Ancestry of
Julia Child

American Chef, Author and TV Personality

Hester le Mahieu

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• • 9th Great-grandmother of Julia Child — 12th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4095 
  • Father:
  • Jacques Mahieu 
  • Mother:
  • Jeanne -----   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1585 
  • Birth Location:
  • prob. Canterbury, England 
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  • Death Date:
  • AFT 8 Jun 1666 
  • Death Location:
  • Plymouth, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Francis Cooke
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 20 Jul 1603 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Leiden, Holland 
  • Children:
  
  

  John Cooke

  Cooke

  Jane Cooke (Ahnentafel No:2047 )

  Elizabeth Cooke

  Jacob Cooke

  Hester Cooke

  Mary Cooke

  • Notes: 

  • Hester Mahieu's maiden name is also seen as Mayhieu.

• Sources for Hester le Mahieu

  • ¹ NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1988, Vol. 5, p. 21.
  • ² New England Ancestors Magazine, 2002, Vol. 3.5, p. 36.
  • ³ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1989, Vol. 143, pp. 196-198.
  • ⁴ The American Genealogist, 1945, Vol. 22, p. 206.
  • ⁵ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. 1, A-F, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1995), 469.
  • ⁶ Austin, John D., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 6, 3rd ed., Stephen Hopkins, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (2001), 11.
  • ⁷ Brenneman, Richard E., "Notable Kin - New England in Hollywood, Part Three: The Possible Rhode Island Ancestry of Marilyn Monroe", www.americanancestors.org/notable-kin-the-possible-rhode-island-ancestry-of-marilyn-monroe, (accessed 10/09/2014).
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#74 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: The New England Ancestry of Actor Richard [Tiffany] Gere", (accessed 10/10/2014).
  • ⁹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 182.
  • ¹⁰ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 28, 95, 103, 119.
  • ¹¹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families 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.
  • ¹² Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 437.
  • ¹³ Wakefield, Robert S., compiler, et. al., Mayflower Families in Progress: Richard Warren of the Mayflower and His Descendants for Four Generations, 6th edition, Plymouth, Massachusetts: General Society of Mayflower Descendants (1997), 4.
  • ¹⁴ Wood, Ralph V., Jr., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 12, Francis Cooke, Revised Edition, Rockland, Maine: Picton Press (2011, revised edition 3rd printing), 1-3.

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