- --, 1639 September 11, 1689 Emptynul
- Ebenezer EMPTYNUL Cooke -- --, 1677 October 24, 1679 Massachusetts Bay Colony
- Mary Anne Cooke -- --, 1526 April 0, 1634 Emptynul
- George EMPTYNUL Cooke -- --, 1775 Nova Scotia
- Elizabeth EMPTYNUL Cooke -- --, 1673 November 3, 1747 Emptynul
