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IMMIGRANT Richard2 of Bremo Cocke/Cox

IMMIGRANT Richard2 of Bremo Cocke/Cox

Male 1639 - 1706  (66 years)

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  • Name Richard2 of Bremo Cocke/Cox 
    Title IMMIGRANT 
    Born 10 Dec 1639  Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 20 Nov 1706  Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5363  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 31 May 2018 

    Father Richard of Pickthorn Farm Cocke,   b. 1597, Stottensden, Parish, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1663, Mamburne Hills, Henrico Co., Virginia [now Malvern] Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Temperance Bailey/Bayley,   b. Est 1618, Jamestown, James City, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1651, Bremo, Henrico Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 33 years) 
    Married Est 1632 
    Family ID F2754  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Y  [2
    Children 
    +1. Richard3 of Bremo Cocke/Cox,   b. 1672,   d. 1720, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
     2. Elizabeth3 of Richard Cocke/Cox,   b. Est 1674, Henrico County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1726, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 52 years)
    +3. Martha3 of Richard Cocke/Cox,   b. Est 1675, Henrico County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 31 May 2018 
    Family ID F1997  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Richard Cocke of Bremo, The Immigrant
    Richard Cocke of Bremo, The Immigrant
    5363Richard2of Bremo.jpg

    Documents
    VIRGINIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY Volume IV for The Year Ending June 1897
    VIRGINIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY Volume IV for The Year Ending June 1897
    Va_Magazine_Jun_1897_VOL-IV.pdf

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=31377248.
      Richard Cocke, Sr. was born Sep 5, 1602 in Stotenden, Shropshire, England. He came to the colonies, probably when he was about 30, as a special envoy from King Charles I. He was the Commander of the Henrico County Militia and was several times a member of the House of Burgesses. He was also a tobacco planter and originally patented more than 3,000 acres on the James River in what is now Chesterfield County on March 6, 1636.

    2. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31377248.
      Richard Cocke "The Younger" was born to Richard Cocke, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Aston near Oldman's Creek in Charles City County, Colony of Virginia. Richard was called "The Younger" because his father had already named another child "Richard" with his first wife, Temperance Bailey, with whom he had three children before her death. In order to identify the two sons, one was called "The Elder" and one was called "The Younger."
      Plaque about Cockes:
      "Richard Cocke. The immigrant and founder of his family in Virginia. Born in England. Patented land here March 6, 1636. Near this spot he made his home and called it "Bremo." Here he lived and his descendants after him for six generations and here he and some of them lie buried. His son Thomas lived hereby at "Malvern Hills." His other children were Richard the Elder who inherited Bremo, John, William, Richard the Younger, Elizabeth and Edward."

      Richard Cocke Sr. resigned the House of Burgesses in 1655 and became Sheriff. Eventually he owned about 10,000 acres in Henrico County, all received in exchange for his having transported about 220 people to the Virginia colonies. Richard Sr. mostly lived at Bremo Plantation, which he received in about 1636.
      Richard, Sr. married twice, first to Temperance Bailey in 1637 at Bremo. They had three children:
      Elizabeth
      Thomas
      Richard "The Elder"
      After Temperance died, Richard Sr. married Elizabeth Aston, daughter of Walter and Hannah Aston. There were 4 children from this union:
      John Cocke "of Old Man's Creek"
      William Cocke "of the Low Ground"
      Richard Cocke "The Younger"
      Edward Cocke
      Richard Cocke "The Younger" Married someone named Elizabeth, who is shown to be Elizabeth Littleberry, but more substantiating documentation is needed. Richard and Elizabeth are said to have had at least two children:
      1) Richard born about 1670, who was married to a woman named Alice (last name unknown.) He appears in the records of Charles City County as "Richard Cocke Jr." with wife Alice.
      2) Ann Mary Cocke, who married Robert Bolling II in 1705/1706 at Kippax, Charles City Co., Colony of Virginia.

      SOME of Charles City County's records are missing, therefore the descendants of Richard Cocke "The Younger" and Elizabeth (possibly "Littleberry") need to be further documented. His ancestry, however, is not in question.