According to Ann Bowler Cocke's grave inscription: "Here Lyeth Inter'd the body of Ann, the wife of Richard Cocke the younger of Bremo in this county and daughter of Thomas Bowler late of the county of Rappahannock Esq. She was borne the 23d day of Jan., 1675 and departed this life the 24 day April 1705 aged 30 years, 3 months, 1 day"
Sometime after his first wife Ann died in 1705, he married again. The name of his second wife is not known.
Research per Judy Canant: "Richard COCKE, The Younger b: Abt. 1657 in Settled at "Old Man's Creek", Charles City Co d: 1720 in Bremo, Henrico Co, VA (will presented in court Oct 1720 by Ebenezar Adams)
.+11058 Anne BOWLER b: January 23, 1674/75 d: April 24, 1705 Father: Thomas Bowler, Esq" - Stith Valley
According to Canant's research, Richard was the son of Richard Cocke. Steven R. Day, whose research I have the utmost confidence in, kindly agreed and responded to me stating, "You have it correct. Richard Cocke the Younger who married Anne Bowler was the son of Richard Cocke and Mary Ashton." - E-mail from Steven R. Day to Eric B. Borgman, February 16, 2012
On page 303 of the book 'Where We Came From' by John H. Bryan it says that Richard was, "distinguished from his older half brother by being named Richard Cocke the Younger (c. 1657–1720)." He also states that, "Richard Cocke the Younger was married in 1695... to Ann Bowler (1675–1705)."
"In 1714 (Dr. William Cocke was at this time secretary of the colony ) Richard Cocke bought of Lt. Governor Spotswood, as appears by a deed recorded at Williamsburg, for the sum £12 10s. (about $350 at present), 2,447 acres of land on the north side of James river, in what is now Goochland county, adjoining the lands of Nicholas Meriwether and Joseph Lewis. A part of this tract, 1,100 acres, was bought in 1770 by the Rev. Wm. Douglas, the teacher of Mr. Jefferson, and given to his grandson, Thomas Meriwether." - The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 4; "The Cocke Family, Third Generation Continued" page 91.
"We have not the will of Richard Cocke, but there is a memorandum in the Order-Book of Henrico county that it was proven October, 1720, with Ebenezer Adams, Nathaniel Harrison, and Henry Harrison as executors. Nathaniel Harrison was son of Benjamin Harrison, of Surry county." - The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 4; "The Cocke Family, Third Generation Continued" page 91.
The above proves that the Will of Richard Cocke that was brought to Court in October 1720, was this Richard Cocke, the husband of Ann (Bowler) Cocke, as Ebenezer Adams was his son-in-law. Ebenezer having married his daughter Tabitha about two years before he died in 1718.
Here is where this information can be found. Note it is from an 1895 issue of - The William and Mary College Quarterly.
***According to James C. Southall author of Genealogy of the Cocke Family of Virgina Richard the younger son of Richard Cocke the immigrant, "may have been the father of Anne Cocke, who married Robert Bolling, of Charles City, in 1706, and became the maternal ancestor of the line of the Petersburg Bollings."
Judy Canant concurs stating, "It has been pretty well proven that Ann COCKE who married Robert Bolling, II, (b: 1682) was indeed a COCKE." - Stith Valley ***
***GENEALOGY UPDATE!!! [ANNE COCKE reputed daughter of Richard who married Robert Bolling II, IS NOT Richard's daughter after all! Lyndon H. Hart, III basically has PROVEN that the Anne Cocke who married Robert Bolling, II was in fact, a daughter Capt. Thomas Cocke was born in Cornwall and immigrated to Virginia along with his two brothers William and Walter Cocke.]
There is much confusion and disputes over wives, however, with the grave inscription stating that Ann was in fact married to "Richard the younger," that should be proof positive that this Richard did indeed marry Anne Bowler.
PLEASE NOTE: This is NOT a duplicate Memorial of another Richard Cocke. I had started a memorial for this Richard Cocke and someone contacted me claiming that they knew all sorts of information on this person and I transferred that memorial to them. Suddenly, everything changed on the memorial! His wife was removed, his birth-date was changed and now it is NOT the same person that I had originally made a memorial for. All this despite being told by this person that, "You do have the right man married to the right woman. Ann Bowler did marry a man by the name of Richard Cocke who was born at Bremo Plantation. They are buried there. The dates are right. You have the right man with the right woman. That is all correct." This same researcher steadfastly refuses to acknowledge the research of Steven R. Day who discovered the parentage and baptismal date of the immigrant Richard Cocke. So, I hope this clears up any thoughts that this is a duplicate person. Thank you, Eric Borgman
A note from a Find A Grave member asked me to post this message regarding the access and location of the grave... "This burial is on private property or is otherwise inaccessible. This property has been sold."∼Richard Cocke "The Younger" was born to Richard Cocke, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Aston near Oldman's Creek in Charles City County, Virginia. Richard was not called "The Younger" because his father's name was also Richard. He was named "The Younger" because his father had already named another child "Richard" with his first wife, Temperance Bailey, which whom he had three children prior to Temperance's death. In order to differentiate between the two sons, one was called "The Elder" and one was called "The Younger."
PLEASE REFER TO HIS FATHER'S MEMORIAL PAGE WHICH CONTAINS A PHOTOGRAPH OF A PLAQUE WHICH READS:
"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."
(photo nicely contributed by J. Gary Woodward)
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.
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 posited 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.
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.
There is a lot of confusion about the Cocke family genealogy due to the prodigious number of "Richard Cockes" and the plethora of erroneous family files that are published to the internet. I highly recommend obtaining original source material that is interpreted by an expert genealogist. Unfortunately, source material that was once published free on the internet is now being sold by people trying to capitalize on the current genealogy craze.
Biography copyright (c) 2010 Silver Rose Marie Parnell
Sometime after his first wife Ann died in 1705, he married again. The name of his second wife is not known.
Research per Judy Canant: "Richard COCKE, The Younger b: Abt. 1657 in Settled at "Old Man's Creek", Charles City Co d: 1720 in Bremo, Henrico Co, VA (will presented in court Oct 1720 by Ebenezar Adams)
.+11058 Anne BOWLER b: January 23, 1674/75 d: April 24, 1705 Father: Thomas Bowler, Esq" - Stith Valley
According to Canant's research, Richard was the son of Richard Cocke. Steven R. Day, whose research I have the utmost confidence in, kindly agreed and responded to me stating, "You have it correct. Richard Cocke the Younger who married Anne Bowler was the son of Richard Cocke and Mary Ashton." - E-mail from Steven R. Day to Eric B. Borgman, February 16, 2012
On page 303 of the book 'Where We Came From' by John H. Bryan it says that Richard was, "distinguished from his older half brother by being named Richard Cocke the Younger (c. 1657–1720)." He also states that, "Richard Cocke the Younger was married in 1695... to Ann Bowler (1675–1705)."
"In 1714 (Dr. William Cocke was at this time secretary of the colony ) Richard Cocke bought of Lt. Governor Spotswood, as appears by a deed recorded at Williamsburg, for the sum £12 10s. (about $350 at present), 2,447 acres of land on the north side of James river, in what is now Goochland county, adjoining the lands of Nicholas Meriwether and Joseph Lewis. A part of this tract, 1,100 acres, was bought in 1770 by the Rev. Wm. Douglas, the teacher of Mr. Jefferson, and given to his grandson, Thomas Meriwether." - The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 4; "The Cocke Family, Third Generation Continued" page 91.
"We have not the will of Richard Cocke, but there is a memorandum in the Order-Book of Henrico county that it was proven October, 1720, with Ebenezer Adams, Nathaniel Harrison, and Henry Harrison as executors. Nathaniel Harrison was son of Benjamin Harrison, of Surry county." - The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 4; "The Cocke Family, Third Generation Continued" page 91.
The above proves that the Will of Richard Cocke that was brought to Court in October 1720, was this Richard Cocke, the husband of Ann (Bowler) Cocke, as Ebenezer Adams was his son-in-law. Ebenezer having married his daughter Tabitha about two years before he died in 1718.
Here is where this information can be found. Note it is from an 1895 issue of - The William and Mary College Quarterly.
***According to James C. Southall author of Genealogy of the Cocke Family of Virgina Richard the younger son of Richard Cocke the immigrant, "may have been the father of Anne Cocke, who married Robert Bolling, of Charles City, in 1706, and became the maternal ancestor of the line of the Petersburg Bollings."
Judy Canant concurs stating, "It has been pretty well proven that Ann COCKE who married Robert Bolling, II, (b: 1682) was indeed a COCKE." - Stith Valley ***
***GENEALOGY UPDATE!!! [ANNE COCKE reputed daughter of Richard who married Robert Bolling II, IS NOT Richard's daughter after all! Lyndon H. Hart, III basically has PROVEN that the Anne Cocke who married Robert Bolling, II was in fact, a daughter Capt. Thomas Cocke was born in Cornwall and immigrated to Virginia along with his two brothers William and Walter Cocke.]
There is much confusion and disputes over wives, however, with the grave inscription stating that Ann was in fact married to "Richard the younger," that should be proof positive that this Richard did indeed marry Anne Bowler.
PLEASE NOTE: This is NOT a duplicate Memorial of another Richard Cocke. I had started a memorial for this Richard Cocke and someone contacted me claiming that they knew all sorts of information on this person and I transferred that memorial to them. Suddenly, everything changed on the memorial! His wife was removed, his birth-date was changed and now it is NOT the same person that I had originally made a memorial for. All this despite being told by this person that, "You do have the right man married to the right woman. Ann Bowler did marry a man by the name of Richard Cocke who was born at Bremo Plantation. They are buried there. The dates are right. You have the right man with the right woman. That is all correct." This same researcher steadfastly refuses to acknowledge the research of Steven R. Day who discovered the parentage and baptismal date of the immigrant Richard Cocke. So, I hope this clears up any thoughts that this is a duplicate person. Thank you, Eric Borgman
A note from a Find A Grave member asked me to post this message regarding the access and location of the grave... "This burial is on private property or is otherwise inaccessible. This property has been sold."∼Richard Cocke "The Younger" was born to Richard Cocke, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Aston near Oldman's Creek in Charles City County, Virginia. Richard was not called "The Younger" because his father's name was also Richard. He was named "The Younger" because his father had already named another child "Richard" with his first wife, Temperance Bailey, which whom he had three children prior to Temperance's death. In order to differentiate between the two sons, one was called "The Elder" and one was called "The Younger."
PLEASE REFER TO HIS FATHER'S MEMORIAL PAGE WHICH CONTAINS A PHOTOGRAPH OF A PLAQUE WHICH READS:
"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."
(photo nicely contributed by J. Gary Woodward)
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.
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 posited 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.
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.
There is a lot of confusion about the Cocke family genealogy due to the prodigious number of "Richard Cockes" and the plethora of erroneous family files that are published to the internet. I highly recommend obtaining original source material that is interpreted by an expert genealogist. Unfortunately, source material that was once published free on the internet is now being sold by people trying to capitalize on the current genealogy craze.
Biography copyright (c) 2010 Silver Rose Marie Parnell
According to Ann Bowler Cocke's grave inscription: "Here Lyeth Inter'd the body of Ann, the wife of Richard Cocke the younger of Bremo in this county and daughter of Thomas Bowler late of the county of Rappahannock Esq. She was borne the 23d day of Jan., 1675 and departed this life the 24 day April 1705 aged 30 years, 3 months, 1 day"
Sometime after his first wife Ann died in 1705, he married again. The name of his second wife is not known.
Research per Judy Canant: "Richard COCKE, The Younger b: Abt. 1657 in Settled at "Old Man's Creek", Charles City Co d: 1720 in Bremo, Henrico Co, VA (will presented in court Oct 1720 by Ebenezar Adams)
.+11058 Anne BOWLER b: January 23, 1674/75 d: April 24, 1705 Father: Thomas Bowler, Esq" - Stith Valley
According to Canant's research, Richard was the son of Richard Cocke. Steven R. Day, whose research I have the utmost confidence in, kindly agreed and responded to me stating, "You have it correct. Richard Cocke the Younger who married Anne Bowler was the son of Richard Cocke and Mary Ashton." - E-mail from Steven R. Day to Eric B. Borgman, February 16, 2012
On page 303 of the book 'Where We Came From' by John H. Bryan it says that Richard was, "distinguished from his older half brother by being named Richard Cocke the Younger (c. 1657–1720)." He also states that, "Richard Cocke the Younger was married in 1695... to Ann Bowler (1675–1705)."
"In 1714 (Dr. William Cocke was at this time secretary of the colony ) Richard Cocke bought of Lt. Governor Spotswood, as appears by a deed recorded at Williamsburg, for the sum £12 10s. (about $350 at present), 2,447 acres of land on the north side of James river, in what is now Goochland county, adjoining the lands of Nicholas Meriwether and Joseph Lewis. A part of this tract, 1,100 acres, was bought in 1770 by the Rev. Wm. Douglas, the teacher of Mr. Jefferson, and given to his grandson, Thomas Meriwether." - The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 4; "The Cocke Family, Third Generation Continued" page 91.
"We have not the will of Richard Cocke, but there is a memorandum in the Order-Book of Henrico county that it was proven October, 1720, with Ebenezer Adams, Nathaniel Harrison, and Henry Harrison as executors. Nathaniel Harrison was son of Benjamin Harrison, of Surry county." - The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 4; "The Cocke Family, Third Generation Continued" page 91.
The above proves that the Will of Richard Cocke that was brought to Court in October 1720, was this Richard Cocke, the husband of Ann (Bowler) Cocke, as Ebenezer Adams was his son-in-law. Ebenezer having married his daughter Tabitha about two years before he died in 1718.
Here is where this information can be found. Note it is from an 1895 issue of - The William and Mary College Quarterly.
***According to James C. Southall author of Genealogy of the Cocke Family of Virgina Richard the younger son of Richard Cocke the immigrant, "may have been the father of Anne Cocke, who married Robert Bolling, of Charles City, in 1706, and became the maternal ancestor of the line of the Petersburg Bollings."
Judy Canant concurs stating, "It has been pretty well proven that Ann COCKE who married Robert Bolling, II, (b: 1682) was indeed a COCKE." - Stith Valley ***
***GENEALOGY UPDATE!!! [ANNE COCKE reputed daughter of Richard who married Robert Bolling II, IS NOT Richard's daughter after all! Lyndon H. Hart, III basically has PROVEN that the Anne Cocke who married Robert Bolling, II was in fact, a daughter Capt. Thomas Cocke was born in Cornwall and immigrated to Virginia along with his two brothers William and Walter Cocke.]
There is much confusion and disputes over wives, however, with the grave inscription stating that Ann was in fact married to "Richard the younger," that should be proof positive that this Richard did indeed marry Anne Bowler.
PLEASE NOTE: This is NOT a duplicate Memorial of another Richard Cocke. I had started a memorial for this Richard Cocke and someone contacted me claiming that they knew all sorts of information on this person and I transferred that memorial to them. Suddenly, everything changed on the memorial! His wife was removed, his birth-date was changed and now it is NOT the same person that I had originally made a memorial for. All this despite being told by this person that, "You do have the right man married to the right woman. Ann Bowler did marry a man by the name of Richard Cocke who was born at Bremo Plantation. They are buried there. The dates are right. You have the right man with the right woman. That is all correct." This same researcher steadfastly refuses to acknowledge the research of Steven R. Day who discovered the parentage and baptismal date of the immigrant Richard Cocke. So, I hope this clears up any thoughts that this is a duplicate person. Thank you, Eric Borgman
A note from a Find A Grave member asked me to post this message regarding the access and location of the grave... "This burial is on private property or is otherwise inaccessible. This property has been sold."∼Richard Cocke "The Younger" was born to Richard Cocke, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Aston near Oldman's Creek in Charles City County, Virginia. Richard was not called "The Younger" because his father's name was also Richard. He was named "The Younger" because his father had already named another child "Richard" with his first wife, Temperance Bailey, which whom he had three children prior to Temperance's death. In order to differentiate between the two sons, one was called "The Elder" and one was called "The Younger."
PLEASE REFER TO HIS FATHER'S MEMORIAL PAGE WHICH CONTAINS A PHOTOGRAPH OF A PLAQUE WHICH READS:
"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."
(photo nicely contributed by J. Gary Woodward)
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.
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 posited 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.
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.
There is a lot of confusion about the Cocke family genealogy due to the prodigious number of "Richard Cockes" and the plethora of erroneous family files that are published to the internet. I highly recommend obtaining original source material that is interpreted by an expert genealogist. Unfortunately, source material that was once published free on the internet is now being sold by people trying to capitalize on the current genealogy craze.
Biography copyright (c) 2010 Silver Rose Marie Parnell
Sometime after his first wife Ann died in 1705, he married again. The name of his second wife is not known.
Research per Judy Canant: "Richard COCKE, The Younger b: Abt. 1657 in Settled at "Old Man's Creek", Charles City Co d: 1720 in Bremo, Henrico Co, VA (will presented in court Oct 1720 by Ebenezar Adams)
.+11058 Anne BOWLER b: January 23, 1674/75 d: April 24, 1705 Father: Thomas Bowler, Esq" - Stith Valley
According to Canant's research, Richard was the son of Richard Cocke. Steven R. Day, whose research I have the utmost confidence in, kindly agreed and responded to me stating, "You have it correct. Richard Cocke the Younger who married Anne Bowler was the son of Richard Cocke and Mary Ashton." - E-mail from Steven R. Day to Eric B. Borgman, February 16, 2012
On page 303 of the book 'Where We Came From' by John H. Bryan it says that Richard was, "distinguished from his older half brother by being named Richard Cocke the Younger (c. 1657–1720)." He also states that, "Richard Cocke the Younger was married in 1695... to Ann Bowler (1675–1705)."
"In 1714 (Dr. William Cocke was at this time secretary of the colony ) Richard Cocke bought of Lt. Governor Spotswood, as appears by a deed recorded at Williamsburg, for the sum £12 10s. (about $350 at present), 2,447 acres of land on the north side of James river, in what is now Goochland county, adjoining the lands of Nicholas Meriwether and Joseph Lewis. A part of this tract, 1,100 acres, was bought in 1770 by the Rev. Wm. Douglas, the teacher of Mr. Jefferson, and given to his grandson, Thomas Meriwether." - The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 4; "The Cocke Family, Third Generation Continued" page 91.
"We have not the will of Richard Cocke, but there is a memorandum in the Order-Book of Henrico county that it was proven October, 1720, with Ebenezer Adams, Nathaniel Harrison, and Henry Harrison as executors. Nathaniel Harrison was son of Benjamin Harrison, of Surry county." - The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 4; "The Cocke Family, Third Generation Continued" page 91.
The above proves that the Will of Richard Cocke that was brought to Court in October 1720, was this Richard Cocke, the husband of Ann (Bowler) Cocke, as Ebenezer Adams was his son-in-law. Ebenezer having married his daughter Tabitha about two years before he died in 1718.
Here is where this information can be found. Note it is from an 1895 issue of - The William and Mary College Quarterly.
***According to James C. Southall author of Genealogy of the Cocke Family of Virgina Richard the younger son of Richard Cocke the immigrant, "may have been the father of Anne Cocke, who married Robert Bolling, of Charles City, in 1706, and became the maternal ancestor of the line of the Petersburg Bollings."
Judy Canant concurs stating, "It has been pretty well proven that Ann COCKE who married Robert Bolling, II, (b: 1682) was indeed a COCKE." - Stith Valley ***
***GENEALOGY UPDATE!!! [ANNE COCKE reputed daughter of Richard who married Robert Bolling II, IS NOT Richard's daughter after all! Lyndon H. Hart, III basically has PROVEN that the Anne Cocke who married Robert Bolling, II was in fact, a daughter Capt. Thomas Cocke was born in Cornwall and immigrated to Virginia along with his two brothers William and Walter Cocke.]
There is much confusion and disputes over wives, however, with the grave inscription stating that Ann was in fact married to "Richard the younger," that should be proof positive that this Richard did indeed marry Anne Bowler.
PLEASE NOTE: This is NOT a duplicate Memorial of another Richard Cocke. I had started a memorial for this Richard Cocke and someone contacted me claiming that they knew all sorts of information on this person and I transferred that memorial to them. Suddenly, everything changed on the memorial! His wife was removed, his birth-date was changed and now it is NOT the same person that I had originally made a memorial for. All this despite being told by this person that, "You do have the right man married to the right woman. Ann Bowler did marry a man by the name of Richard Cocke who was born at Bremo Plantation. They are buried there. The dates are right. You have the right man with the right woman. That is all correct." This same researcher steadfastly refuses to acknowledge the research of Steven R. Day who discovered the parentage and baptismal date of the immigrant Richard Cocke. So, I hope this clears up any thoughts that this is a duplicate person. Thank you, Eric Borgman
A note from a Find A Grave member asked me to post this message regarding the access and location of the grave... "This burial is on private property or is otherwise inaccessible. This property has been sold."∼Richard Cocke "The Younger" was born to Richard Cocke, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth Aston near Oldman's Creek in Charles City County, Virginia. Richard was not called "The Younger" because his father's name was also Richard. He was named "The Younger" because his father had already named another child "Richard" with his first wife, Temperance Bailey, which whom he had three children prior to Temperance's death. In order to differentiate between the two sons, one was called "The Elder" and one was called "The Younger."
PLEASE REFER TO HIS FATHER'S MEMORIAL PAGE WHICH CONTAINS A PHOTOGRAPH OF A PLAQUE WHICH READS:
"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."
(photo nicely contributed by J. Gary Woodward)
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.
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 posited 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.
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.
There is a lot of confusion about the Cocke family genealogy due to the prodigious number of "Richard Cockes" and the plethora of erroneous family files that are published to the internet. I highly recommend obtaining original source material that is interpreted by an expert genealogist. Unfortunately, source material that was once published free on the internet is now being sold by people trying to capitalize on the current genealogy craze.
Biography copyright (c) 2010 Silver Rose Marie Parnell
Gravesite Details
Buried in the family plot - headstone missing
