Ancestry of
Richard Gere

Movie Actor

Francis Cooke

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• • 9th Great-grandfather of Richard Gere — 12th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2250 
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1583 
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  • Death Date:
  • 7 Apr 1663 
  • Death Location:
  • Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Hester le Mahieu
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 20 Jul 1603 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Leiden, Holland 
  • Children:
  
  

  John Cooke

  Jane Cooke

  Elizabeth Cooke

  Jacob Cooke

  Hester Cooke (Ahnentafel No:1125 )

  Mary Cooke

  • Notes: 

  • Mayflower passenger.

• Sources for Francis Cooke

  • ¹ NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States , 1988, Vol. 5, p. 21, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
  • ² New England Ancestors Magazine , 2002, Vol. 3.5, p. 36, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
  • ³ New York Genealogical and Biographical Record , 1942, Vol. 73, No. 3, pp. 159-166 and accompanying chart, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.
  • ⁴ The American Genealogist , New Haven, Connecticut: D. L. Jacobus (issues newer than 5 years not online) , 1945, Vol. 22, p. 206, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
  • ⁵ The Mayflower Descendant , 1922, Vol. 24, p. 83, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
  • ⁶ Anderson, Robert Charles , The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol . 1, A-F , Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1995) , 467-471.
  • ⁷ Anderson, Robert Charles , The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol . 2, G-O , Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1995) , 988, 1271.
  • ⁸ Anderson, Robert Charles , The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol . 3, P-W , Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1995) , 1792.
  • ⁹ Austin, John D. , Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 6, 3rd ed., Stephen Hopkins , Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2001) , 11.
  • ¹⁰ Brenneman, Richard E. , "Notable Kin - New England in Hollywood, Part Three: The Possible Rhode Island Ancestry of Ma rilyn Monroe" , www.americanancestors.org/notable-kin-the-possible-rhode-island-ancestry-of-marilyn-monroe , (accessed 10/09/2014), New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
  • ¹¹ Roberts, Gary Boyd , "#74 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: The New England Ancestry of Actor Rich ard [Tiffany] Gere" , (accessed 10/10/2014), New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
  • ¹² Roberts, Gary Boyd , Notable Ki n, Volume 1 , Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998) , 182.
  • ¹³ Roberts, Gary Boyd , Notable Ki n, Volume 2 , Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999) , 28, 95, 103, 119.
  • ¹⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd , The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Fa milies on the Mayflower , Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020) , 9, 28, 31, 58, 67, 72, 77, 86, 108, 140-141, 162, 164, 171, 192, 202, 219, 222, 249, et. al.
  • ¹⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp. , Ancestor s of American Presidents , Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009) , 437.
  • ¹⁶ Wakefield, Robert S., compiler, et. al. , Mayflower Families in Progress: Richard Warren of the Mayflower and His Descendants for Fou r Generations, 6th edition , Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (1997) , 4.
  • ¹⁷ Wakefield, Robert S., ed. , Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 7, 2nd ed., Peter Brown , Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2002) , 9.
  • ¹⁸ Wakefield, Robert S., ed. , Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 7, 2nd ed., Peter Brown , Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2002) , 13.
  • ¹⁹ Wood, Ralph V., Jr. , Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 12, Francis Cooke, Revised Edition , Rockland, Maine: Picton Press (2011, revised edition 3rd printing) , 1-28.

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