Brief Life History of Jane
When Jane Cooke was born about 1605, in Leiden, Holland, Netherlands, her father, Francis Cooke, was 24 and her mother, Hester Mahieu, was 22. She married Experience Mitchell after 22 May 1627, in Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She immigrated to Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America in 1623. She died before 1641, in Plymouth Colony, British Colonial America.
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- Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2
- Jane Cook & Experience Mitchell, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700
- Mitchell, "Find A Grave Index"
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1606
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was born in Leiden, the Netherlands.
1609
"English navigator Henry Hudson, under contract to the United East India Company, sails from Amsterdam and ""discovers""Manhattan Island and the future site of New York."
1620
In 1620, after 2 rough months at sea, 102 Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock and established one of the very first English settlements in America.
Name Meaning
English and Irish: variant of Cook .
History: Francis Cooke (died 1663) and his eldest son John were passengers on the Mayflower in 1621; they were joined two years later by Francis's wife and other children. In the words of William Bradford, he lived long enough ‘to see his children's children have children’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Jane Cooke Mitchell (1605 – 18 June 1666)
Jane was born about 1604 and probably in Leiden, Holland. Jane married Experience Mitchell, by about 1628 (no marriage record has been found). She widowed him. They had children: Elizabeth 1628 T …
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