Hester Mahieu1

F, #4934
MotherJenne Mahieu1,2 * s 1550

Family

Francis Cooke * s 1580, + 7 Apr 1663
Children
  • Jane Cooke+8 * c 1604, + bt 1632 - 1640
  • John Cooke9,10 * bt 1 Jan 1607 - 31 Mar 1607, + 23 Nov 1695
  • NN Kouck
  • Elizabeth Cook11 * bt 26 Dec 1611 - 12 Feb 1612
  • Jacob Cooke7 * c 1618
  • Hester Cooke7 * c 1620
  • Mary Cooke7 * bt Mar 1624 - 22 May 1627
     Hester was from Canterbury, England at her marriage.1,2 She married Francis Cooke3,1 (banns Jul 1603, Leiden. His witnesses were Philippe de Veau and Raphael Roelandt his friends; hers Jenne Mahieu, her mother, and Jenne Mahieu, her sister 4.1,3,5)
     On 8 Aug 1606 they left the Walloon congregation with papers; on New Years Day 1608 they came from Norwich, again with papers. 65

Other information:

     Hester was admitted to the Walloon Church on profession of faith on 1 Jun 1603.5
     Hester Mahieu and Jan De Lanno were witnesses at the baptism of the twins of Jan le Roy and Jeanne on 21 Feb 1602. Hester immigrated in Aug 1623 on the 'Anne' to Plymouth Colony with her children Jane, Jacob and Hester.7

Name variants: Hester Cooke (married name.)7

Citations

  1. [S478] Ralph V. Wood, Francis Cooke, pg. 2. Marriage Franchoys Couck and Hester Mahieu.
  2. [S892] Leiden Database, DTB: NH Ondertrouw E. mei 1602 - Oct 1604, pg. 69 v. Franchoys Couck en Hester Mahieu, 04 Jul 1603., online: https://www.erfgoedleiden.nl/
  3. [S892] Leiden Database, DTB: NH Ondertrouw E. mei 1602 - Oct 1604, pg. 69 v. Franchoys Couck en Hester Mahieu, between 29 Jun en 27 Jul 1603., online: https://www.erfgoedleiden.nl/
  4. The Mayflower book and Bangs have the date as 30 June 1603, and the closest readable date is Jun 29; the Leiden index has 7 July 1603
  5. [S954] Jeremy D. Bangs, "Pilgrim Leiden."
  6. The return year is problematic (in my opinion): If John was baptized in the first quarter of 1607, they would have had to return before that.
  7. [S478] Ralph V. Wood, Francis Cooke, Cooke update, 2000. pg. 1-2.
  8. [S478] Ralph V. Wood, Francis Cooke, pg. 29-37.
  9. [S478] Ralph V. Wood, Francis Cooke, Cooke update, 2000. pg. 3-4.
  10. [S892] Leiden Database, DTB: Dopen Vrouwenkerk 1599 - 29 juli 1627. Jean, fils de France Houck en Ester Mahieu, 1607 (Jan-Mar)., online: https://www.erfgoedleiden.nl/
  11. [S892] Leiden Database, DTB: Dopen Vrouwenkerk 1599 - 29 juli 1627. Elizabeth, fille de François Cook en Ester Mahieu, tussen 26 Dec 1611 en 12 Feb 1612., online: https://www.erfgoedleiden.nl/